Cosimo de' Medici vs Leon Battista Alberti
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Compare the life timelines of Cosimo de' Medici (1389–1464) and Leon Battista Alberti (1404–1472) side by side. Their lives overlapped for 60 years, from 1404 to 1464.
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Cosimo de' Medici (1389–1464)
- — Born in Florence Verified
- — Exiled from Florence by the Albizzi faction Verified
- — Returned from exile and became de facto ruler of Florence Verified
- — Sponsored Marsilio Ficino and the revival of Platonic studies in Florence
- — Died at Careggi, near Florence Verified
Leon Battista Alberti (1404–1472)
- — Born in Genoa Verified
- — Studied at Gasparino Barzizza's school in Padua Verified
- — Earned a doctorate in canon law at Bologna Verified
- — Appointed abbreviator at the papal curia Verified
- — Completed On the Family (Della famiglia) Verified
- — Wrote On Painting (De pictura) Verified
- — Began remodeling the Tempio Malatestiano in Rimini Verified
- — Presented De re aedificatoria to Pope Nicholas V Verified
- — Designed the facade of Santa Maria Novella in Florence Verified
- — Died in Rome Verified