Work
Trattato di architettura (Libro Architettonico)
Explore in the Atlas →Written in twenty-five books in Milan c. 1461–64; the first treatise in Tuscan vernacular and the first organised around an ideal city, Sforzinda (an eight-pointed star inscribed in a circle), with the river-port Plusiapolis. Circulated only in manuscript until von Oettingen's 1890 edition and Spencer's 1965 English translation.
Fantasy Type Settlement
Details
- Type
- Text
- Location
- Milan
Connections
- articulates Proportion (as architectural theory hub)
Referenced by
- Antonio Averlino, called Filarete authored
- Antonio Averlino, called Filarete designed
Sources
- Filarete. Trattato di architettura. Yale University Press, 1965.
Cite this entry
First published May 2026Last revised Jul 2026
CLAD. "Trattato di architettura (Libro Architettonico)." Atlas of Architectural Thought. CLAD, 2026. https://www.cl-ad.com.au/research/atlas/work/work-trattato-di-architettura/. Accessed July 17, 2026.