Ghiberti

[ gee-ber-tee ]

noun

1. Lo·ren·zo [law-, ren, -tsaw], 1378–1455, Florentine sculptor, goldsmith, and painter.

Ghiberti

/ ɡiˈbɛrti /

noun

1. GhibertiLorenzo13781455MItalianARTS AND CRAFTS: sculptorARTS AND CRAFTS: painterARTS AND CRAFTS: goldsmith Lorenzo (loˈrɛntso). 1378–1455, Italian sculptor, painter, and goldsmith of the quattrocento: noted esp for the bronze doors of the baptistry of Florence Cathedral

Example Sentences

Lorenzo Ghiberti won a contest in Renaissance Florence to create a set of bronze doors for the Baptistery of St John in 1401.

From Los Angeles Times

The doors — adorned with bronze scenes from the life of Christ that were created in 1900 and inspired by Lorenzo Ghiberti’s Renaissance bronze doors for the Baptistery of Florence — were cleaned and conserved.

From New York Times

Brunelleschi, Ghiberti, Masaccio and Leon Battista Alberti were establishing the rules of perspective.

From Washington Post

Donatello was born in 1386, the son of a craftsman, and was apprenticed to the goldsmith and sculptor Ghiberti, also becoming a close friend of the architect and sculptor Brunelleschi.

From New York Times

There have certainly been times over the last two years when Florence felt empty, even in the Piazza Duomo, where the cathedral facade faces the doors of the baptistery, with the fabulous gilt bronze panels of biblical scenes, made by Lorenzo Ghiberti in the 15th century, and nicknamed the “Gates of Paradise” by Michelangelo.

From New York Times