In this man's Commentaries he wrote his autobiography as well as explained some of his artistic views.
After a Merchants' Guild commissioned this man to create a bronze statue of their patron saint, John the Baptist, a rival guild of bankers commissioned this man to create a larger bronze statue of their patron saint, Matthew, both of which appear along with a statue this man made of Saint Stephen in Or San Michele. In this man's Commentaries he wrote his autobiography as well as explained some of his artistic views. Two of his students, Donatello and Paolo Uccello, helped him in completing his first major commission, that being the making of second pair of doors for the baptistery of the cathedral of Florence. Apparantly, he did such a good job on these doors he was asked to complete a 3rd pair. FTP, name this sculptor who created the "Gates of Paradise."
After a Merchants' Guild commissioned this man to create a bronze statue of their patron saint, John the Baptist, a rival guild of bankers commissioned this man to create a larger bronze statue of their patron saint, Matthew, both of which appear along with a statue this man made of Saint Stephen in Or San Michele.
Lorenzo Ghiberti (or Lorenzo di Bartolo)