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Christ among the Doctors

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Description: Christ among the Doctors

TitleChrist among the Doctors

Creator nameGhiberti, Lorenzo

Creator nationality/cultureItalian

Creator roleSculptor

Creation datec. 1404–1407

Object typeSculpture

MaterialsBronze

DimensionsUnknown

LocationBaptistery, Florence

Accession numberUnknown

SubjectsJesus Christ--ArtHistory of Biblical events--ArtRelief (Sculpture)

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6. Image and Text: The Paragone

Francis Ames-Lewis

Description: The Intellectual Life of the Early Renaissance Artist

The Intellectual Life of the Early Renaissance Artist

This chapter and the following three offer discussions of aspects of the relationships between early Renaissance images and art-theoretical and other texts. The principal issue that runs through these discussions is: in what ways did the Renaissance artist respond to written texts, or engage with theoretical or intellectual questions relevant to his art practice that were also discussed in writings of the time? Issues raised in early Renaissance art theory have been extensively discussed in the …

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Francis Ames-Lewis

PublisherYale University Press

Copyright© 2000 by Francis Ames-Lewis

Related print edition pages: pp.141-161

https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00147.008

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Chapter subject tags:Rhetoric, RenaissancePainting, Renaissance--ItalyAlberti, Leon Battista, 1404-1472. De pictura. EnglishBattistero di San Giovanni (Florence, Italy)Ghiberti, Lorenzo, 1378-1455. Gates of paradiseLeonardo, da Vinci, 1452-1519Sculpture, Renaissance--ItalyArt criticism--Italy--HistoryArtists' writings--Italy

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