Donatello

We are now in the years of 1411 through 1430. Three Florentine friends get recognized and become the founders of the Renaissance. One of themis named Brunelleschi. He is an architect. Another is Donatello. He is a sculptor. And finally, Masaccio is a painter. They have a pretty large age gap. Let’s focus on Brunelleschi first. He was the first to come up with the idea of putting a Renaissance spin to art. When he and other humanists take a trip to…

1. How did Masaccio impact 15th century Florence? ANSWER: Masaccio became known as the best painter of his time. He was known for his ability to depicting nature in a realistic manner and recreating lifelike figures. He was also able to depict movement in his art as seen in his piece, The Tribute Money. Masaccio was also well known for his ability to create three dimensional figures by casting shadows and other various art techniques that reflected three dimensionality. Masaccio was also…

The Statues of David The Story of David and Goliath is a timeless story from I Samuel 17. The Philistine army had come against Israel and was ready for war. The two armies gathered for battle on opposite sides of a valley. A Philistine giant named Goliath that was over 9 feet tall mocked and challenged the Israelites for forty days. Everyone was terrified of him. David, a young shepherd boy heard of this giant and offered to fight him. He went with only a sling and a stone and came back…

Michelangelo Buonarroti is a very famous sculpture known around the world, but what most people don’t know is that there are two other well-known sculpture interpretations of the biblical David by two other different artists. The two other artists are Donatello and Bernini. Each artist has a different depiction of David and his battle against Goliath and different time frames of his battle with Goliath. While these sculptures are many years apart, each sculpture shows the beginning, height, and…

First off, the constants of this time period should be addressed. The number one thing that remained unchanged were the themes used in the art—biblical stories. Biblical stories have been used in a wide array of art since the Roman ages, and artists continued to use them throughout the Renaissance. They can be seen in pieces like “David”, “The Annunciation”, “Gates of Paradise”, and “The Tribute Money”. These pieces, while revolutionary in so many other ways, were still a product of what humans…

I could have created Starry Night, by Vincent Van Gogh in 1889, because it is a piece that I enjoy to look at. I feel as though it speaks to me, and portrays somethings that I feel. However, I could never have created the sculpture St. Mark, by Donatello in 1413, because it was so intricate and large. It would have taken great skill in many areas to create a work of art as extravagant. Starry Night is a master piece. It uses mostly dark colors. Of the colors used it includes different hues of…

the wounded person went by the name Edward. That was almost a week ago.” Pitou didn’t say anything during the conversation. But after a short while three people entered the inn it was a girl (Aki) with white hair and ocean -blue eyes and a man (Donatello) with blonde hair…

Florence Duomo Historical Background Information Around 1415, Filippo Brunelleschi competed for the chance to build the dome of the Florence Duomo. Florence was home to many talented artists, and all of them entered competitions to build or design various buildings around the city. Just a few years before, Brunelleschi had competed to design the bronze doors on the baptistery, but lost the competition to Lorenzo Ghiberti. Along with Ghiberti and Michelangelo, Brunelleschi built a model of what…

Michelangelo Vs. Donatello: The David’s Compared and Contrasted Michelangelo and Donatello are two of the world’s most renowned artist and their sculptures both titled “David” are famous and frequently-discussed works of Italian renaissance art. Although both of these sculptures are named the same they’re far from being just that. Each artist created their own unique version of their character. The gigantic David by Michelangelo was finished in 1504 and placed outside the entrance to the…

talent, there are different takes of the same story. The story in this case is the story of David and the Goliath, done by the artists Donatello and Ghirlandaio. These two artists captured David in his moment of triumph, but even thought the origin for their work is from the same passage, both artists tell a different story. The second take on “David” is done by Donatello, made some time between 1440 -1460. This one is made out of bronze using a “lost-wax…