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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Example Sentences

Masterpieces like Lorenzo Ghiberti’s “Gates of Paradise,” his doors for Florence’s Baptistery, are inconceivable without them.

From The Wall Street Journal

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

The doors — adorned with bronze scenes from the life of Christ that were created in 1900 and inspired by Lorenzo Ghiberti’s Renaissance bronze doors for the Baptistery of Florence — were cleaned and conserved.

From New York Times

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

From Washington Post

There have certainly been times over the last two years when Florence felt empty, even in the Piazza Duomo, where the cathedral facade faces the doors of the baptistery, with the fabulous gilt bronze panels of biblical scenes, made by Lorenzo Ghiberti in the 15th century, and nicknamed the “Gates of Paradise” by Michelangelo.

From New York Times