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REPOR O!
EAST DOORS OF THE BAPTISTERY BY LORENZO GHIBERTI
• "e #rst door o$ t"e %a&tister' t"at G"i%erti desi(ned )as t"e nort" doors %e*ause "e )on t"e
*ontest $or t"e *ommission to ma+e a &air o$ %ron,e doors $or t"e a&tister' o$ t"e *at"edra
o$ Foren*e.
He and si/ ot"er artists )ere (iven t"e tas+ o$ re&resentin( t"e %i%i*a s*ene o$ A%ra"ams sa*ri#*e o$
saa* in a %ron,e reie$ o$ uatre$oi s"a&e $oo)in( t"e tradition o$ t"e #rst set o$ doors &rodu*ed %' Andrea Pisano
133036. "e entr' &anes o$ G"i%erti and o$ Fii&&o runees*"i are t"e soe survivors o$ t"e *ontest. G"i%ertis
&anes dis&a'ed a (ra*e$u and ive' *om&osition e/e*uted )it" a master' o$ t"e (odsmit"s art. n 1402 G"i%erti
)as *"osen to ma+e t"e doors %' a ar(e &ane o$ 8ud(es9 t"eir de*ision %rou("t immediate and astin( re*o(nition
and &rominen*e to t"e 'oun( artist.
• "e nort" doors used t"e same uatre$oi $ormat as Pisano and )it" t"e same num%er o$
reie$s--2:.
East Doors of Baptistery or Gates of Paradise
17 $t ta *ontains 10 &anes %ron,e
• His se*ond set o$ doors--t"e so-*aed Gates o$ Paradise o$ t"e East ;oors o$ a&tister'
"o)ever "ave mu*" ar(er &anes and use a suare $ormat rat"er t"an t"e medievauatre$oi. "us t"e' *an a**ommodate severa s*enes reatin( to one Od estament "ero and
use man' #(ures more t"an a "undred in some &anes and e/tensive detais. "ese doors
de&i*t events $rom t"e
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"da$ and E%e pane&
t "as 4 ma8or e&isodes or s*enesB
a. On t"e $ar e$t t"e *reation o$ Adam%. On t"e *enter t"e *reation o$ Eve
$rom t"e ri%s o$ Adam
*. On t"e %a*+(round e$t t"etem&tation %' t"e ser&ent
d. On t"e ri("t side e/&usion o$ Adam
and Eve
->oduated t"e s*ae and de(ree o$ t"e
&ro8e*tion o$ t"e an(es to visua'
se&arate t"e 4 s*enes.
- He su**ess$u' inter)ove t"e 4 s*enes
Isaac pane&' (aco) and Esau pane&
* !e) s'stem o$ inear &ers&e*tive
e&isodes o$ t"e stor' around t"e
vanis"in( &oint $ramed %' t"e *entra
ar*" o$ Renaissan*e o(ia* =in(e &oint &ers&e*tive %e*auseB
Danis"in( &oint *enter o$ t"e
&ane
;ivision o$ t"e &i*ture %ase
into a num%er o$ eua se*tion Reation o$ ea*" se*tion to t"e
"ei("t o$ t"e #(ures ie oor- used as net)or+ o$
*oordinates $or t"e e/a*t
&ooin( o$ o%8e*t
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Da%id pane&
- ="o)ed taent $or evo+in( ar(e *ro)d )it"in
t"e sma area- ;avid is in t"e &ro*ess o$ severin( t"e "ead o$
Goiat" )it" "is o)n ar(e s)ord. Part o$ t"e
#(ure o$ !oa" *an %e seen at t"e o)
!oa"
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Re$eren*esB
• =uivan >. n.d. Gates o$ Paradise Foren*e a&tistr'. Retrieved $rom"tt&sB))).%uton.edusuivanmita'oren*e("i%erti&aradise("i%erti&aradise."tm
• o)ent"a oses &ane
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https://www.bluffton.edu/~sullivanm/italy/florence/ghibertiparadise/ghibertiparadise.htmlhttp://www.britannica.com/biography/Lorenzo-Ghibertihttp://www.britannica.com/biography/Lorenzo-Ghibertihttps://www.bluffton.edu/~sullivanm/italy/florence/ghibertiparadise/ghibertiparadise.html