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Who made “North Doors of the Florence Baptistery”?

“North Doors of the Florence Baptistery” was made by Lorenzo Ghiberti in 1403.

North Doors of the Florence Baptistery — Lorenzo Ghiberti

Early Renaissance · Relief

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Early Renaissance: the High Renaissance that follows is softer and more unified, with blended shadows (sfumato) and grander, more monumental figures.

Lorenzo Ghiberti (1378 – 1 December 1455) was an Italian Renaissance sculptor from Florence, a key figure in the Early Renaissance, best known as the creator of two sets of bronze doors of the Florence Baptistery, the later one called by Michelangelo the Gates of Paradise. Wikipedia

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