blazing star
blazing star or button snakeroot, any plant of the genus Liatris, showy North American perennials of the family Asteraceae ( aster family). The blossoms, rosy purple or white, are in somewhat feathery heads along a usually wandlike stalk. Medicinal use has been made of a few species by both Native Americans and settlers. Some are called gayfeather. Blazing star is classified in the division Magnoliophyta , class Magnoliopsida, order Asterales, family Asteraceae.
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Science in the art of the Italian Renaissance I: Ghiberti's Gates of Paradise--linear perspective and space. (1) (Research Report).(Lorenzo Ghiberti)
Magazine article from: The Ohio Journal of Science; 12/1/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...Italian Renaissance artists, Lorenzo Ghiberti's art contained scientific...in Florence is due not only to Ghiberti's artistic merits, but also...110-112, 2002 INTRODUCTION Lorenzo Ghiberti's magnificent second set of...
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'Paradise' regained; Restoration of Lorenzo Ghiberti's Gates links us to the beginning of modern art
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times; 7/27/2007; ; 700+ words
; 'THE GATES OF PARADISE' 'Lorenzo Ghiberti's Renaissance Masterpiece...of Hell. Installed in 1452, Lorenzo Ghiberti's bronze relief panels depicting...means "The Gates of Paradise: Lorenzo Ghiberti's Renaissance Masterpiece...
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A RARE CHANCE TO SEE RESTORED PANELS FROM GHIBERTI'S MAGNIFICENT 'GATES OF PARADISE'.(What's Happening)
Newspaper article from: Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA); 1/25/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...innovation of their own devising. Lorenzo Ghiberti was born to a family of metalworkers...been seen outside a laboratory. Ghiberti needed 27 years to create them...quatrefoil patterns as a frame, Ghiberti left his edges open, allowing...
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Ghiberti's Gates tour the U.S.(ARTWORLD)(Brief article)
Magazine article from: Art in America; 5/1/2007; 562 words
; ...Atlanta is currently featuring "The Gates of Paradise: Lorenzo Ghiberti's Renaissance Masterpiece," which centers on three...the Opificio delle Pietre Dure, the show explores Ghiberti's fabrication techniques and imagery, and showcases...
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Ghiberti's doors.(Letter to the editor)
Magazine article from: National Catholic Reporter; 12/14/2007; ; 333 words
; ...masterpiece, missed in Florence, turns up in New York" (NCR, Nov. 23): My husband Rick Steves' coverage of Lorenzo Ghiberti's Gates of Paradise is in his Europe 101: History and Art for the Traveler and in Florence and Tuscany 2007...
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BOOK ON GHIBERTI DOORS BY SU PROF WINS PRAISE.(CNY)
Newspaper article from: The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY); 12/20/2007; 434 words
; Syracuse University fine-arts professor Gary M. Radke's book, "The Gates of Paradise: Lorenzo Ghiberti's Renaissance Masterpiece" (High Museum of Art and Yale University Press, $45), has been named one of the top art books...
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Restored 'Gates of Paradise' Head to the U.S.
Transcript from: NPR Weekend All Things Considered; 4/8/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...of biblical scenes by sculptor Lorenzo Ghiberti. After a major restoration, three...depicting Old Testament scenes. Ghiberti completed the gilded bronze doors...as the "Gates of Paradise" and Ghiberti a pioneer in the use of perspective...
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The divine, divided: Art Institute displays pieces of 'Gates of Paradise'.
Newspaper article from: Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL); 8/5/2007; 700+ words
; ...The 'Gates of Paradise': Lorenzo Ghiberti's Renaissance Masterpiece...represent a very small number of Ghiberti's narrative panels and decorative...construction of the Baptistery to Ghiberti's death); seven paintings and...
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Renaissance masterpiece on tour\
Newspaper article from: Post-Tribune (IN); 4/26/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...Atlanta, Ga., set up displays for the exhibit of Lorenzo Ghiberti's "Gates of Paradise," opens Saturday at the...man. As such, this panel and the nine others of Lorenzo Ghiberti's "Gates of Paradise," created between 1425...
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Library Briefs
Newspaper article from: Naperville Sun, The (IL); 9/20/2007; 700+ words
; ...more about the sculptures of Lorenzo Ghiberti during a program by Michelle...The Gates of Paradise: Lorenzo Ghiberti's Renaissance Masterpiece...naperville-lib.org. Learn about Lorenzo Ghiberti's "The Gates of Paradise...
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Lorenzo Ghiberti
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
Lorenzo Ghiberti Lorenzo Ghiberti (ca. 1381-1455) was an Italian sculptor, goldsmith, architect, painter, and writer. His east doors, called the Gates of Paradise, of the Baptistery of Florence are a supreme monument to the age of humanism...
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Ghiberti, Lorenzo
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art and Artists
Ghiberti, Lorenzo (1378?–1455). Florentine...commissions had immense prestige, and Ghiberti's workshop became a kind of academy...sets of doors dominated his career, Ghiberti was involved in numerous other projects...
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Donatello
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
...tradition than his older contemporary Lorenzo Ghiberti. Gifted with humanistic insight...century Florence. Sharing neither Ghiberti's feeling for line nor Filippo...Donatello was apprenticed to Ghiberti, and in 1403, at the age of 17...
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Giotto
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
...According to a legend recorded by Lorenzo Ghiberti in his Commentaries (ca. 1450...Franciscan church in Assisi. Later Ghiberti in his Commentaries observed that...these are the works referred to by Ghiberti, they would be among the earliest...
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Paolo Uccello
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
...was apprenticed to the sculptor Lorenzo Ghiberti. After Uccello joined the painters...foliage with animals, reflecting Ghiberti's influence and very like his...there and reflect other designs by Ghiberti, since a small copy of Uccello...
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