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2 gennaio 1425: fu commissionata al Ghiberti la Porta del Paradiso

In quel gelido 2 gennaio del 1425 fu commissionata al Ghiberti la terza porta del Battistero di San Giovanni di Firenze, quella che viene tradizionalmente chiamata la Porta del Paradiso. L’opera fu affidata all’artista dall’Arte di Calimala, a solo un anno di distanza dal termine della seconda porta del Battistero mentre il programma iconografico delle formelle invece fu affidato a Leonardo…

The Gates of Paradise by Lorenzo Ghiberti

FLORENTINE CIVIC SCULPTURE I: THE EXTERIOR SCULPTURES OF ORSANMICHELE

For the first quarter of the 15th century, the guild church of Orsanmichele was a constantly evolving display space for Florentine sculpture, with innovative figures by major sculptors appearing on the exterior every 1-3 years. Some of the most important developments in Renaissance sculpture occurred at Orsanmichele, including the use of linear perspective in relief sculpture and the recovery of the ancient techniques of monumental bronze casting.

1337: Loggia constructed in the Florentine grain market at Orsanmichele.

1348: Orsanmichele converted to a chapel for major guilds of Florence. Upper level converted to municipal granary.

1359: Loggia enclosed.

1380-1404: City's 14 major guilds required to supply full-sized, free-standing bronze or marble statue of its patron saint for placement in a niche on the exterior of the ground floor. Cost of bronze figure approximately 10 times more than marble figure.

1399: Giovanni di Piero Tedesco, Madonna of the Rose (marble), Arte del Medici e Speziali, installed.

1406: With only 3 of 14 statues installed, city ordinance requires all guild statues installed by 1416.

1408: Nanni di Banco, Quattro Santi Coronati (marble), Maestri di Pietra e Legname, installed.

1411: Donatello, St Mark (marble), Arte dei Linaiuoli e Rigattieri, installed.

1411-1415: Nanni di Banco, St Eligius (marble), Arte dei Maniscalchi, installed.

1412-1414: Nanni di Banco, St Philip (marble), Arte dei Calzaiuoli, installed.

1412-1416: Lorenzo Ghiberti, St John the Baptist (bronze), Arte di Calimana, installed.

1412-1415: Niccolò di Piero Lamberti, St James the Major (marble), Arte dei Conciatori e Pellicciai, installed.

1415: Filippo Brunelleschi, St Peter (marble), Arte dei Becchai, installed.

1416: Donatello, St George (marble), Arte dei Corazzai, installed.

1419-1420: Lorenzo Ghiberti, St Matthew (bronze), Arte del Cambio, installed.

1423-1425: Donatello, St Louis of Toulouse (bronze), Parte Guelfa, installed. Later replaced by Verrochio group.

1428: Lorenzo Ghiberti, St Stephen (bronze), Arte della Lana, installed.

Gates of Paradise / Porta del Paradiso, (1425–52), by Lorenzo Ghiberti The Gates of Paradise, a pair of gilded bronze doors, had 10 panels with biblical stories inscribed with 10 stories portrayed on each of them

The 10 Panels of the Door of Paradise