The Metropolitan Museum of Art (Venue Partner)
1000 Fifth Ave at 82nd St
212.535.7710
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Lorenzo Ghiberti, Gates of Paradise
- When
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Oct 30, 2007 – Jan 13, 2008
Tuesdays–Thursdays (9:30am–5:30pm)
Fridays–Saturdays (9:30am–9pm)
Sundays (9:30am–5:30pm)
- Where
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Directions: Main Building: Take the 4, 5, or 6 train to 86th Street and walk to Fifth Avenue; OR take the M1, M2, M3, or M4 bus along Fifth Avenue. The Cloisters: Take the A train to 190th Street and walk, or transfer to the M4 bus and ride north one stop.
- Price
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$20 suggested donation
- Links
Having won the 1401 door-design competition for Florence's Battistero di San Giovanni's (Baptistry of St. John) northern portal, native Florentine Lorenzo Ghiberti ushered in the Early Italian Renaissance. His keen eye for detail in the doors' gilt bronze panels was developed as a young goldsmith in France, but his attention to depth and elegant treatment of the human form had little precedent in classical antiquity. Celebrating the end of a 25-year conservation project, The Gates of Paradise exhibits three panels, each telling familiar stories of the Old Testament.
