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Sixty Tons of Bronze: The Gates of Paradise
Lorenzo Ghiberti sculpted sixty-ton bronze doors for Florence’s Baptistery. Ghiberti’s masterpiece is the equal to Michelangelo in techniqu

Gerriann Brower
Jun 29, 20178 min read
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Big Data 1400s Style
Big Data 1400s Style A Florentine Snapshot It’s 1424 in Florence, the wealthy commercial urban center of Tuscany. Giovanni Bianco (a...

Gerriann Brower
May 30, 20179 min read
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Big Tom
There were a few artists that stretched the limits of tradition and broke boundaries. Their innovations were not immediately taken up by oth

Gerriann Brower
Feb 12, 20177 min read
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