Donatello
Sculptor and Artist
Birth to Death
Donatello's Life
David
This was one of Donatello's first sculptures. Donatello was among the first of people to make nude sculptures popular. Later on, Michelangelo copied this artwork into the more famous piece we see today.
The Feast of Herod
This piece was of the reaction to the beheading of John the Baptist. It was created for a church in Florence. This is one of his most famous pieces and remains well-known today.
St. Mark
Again one of Donatello's earlier pieces. This sculpture, made for Orsanmichele, was placed on the outside of the building in one of it's niches.
The Feast of Herod
It is located on the bapistry of the Siena Cathedral in Italy
This piece is one of the few two dimensional copper sculptures Donatello made, he mainly focused on three dimensional pieces
The Feast of Herod was one of Donatello's earlier pieces and is noted for it's different perspective
This piece exhibits realism because realism is the portrayal of humans and this sculptures shows humans in a certain environment reacting to an event that has been shown to them, in this case, the beheading of John the Baptist
Citations
"Donatello's David." Home Page. N.p., n.d. Web. 30 Jan. 2013. <http://employees.oneonta.edu/farberas/arth/arth213/donatello_david.html>
"General Logon Page." Gale Error Page. N.p., n.d. Web. 30 Jan. 2013. <http://ic.galegroup.com/ic/bic1/ReferenceDetailsPage/ReferenceDetailsWindow?failOverType=&query=&windowstate=normal&contentModules=&mode=view&displayGroupName=Reference&limiter=&currPage=&disableHighlighting=true&displayGroups=&sortBy=&source=&search_within_results=&action=e&catId=GALE%7CAAA000042426&activityType=&scanId=&documentId=GALE%7CK1631001850>.
"St Mark : DONATELLO : Art Images : Imagiva." Imagiva Art Images. N.p., n.d. Web. 30 Jan. 2013. <http://www.imagiva.com/donatello/st-mark-2.html>.