Restoring Reason, Beauty, and Trust in Architecture, Part 17: Architecture, Representation, & Politics

Episode Topic: Architecture, Representation, & Politics

Caspar Pearson, director of studies and reader in Art History 1300-1700 at the Warburg Institute in London, shares his work on Leon Battista Alberti, the early Renaissance humanist scholar and architect, and one of history’s most influential writers and thinkers on art and architecture.

Featured Speakers:
-Caspar Pearson, Warburg Institute

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This podcast is a part of the ThinkND Series titled Restoring Reason, Beauty, and Trust in Architecture.

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Chapters

• 0:00 Introduction to Dr. Casser Pearson
• 10:05 Alberti's Exile and Return to Florence
• 20:31 The Spider Simile and Household Economy
• 37:10 Alberti's Views on Governance and the City
• 48:32 Alberti's Architectural Engagement and Pictorial Thinking
• 1:02:25 Alberti's Influence and Modern Relevance