The author studies Ghiberti’s architectural quest, focusing on the Gates of Paradise panels with the histories of Isaac, Joseph and the Queen of Sheba and St. Zenobius’ shrine. After highlighting the difference between Ghiberti’s and Brunelleschi’s…
In this brief article three panels of the Gates of Paradise -Queen of Sheba, Joseph and Isaac ones- are compared between each other. Even if all of them reach their greatness thanks to the linear perspective, they show different degrees of…
The authors retrace the steps of the restoration work for the panel with Joseph’s history from the Gates of Paradise; focusing on the specific choices for the restoring of the bronze (with Rochelle salt bathes) and the following conservation method…
The gilding on the Gates of Paradise’s panel with Benjamin and Joseph’s histories is analysed through various means (SEM, Auger spectroscopy, electron microprobe), proving that in Ghiberti’s workshop it was usually used the fire- or mercury-gilding…
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