World History Per.3
Renaissance Art Essay
Lorenzo Ghiberti
Lorenzo Ghiberti is one of the most influential artists of the modern renaissance. He worked with bronze to create sculptures, and he was also a painter in his later life. Lorenzo most famous work, and the sculpture that he is manly known for, is the set of bronze doors (North Doors) that he created, for the Florence Baptistery. In completing the North Doors, Lorenzo became extremely popular, a master of art. He became a master of art, for creating the North Doors, which were just remarkable, and everyone loved them. Lorenzo made art a lot more popular, because of the doors, and putting them on show for everyone to see. People would just be drawn to them, looking at every little bit of detail. He created something that no one had ever seen before, and it was just breathtaking. He created a new type of art, that was revolutionary, and gave a new look to art. But Lorenzo wouldn't have been able to do this just be him self, because he needed funding. So in order to get the funding to create the doors, the Florence Baptistery had to fund him, and in return the doors would be put into the Florence Baptistery. But this would actually be good for Lorenzo, because it would be putting his work on display for all of florence to see. Lorenzo's art work really changed art and what it is today. He made his art bigger better, and more lively than anyone else. He changed the renaissance with his work.
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