Table of Contents

Sponsor Statement Foreword by Richard P. Townsend, Director, Museum of Biblical Art, New York Foreword by Franco Lucchesi, President, Opera di Santa Maria del Fiore Florence Cathedral: Renaissance Sculpture, Sacred Scripture by Timothy Verdon "...with immense diligence and discipline": Lorenzo Ghiberti's North Doors and the Opificio delle Pietre Dure's Conservation and Restoration Project by Marco Ciatti Lorenzo Ghiberti, From the Early Workshop to the Gates of Paradise by Amy Bloch Donatello's Visions: The Sculptor at Florence Cathedral by Daniel Zolli The Catalogue The New Museo dell'Opera del Duomo by Timothy Verdon Bibliography Board Members and Staff Acknowledgments Index

About the Author

Timothy Verdon is Director of the Museo dell'Opera del Duomo and Professor of Art History at the Stanford University Florence Center. He is Canon of Florence Cathedral and Director of the Office for Church Heritage of the Archdiocese of Florence. His publications include Francesco d'Assis negli Affreschi di Giotto, and the three-volume La cattedrale e la città
saggi sul Duomo di Firenze. Atti del VII centenario del Duomo di Firenze, for which he was co-editor.

Daniel M. Zolli is a doctoral candidate in Harvard's History of Art and Architecture Department, where he is completing a dissertation on Donatello's workshops.

Amy R. Bloch is Assistant Professor of Art History at the University at Albany, State University of New York (SUNY). She has published essays on Ghiberti, Donatello, and the decoration of the Florence baptistery, and her book on Ghiberti's Gates of Paradise is forthcoming with Cambridge University Press.

Marco Ciatti is Superintendent of the Opificio delle Pietre Dure, an institution of the Italian Ministry of Culture and world leader in the field of art restoration. He is also director of the Opificio's Conservation Laboratory for Easel Paintings and Textiles and teaches history and theory of conservation.

Stefano Nicastri is an architect and art historian who has collaborated for many years with the Italian Ministry of Culture's Istituto Centrale per il Catalogo e la Documentazione in the areas of Renaissance and Baroque art and architecture.

Reviews

No better guide is available than the fine catalogue that tells the story by way of scholarly but very readable essays and sumptuous illustrations--Marco Grassi, The New CriterionDelivers impressively sensitive images that capture the subtle textures and gestures of the sculptures--Canadian ArtThe copiously illustrated catalog is excellent--Christopher Knight, LA TimesSuperb catalog--Barrymore Laurence Scherer, The Wall Street Journal

No better guide is available than the fine catalogue that tells the story by way of scholarly but very readable essays and sumptuous illustrations--Marco Grassi, The New CriterionDelivers impressively sensitive images that capture the subtle textures and gestures of the sculptures--Canadian ArtThe copiously illustrated catalog is excellent--Christopher Knight, LA TimesSuperb catalog--Barrymore Laurence Scherer, The Wall Street Journal