[anˈtɔːnjo di ˈpjɛːtro aver(u)ˈliːno]; c. 1400 – c. 1469), known as Filarete (Italian: [filaˈrɛːte]; from Ancient Greek: φιλάρετος, meaning "lover of excellence")...
15 KB (1,822 words) - 22:07, 15 August 2024
the sculptor and architect Filarete to design and decorate the central tower, which is still known as the Torre del Filarete. After Francesco's death,...
14 KB (1,573 words) - 21:08, 10 October 2024
Alessandro Filarete (died 1608) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Umbriatico (1592–1608). On 12 Aug 1592, Alessandro Filarete was appointed...
4 KB (166 words) - 04:49, 7 October 2022
another." Alberti, followed by Filarete, were the first to develop the ideas of Utopia into the plan of a city. Filarete designed a concentric city, with...
16 KB (1,738 words) - 01:42, 14 July 2024
Saint Filarete of Calabria (also the gardener) (c. 1020 – 1070) he was born in Palermo in 1020, into a family of Calabrian origin deported to Sicily by...
2 KB (100 words) - 23:06, 8 December 2023
di Pietro Averlino (c. 1400 – c. 1469), also known as "Averulino" or "Filarete". Although Sforzinda was never built, certain aspects of its design are...
5 KB (631 words) - 19:32, 2 January 2024
park. Notable architects involved in the project included the Florentine Filarete, who was commissioned to build the high central entrance tower, and the...
208 KB (19,255 words) - 15:33, 12 October 2024
complex established during the Renaissance period, it was designed by Filarete and commissioned in 1456 by Francesco I Sforza, the fourth Duke of Milan...
44 KB (4,660 words) - 02:43, 11 October 2024
Florentine Renaissance architect Filarete completed c. 1464. Filarete's book was dedicated to Francesco Sforza, with Filarete naming the text "Libro Architecttonico...
4 KB (548 words) - 19:31, 12 December 2023
better known as Filarete. The treatise takes the format of a Platonic dialogue, featuring an unnamed architect (evidently Filarete himself) who is building...
14 KB (1,452 words) - 16:45, 17 July 2024
Florentine Renaissance art (section Filarete)
create the Filarete door in St. Peter's Basilica, on which he worked until 1445. In architecture, Filarete was responsible for the Filarete Tower at the...
150 KB (17,562 words) - 13:58, 26 September 2024
Rome, commissioning the Florentine Antonio di Pietro Averlino, known as Filarete (1400–1469), to make two bronze doors, (imposts), for the Old St. Peter's...
23 KB (3,149 words) - 04:42, 28 September 2024
been the source for the design of the furnace at Ferriere, described by Filarete, involving a water-powered bellows at Semogo in Valdidentro in northern...
63 KB (7,422 words) - 11:12, 8 October 2024
Renaissance in Lombardy (section Filarete)
link between the old Visconti dynasty and the Sforza lineage. The stay of Filarete, beginning in 1451, was the first significant Renaissance presence in Milan...
46 KB (5,555 words) - 13:52, 1 July 2024
Saint Elias of Enna SS. Elias and Filarete Born Enna Died Thessalonica Venerated in Catholicism, Eastern Orthodoxy, Oriental Orthodoxy...
5 KB (519 words) - 08:23, 8 February 2024
completed around 1459. The appearance of the building is known to us from Filarete's treatise, which contains, in addition to some news, an engraving illustrating...
5 KB (593 words) - 01:25, 28 December 2023
of Palmanova. It is a derivative of ideal circular cities, namely of Filarete's imaginary Sforzinda. In the early 20th century, during the fascist government...
145 KB (18,044 words) - 09:04, 13 October 2024
Organi da Modena 1451 Giovanni Solari 1452 Antonio da Firenze detto il Filarete 1458 Donato de Sirtori 1459 Boniforte o Guinforte Solari 1476 Pietro Antonio...
39 KB (4,655 words) - 22:10, 21 September 2024
Galeazzo Alessi, Via Bartolino da Novara, Via Bernardo Buontalenti, Viale Filarete, Via Francesco Laparelli, Via Muzio Oddi, Via Gabrio Serbelloni. Aviators...
15 KB (1,594 words) - 01:50, 22 September 2024
under the influence of Roman Quattrocento artists such as Fra Angelico and Filarete. During the 1450s he began working at the French court, where he counted...
11 KB (1,194 words) - 09:38, 21 August 2024
dome of Santa Maria di Collemaggio collapses for the first time. c.1464 – Filarete completes his Libro architettonico, a treatise on architecture and the...
3 KB (284 words) - 21:23, 18 June 2024
Bibiana 3 5 14 19 Porta Maggiore Ponte Casilino Sant'Elena Villini Alessi Filarete Tor Pignattara Berardi Balzani Centocelle ̶T̶o̶g̶l̶i̶a̶t̶t̶i̶ C ̶G̶r̶a̶n̶o̶...
4 KB (269 words) - 23:19, 5 August 2024
Filaret Association (redirect from Filaretes)
Vilnius University authorities, of the Radiant Association [pl]. The Filaretes continued the latter's tradition, with the stated aims of supporting fellow...
3 KB (199 words) - 03:04, 15 July 2024
Renaissance was hypnotized by one city type which for a century and a half—from Filarete to Scamozzi—was impressed upon all utopian schemes: this is the star-shaped...
23 KB (2,796 words) - 22:20, 4 September 2024
15th-century North Italian architect Antonio Averlino (also known as "Filarete"), a theory broadly consistent with the radiocarbon dating. Jules Janick...
141 KB (13,956 words) - 00:31, 15 October 2024
additions to the doorways at all, such was his "pride and arrogance". Filarete, perhaps echoing a comment by Alberti, wrote that the paired figures on...
90 KB (11,184 words) - 16:16, 5 October 2024
Milan during his life. He is especially remembered for his disputes with Filarete, who had been called by Duke Francesco I Sforza to modernize the Lombard...
2 KB (160 words) - 20:08, 30 September 2022
The Trakai Island Castle at Trakai in Lithuania is completed. c. 1400 – Filarete, born Antonio di Pietro Averlino, Florentine architect (died c. 1469) 1404:...
2 KB (144 words) - 21:22, 18 June 2024
Florence, as mentioned by Sphrantzes and confirmed by its depiction in the Filarete Doors of St. Peter's Basilica. According to a handful of surviving examples...
42 KB (5,172 words) - 15:11, 9 May 2024
often linked to the utopian concept. Examples of the ideal cities include Filarete's "Sforzinda", a description of which was included in Trattato di architettura...
8 KB (871 words) - 02:33, 1 September 2024