The author links Ghiberti’s optics studies (perspectiva) written in his third Commentary to his goldsmith production and his stained glass window desings; pointing out the light as the common and fundamental element. Furthermore, the author believes…
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…
Lorenzo Ghiberti’s life and works are described through archival records, Renaissance written sources, his own written production and many engravures. The last chapter examines Ghiberti’s heirs and pupils. In the appendix, extracts from the first and…
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