Donatello (APArt) by NICHOLAS MAITLAND https://padlet.com/3384372/2vi2ho9rv02t "If it were as easy to do a thing as to judge it, my Christ would not look like a peasant; but take some wood yourself and make one" en-us 2019-02-04 02:59:52 UTC 2025-11-05 08:14:59 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Lightdecrease.png Biography of Donatello 3384372 https://padlet.com/3384372/2vi2ho9rv02t/wish/327150652 1) 1386- 1466
2) Italian
3) Renaissance period
4) Donatello's art was usually ordered for by merchants, promoting art. The art was also used to express power and wealth, such as the David.
5) Donatello was the son of a craftsman in the Florentine Wool Combers Guild. Donatello first learned how to sculpt through metal works. Donatello went on a trip to the ruins of Rome with Filippo Brunelleschi. Donatello's emotional art was influenced by Brunelleschi. One of his first greatest pieces of art was the David. 

]]> 2019-02-04 03:09:30 UTC https://padlet.com/3384372/2vi2ho9rv02t/wish/327150652 The David 3384372 https://padlet.com/3384372/2vi2ho9rv02t/wish/327157374 1) 1450
2) Florence, Italy/ Italian
3) Early Renaissance
4) Bronze
5) Seated Boxer
- they are both made of bronze
- the seated boxer expresses a powerless figure while the David shows an empowered figure
- both show a fighting figure



]]> 2019-02-04 04:02:44 UTC https://padlet.com/3384372/2vi2ho9rv02t/wish/327157374 Saint John the Baptist 3384372 https://padlet.com/3384372/2vi2ho9rv02t/wish/327163456 1) 1438
2) Venice, Italy/ Italian
3) Early Renaissance
4) Painted wood
5) Nike of Samothrace
- they both have flowing drapery to express elegance
- the Nike of Samothrace is considered very close to nude, where this is not
- Nike was made of marble, not wood]]> 2019-02-04 05:02:44 UTC https://padlet.com/3384372/2vi2ho9rv02t/wish/327163456 Judith and Holofernes 3384372 https://padlet.com/3384372/2vi2ho9rv02t/wish/327164402 1) 1457
2) Florence, Italy/ Italian
3) Early Renaissance
4) Bronze
5) The David (Donatello)
- Both are made of bronze
- Both were sponsored by the Medici family
- Both express power and wealth through fightin ]]> 2019-02-04 05:14:26 UTC https://padlet.com/3384372/2vi2ho9rv02t/wish/327164402