Ghiberti

American  

[gee-ber-tee] / giˈbɛr ti /

noun

1. Lorenzo 1378–1455, Florentine sculptor, goldsmith, and painter.

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Ghiberti British  

/ ɡiˈbɛrti /

noun

1. Lorenzo (loˈrɛntso). 1378–1455, Italian sculptor, painter, and goldsmith of the quattrocento: noted esp for the bronze doors of the baptistry of Florence Cathedral

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Ghiberti

The phrase “Renaissance sculpture” usually provokes reminiscences about visits to Florence and memorable encounters with works by Donatello, Ghiberti and Michelangelo.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026

Lorenzo Ghiberti won a contest in Renaissance Florence to create a set of bronze doors for the Baptistery of St John in 1401.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 21, 2023

Brunelleschi, Ghiberti, Masaccio and Leon Battista Alberti were establishing the rules of perspective.

From Washington Post ● May 12, 2022

Donatello was born in 1386, the son of a craftsman, and was apprenticed to the goldsmith and sculptor Ghiberti, also becoming a close friend of the architect and sculptor Brunelleschi.

From New York Times ● Apr. 13, 2022

He is next heard of at Florence in 1402, when he was one of six artists who submitted designs for the great gates of the baptistery, in which competition Ghiberti was the victor.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 10 "David, St" to "Demidov" by Various

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