Opera magazine
Renaissance
Oddities
2026-05-01
Lorenzo Ghiberti and the Opera del Duomo of Florence: beauty, technique, and thought
From the doors of the Baptistery of San Giovanni to the stained glass windows and the construction sites of Santa Maria ...
From the David to the Bandini Pietà: Michelangelo’s heritage at the core of Renaissance
Master builder of the Opera del Duomo since 1334, in that same year Giotto began construction of the bell tower that bears ...
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Renaissance machines
science
Renaissance
Leonardo da Vinci
Filippo Brunelleschi
Galileo Galilei
Gnomon
How architects, mathematicians and scientists helped the evolution of science and technology in the construction of the ...
OPALife
2023-07-14
The placement on the facade of three marble copies that will replace the heavily degraded originals
The original sculptures were removed from the facade in October 2017 due to severe deterioration. At the end of their restoration, ...
Masterpiece of silver, gold and enamels of Gothic and Renaissance art
A technical note by the restorer Paola Rosa