Reliefs for Siena Cathedral Baptistery font

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Reliefs for Siena Cathedral Baptistery font are a series of early 15th-century bronze panels by Lorenzo Ghiberti that depict New Testament scenes and showcase the emerging Renaissance style in sculpture.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf bronze reliefs
sculpture series
artisticStyle emerging Renaissance style in sculpture
transition from Gothic to Renaissance
commissionedFor Siena Cathedral Baptistery NERFINISHED
country Italy
creator Lorenzo Ghiberti NERFINISHED
depicts New Testament scenes
biblical narratives
scenes from the life of Christ
designedFor baptismal font decoration
function didactic representation of scripture
ornamental
genre religious art
hasPart individual narrative relief panels
inception early 15th century
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Siena NERFINISHED
Tuscany NERFINISHED
location Baptistery of San Giovanni, Siena Cathedral NERFINISHED
materialUsed bronze
movement Early Renaissance
partOf Baptismal font of Siena Cathedral Baptistery NERFINISHED
religion Christianity
significantFor development of Renaissance bronze sculpture
early career of Lorenzo Ghiberti
subjectHeading Christian iconography
technique cast bronze relief
use liturgical context

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Lorenzo Ghiberti notableWork Reliefs for Siena Cathedral Baptistery font