Donatello
the great artist
Background information
-Donatello was born in Florence, Italy 1386
-He was the son of Nicclod di Betto Bardi
-He was not married and had no children
-When he turned 20 he worked in Lorenzo Ghirbertis shop
Achievments
-Before Donatello was 20 he was recieving commisions for his work.
-He was the most influential individual artist of the 15th century in Italy.
-Over his career he developed a style of life like, highly emotional sculptures and a replutation second only to Michelangelo.
-Donatello's work outside of Italy is extremly rare there is only one relief by him in the United States.
Impact on Today
-Donatello was the powerful expressivity of his art it made him the greatest scupltor of the early Renaissance.
-Florentine sculptor Donatello left an indelible mark on the Renaissance and the future of art itself.
Interesting Facts
-Sometime in 1386 his friends and family gave him the nickname Dontello
-Donatello worked creativley with bronze, stone and wood
-He was a master of techniques and materials
Forence Italy is the birth place of Donatello
Donatellos art work
Donatellos sculpture
Citations
Works Cited
Danatello. craven thomas, 1995. Web. 9 Mar. 2014. <http://www.yesnet.yk.ca/schools/projects/renaissance/donatello.html>.
Donatello 10 Mar. 2014. Biography in Context. Web. 10 Mar. 2014. <http://ic.galegroup.com/ic/bic1/ReferenceDetailsPage/ReferenceDetailsWindow?failOverType=&query=&windowstate=normal&contentModules=&mode=view&displayGroupName=Reference&limiter=&u=libe79362&currPage=&disableHighlighting=true&displayGroups=&sortBy=&source=&search_within_results=&p=BIC1&action=e&catId=GALE%7CAAA000042426&activityType=&scanId=&documentId=GALE%7CK1631001850>.
Fetzer, Scott. World Book. N.p.: World Book Inc., 2005. Print.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Draper, James David, Oct. 2002. Web. 6 Mar. 2014. <http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/dona/hd_dona.htm>.