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Lorenzo Ghiberti's Gates of Paradise - Humanism, History, and Artistic Philosophy in the Italian Renaissance (Hardcover)
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Lorenzo Ghiberti's Gates of Paradise - Humanism, History, and Artistic Philosophy in the Italian Renaissance (Hardcover)
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This book examines the heretofore unsuspected complexity of Lorenzo
Ghiberti's sculpted representations of Old Testament narratives in
his Gates of Paradise (1425-52), the second set of doors he made
for the Florence Baptistery and a masterpiece of Italian
Renaissance sculpture. One of the most intellectually engaged and
well-read artists of his age, Ghiberti found inspiration in ancient
and medieval texts, many of which he and his contacts in Florence's
humanist community shared, read, and discussed. He was fascinated
by the science of vision, by the functioning of nature, and, above
all, by the origins and history of art. These unusually
well-defined intellectual interests, reflected in his famous
Commentaries, shaped his approach in the Gates. Through the
selection, imaginative interpretation, and arrangement of biblical
episodes, Ghiberti fashioned multi-textured narratives that explore
the human condition and express his ideas on a range of social,
political, artistic, and philosophical issues.
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