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Donato di Niccolò di Betto Bardi of Florencia 1386-1466, was one of the most important sculptors of the Renaissance and a pioneer in developing new sculptural techniques.

He became known for bringing realism, depth, and strong emotion to his works.

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He often was careless with his money. He hung a basket of coins in his workshop for his assistants to take whatever they needed, without worrying about anything.

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The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles are named after famous Italian Renaissance artists: Leonardo, Donatello, Raphael, and Michelangelo.

In the series, Donatello is the smart and technological turtle who often invents gadgets. His personality reflects the creativity and intelligence attributed to his name.

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Donatello traveled to Rome with his friend Filippo Brunelleschi to study classical art. The locals nicknamed them the “treasure couple” because they thought that they were searching treasures.

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His bronze sculpture of David caused controversy because it depicted the biblical hero completely naked, which was considered indecent by some contemporaries.

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This was his firts famous sculpture. It was created between 1415 and 1417. Saint Jorge is represented as a young, brave, determined and strong man in armor.

The statue, standing 209 cm tall, was originally placed in an exterior niche of the Orsanmichele church. Now, it is located in the Bargello Museum.

Donatello added a relief at the base that tells the story of Saint George and the dragon, using for the first time his stiacciato technique.

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He was a revolutionary in the art of relief, developing the stiacciato technique, which allows the creation of very flat reliefs with a great sense of depth, using only a few millimeters of difference from the background.

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Saint Mark is one of the most iconic works of the early Italian Renaissance, created between 1411 and 1413.

He is depicted as a bearded middle-aged man wearing a classical robe tied at the waist, holding a book, symbolizing his role as an evangelist.

It decorated the exterior niches of the Orsanmichele church.

When the patrons first saw the statue on the ground, they didn’t like it. But Donatello told them to put it in the niche, where it looked much better and everyone admired it.

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It was created between 1426 and 1428. It is located in the church of Sant’Angelo a Nilo and is made of marble, partially gold and polychromed. It reaches nearly 12 meters of height. The tomb was a collaboration between Donatello and Michelozzo, who worked together in a workshop in Pisa and then transported the tomb to Naples.

This is an example of his maestry makis reliefs, since he used the technique of stiacciato.

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It was created around 1440 commisioned by Cosimo de’ Medici, is one of the most iconic works of the Renaissance.

It is currently located in the Museo Nazionale del Bargello in Florence and i's 158 cm tall.

The sculpture shows the young David after defeating Goliath. He stands nude except for a pointed hat adorned with laurel and high boots. This work broke medieval art traditions by representing, for the first time in centuries, a free-standing nude male figure.

It is made of bronze.

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Donatello spent his final years ill, with a paralyzing illness and blindness that prevented him from working. He died in 1466 at the age of 80 and was buried in the Basilica of San Lorenzo in Florence, next to Cosimo de' Medici the Elder.

As he did not care much about his own money, he spent his last years in poverty.