Nearly 600 years after their creation and far from home, three priceless 15th-century gilded bronze reliefs by Renaissance master Lorenzo Ghiberti are on view in Seattle. They are from a set of 10 ...
The Bode Museum in Berlin presents a special exhibition exploring the rich history and artistry of the Siena Baptismal Font, focusing on the restoration and display of a unique plaster model of the ...
"I strove to imitate nature as clearly as I could, and with all the perspective I could produce," wrote sculptor Lorenzo Ghiberti of the gilded bronze doors he created for Florence's Baptistery.
The ‘Gates of Paradise’: Lorenzo Ghiberti’s Renaissance Masterpiece,” the exhibition that has come to the Art Institute of Chicago, is a mixed blessing. It marks the first time in 555 years that any ...
WASHINGTON, D.C. — In 1419 the Florentine bankers’ guild commissioned Lorenzo Ghiberti to create a statue of St. Matthew, its patron saint, as something of an advertisement. The resulting bronze ...
Michelangelo said that the doors might “fittingly stand at the gates of Paradise.” All Florentines of the 1450s agreed that their Baptistery’s portal sculpted by Lorenzo Ghiberti, was worthy of ...
The Bode Museum in Berlin presents a special exhibition exploring the rich history and artistry of the Siena Baptismal Font, focusing on the restoration and display of a unique plaster model of the ...