Gina Walker: Lorenzo Ghiberti

This panel was completed in 1452 and was one of 20 panels on a door created by Lorenzo Ghiberti. Ghiberti was an italian artist of the early Renaissance famous for his sculptures and metalworks. This panel gives the illusion that there is a lot of depth by making objects in the foreground much larger than the objects in the background. Also, by overlapping the objects Ghiberti manupulates the space in a way that makes the viewer really believe the objects in the back are in the distance.