Instructive exposition and illustration of all three sets of doors at the baptistery, which were seminal in the development of Renaissance art. With excellent colour plates.

A rich account of the giant bronze doors created by Florentine sculptor Lorenzo Ghiberti--so exquisite that Michelangelo proclaimed them suitable to serve as the Gates of Paradise.

This book examines the heretofore unsuspected complexity of Lorenzo Ghiberti's sculpted representations of Old Testament narratives in his Gates of Paradise (1425–52), the second set of doors he made for the Florence Baptistery and a ...

The Web Gallery presents a biographical sketch of Ghiberti, as well as images, descriptions, and critiques of the eastern door of the Baptistry of the Florence Cathedral. Ghiberti created the sculptures on the door.

This is a major new scholarly survey, and will become a seminal text on the artistic imagination, creativity, and skill of the Florentine Renaissance.

Whether you're traveling to Europe or just dreaming about it, this book both stokes your wanderlust and kindles a greater appreciation of art, with historical context and information on where to see it for yourself.

Verrocchio worked in an extraordinarily wide array of media and used unusual practices of making to express ideas.

For sixteenth-century Italian masters, the creation of art was a contest. They knew each other's work and patrons, were collegues and rivals. Survey of this artistic rivalry, the emotional and professional circumstances of their creations.