Lorenzo Ghiberti
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was born as Lorenzo di Bartolo in 1378 in Florence, Italy. His
mother’s second husband, Bartolo di Michele trained Lorenzo as a goldsmith. Ghiberti
also received training as a painter. According to his autobiography, he left Florence in
1400 to work with a painter in the town of Pesaro for it ....
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quatrefoil-framed scenes from the lives of Christ, the Evangelists, and the church fathers.
He also made another set of doors for the Baptistery. These bronze doors had 5 panels on
each side, containing scenes from the Old Testament. They were dubbed “ The Gates of
Paradise,” by Michaelangelo, and were Ghiberti’s greatest work. Ghiberti also made a
larger than life statue of the Arte dei Mercani di Calimala’s(the guild of the merchant
bankers) patron saint. He made two ....
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