FAH230H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Guelphs And Ghibellines, Antonio Rossellino, Sacristy
Document Summary
Ghiberti, donatello and the art of sculpture in 15. Ghiberti, north doors of the florence baptistery. Ghiberti, gates of paradise (east doors), baptistery, th c. italy. Florence, 1424-52) - also placed self-portrait onto door. 34 figurative elements (10 biblical stories and 24 statuettes of biblical figures and ornaments) Interior of door shows how ghiberti renovated the exterior. When gates of paradise was finished, they installed it on the east (face the cathedral key monument) instead of back. Interior like a church, religious site that was connected with the economic purpose. Lorenzo ghiberti, st john the baptist for the calimala (wool merchants guild), bronze, 2. 55. 1410: doesn"t have any iconographic of st. john. (pyramids, etc, did not do anything with the exterior structure of niche. (which is marble while sculpture is bronze) Nanni di banco, four crowned saints, niche of the maestri di pietra e legname (stonecarvers and woodworkers" guild), marble.
