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#30 Brunelleschi & The Dome I
After he finished the first set of doors, he was commissioned to make a huge bronze statue of John The Baptist by the same guild – by the…
#29 Ghiberti & The Doors II
Anyway – governors of Florence may have had a more immediate reason for selecting this story. The climax of the story emphasizes divine intervention, and we must remember…
#28 Ghiberti & The Doors I
If you’ve ever been to Florence, you’ve no doubt paid a visit to the Duomo, the Florence Cathedral, formally the Cattedrale di Santa Maria del Fiore. Known as…
#27 – Boccaccio Part Three
So let’s talk about The Decameron. The book's primary title exemplifies Boccaccio's fondness for Greek philology: Decameron combines two Greek words, δέκα, déka ("ten") and ἡμέρα, hēméra ("day"),…