Theorist

Antonio Averlino, called Filarete

1400–1469 Renaissance humanism

Type Fantasy Proportion

Details

Nationality: Italian (Florentine)

Notes

Florentine architect-theorist; author of the first architectural treatise in Tuscan vernacular and the first organised around an ideal city (Sforzinda). Birth and death years are approximate (c. 1400 – c. 1469).

Connections

authored Trattato di architettura (Libro Architettonico)
designed Trattato di architettura (Libro Architettonico)

Referenced by

Leon Battista Alberti influenced

Sources

Filarete. Trattato di architettura (Libro Architettonico). Yale University Press, 1965.
Filarete (Antonio di Pietro Averlino); Spencer, John R. (trans. and ed.). Filarete's Treatise on Architecture (Trattato di architettura). Yale University Press, 1965.

Cite this entry

First published May 2026Last revised Jul 2026

CLAD. "Antonio Averlino, called Filarete." Atlas of Architectural Thought. CLAD, 2026. https://www.cl-ad.com.au/research/atlas/theorist/filarete/. Accessed July 17, 2026.