The Contemporary Impact
In Rome, Alberti had plenty of time to study its ancient sites ruins and object. His detailed observations, included in De Re Aedificationia were patterned after the DE architecture by the roman architect and engineer Viruvus. The work was the frist architectural treatise of the Renaissance. t covered a wide range of subjects from history to town planning and engineering to the philosophy of beauty. De Re Aedificationia, a large and expensive book was not fully published till 1485, after whitch it became a major guide to architects. However, the book was written not only for craftmen but also for any one interesed in the noble as Alberti put it. The first Italian edition came out in 1546. the standered Italian editon by Cosimo Bartoli was published in 1550. Pope Nicholas V, to whom Alberti dedicated the whole work, dreamed of rebuilding the city of Rome but he manged to realize only a fragment of his visionary plans. Through his book, Alberti spread his theories and ideals of the Florentine Renaissance to the rest of Italy.
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