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Florence Baptistery

  • Also Known As: Baptistery of Saint John
  • Italian: Battistero di San Giovanni

  • Type: Baptistery
  • Travel Genus: Sight
  • Sight Category: Building


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Objects of Art

WorkTypeCreatorAsNotedIn
Florence Baptistery Doors (sculpture) Sculpture

Timeline

Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
1329/00/00 Andrea Pisano Artist Upon a recommendation by Giotto, Andrea Pisano is awarded the commission to design the first set of doors for the Florence Baptistery Doors. Florence Baptistery Doors (sculpture)
1401/00/00 Lorenzo Ghiberti Work The Arte di Calimala (Cloth Importers Guild) awards the design for a new door for the Florence Baptistery jointly to Lorenzo Ghiberti and Filippo Brunelleschi. Florence Baptistery Doors (sculpture)

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Particulars for Florence Baptistery:
Area of Significance Architecture
Area of Significance Art
Building Use Baptistery
Sight Category Building
Area of Design Decorative Arts
Area of Significance Religion
Historic Use Religious Property




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