Sculpting a Young Artist
- Posted 06.19.14
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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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