Memoirs of the early Italian painters, and of the progress of painting in Italy: from Cimabue to Bassano

Title

Memoirs of the early Italian painters, and of the progress of painting in Italy: from Cimabue to Bassano

Description

Lorenzo Ghiberti has an entire chapter dedicated to him in this volume, this chapter regards his early work years and the making of the Gates of Paradise, a sculptory masterpiece that the author nevertheless considers explicative of the importance of drawing in Italian art. There is also some information about two copies of the Gates, one in France, one in England. This chapter was punlished again in 1866 by The American Art Journal with the title "Lives of the Early Painters: Lorenzo Ghiberti".

Date

1845

Publisher

Charles Knight & Co.

Type

Monograph

Language

English