South Doors
E635355
South Doors are a renowned set of bronze doors of the Florence Baptistery, celebrated for their intricate relief panels and significant role in early Renaissance art.
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
artwork
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bronze doors ⓘ |
| adjacentTo |
East Doors of the Florence Baptistery
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
North Doors of the Florence Baptistery NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| artHistoricalSignificance | important milestone in early Renaissance relief sculpture ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Florentine Republic
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
religious ceremonies in the Baptistery of San Giovanni ⓘ |
| commissionContext | embellishment of the Baptistery of San Giovanni in Florence ⓘ |
| commissionedBy | Arte di Calimala NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| completionDate | c. 1336 ⓘ |
| country | Italy ⓘ |
| creator | Andrea Pisano NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| depicts |
biblical narratives
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personifications of virtues ⓘ |
| hasArtisticStyle |
Gothic
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Proto‑Renaissance NERFINISHED ⓘ early Renaissance ⓘ |
| hasConservationStatus | original panels largely replaced by replicas on site ⓘ |
| hasCulturalDesignation | major monument of Florentine civic and religious identity ⓘ |
| hasIconographicProgram | cycle dedicated to Saint John the Baptist ⓘ |
| hasInscriptionLanguage | Latin ⓘ |
| hasReliefDepth | high relief ⓘ |
| hasReliefType | gilded bronze reliefs ⓘ |
| inception | c. 1330 ⓘ |
| influenced | later Renaissance bronze door programs in Florence ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
French Gothic sculpture
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classical Roman relief traditions ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Florence
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Florence Baptistery NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| lowerPanelsDepict | Virtues ⓘ |
| material | bronze ⓘ |
| numberOfPanels | 28 ⓘ |
| originalFunction | doors of the Florence Baptistery ⓘ |
| originalPanelsDisplayedAt | Museo dell’Opera del Duomo, Florence NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| panelArrangement | 7 rows of 4 panels each ⓘ |
| partOf | ensemble of three monumental bronze doors of the Florence Baptistery ⓘ |
| positionRelativeToBuilding | south side of the Florence Baptistery ⓘ |
| subjectOf | art historical studies on the transition from Gothic to Renaissance art ⓘ |
| technique | lost‑wax casting ⓘ |
| upperPanelsDepict | Life of Saint John the Baptist NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.