"I strove to imitate nature as clearly as I could, and with all the perspective I could produce," wrote sculptor Lorenzo Ghiberti of the gilded bronze doors he created for Florence's Baptistery.

FLORENCE, Italy (AP) — A team of artisans on the outskirts of Florence are casting the final panels of a replica of a Renaissance masterpiece: Lorenzo Ghiberti’s famed bronze north doors on the ...

How did a hot-tempered goldsmith with no formal architectural training create the most miraculous edifice of the Renaissance?

"I strove to imitate nature as clearly as I could, and with all the perspective I could produce," wrote sculptor Lorenzo Ghiberti of the gilded bronze doors he created for Florence's Baptistery.

Contemporary art continues to experiment with precious and ancient materials, giving new life and meaning to millennia-old traditions.

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Early in 20th-century America, the rallying cry for modernists was Williams Carlos Williams' "Make it new." Artists in 15th-century Florence didn't need a rallying cry. At the center of their ...