Science in the art of the Italian Renaissance I: Ghiberti's Gates of Paradise--linear perspective and space. (1) (Research Report).(Lorenzo Ghiberti)

The Ohio Journal of Science | December 1, 2002| | Copyright

ABSTRACT. As with the works of a number of Italian Renaissance artists, Lorenzo Ghiberti's art contained scientific elements. In his case both his training as a goldsmith, which introduced him to concepts of mineralogy, and his knowledge and use of techniques in the realm of the science of optics demonstrated a melding of art and science. Ghiberti's Gates of Paradise was among the first works of the period to use a true scientific study of perspective and space. The greatness ascribed to these bronze doors for the Baptistery of San Giovanni in Florence is due not only to ...

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