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BYU: Rare 'Gates of Paradise' replica restored and on display at BYU museum
The Brigham Young University Museum of Art recently unveiled restored gypsum cast panels of Italian sculptor Lorenzo Ghiberti’s famous "Gates of Paradise." After decades in storage and years of student-powered restoration, the Gates are now ready for display. With fewer than a dozen of these replicas still intact and even fewer on display, this replica stands as an important addition to BYU. Ghiberti’s work depicting stories from the Old Testament is one of the most important pieces from the early Renaissance and was praised by Michelangelo. The exhibition, titled “Gilded ...
