Humanism, History, and Artistic Philosophy in the Italian Renaissance
by
Amy R. Bloch
Language: English
Release Date: February 9, 2016
This book examines the heretofore unsuspected complexity of Lorenzo Ghiberti's sculpted representations of Old Testament narratives in his Gates of Paradise (1425–52), the second set of doors he made for the Florence Baptistery and a masterpiece of Italian Renaissance sculpture. One of the most...