Powers, H. H. (Harry Huntington), 1859-1936 · New York, The Macmillan company · leaf 205
to the great doors inquestion, little interrupted by other work, and these doors oncein place were adjudged not only the equal of Andreas but theirsuperior, a false judgment, perhaps, but perfectly in line withthe taste of the time. So complete was Ghibertis triumphthat these doors once placed in… … Ghiberti, the Painter in Bronze 187 make another pair of doors for the front entrance, givinghim thus the supreme honor, and freedom to fashion them ashe would. Upon these doors he spent twenty-eight years— forty-nine years in all. Seldom has a life been so con-centrated, and seldom has…
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