Renaissance Artist

Donato di Niccolò di Betto Bardi

 1386 – December 13, 1466

He was commonly known as Donatello. he was also an early Renaissance sculptor from Florence. He was the one of the greatest sculptor before Michelangelo and was the most influential individual artist of the 15th century in Italy. He quickly learned the Gothic Style.

Masterpieces:

"SAINT MARK"

Is a marble statue that stands approximately seven feet and nine inches high housed in a beautiful niche. Details on the carvings show everything from robe layers to the veins in his hands. His left knee is bent and turned slightly to the left, and in his left hand holds a book. 

"EQUESTRIAN STATUE OF GATTAMELATA"

It is the earliest surviving Renaissance equestrian statue and the first to reintroduce the grandeur of Classical equestrian portraiture. Measuring 340 x 390 cm, the statue were all bronze and was made using lost wax method. The statue sits on a pedestal, and both the condottiero and his horse are portrayed in life size.

"DAVID"

The marble David is Donatello's  earliest known important commission. The figure stands in an elegant Gothic sway, face is curiously blank. David is unaware of his foe's head that rests firmly between his feet that some art scholars have depicted a hint of personality such as slight cockiness.