Alberti modeled his De re aedificatoria, or On Building, on:
A) Vitruvius's The Ten Books of Architecture.
B) his close study of classical ruins in Florence.
C) an unfinished treatise by Brunelleschi.
D) Pliny the Elder's On Architecture.
E) None of the answers is correct.

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Alberti's De re aedificatoria was modeled on Vitruvius's The Ten Books of Architecture, reflecting a revival of interest in classical architectural principles during the Renaissance.

Alberti Modeled His De Re Aedificatoria, or on Building, On