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Biography of Lorenzo Ghiberti

Lorenzo Ghiberti was an Italian sculptor, jeweler, and art historian of the Early Renaissance.

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He was born in Florence and became one of the greatest masters of relief sculpture. Ghiberti dedicated himself to sculpture after winning a competition in 1401 for the best relief design for the new bronze doors of the Florence Baptistery.

The bronze doors, both the northern doors (1403-1424) and the eastern doors (1425-1452), became the main focus and most significant works of Ghiberti's life. The eastern doors were so magnificent that Michelangelo commented, "They are so beautiful that they would be suitable for the gates of paradise," which is why they are often referred to as the "Gates of Paradise." A bronze copy of these doors, created by the sculptor V.P.

Ekimov, is now installed on the north side of the Kazan Cathedral in St. Petersburg.

Ghiberti held a prominent