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The Feud That Sparked the Renaissance : How Brunelleschi and Ghiberti Changed the Art World
The Feud That Sparked the Renaissance How Brunelleschi and Ghiberti Changed the Art World
Author: Paul Robert Walker
The two brilliant young Florentine artists Filippo Brunelleschi and Lorenzo Ghiberti first competed to design a set of bronze doors for the Church of St. John the Baptist. The victory went to Ghiberti, who spent fifty years creating the magnificent doors and who cast a second set so exquisite that Michelangelo deemed them worthy to stand at the ...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780380807925
ISBN-10: 0380807920
Publication Date: 12/1/2003
Pages: 304
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Publisher: Harper Perennial
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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Interesting book. Scholarly, yet not too hard to read. Neat story about some of the lesser known artists that started the renaissance and prepared the way for Michaelangelo, Raphael, and friends.


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