Lorenzo Ghiberti's Gates of Paradise
Humanism, History, and Artistic Philosophy in the Italian Renaissance
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Word Count
84,000 words, Guess
Page Count
336 pages
Identifiers
- ISBN-139781107099166
- ISBN-101107099161
- Library of Congress Control Number2015020632
- OCLC Control Number910664556
- Better World Books9781107099166
and 1 more
- Open LibraryOL28573144M
Classifications
- LCCNB623.G45 A65 2015
- LCCNB623.G45 A65 2016
Description
"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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