Art: Early Renaissance II

Oct 22, 2019 514

Lorenzo Ghiberti was born in Florence Italy in 1381 as Lorenzo di Bartolo. His father was Bartoluccio Ghiberti, a trained artist and goldsmith who taught his son the gold trade early on in life. Like Brunelleschi he was trained as a goldsmith in Florence by Bartoluccio de Michele.

Ghiberti was an adept artist, writer, architect, and humanist theologist whose unique sculptural style influenced the works of the High Renaissance. Despite his considerable artistic skill no mention was made of his work as a goldsmith, even though several small objects have been attributed to him. In 1400 the bubonic plague and the accompanying civil discord struck Florence and Ghiberti was forced to relocate to Romagna. For a year he assisted another artist in the completion of wall frescoes of the castle of Carlo Malatesta.

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