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wrap(1) (iou) and Ghiberti, Lorenzo (sh)


wrap(1) (iou)



wrap noun. [rap] LME.
[from the verb.]
A wrapper, a covering; spec. a blanket or rug used to wrap about oneself when travelling, sleeping, etc. LME.
M. Arnold To penetrate through wraps and appearances to the essence of things.
b. Material used for wrapping, esp. very thin plastic Film. M20.
A loose garment wrapped about the person; spec. (a) a woman's shawl, scarf, etc.; a loose robe, a wrapper; (b) (usu. in pl.) a loose outer garment worn when travelling. E19.
A. Manning I was taking off my wraps, and making ready to go up stairs. H. James The haste I made to get into slippers and into a wrap. H. Robbins She let her evening wrap fall from her shoulders.
An act of wrapping something; a single twist or winding of cord in fastening an object. L19.
fig. In pl. A veil of secrecy maintained about something, esp. a new project. Chiefly in keep under wraps, take the wraps off. M20.
Times Only now was the truth about battered wives being revealed 'because the wraps have just been pulled off a taboo subject'. C. McCullough The book stays under wraps until I say it can be displayed.
Cinematography & Television. The end of a session of filming or recording. L20.
Listener The director says: 'Cut! Thank you,..that's a wrap'.
Attrib. & comb.: In the sense 'that wraps around the body, wraparound', as wrap coat, wrap dress. Special combs., as wrap party Cinematography: held to celebrate the completion of filming; wrap reel, wrap wheel a large revolving framework on which yarn can be wound and measured.
? Rare before 19.

Ghiberti, Lorenzo (sh)




born งใ 1378, Pelago
died Dec. 1, 1455, Florence

Italian sculptor, goldsmith, and designer active in Florence.

He was trained as a goldsmith and painter. In 1402 he won a competition for the commission to make a pair of bronze doors for the Baptistery of Florence Cathedral, defeating Filippo Brunelleschi. The honour brought him immediate fame and prominence. Work on the doors lasted from 1403 to 1424. In 1425 he was asked to make a second pair, known as the Gates of Paradise, which he completed in 1452. The reliefs on the first door are the major sculptural works of the International Gothic style in Italy; those on the second, in a more advanced style, are among the finest examples of Italian Renaissance Art. Among his Other commissions were three bronze statues for Or San Michele (1413-29) and two reliefs for the Baptistery of Siena Cathedral (1417-27). He directed a large workshop with many assistants, including Donatello and Paolo Uccello. His treatise on Art history and theory includes the earliest surviving autobiography of an artist.