1378-1455. Italian sculptor and goldsmith. In
1401 he won the commission for a pair of
gilded bronze doors for Florence's baptistry.
He produced a second pair (1425-52), the
Gates of Paradise, one of the masterpieces of
the Early Italian Renaissance. They show
sophisticated composition and use of
perspective. He also wrote
Commentarii/Commentaries c. 1450, a mixture
of art history, manual, and autobiography.