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Filarete

1400 - 1469

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Antonio di Pietro Aver(u)lino (Italian pronunciation: [anˈtɔːnjo di ˈpjɛːtro aver(u)ˈliːno]; c. 1400 – c. 1469), known as Filarete (Italian: [filaˈrɛːte]; from Ancient Greek: φιλάρετος, meaning "lover of excellence"), was a Florentine Renaissance architect, sculptor, medallist, and architectural theorist. He is perhaps best remembered for his design of the ideal city of Sforzinda, the first ideal city plan of the Renaissance. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Filarete is the 103rd most popular architect, the 1,267th most popular biography from Italy (down from 1,173rd in 2019) and the 20th most popular Italian Architect.

Filarete is most famous for designing the dome of St. Peter's Basilica in Rome.

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Among ARCHITECTS

Among architects, Filarete ranks 103 out of 518. Before him are Joseph Maria Olbrich, Bartolomeo Ammannati, Luis Barragán, Hans Hollein, Arata Isozaki, and Claude Nicolas Ledoux. After him are Toyo Ito, Ange-Jacques Gabriel, Lúcio Costa, Hemiunu, Baldassare Longhena, and Theophil Hansen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1400, Filarete ranks 9. Before him are Andronikos V Palaiologos, Gilles Binchois, Bartolomeo Colleoni, Gjon Kastrioti, Hüma Hatun, and Konrad Witz. After him are Ruy González de Clavijo, John, Constable of Portugal, Andronikos Palaiologos, Charles I of Albret, Dabiša of Bosnia, and Vladislav II of Wallachia. Among people deceased in 1469, Filarete ranks 5. Before him are Filippo Lippi, Piero di Cosimo de' Medici, Yejong of Joseon, and Moctezuma I. After him are Benedetto Cotrugli, Abu Sa'id Mirza, Niccolò de' Conti, and Richard Woodville, 1st Earl Rivers.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Filarete ranks 1,267 out of 5,161. Before him are Rustichello da Pisa (1290), Gioseffo Zarlino (1517), Ugo Tognazzi (1922), Federico Zuccari (1539), Arnold of Brescia (1100), and Beppe Grillo (1948). After him are Auguste, Duke of Leuchtenberg (1810), Romano Guardini (1885), Charles I, Duke of Savoy (1468), Franco Columbu (1941), Francesco Geminiani (1687), and Lella Lombardi (1941).

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Among ARCHITECTS In Italy

Among architects born in Italy, Filarete ranks 20. Before him are Vincenzo Scamozzi (1548), Giuliano da Sangallo (1445), Richard Rogers (1933), Johann Lukas von Hildebrandt (1668), Antonio da Sangallo the Younger (1484), and Bartolomeo Ammannati (1511). After him are Baldassare Longhena (1596), Filippo Juvarra (1678), Francesco di Giorgio Martini (1439), Pier Luigi Nervi (1891), Carlo Scarpa (1906), and Antonio Sant'Elia (1888).

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