The article describes the restoration and cleaning of Ghiberti’s St. Matthew statue. Some interesting elements are revealed in this account: a few details -the letters on the Gospel book, the eyes, the inscription on the base- are in silver, while…
With the restoration of Ghiberti’s St. Matthew statue completed, all the theories previously introduced in another article are now confirmed: a few details -the letters on the Gospel book, the eyes, the inscription on the base- are in silver, while…
Some of Ghiberti’s masterpieces are listed: the Baptistery doors, St. Matthew and St. Stephen statues at Orsanmichele church. Moreover, the author gives an account of Ghiberti’s private collection of antiquities, placing emphasis on the presence of…
In the hospital collection there is a tabernacle’s door attributed to Lorenzo Ghiberti. This (attribution) theory is supported by two payments the hospital made to “Lorenzo di Bartoluccio” and collected by his son Vittorio. The records are…
The author suggests that the iconography for the Ghiberti’s second door should be interpreted as an ascension to Heaven. That is because the term “Gates of Paradise” does not derive from Michelangelo’s praise, but rather from an ancient tradition:…
This chapter recounts Ghiberti’s life and greatest achievements, using historical records to correct some information that can usually be found in earlier biographies -such as Vasari’s one. First of all, the author retraces Ghiberti’s family history:…
The Gates of Paradise panel with Jacob and Esaù story is taken as an example to prove that the usual pairing of arts and literature is not as obvious as it seems. The temporal structure of a text becomes a spatial structure in a work of art, thus,…
In the first part of the chapter, the author retraces, mainly by records, the history of St. James’ reliquiary and the reasons that brought him in 1899 to ascribe it to Niccolò di Bartolomeo, goldsmith from Pistoia. In the second part he confirms…
Update on Lumachi’s volume of the same name. Nonetheless, Befani wrongly reports that Buonaccorso Ghiberti, Lorenzo’s son, made the friezes (while it was Vittorio; Buonaccorso was Lorenzo’s grandson) and that Pisano’s door was placed at the south…
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