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

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

From Washington Post • May 12, 2022

Unbowed, Brunelleschi abandoned sculpture and promptly bested Ghiberti in the architectural competition to put a massive dome on the cathedral next door, which had been under construction for a century.

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

“Religious tourism has grown significantly,” especially from the former Eastern-bloc countries, the Father Ghiberti explained, adding that interest in the shroud was growing despite a groundswell in the West toward a more secular society.

From New York Times • May 3, 2010

Cicognara’s criticism on Ghiberti, in his History of Sculpture, has supplied the chief materials for the illustrative text of Lasinio’s series of engravings of the three bronze gates of the baptistery.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 8 "Germany" to "Gibson, William" by Various