A History of European Art

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Lecture 11: Early Renaissance Sculpture in Florence


St. George, c. 1415, marble, 6’ 10” H (210 cm H), Museo Nazionale del
Bargello, Florence, Italy.
St. George and the Dragon, c. 1415, marble, 15 ¾” H (40 cm H), Museo
Nazionale del Bargello, Florence, Italy.
Lorenzo Ghiberti:
Creation of Man and Joseph and His Brothers, 1425–52, from the East
Doors (Gates of Paradise), gilt bronze, 31¼” square (79.5 cm square),
Museo dell’Opera del Duomo, Florence, Italy.
East Doors (Gates of Paradise), 1425–52, gilt bronze, 15’ H (4.57 m H),
Baptistery, Florence, Italy.
The Flagellation, 1403–24, gilt bronze, 20 ½ x 17 ¾” (53 x 45 cm),
from the North Doors, Baptistery, Florence, Italy.
North Doors (original East Doors), 1403–24, gilt bronze, 15’ H
(4.57 m H), Baptistery, Florence, Italy.
Sacri¿ ce of Isaac, 1401, gilt bronze, 21 x 17” (53.3 x 43.4), Museo
Nazionale del Bargello, Florence, Italy.

Olson, Italian Renaissance Sculpture.
Pope-Hennessy, Italian Renaissance Sculpture.


  1. Why did sculpture precede painting in the creation of a Renaissance
    style? How did Renaissance sculpture inÀ uence painting?

  2. How do you think Donatello’s David was viewed in the 15th century?


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