Episode Info: This episode is the second part of the two-part episode dedicated to Lorenzo Ghiberti’s celebrated doors known as the “Gates of Paradise”. In this second part, we look at each individual panel to examine its style, composition and …
Episode Info: This episode examines the history and provenance of the world’s most famous and beautiful doors – the so-called “Gates of Paradise” that were produced by Lorenzo Ghiberti between 1425-1452. Today, the Renaissance doors are one of the artistic …
Episode Info: This episode examines two of the largest and most beautiful works of Early Renaissance sculpture in Florence, Italy – the Cantorie, or “choir lofts” in the Museo Dell’Opera del Duomo. Designed and carved respectively by Luca Della Robbia and Donatello, …