Explain the composition of Lorenzo Ghiberti's Jacob and Esau panel from the "Gates of Paradise." Describe the narrative as it is told through relief
What will be an ideal response?
Essay responses should include these points:
The narrative of Jacob and Esau (Genesis 25 and 27) fills the center panel.
It is told from low relief to high relief, starting with God telling Rebecca of future conflicts in the top right corner of the panel.
It also progresses from the background into the foreground.
Finally, Jacob receives Isaac's blessing while, in the center, Esau faces his father.
Ghiberti pays careful attention to one-point perspective in laying out the architectural setting.
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