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Trattato dā€™architettura

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Filarete's Trattato d'architettura (Treatise on Architecture) is a significant work from the Renaissance period. Written between 1460 and 1464, it was inspired by Leon Battista Alberti's treatise De re aedificatoria. Filarete's work outlines plans for an ideal city named Sforzinda. This model city included innovative concepts, such as a tower dedicated to Vice and Virtue, featuring a brothel on its lower floors and an astronomical observatory at the top. The treatise is important for its detailed descriptions and vision of urban planning during the Renaissance.1

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  1. Filarete
  2. Sebastiano Serlio
  3. architecture - Distinction between the history and theory of architecture
  4. Filippo Brunelleschi: Top Questions

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