Lorenzo Ghiberti
Also known as Lorentso Giberti, Lorent︠s︡o Giberti, Ghiberti, L. Ghiberti
Italian sculptor and architect (1378–1455)
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1378
- Died
- 01 December 1455
- Works
- 16
Top works
- Il secondo commentario
- Ghiberti's "Paradiestüre."
- Lorenzo Ghiberti's Second commentary
- Commentario inedito di Lorenzo Ghiberti
- The Gates of the baptistery of St. John in Florence
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
Works in European collections
36 objects attributed to Lorenzo Ghiberti, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
Article
Lorenzo Ghiberti ( UK: /ɡɪˈbɛərti/, US: /ɡiːˈ-/, Italian: [loˈrɛntso ɡiˈbɛrti]; né di Bartolo; 1378 – 1 December 1455) was an Italian Renaissance sculptor from Florence, a key figure in the Early Renaissance, best known as the creator of two sets of bronze doors of the Florence Baptistery, the later one called by Michelangelo the Gates of Paradise. Trained as a goldsmith and sculptor, he established an important workshop for sculpture in metal. His book of Commentarii contains important writing on art, as well as what may be the earliest surviving autobiography by any artist.
Ghiberti's career was dominated by his two successive commissions for pairs of bronze doors to the Florence Baptistery (Battistero di San Giovanni). They are recognized as a major masterpiece of the Early Renaissance, and were famous and influential from their unveiling.
