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The sculptor and architect Diego de Siloe's achievements are recognized as among the finest of the Spanish Renaissance. His sculpture is considered the high point of the Burgos Plateresque. His sculptural style is a mixture of the Italian Renaissance, Gothic, and Mudéjar (Spanish Muslim) and is properly called Plateresque. Influenced by both Michelangelo and Donatello, he was able to animate his figures and create forceful compositions. His early masterpiece, the Escalera Dorada (Golden Staircase; 1519-23) in the Burgos Cathedral, combines both his sculptural and architectural gifts in a work of painted and gilded exuberance.
The photo shows the Golden Staircase.
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