Why Donatello Was a Father of the Renaissance | Smithsonian
Mar 30, 2022 · Donatello formed a close artistic friendship with Brunelleschi, the architect and sculptor who designed the impressive red-brick dome of Florence Cathedral. Together, the pair revived a classical...
A Once-in-a-Lifetime Donatello Show Argues That Sculpture ... - Artnet News
Apr 6, 2022 · For the first time in 40 years, Italian Renaissance master Donatello (ca. 1386–1466) has a major solo show—and the curator, Francesco Caglioti, hopes the blockbuster exhibition will help elevate the master sculptor to the level of fame enjoyed by Leonardo da Vinci, Raphael, and Michelangelo.
Donatello Gets His Due - The New York Times
Mar 18, 2022 · Donatello found an outlet for his vision in the “spiritelli,” the naked winged children that he used as decorative motifs and subjects on their own.
Donatello - Wikipedia
Donato di Niccolò di Betto Bardi (c. 1386 – 13 December 1466), known mononymously as Donatello (English: / ˌ d ɒ n ə ˈ t ɛ l oʊ /; [2] Italian: [donaˈtɛllo]), was an Italian sculptor of the Renaissance period.
Donatello gets the Michelangelo treatment in Florence - The Washington Post
May 13, 2022 · Donatello is the Precursor — the opening act to Michelangelo’s thundering apotheosis. But it was Donatello who, more than any artist, led Italian art out of the Middle Ages.
Donatello: The Renaissance — a thrilling once-in-a-lifetime show
Mar 24, 2022 · Decades later, returning to the subject, Donatello recast the Old Testament warrior as a dreamily smiling Greek god, nude save jaunty cap and knee-high sandals, with a brilliant sheen. We meet ...
First major Donatello exhibition in nearly 40 years to open in …
Nov 30, 2021 · Donatello broke with tradition completely, taking inspiration from the art of antiquity and the Middle Ages and mixing all those elements with his own vision to create an entirely new language...
Donatello’s ‘David’ Will Travel to the V&A for the ... - Artnet News
Oct 26, 2022 · The first U.K. exhibition to explore the life and work of the Renaissance sculptor Donatello (ca.1386—1466) is due to open next February at the Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A) in London.
First major Donatello exhibition to come to UK ... - The Art …
Oct 27, 2022 · The first major UK exhibition of Donatello will open at the Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A) in London next year (11 February-11 June 2023). The Florentine Old Master is considered one of the ...
How Donatello changed art history forever - The Art Newspaper
Mar 18, 2022 · This week, as the Palazzo Strozzi and Museo Nazionale del Bargello in Florence present a survey of Donatello, one of the greatest of all Italian Renaissance masters, we talk to Arturo Galansino,...