The Florentines held a competition to decorate the baptistery doors to demonstrate their city's artistic and cultural excellence amidst external threats.
The Florentines opened a competition for decorating the doors of the city's baptistery during the times of Milanese threat to Florentine liberty primarily to showcase the city's artistic prowess and cultural richness in the face of external danger. The competition aimed to highlight Florence's commitment to art and civic pride, contrasting its values of individual liberty and citizen participation in governance with the authoritarian rule of the Duchy of Milan.
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