Baptistery, Florence
Lorenzo Ghiberti
“Gates of Paradise” (East Doors)
Gilded bronze
1425-52
(original in Museo dell”Opera del Duomo
Gates of Paradise, view from inside Baptistery
Leonardo Bruni's Proposed Plan for the Gates of Paradise (1424)
How God
Creates
the Heavens
& the Stars.
Cain Kills
his Brother
Abel.
Creation of
Man & Woman.
Every Kind
of Animal
Enters Noah's
Ark.
Adam & Eve
Flank the Tree,
Eat the Apple.
How They
Are Driven
from Paradise
by the Angel.
Abraham &
Sacrifice of
Isaac,
Isaac Blesses
Jacob
Believing Him
to be Esau.
Scheme for the Gates of Paradise (1425-48)
Ezekiel
(?)
Elias (?)
Joseph's
Brothers
Sell Him
Out of Envy.
The Dream
of Pharaoh of
the
7 Kine & 7
Ears of Corn.
Joseph
Recognizes
His Brothers
Who Have
Come to Egypt
for Grain
Moses Sees
the Lord in
the Burning
Thorns.
Moses Speaks
to the Pharaoh
& Performs
Miraculous
Signs.
The Sea
Divided & the
People of the
Lord Passing
Through.
The Laws
Given by
Moses on the
Burning
Mountain, the
Trumpet
Sounding
Aaron’s
Sacrifice, in
Priestly Habit
with Bells &
Pomegranate
s Around his
Robes.
The People of
the Lord Pass
the Jordan &
Enter the Land
of Promise
with the Ark of
the Covenant.
David Kills
Goliath
in the
Presence of
Saul.
David Made
King
Amid Cheers
of the People
Solomon
Passes
Judgment on
Two Women
Over the
Question of
the Child.
Miriam
Nathan
Elias
Elisha
Judith
Jeremiah
Ezechiel
Daniel
Samuel
Isaiah
Prophet
Prophet
Jeremiah
NOAH
Leaving the
Ark
Noah's
Drunkeness
Sacrifice of
Noah
Jonah
Hannah
(?)
ABRAHAM
Abraham &
Angels
Sacrifice of
Isaac
Servants
Waiting
Samson
ISAAC
Rachel
(?)
Prophet
JOSEPH
Distribution
of Grain
Joseph
Revealing
Himself
Prophet
Aaron
Joshua
JOSHUA
Carrying of
the Stones
Joshua on
the Chariot
Gideon
(?)
Nathan
(?)
Daniel
(?)
SOLOMON
Bileam
(?)
Rebecca
Praying
Esau & His
Dogs
Visiting Women
Blessing of
Jacob,
Rebecca
MOSES
(?)
Slaying of
Abel
Abel & Flock
Cain
Plowing
First Parents
Daughters of
Israel
People at Mt.
Sinai
Moses
Receiving the
Law
HEAD
DAVID
Noah
CAIN &
ABEL
Joab
(?)
GENESIS
Adam
Eve
Expulsion
Lord with
Angelic Host
HEAD
HEAD
Puarphara
HEAD
Ezekiel
(?)
Elias (?)
Prophet
NOAH
Leaving the
Ark
Noah's
Drunkeness
Sacrifice of
Noah
Jonah
Hannah
(?)
ABRAHAM
Abraham &
Angels
Sacrifice of
Isaac
Servants
Waiting
Samson
ISAAC
Rachel
(?)
Prophet
JOSEPH
Distribution
of Grain
Joseph
Revealing
Himself
Prophet
Aaron
Joshua
JOSHUA
Carrying of
the Stones
Joshua on
the Chariot
Gideon
(?)
Nathan
(?)
Daniel
(?)
SOLOMON
Bileam
(?)
MOSES
(?)
Slaying of
Abel
Abel & Flock
Cain
Plowing
First Parents
Daughters of
Israel
People at Mt.
Sinai
Moses
Receiving the
Law
Judith
HEAD
DAVID
Noah
CAIN &
ABEL
Joab
(?)
Jeremiah
Rebecca
Praying
Esau & His
Dogs
Visiting Women
Blessing of
Jacob,
Rebecca
Miriam
Prophet
GENESIS
Adam
Eve
Expulsion
Lord with
Angelic Host
HEAD
HEAD
Puarphara
HEAD
Lorenzo Ghiberti
“Gates of Paradise” :
Detail of Ghiberti’s self-portrait
Detail of
Old Testament
Heroes/prophets
Genesis Panel
Genesis panel: detail of Creation
of Adam
Genesis panel: detail
Genesis panel: detail of
Temptation
Genesis panel: detail of
Expulsion
Masolino
Brancacci Chapel: Temptation
1426-27
Fresco,
Santa Maria del Carmine,
Florence
Masaccio
Brancacci Chapel: Expulsion
1426-27
Fresco
Sta Maria del Carmine,
Florence
Masaccio
Brancacci Chapel: Tribute Money
1426-27
Fresco
Sta Maria del Carmine
CAIN & ABEL
Slaying of Abel
Cursing of Cain
Abel Tending his Flock
Cain Plowing
First Parents
Cain and Abel panel:
Detail of Abel
Cain and Abel panel: detail of Adam, Eve, Cain and Abel
NOAH
Animals Leaving the Ark
Noah's Drunkeness
Sacrifice of Noah
Noah Leaving the Ark
ABRAHAM
Abraham & the Angels
Sacrifice of Isaac
Servants Waiting
Abraham panel:
Detail of Sacrifice of Isaac
Abraham panel:
Detail of donkey
ISAAC
Rebecca Praying
Esau & His Dogs
Visiting Women
Blessing of Jacob, Rebecca
Isaac panel: detail
Isaac panel: detail of Rebecca and Jacob
Isaac panel: detail of visiting women
Isaac panel: detail of Isaac blessing Jacob
Isaac panel: detail of Esau
going into the woods
Isaac panel: detail of
Rebecca praying
JOSEPH
Distribution of Grain
Joseph Revealing Himself
Joseph panel: detail
Joseph panel: detail of architecture
Joseph panel: detail of architecture
Joseph panel: detail
MOSES
Daughters of Israel
People at Mt. Sinai
Moses Receiving the Law
Moses panel: detail
Moses panel: detail
Of Moses receiving the Law
JOSHUA
Carrying of the Stones
Joshua on the Chariot
David panel
David panel: detail of Saul
Solomon panel
Solomon panel:
detail
Solomon panel:
detail
Solomon panel:
detail
Solomon panel: detail
Gates of Paradise: detail of reclining figures
Gates of Paradise:
Detail of decorative
borders
Gates of Paradise:
Detail of Old Testament
Heroes/prophets
Gates of Paradise:
Detail of Old Testament
Heroes/prophets
Gates of Paradise:
Detail of Old Testament
Heroes/prophets