Description of the relief of Donatello “Herod Feast”
The baptistery font in Siena, Italy is decorated with bronze reliefs of several venerable masters of the art of the XV century. The work of Florentine Donatello is distinguished among them by […]
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Description of the statue of Donatello “Judith and Holofernes”
Donatello created an excellent work called Judith and Holofernes. At first, this sculpture was implied for the Medici Palace, but after the republic was declared, the palace was plundered, the work was […]
Description of the statue of Donatello “David”
“David” is one of the great sculptures that embodies so many meanings and questions that worried people in the 15th century. This is a statue that was the beginning of the revival […]
Description of the statue of Donatello “Equestrian statue of Gattamelaty”
For ten years Italian sculptor Donatello worked on the prototype of all subsequent equestrian statues of Europe. By 1453, a master built a magnificent monument to condottier Gattamelate: a composition more than […]
Description of the sculpture Donatello “St. George”
Sculpture “St. George” was created by the great Italian sculptor Donatello between 1415 and 1416. According to the custom of the time, the sculpture was ordered and paid for by the gunsmiths […]