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Born in Florence, Italy. He was the son of Nicolo di Betto Bardi.
Ghiberti's studio was working on the bronze reliefs of the Florence Baptistry doors, and he participated in the workmanship.
He was employed in the workshops at the Cathedral of Florence.
He created his first major work, a marble statue, David, for one of the buttresses of the Cathedral of
Florence.
He worked on a statue of ST. Mark, which shows the figure in a Classical pose.
He executed five statues for the bell tower of the Cathedral of Florence.
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He completed a St.
George for the Or
San Michele in
Florence.
He made the sandstone Marzocco, a symbolic Florentine lion, for the Pope's apartments at S. Maria Novella.
For the friars of Ognisanti in
Florence, he created a gilt bronze reliquary for the head of St. Rossore, an early Christian martyr who had been decapitated.
He collaborated with
Michelozzo on the funeral monument of
Antipope John XXIII
He was Involvd with Ghiberti in the decoration of the Siena Baptistery front, for which he created a relief of the Dance of Salome. This work showed his true Classical style and his interest in linear perspective.
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He Created the bronze David for the Medici family.
It was the first
Renaissance freestanding bronze nude since ancient
Roman and Greek times.
He Went to Padua, where he produced his equestrian statue of the Condottiere Gattamelata.
When he returned to Flourence, his work became more emotional .
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His wooden statue of Mary
Magdalen, made for the Florence
Baptistry, is notable for its drama and realism.
The Medici family commissioned a bronze sculpture of Judith and
Holofernes for their garden.
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Died December 13 in Florence, buried in the Basilica of San
Lorenzo.
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PICTURES:
1. Bronze Doors - Bapistry - Florence (http://flickr.com/photos/hbraverman/3245257590/)
2. Donatello's St. Mark (http://flickr.com/photos/mripley/2417725895/)
3. Florence Cathedral (http://flickr.com/photos/sigfus/2743853284/)
4. The Pope, Only Not (http://flickr.com/photos/11602696@N00/2624457555/)
5. Florence- David by Donatello (http://flickr.com/photos/12152206@N03/2207198154/)
6. Donatello's Judith & Holofernes- Florence (http://flickr.com/photos/battyward/2083282856/)