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Lorenzo Ghiberti (UK: / ɡ ɪ ˈ b ɛər t i /, US: / ɡ iː ˈ-/, [1] [2] [3] Italian: [loˈrɛntso ɡiˈbɛrti]; 1378 – 1 December 1455), born Lorenzo di Bartolo, was an Italian Renaissance sculptor from Florence, a key figure in the Early Renaissance, best known as the creator of two sets of bronze doors of the Florence Baptistery, the later one called by Michelangelo the Gates of Paradise.
The Consuls of the Arte di Calimala were entrusted with maintaining the Baptistery of San Giovanni by the mid-twelfth century, according to Giovanni Villani; thus it was the Calimali that commissioned from Lorenzo Ghiberti the gilded bronze doors called the "Gates of Paradise" and the bronze statue of their patron, John the Baptist, for a niche ...
English: The Gates of Paradise (by Lorenzo Ghiberti) of the Baptistery, Florence. Schema: 1. Adam and Eve 2. Cain and Abel 3. Noah 4. Abraham 5. Isaac with Esau and Jacob 6. Joseph 7. Moses 8. Joshua 9. David 10. Solomon and the Queen of Sheba.
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Display of the cathedral facade, with original sculptures correctly located. Among the museum's holdings are Lorenzo Ghiberti's doors for the Baptistery of Florence Cathedral called the Gates of Paradise, the two cantorias, or singing-galleries, designed for the cathedral, one each by Luca della Robbia and Donatello.
Ghiberti had to establish a foundry and expand his workshop, which came to number about 25 people, [143] including Donatello, Michelozzo, Paolo Uccello, and Masolino. The first doors were not hung until 1424, and the following year the guild commissioned a further set from him, the so-called "Gates of Paradise" (after a remark by Michelangelo).
On April 29, 1424, after Ghiberti had received a total fee of 22,000 florins (the information is from Ghiberti himself), the doors were placed on the east side, facing Santa Maria del Fiore, possibly causing the previous Pisano door to be moved to the south; [3] as is known it was later moved to the north side in 1452 to make way for the Gate ...
Lorenzo Ghiberti, The Story of Joseph, panel from the Gates of Paradise. The next phase took place around 1450, with a more intellectual codification of the previous innovations. During these years, the political situation on the Italian peninsula stabilised with the Treaty of Lodi (1454), which divided the territory into five major states. In ...