Tuesday, April 7, 2009

The Feud That Sparked the Renaissance: How Brunelleschi and Ghiberti Changed the Art World



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The story begins in the waning days of the fourteenth century, the Trecento, a time when the two masters were young, full of dreams and promise, and Florence herself -- already old and storied -- stood at a crossroads, not only in Italy but in the history of the western world, a crossroads that could only lead in one of two directions: destruction or rebirth.The competition began with the creation of the door for the church of St. John the Baptist. Lorenzo Ghiberti,... More >>

The Feud That Sparked the Renaissance: How Brunelleschi and Ghiberti Changed the Art World

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