Ghiberti
What was Ghiberti’s trade, which he also taught his sons?
A) Pasta Chef
B) Goldsmith
C) Artist
B) Goldsmith
What shape is the Florence Baptistery?
A) A square
B) A triangle
C) An octagon
C) An octagon
Ghiberti’s original doors were made of gilded bronze. What materials did the Museum of Art work with?
A) Stainless steel and gold paint
B) Gilded plaster casts
C) Gilded 3D-printed resin
B) Gilded plaster casts
How long did it take Ghiberti to make the Gates of Paradise?
A) 27 years
B) 52 years
C) 7 years
A) 27 years
Which New Testament figure, known for his association with water, is the Florentine Baptistery dedicated to?
A) Mary
B) John the Baptist
C) John the Beloved
B) John the Baptist
A team of fifteen employees—both full-time employees and part-time students—worked tirelessly to prepare these doors for exhibition. Approximately, how many hours did they work on the restoration from start to finish?
A) ~2,000 hours
B) ~7,000 hours
C) ~11,000 hours
C) ~11,000 hours
Who was Ghiberti’s studio assistant?
A) His son Vittorio
B) His friend Giorgio
C) His daughter Lucia
A) His son Vittorio
How much do the original Gates of Paradise weigh?
A) 2 tons
B) 4 tons
C) 8 tons
C) 8 tons
How much did the 23-carat gold leaf the MOA’s fabrication team use to gild the plaster casts weigh?
A) 4.5 ounces
B) 27.2 lbs
C) 3.2 lbs
A) 4.5 ounces
How old was Ghiberti when he won his first commission for the baptistery’s north doors in 1401?
A) 34 years old
B) 47 years old
C) 21 years old
C) 21 years old
Which Renaissance artist first dubbed Ghiberti’s East doors of the Florence Baptistery Gates of Paradise?
A) Michelangelo
B) Raphael
C) Donatello
D) Leonardo
A) Michelangelo
How many sheets of gold leaf equal the width of a normal sheet of paper?
A) ~5 sheets of gold leaf
B) ~50 sheets of gold leaf
C) ~500 sheets of gold leaf
C) ~500 sheets of gold leaf
Which of the following quotes is attributed to Lorenzo Ghiberti?
A) “Do or do not, there is no try.”
B) “Art is never finished, only abandoned.”
C) “The sculptor, and the painter also, should be trained in these liberal arts: grammar, geometry, philosophy, medicine, astronomy, perspective, history, anatomy, theory of design, arithmetic.”
C) “The sculptor, and the painter also, should be trained in these liberal arts: grammar, geometry, philosophy, medicine, astronomy, perspective, history, anatomy, theory of design, arithmetic.”
Which organization sponsored the competition in 1401 for the commission of the north doors of the Florence Baptistery?
A) The Gild of Wool-Cloth Merchants
B) The Gild of Goldsmiths
C) The Gild of Pasta
A) The Gild of Wool-Cloth Merchants
What is shellac made out of?
A) Female lac bugs
B) Soy sauce
C) Melted wax
A) The excrement of female lac bugs (kerria lacca), native to Asia.