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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Filarete has received more than 120,169 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Filarete is the 103rd most popular architect (up from 118th in 2019), the 1,173rd most popular biography from Italy (up from 1,257th in 2019) and the 19th most popular Italian Architect.

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

Memorability Metrics

  • 120k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 61.49

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 25

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.62

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.84

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ARCHITECTS

Among architects, Filarete ranks 103 out of 518. Before him are Claude Nicolas Ledoux, Lluís Domènech i Montaner, Ange-Jacques Gabriel, Étienne-Louis Boullée, Amenhotep, son of Hapu, and César Pelli. After him are Hannes Meyer, Luis Barragán, Aino Aalto, Auguste Perret, Ricardo Bofill, and Lúcio Costa.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1400, Filarete ranks 7. Before him are Fra Angelico, Andronikos V Palaiologos, Bartolomeo Colleoni, Gilles Binchois, Gennadius Scholarius, and Hüma Hatun. After him are Ruy González de Clavijo, Konrad Witz, Didacus of Alcalá, Alexander I of Moldavia, Dabiša of Bosnia, and Ausiàs March. 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 Abu Sa'id Mirza, Benedetto Cotrugli, Niccolò de' Conti, and Richard Woodville, 1st Earl Rivers.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Filarete ranks 1,173 out of 5,161. Before him are Ildibad (450), Persius (34), Mary of Modena (1658), Ottavio Farnese, Duke of Parma (1524), Flavio Biondo (1388), and Stefania Sandrelli (1946). After him are Gino Colaussi (1914), Franco Corelli (1921), Lambert of Italy (880), Tito Gobbi (1913), Francesco Melzi (1491), and Beatrice d'Este (1475).

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Among ARCHITECTS In Italy

Among architects born in Italy, Filarete ranks 19. Before him are Aldo Rossi (1931), Richard Rogers (1933), Vincenzo Scamozzi (1548), Sebastiano Serlio (1475), Johann Lukas von Hildebrandt (1668), and Bartolomeo Ammannati (1511). After him are Francesco di Giorgio Martini (1439), Baldassare Longhena (1596), Antonio da Sangallo the Younger (1484), Lina Bo Bardi (1914), Filippo Juvarra (1678), and Antonio Sant'Elia (1888).

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