"I strove to imitate nature as clearly as I could, and with all the perspective I could produce," wrote sculptor Lorenzo Ghiberti of the gilded bronze doors he created for Florence's Baptistery.

Lorenzo Ghiberti's gilded-bronze masterpieces might just be fit for heaven. The sculptor's original door panels, which were completed in 1452 for Florence, Italy's baptistry, are some of the most ...

Now, in Florence’s hour of peril, it was high time that an equally, if not more, dazzling pair should be cast for the north ...

three priceless 15th-century gilded bronze reliefs by Renaissance master Lorenzo Ghiberti will soon be on view in Seattle. They are from a set of 10 that comprise the massive east doors of the ...

three priceless 15th-century gilded bronze reliefs by Renaissance master Lorenzo Ghiberti are on view in Seattle. They are from a set of 10 that comprise the massive east doors of the Baptistery ...

If Michelangelo's "David" heads the "must see" list of Renaissance masterpieces for most visitors to Florence, then I suspect "The Gates of Paradise," Lorenzo Ghiberti's monumental doors of the ...

(AP) ROME - An eight-ton gilded bronze door so splendid Michelangelo dubbed it the "Door of Paradise" will be unveiled to the public again after 27 years of restoration work. But Lorenzo Ghiberti ...

An eight-ton gilded bronze door so splendid Michelangelo dubbed it the "Door of Paradise" will be unveiled to the public again after 27 years of restoration work. But Lorenzo Ghiberti's 15th ...

Hand-colored glass lantern slide of the bronze doors of the Baptistery by Lorenzo Ghiberti. Forms part of the Jay V. Hare Lantern Slide Collection (2021.01) [1 slide ...

FLORENCE, Italy (AP) — A team of artisans on the outskirts of Florence are casting the final panels of a replica of a Renaissance masterpiece: Lorenzo Ghiberti’s famed bronze north doors on ...

and with all the perspective I could produce," wrote sculptor Lorenzo Ghiberti of the gilded bronze doors he created for Florence's Baptistery. (Replicas cast from the originals are now in place.) ...