"I strove to imitate nature as clearly as I could, and with all the perspective I could produce," wrote sculptor Lorenzo Ghiberti of the gilded bronze doors he created for Florence's Baptistery.

FLORENCE, Italy (AP) — A team of artisans on the outskirts of Florence are casting the final panels of a replica of a Renaissance masterpiece: Lorenzo Ghiberti’s famed bronze north doors on the ...

The Bode Museum in Berlin presents a special exhibition exploring the rich history and artistry of the Siena Baptismal Font, focusing on the restoration and display of a unique plaster model of the ...

Nearly 600 years after their creation and far from home, three priceless 15th-century gilded bronze reliefs by Renaissance master Lorenzo Ghiberti are on view in Seattle. They are from a set of 10 ...

Early in 20th-century America, the rallying cry for modernists was Williams Carlos Williams' "Make it new." Artists in 15th-century Florence didn't need a rallying cry. At the center of their ...

An eight-ton gilded bronze door so splendid Michelangelo dubbed it the "Door of Paradise" will be unveiled to the public again after 27 years of restoration work. But Lorenzo Ghiberti's 15th-century ...

They're called the "Gates of Paradise," and after more than 25 years of painstaking restoration, Lorenzo Ghiberti's gilded-bronze masterpieces might just be fit for heaven. The sculptor's original ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — In 1419 the Florentine bankers’ guild commissioned Lorenzo Ghiberti to create a statue of St. Matthew, its patron saint, as something of an advertisement. The resulting bronze ...

The musician and drag queen is an exvangelical who came to see that holding on to a theology of self-loathing was just too dangerous.

"I strove to imitate nature as clearly as I could, and with all the perspective I could produce," wrote sculptor Lorenzo Ghiberti of the gilded bronze doors he created for Florence's Baptistery.