Grayson, cecil, ed; alberti, leon battista,. 7i- 92) de pictura leon battista alberti pdf dates the text from a note in one of the manuscripts. in his discussion of painting alberti writes of the process of vision, how the painter can present with his hand what he has understood with his mind, and the moral and artistic pre- requisites of the painter translation of: de pictura this translation originally published by phaidon press, 1972 includes bibliographical references ( pages 30- 32). to describe linear perspective and is the first known text in europe to discuss the purpose of painting. alberti’ s de pictura ( on painting, 1435) is the first theoretical text written about art in europe. 1972 boxid iacamera sony alpha- a6300 ( control) collection_ set printdisabled external- identifier urn: oclc: record: urn: lcp: onpaintingonscul0000albe: lcpdf: 5de32- 45e0- a1c7- 1ef5e4a7dfde. de pictura ( english: " on painting" ) is a treatise or commentarii written by the italian humanist and artist leon battista alberti. originally written in latin, but published a year later in the italian. the first version, composed in latin in 1435, was not published until 1450. grayson ( " the text of alberti' s de pictura", italian studies, xxiii, i968, pp. 1 citations are from leon battista alberti, on painting and on sculpture: the latin texts of de pictura and de statua, ed. by cecil grayson, london/ new york, i972. leon battista alberti: on painting _ new translation and critical edition edited and translated by rocco sinisgalli university of rome, la sapienza cambridge university press cambridge, new york, melbourne, madrid, cape town, singapore, são paulo, delhi, tokyo, mexico city.