In this biography about Filippo Brunelleschi, Ghiberti is mentioned in two separate events: the contest in 1401 and the project of the Cathedral’s dome. Both times he is depicted/ in contrapposition to Brunelleschi. The latter is so proud of his…
Transcript and notes of Ghiberti’s chapter from Vasari’s “Le Vite”, from Ghiberti’s Commentary, and from the manuscript known as Codex Magliabechiano. In the appendix, other excerpts from Vasari’s book about Ghiberti and some notes about Donatello…
The article in two parts studies the terracotta Madonna with Child preserved at the Museum of Budapest and commonly attributed to Ghiberti or his atelier. The analysis focuses on a few details (the drapery, the Virgin’s face, the proportion, the…
In a short chapter of this volume, Ghiberti is introduced as Lorenzo di Bartolo “scultore egregio” (excellent sculptor), creator of the Baptistery doors, of St. Zenobius’ shrine and of some of the statues at Orsanmichele.
Transcript and study of Ghiberti’s journal, bought by Ginori Conti himself: it is about the management of a farm [podere] at Badia a Settimo, Florence, purchased by Ghiberti in 1441.
The article analyses two stained glass windows in the Florentine Cathedral, one by Donatello depicting the Coronation of the Virgin, the other portraying the Resurrection, the drawing of which is attributed for the first time to Ghiberti. This was…
The author writes about Lorenzo Ghiberti’s life and artistic career stressing the pictorial quality of his works, to the point that he believes that Ghiberti should be regarded as a goldsmith and a painter rather than as a sculptor. As a…
The article focuses on four drawings of church façades in Buonaccorso Ghiberti’s Zibaldone; only one is easily recognized as San Miniato al Monte. Through a comparison with exisiting Renaissance architectures and those depicted in contemporary works…
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,…
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