The article discusses the connection between reading and writing in books and the forms of national violence such as war and colonialism. Author Michael Ondaatje exposed the armature of literary influence in his novel "The English Patient." Leon Battista Alberti, the father of western cryptography, built the first machine for creating alphabetic codes that allowed printed words to move freely among enemy readers. War espionage use language to conceal the truth of their citizenship, which was also employed by the character in Ondaatje's book.
Reviews the book "Momus," by Leon Battista Alberti, edited by Virginia Brown and Sarah Knight, translated by Sarah Knight.
Examines the literary themes of art writer Leon Battista Alberti. Iconography of his winged-eye emblem; Interpretation on the adoption of the name Leo in the light of his preoccupation with the eye of the father.
Investigates the philosophical and optical sources for painter Leon Battista Alberti's commentary on the vision and composition in painting. Alberti's conception of painting; Two pictorial works discussed by Alberti; Alberti's visual standard for the polarization styles in Florentine painting.