Donatello
Donato di Niccolo di Betto Bardi, 1386?–1466, Italian sculptor.
- Also Do·na·to [duh-nah-toh; Italian daw-nah-taw]. /dəˈnɑ toʊ; Italian dɔˈnɑ tɔ/.
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How to use Donatello in a sentence
He then passes it along to some neighbor of his in a city like Florence, like Donatello, who takes that idea and puts it in low-relief sculpture, passes it along to another resident of the city.
The piece was generally thought to be a later copy of a Donatello original.
And then in the north aisle you may see the statue called a portrait of Poggio Bracciolini by Donatello.
Florence and Northern Tuscany with Genoa | Edward HuttonDonatello, too, had three figures here beside the relief beneath the St. George.
Florence and Northern Tuscany with Genoa | Edward HuttonVery fair and surprising it is with its frieze of angels' heads by Donatello, helped perhaps by Desiderio da Settignano.
Florence and Northern Tuscany with Genoa | Edward Hutton
But again this work too seems, in spite of Vasari, to belong rather uncertainly to Donatello.
Florence and Northern Tuscany with Genoa | Edward HuttonFor all his genius, Ghiberti, that euphuist, did not influence those who came after him as Donatello did.
Florence and Northern Tuscany with Genoa | Edward Hutton
British Dictionary definitions for Donatello
/ (Italian donaˈtɛllo) /
real name Donato di Betto Bardi. 1386–1466, Florentine sculptor, regarded as the greatest sculptor of the quattrocento, who was greatly influenced by classical sculpture and contemporary humanist theories. His marble relief of St George Killing the Dragon (1416–17) shows his innovative use of perspective. Other outstanding works are the classic bronze David, and the bronze equestrian monument to Gattamelatta, which became the model of subsequent equestrian sculpture
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