Abstract
In his work De Pictura, Leon Battista Alberti underlines the importance of viewpoint for artistic representations by comparing painting first to a window and then to a mirror. In the Intercenales, which make the playful couteract of the treaty, the shift in the point of view leads to a different view of the world. By making text references to both works, the essay shows that Alberti, as an Art theorist and a scholar, hightlights the «power of viewing», the refusal of a one-direction vision and the importance of recognizing and evaluating different perspectives, by leaving the posterity with coherent ethical and aesthetical teaching.
Original language | Italian |
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Pages (from-to) | 263-277 |
Number of pages | 15 |
Journal | ALBERTIANA |
Volume | XXIII (n.s. v) |
Publication status | Published - 2020 |