North+Doors+of+the+Florence+Baptistry

= __**North Doors of the Florence Baptistry**__ =

= **By: Lorenzo Ghiberi** =

These doors are the result of a competition for the commission of the north doors to the Florence Baptistery. Lorenzo Ghiberti’s main competitors in the competition were Jacopo della Quercia and Brunelleschi. Brunelleschi went on to create the dome of the cathedral. The artists were asked to depict the scene of //The Sacrifice of Abraham// in a quatrefoil shape created in the last set of doors by Andrea Pisano. The panels of Ghiberti and Brunelleschi have survived the ages and now are located in the Bargello Museum in Florence. In the Brunelleschi panel, the lines are sharp and the action violent. The smooth modeling and surface of Ghiberti’s panel won him the commission. Ghiberti revolutionized bronze casting at this time by casting the quatrefoil in one piece, instead of many pieces that are later fused. Other panels on the north doors include the //Annunciation,// which uses a Gothic pose in the figure of Mary. In some places, the panels include a modern feel. This can be noted in the //Flagellation// panel by the classical figure of Christ. These doors were created between the years of 1403 and 1424. The commission of these doors went on to include the east doors of the Baptistery, better know as //The Gates of Paradise//. To find these doors, start walking north from the Ponte Vecchio on Via Por Santa Maria. It will turn into Via Calimala when it bends slightly to the left. At the Piazza Repubblica the road name changes to Via Roma. Go two more blocks to the north and the Piazza di San Giovanni will open up on your left, containing the Baptistery and Duomo. The round building is the Baptistery. These doors are on the ones that are on the opposite side from the one you see.

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Murray, Peter, and Linda Murray. //The Art of the Renaissance//. Second. New York: Frederick A. Praeger, Inc., 1963. 31-33. Print.