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Ghiberti

American

[gee-ber-tee] / giˈbɛr ti /

noun

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

Ghiberti British

/ ɡiˈbɛrti /

noun

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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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

Ife sculptures are equal to the works of Ghiberti or Donatello.

From The New Yorker • Aug. 19, 2014

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

Renaissance in Italy": Lorenzo Ghiberti, after describing a piece of antique sculpture he saw in Rome adds, "To express the perfection of learning, mastery, and art displayed in it is beyond the power of language.

From The World I Live In by Keller, Helen

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