Facts about Donatello
Have you ever wondered how life would be if there would be no art, well, here’s some fun facts I bet you didn’t know about Donatello. He was a sculptor from Florence and he studied classical sculpture he inspired a lot of other artists such as Michelangelo and he also had several assistants, his best known works were mostly statues in a circle. But he developed a new, shallow type of work that had a large architectural relief.
Also “Donatello was the son of Niccolo DI Betto Bardi”, Donatello was educated in the house of the Martelli family. Donatello received early training at a goldsmith's workshop, and worked briefly Donatello was recognized as a genius and a master of his craft by his contemporaries as well as the …show more content…
Donatello was unquestionably the greatest force among the great masters of fifteenth-century Florence. The Florence Donatello was born in was just beginning to feel the rumblings of an artistic movement that would greatly influence western civilization. In 1407 Donatello left Ghiberti’s studio and found steady work as artisan at the Florence Cathedral, then under construction. Donatello’s next major project was a series of statues set to be placed in the campanile, or bell tower, of the Florence Cathedral. Word of Donatello’s achievements soon spread throughout northern Italy, and “he won commissions in other cities”. Scholars believed that Donatello again journeyed to Rome to study classical art around 1431. During his stay in Padua, Donatello also undertook interior renovations for the cities Church of San …show more content…
The main evidence comes from anecdotes by Angelo Poliziano in his "Detti piacevoli". This may not be surprising in the context of attitudes prevailing in the 15th- and 16th-century Florentine republic The Judith and Holofernes, begun for the Duomo DI Siena dates from 1455 to 1460 but was later acquired by the Medici. Until 1461, Donatello remained in Siena, where he created a St. John the Baptist, also for the Duomo, and models for its gates, now lost.This work is characterized by an intense, free, indeed sketchy and suggestively unfinished in Italian a non-finito technique that heightens the dramatic effect of the scenes and emphasizes their spiritual
Have you ever wondered how life would be if there would be no art, well, here’s some fun facts I bet you didn’t know about Donatello. He was a sculptor from Florence and he studied classical sculpture he inspired a lot of other artists such as Michelangelo and he also had several assistants, his best known works were mostly statues in a circle. But he developed a new, shallow type of work that had a large architectural relief.
Also “Donatello was the son of Niccolo DI Betto Bardi”, Donatello was educated in the house of the Martelli family. Donatello received early training at a goldsmith's workshop, and worked briefly Donatello was recognized as a genius and a master of his craft by his contemporaries as well as the …show more content…
Donatello was unquestionably the greatest force among the great masters of fifteenth-century Florence. The Florence Donatello was born in was just beginning to feel the rumblings of an artistic movement that would greatly influence western civilization. In 1407 Donatello left Ghiberti’s studio and found steady work as artisan at the Florence Cathedral, then under construction. Donatello’s next major project was a series of statues set to be placed in the campanile, or bell tower, of the Florence Cathedral. Word of Donatello’s achievements soon spread throughout northern Italy, and “he won commissions in other cities”. Scholars believed that Donatello again journeyed to Rome to study classical art around 1431. During his stay in Padua, Donatello also undertook interior renovations for the cities Church of San …show more content…
The main evidence comes from anecdotes by Angelo Poliziano in his "Detti piacevoli". This may not be surprising in the context of attitudes prevailing in the 15th- and 16th-century Florentine republic The Judith and Holofernes, begun for the Duomo DI Siena dates from 1455 to 1460 but was later acquired by the Medici. Until 1461, Donatello remained in Siena, where he created a St. John the Baptist, also for the Duomo, and models for its gates, now lost.This work is characterized by an intense, free, indeed sketchy and suggestively unfinished in Italian a non-finito technique that heightens the dramatic effect of the scenes and emphasizes their spiritual