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Ghiberti

American  
[gee-ber-tee] / giˈbɛr ti /

noun

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


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

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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

From Washington Post May 12, 2022

Brunelleschi and Ghiberti had duked it out for the commission to design relief sculptures for a set of bronze doors at the Florence Baptistry, a competition Ghiberti handily won.

From Los Angeles Times May 8, 2015

In Ellin’s 1944 novel, “Land I Have Chosen,” she describes the moment when Anne Brooke, the main character, meets Marco Ghiberti, a young Italian who has just arrived in New York.

From The New Yorker Feb. 16, 2015

The Vatican has not ruled out further tests, said the Rev. Giuseppe Ghiberti, a shroud expert in the Turin diocese, but none are scheduled at present.

From New York Times May 3, 2010

It was in 1447 that Ghiberti completed the second pair of doors for the Baptistery at Florence, which have been the admiration of the world ever since.

From The Century of Columbus by Walsh, James J.

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