Filarete's "Libro architettonico" and Pliny the Elder's Account of Ancient Architecture

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Filaret completed his substantial book on architecture around 1464 he called Libro architettonico ("architectural book"). He and his closest generation of the same generation did not call it a "trait" ("thesis"), but now it is called "a trait". During the Renaissance, Libro including 25 volumes was distributed considerably widely in manuscript form. The most famous and most preserved copy of Libro is a manuscript containing numerous illustrations called Codex Magliabechiano (probably drafted in 1465, now in the archive of Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale di Firenze). The Codex Alimentarius Committee Magliabechiano is dedicated to Piero de Medici and is preserved in Florence, which shows that his hometown of Florence is still highly valued though Filarete is faithful to Milan . Filarete supports the use of classical Roman models

Abstract The relationship between Milan's Francesco Sforza presiding judge Filelfo and Filarete is very productive. Interested in Plato's work, Filelfo moved his interest to Filarete. And he decided to write a paper in the dialogue (like Timae 's Platon, critics and law). Using Plato (described by Critias to describe the sounds of Attica and Atlantis) and Filarete (describing alias Filelfo, Plousiapolis by Iscofrance Notilento) with Eclashis. While I show Filarete through a fictitious bridge invented within a fictitious framework, while on the other hand to review the past of Greek architecture through truly ancient things without Vitruvius support, and on the other hand between the ancient and the Gothic To strengthen the relationship. Looking for the image of the building in Milan environment under Francesco Sforza, the image of the city of Florence on the other side