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Donatello (ca. 1386–1466)
Donato di Niccolò di Betto Bardi, universally known as Donatello, was born in Florence around 1386 and died there in 1466. The powerful expressivity of his art made him the greatest sculptor of the early Renaissance. Masterpieces from the first phases of his career include the vigilant marble Saint George, made for the guildhall of Orsanmichele (ca. 1417; Museo Nazionale del Bargello, Florence); the gilt-bronze Saint Louis of Toulouse at the Church of Santa Croce, Florence (ca. 1422–25); and his bronze relief of the Feast of Herod and statuettes of angels on the baptismal font in the Baptistery of Siena (1425–29). Vasari's description of the first gives us some idea of the impact on his contemporaries of the young Donatello's work: "…There is a marvelous suggestion of life bursting out of the stone." Two of his characteristic formal contributions are encountered in the work for Siena. The relief is organized by a rigorous application of the rules of perspective that makes each figure emerge clearly and logically, even though the scene was modeled at a shallow depth; this is called rilievo schiacciato, or flattened relief. Each of these angels, of which the best known is now in the Staatliche Museen, Berlin, is arranged in a graceful spiraling pose, known as the figura serpentinata, so that the eye is encouraged to move around the figure and take in the whole.
Donatello (ca. 1386–1466) | Thematic Essay | Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History | The Metropolitan Museum of Art donatello (ca. 1386–1466)... fountain figure of a winged infant, 1432 italy (florence) gilt bronze h. 24 1/4 in. (61.5 cm) purchase, mrs. samuel reed gift, gifts of thomas emery and mrs. lionel f.
http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/dona/hd_dona.htm [845 words]
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Relief - Lamentation over the dead Christ - Victoria & Albert Museum - Search the Collections the tonsured figure in the rear place of the relief appears to represent the donor, who probably held the office of prevesto della ss trinita. a native of padua, bellano seems to have been a member of the studio of donatello (active in padua 1443-53). the carving is closely related to the relief of the miracle of the mule which forms part of a reliquary chest carved by bellano for the santo at padua in 1469-72, and may have been produced about 1470-75.
http://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O69569/relief-lamentation-over-the-dead-christ/ [1178 words]
Relief - Virgin and Child - Victoria & Albert Museum - Search the Collections virgin and child object: relief place of origin: florence (made) date: ca. 1455-1460 (carved) artist/maker: donatello (possibly, sculptor) materials and techniques: gilded terracotta museum number: 57:1-1867 gallery location: medieval and renaissance, room 64, case wm, shelf ss exterior order this image summary more information map download pdf version in the course of his long career,
http://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O16284/relief-virgin-and-child/ [1054 words]
Renaissance art sandro botticelli, the birth of venus, 1486 renaissance art art of the european renaissance period, emerging around 1400 in italy, in parallel with developments in philosophy, literature, music and science.
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National Gallery of Art, NGA - The Early Renaissance in Florence works by classical authors, lost to the west for centuries, were rediscovered, and with them a new, humanistic outlook that placed man and human achievement at the center of all things. brunelleschi, donatello, and masaccio humanists in florence styled their city a "new athens." it was a fiercely mercantile state, struggling to remain independent and committed to republican virtues though controlled in practice by the powerful medici family.
http://www.nga.gov/collection/gallery/gg4/gg4-over2.html [524 words]
National Gallery of Art, NGA - The Early Renaissance in Florence works by classical authors, lost to the west for centuries, were rediscovered, and with them a new, humanistic outlook that placed man and human achievement at the center of all things. brunelleschi, donatello, and masaccio humanists in florence styled their city a "new athens." it was a fiercely mercantile state, struggling to remain independent and committed to republican virtues though controlled in practice by the powerful medici family.
http://www.nga.gov/collection/gallery/gg4/gg4-over1.html [524 words]
Bronze Sculpture in the Renaissance | Thematic Essay | Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History | The Metropolitan Museum of Ar but florence saw the first true flowering of bronze sculpture. the main monuments there are the two pairs of bronze doors by lorenzo ghiberti on the baptistery (1404–24 and 1425–52) and several key works of donatello. to the north, as in the vischer family's shrine of saint sebaldus in nuremberg (1507–19), a brassier metal was preferred, but the lustrous reddish bronze of florence set the standard.
http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/scbz/hd_scbz.htm [1086 words]