Which Highly Influential Renaissance Architect First Gained Fame as a Sculptor

question 36

Multiple Choice

Which highly influential Renaissance architect first gained fame as a sculptor, a career he allegedly abandoned after losing a contest to design the Florentine Baptistery doors?

• A) Ghiberti
• B) Brunelleschi
• C) Vasari
• D) Masaccio

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