The Baptistery Of San Giovanni In Florence
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Origins of Renaissance Art
Author | : Antonio Paolucci |
Publisher | : George Braziller Publishers |
Total Pages | : 184 |
Release | : 1996 |
Genre | : Antiques & Collectibles |
ISBN | : |
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.
The Gates of Paradise
Author | : Gary M. Radke |
Publisher | : Yale University Press |
Total Pages | : 196 |
Release | : 2007-08-02 |
Genre | : Art |
ISBN | : 0300126158 |
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.
Baptistery of San Giovanni, Florence
Author | : Carlo R. Chiarlo |
Publisher | : Franco Cosimo Panini |
Total Pages | : 592 |
Release | : 1994 |
Genre | : Architecture |
ISBN | : |
Explores the beauty of the Baptistery of San Giovanni. Text in English and Italian.
The Mosaics of the Baptistery of Florence
Author | : Miklós Boskovits |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 682 |
Release | : 2007 |
Genre | : Baptisteries |
ISBN | : |
Origins of Renaissance Art
Author | : Antonio Paolucci |
Publisher | : National Geographic Books |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2000-05-02 |
Genre | : Antiques & Collectibles |
ISBN | : 0807614130 |
Take an amazing armchair tour of The Baptistery of San Giovanni in Florence, Italy. The Baptistery is one of the oldest buildings in the city, constructed between 1059 and 1128 in the Florentine Romanesque style. It influenced the development of architecture, and formed the basis from which Filippo Brunelleschi, and the others created Renaissance architecture. This is a lush two-volume set bound in silk cloth. Volume one is a full color photographic atlas of the entire historic structure. Volume two is detailed history of the art and architecture in English and Italian. The Baptistery is renowned for its three sets of artistically important bronze doors with relief sculptures. The south doors were done by Andrea Pisano and the north and east doors by Lorenzo Ghiberti. The east doors were dubbed by Michelangelo the Gates of Paradise. The poet Dante and many members of the Medici family, were baptized in this baptistery.
Archaeological Campaigns Below the Florence Duomo and Baptistery, 1895-1980
Author | : Franklin Toker |
Publisher | : Harvey Miller |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2013 |
Genre | : Church architecture |
ISBN | : 9781905375523 |
"Based on the excavations of 1965-1980, this second volume in the series provides an overview of the medieval art and architecture that was found below the Florence Duomo and Baptistery. Archaeological Campaigns below the Florence Duomo and Baptistery, 1895-1980 presents the results of one of the major archaeological campaigns of our times: the decade-long excavation below Florence's cathedral of S. Maria del Fiore. The book presents a cutaway vision of a great city that would be hard to match anywhere, exploring a site that was in use for 1500 years, from the founding of the Roman settlement of Florence to the burial there of Giotto and Brunelleschi. In terms of structures, the excavation uncovered a Roman house, an Early Christian basilica, a Carolingian crypt, and further rebuildings from the eleventh century and later. For artifacts, the findings constitute a virtual encyclopedia of ancient and medieval art in mosaics, frescoes, the grave of Florence's earliest documented saint, the first elaborate tomb of the Medici, and outstanding examples of Roman and medieval glass, metalwork, and ceramics. Forty-one specialists in material culture and archaeological science report on those finds in the book, and hundreds more illustrations are carried on the author's website, www.franklintoker.com.
Lorenzo Ghiberti's Gates of Paradise
Author | : Amy R. Bloch |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 874 |
Release | : 2016-02-09 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 131640465X |
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 masterpiece of Italian Renaissance sculpture. One of the most intellectually engaged and well-read artists of his age, Ghiberti found inspiration in ancient and medieval texts, many of which he and his contacts in Florence's humanist community shared, read, and discussed. He was fascinated by the science of vision, by the functioning of nature, and, above all, by the origins and history of art. These unusually well-defined intellectual interests, reflected in his famous Commentaries, shaped his approach in the Gates. Through the selection, imaginative interpretation, and arrangement of biblical episodes, Ghiberti fashioned multi-textured narratives that explore the human condition and express his ideas on a range of social, political, artistic, and philosophical issues.