South Doors

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South Doors are a renowned set of bronze doors of the Florence Baptistery, celebrated for their intricate relief panels and significant role in early Renaissance art.

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South Doors canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf artwork ⓘ
bronze doors ⓘ
adjacentTo East Doors of the Florence Baptistery ⓘ
North Doors of the Florence Baptistery ⓘ
artHistoricalSignificance important milestone in early Renaissance relief sculpture ⓘ
associatedWith Florentine Republic ⓘ
religious ceremonies in the Baptistery of San Giovanni ⓘ
commissionContext embellishment of the Baptistery of San Giovanni in Florence ⓘ
commissionedBy Arte di Calimala ⓘ
completionDate c. 1336 ⓘ
country Italy ⓘ
creator Andrea Pisano ⓘ
depicts biblical narratives ⓘ
personifications of virtues ⓘ
hasArtisticStyle Gothic ⓘ
Proto‑Renaissance ⓘ
linked to: Proto-Renaissance

early Renaissance ⓘ
hasConservationStatus original panels largely replaced by replicas on site ⓘ
hasCulturalDesignation major monument of Florentine civic and religious identity ⓘ
hasIconographicProgram cycle dedicated to Saint John the Baptist ⓘ
hasInscriptionLanguage Latin ⓘ
hasReliefDepth high relief ⓘ
hasReliefType gilded bronze reliefs ⓘ
inception c. 1330 ⓘ
influenced later Renaissance bronze door programs in Florence ⓘ
influencedBy French Gothic sculpture ⓘ
classical Roman relief traditions ⓘ
locatedIn Florence ⓘ
Florence Baptistery ⓘ
lowerPanelsDepict Virtues ⓘ
material bronze ⓘ
numberOfPanels 28 ⓘ
originalFunction doors of the Florence Baptistery ⓘ
originalPanelsDisplayedAt Museo dell’Opera del Duomo, Florence ⓘ
panelArrangement 7 rows of 4 panels each ⓘ
partOf ensemble of three monumental bronze doors of the Florence Baptistery ⓘ
positionRelativeToBuilding south side of the Florence Baptistery ⓘ
subjectOf art historical studies on the transition from Gothic to Renaissance art ⓘ
technique lost‑wax casting ⓘ
upperPanelsDepict Life of Saint John the Baptist ⓘ

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