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…
An entire chapter of the volume is about the Gates of Paradise, with an historical and stylistc analysis. The author starts with Leonardo Bruni’s first concept for the door, with 28 panels, and gets to the final 10 panels structure through the…
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