https://padlet.com/tru00171/rp2dy62mciep Made with wonder en-us 2017-05-15 03:59:43 UTC 2025-12-24 00:35:44 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Clouds.png yul0001 https://padlet.com/tru00171/rp2dy62mciep/wish/171741630 The most important and influential sculptor of the early renaissance was undoubtedly Donatello or Donato di Niccolò di betto Bardi. This is one of Donatello's most famous sculptures the bronze David which was made in 1409 and was the first life size 3D nude of the renaissance. The sculpture of David shows a triumphant David who has just defeated goliath and is showing his defeat by standing on his head. One theory says that the statue was commissioned by the Medici family and it was to be placed in their courtyard of the Medici Palace. Gattamelata in Padua, the first bronze equestrian, or man-mounted-on-horse, statue to commemorate a non-ruler and the model for all subsequent equestrian monument. Donatello created two marble statues in a new style for the church of Or San Michele in about 1415 St. Mark and St. George as well as two bronze pulpits for the medici church just before his death on December 13 1466. Donatello was an innovator. His techniques have been copied by contemporaries and successors and still inspire artists today. He focused throughout his career on creating a strong emotional appeal in his sculptures that has drawn attention and praise for centuries.]]> 2017-05-15 04:09:21 UTC https://padlet.com/tru00171/rp2dy62mciep/wish/171741630 yul0001 https://padlet.com/tru00171/rp2dy62mciep/wish/172962552 Most of Donatello's creations in Florence were commissioned  by the Medici family like the bronze David which was supposedly  to be placed in the Medici church courtyard It was possibly a commission from Cossimo de’ Medici to work on the bronze pulpits of s. Lorenzo that caused him to return to Florence in 1459]]> 2017-05-21 08:12:44 UTC https://padlet.com/tru00171/rp2dy62mciep/wish/172962552 tru00171 https://padlet.com/tru00171/rp2dy62mciep/wish/172985342 Donatello was born in Florence in 1386.He became an apprentice to Ghibert In 1403 at the age of 17, Me he learned how to work with sculpting materialsSuch as marble and bronze. After leaving his apprenticeship, Donatello created his first major work, David. David, and his later works, Portrayed Donatello's aptitude for using classic styles to reinvent his subjects. Donatello died on December 13,1466. He left by the legacy of achieving a profoundLevel of depth and detail in as many works.]]> 2017-05-21 14:59:38 UTC https://padlet.com/tru00171/rp2dy62mciep/wish/172985342 tru00171 https://padlet.com/tru00171/rp2dy62mciep/wish/173049898 Donatello appears to be using linear perspective. However the orthogonals are not so clearly defined that one can say for certain that he is using perspective, or to let us locate a precise vanishing point.]]> 2017-05-22 03:55:48 UTC https://padlet.com/tru00171/rp2dy62mciep/wish/173049898 tru00171 https://padlet.com/tru00171/rp2dy62mciep/wish/173050421 It has been pointed out that Donatello's use of linear perspective is imperfect here, because the orthogonals do not quite meet in a single vanishing point, but this imperfection is small and may have occurred in the chasing of the bronze, and not in the original design.]]> 2017-05-22 04:01:22 UTC https://padlet.com/tru00171/rp2dy62mciep/wish/173050421 tru00171 https://padlet.com/tru00171/rp2dy62mciep/wish/173051906 2017-05-22 04:14:41 UTC https://padlet.com/tru00171/rp2dy62mciep/wish/173051906 tru00171 https://padlet.com/tru00171/rp2dy62mciep/wish/173052139 2017-05-22 04:17:14 UTC https://padlet.com/tru00171/rp2dy62mciep/wish/173052139 tru00171 https://padlet.com/tru00171/rp2dy62mciep/wish/173052223 2017-05-22 04:18:01 UTC https://padlet.com/tru00171/rp2dy62mciep/wish/173052223 yul0001 https://padlet.com/tru00171/rp2dy62mciep/wish/173052226 2017-05-22 04:18:04 UTC https://padlet.com/tru00171/rp2dy62mciep/wish/173052226