A Monument of the Italian Renaissance by bmac62

Photography • Historical • posted on Jan 19, 2018

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Description

These 17 foot bronze doors today can be seen in the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City. For over 500 years, visitors, artists, and art historians have revered the "Gates of Paradise" for their rendering of figures and space and their masterful storytelling. This contemporary cast faithfully represents the sculptor Lorenzo Ghiberti's (Italian [Florentine], 1378-1455) original doors of the east portal of the Florence Baptistry. Produced by Frilli Gallery's foundry in 1990, this cast was part of a monumental effort to preserve and promote an important work of art. For conservation reasons, Ghiberti's original "Gates of Paradise" are today held in the newly renovated Museo dell'Opera del Duomo in Florence. Used Topaz filter Bright Night (a lot of experimenting to do with Topaz...just got it yesterday)

Comments (11)

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Faemike55

12:13AM | Sat, 20 January 2018

very impressive craftsmanship - wonderful art

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wysiwig

12:47AM | Sat, 20 January 2018

Magnificent work. On my bucket list.

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anahata.c

2:38AM | Sat, 20 January 2018

Yes! We meet Ghiberti again (after Tara's post). You've made this into a fascinating near-abstract---with the doors on one side, and the stark geometric hall-forms on the other. Such an unexpected view! It looks like you brought out the golds so they glow, like they have light in them. So, at the end of this cubist-like walkway, boom: The magnificent Ghibertis. You allowed them to become part of a larger, very modern whole. Very original composition, Bill; and we can see what it must've been like to approach these when they were first displayed. The detail must've dazzled their audience.

(I don't know Topaz, so I don't know how you used it, but whatever you did was subtle and integrated. I seem to be the only person who never got Topaz: Andrea started it, then Tara and Helle, and now it's whispering to me from behind the walls, like an Edgar Allen Poe story, and soon ((soon!)) I'll be consumed in its fiery, icy tentacles...)

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helanker

3:02AM | Sat, 20 January 2018

How beautiful. I am glad I also saw one of them closer :) (Am going backward in my comments for a change)

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durleybeachbum

5:39AM | Sat, 20 January 2018

Fabulous ! I saw them in Florence, on the last of my weekend breaks about 25 years ago!

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jendellas

10:17AM | Sat, 20 January 2018

How beautiful, must be lovely to see.

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X-PaX

11:36AM | Sat, 20 January 2018

Very nice capture Bill.

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npauling

5:36PM | Sat, 20 January 2018

What magnificent doors these are and the Topaz has really made them glow. One would feel that they really were entering paradise walking through these. A beautiful capture. 😀

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RodS

11:07PM | Sat, 20 January 2018

Gorgeous photo of these amazing doors, Bill! So much detail there... It's been too, too long since I've visited the Nelson. Now that I'm retired, I hope to spend some time there.

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