Sculpting a Young Artist

  • Posted 06.19.14
  • NOVA

In 1401, an ambitious young metalworker named Filippo Brunelleschi entered a competition to craft new doors for the Florence Baptistery. Hidden in his bronze panel are early signs of the master Brunelleschi would later become.

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Image credit: Still from "Great Cathedral Mystery" (bronze panel)
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This is an excerpt from the NOVA program "Great Cathedral Mystery."

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