Lorenzo Ghiberti

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Early Renaissance artist Italian artist human metalworker sculptor

Lorenzo Ghiberti was an Italian Early Renaissance sculptor and metalworker best known for creating the gilded bronze doors of the Florence Baptistery, famously dubbed the "Gates of Paradise."

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Label Occurrences
Lorenzo Ghiberti canonical 10

Statements (54)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Early Renaissance artist ⓘ
Italian artist ⓘ
human ⓘ
metalworker ⓘ
sculptor ⓘ
birthName Lorenzo di Bartolo ⓘ
commissionedBy Florentine Baptistery authorities ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Republic of Florence ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1378 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1455 ⓘ
employer Arte di Calimala ⓘ
ethnicGroup Italian ⓘ
fieldOfWork art theory ⓘ
metalwork ⓘ
sculpture ⓘ
genre relief sculpture ⓘ
religious art ⓘ
influenced Donatello ⓘ
Florentine Renaissance sculpture ⓘ
Masaccio ⓘ
influencedBy Classical antiquity ⓘ
Filippo Brunelleschi ⓘ
Gothic art ⓘ
languageOfWork Italian ⓘ
materialUsed bronze ⓘ
gilded bronze ⓘ
movement Renaissance ⓘ
surface form: Early Renaissance
name Lorenzo Ghiberti self-link ⓘ
notableFor Gates of Paradise ⓘ
refined gilded bronze technique ⓘ
use of linear perspective in reliefs ⓘ
notableWork Baptistery of San Giovanni ⓘ
surface form: East Doors of the Florence Baptistery

Gates of Paradise ⓘ
Baptistery of San Giovanni ⓘ
surface form: North Doors of the Florence Baptistery

Reliefs for Siena Cathedral Baptistery font ⓘ
Self-portrait on Gates of Paradise ⓘ
St. John the Baptist (Orsanmichele) ⓘ
St. Matthew (Orsanmichele) ⓘ
St. Stephen (Orsanmichele) ⓘ
occupation architect ⓘ
goldsmith ⓘ
metalworker ⓘ
sculptor ⓘ
placeOfBirth Florence ⓘ
Republic of Florence ⓘ
placeOfDeath Florence ⓘ
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
student Benozzo Gozzoli ⓘ
Donatello ⓘ
Michelozzo ⓘ
Paolo Uccello ⓘ
won competition for Baptistery doors (1401) ⓘ
workLocation Florence ⓘ
wrote I Commentarii ⓘ

Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Filippo Brunelleschi → contemporaryOf → Lorenzo Ghiberti ⓘ
Donatello → studentOf → Lorenzo Ghiberti ⓘ
Lorenzo → hasNotableBearer → Lorenzo Ghiberti ⓘ
Baptistery of San Giovanni → doorSculptor → Lorenzo Ghiberti ⓘ
Renaissance art theory → hasKeyFigure → Lorenzo Ghiberti ⓘ
Opera del Duomo → associatedWith → Lorenzo Ghiberti ⓘ
Lorenzo Ghiberti → name → Lorenzo Ghiberti self-link ⓘ
Paolo Uccello → influencedBy → Lorenzo Ghiberti ⓘ
Paolo Uccello → trainedBy → Lorenzo Ghiberti ⓘ
Italian Renaissance sculpture → notableArtist → Lorenzo Ghiberti ⓘ