Donatello, 1386-1466
Wortz, Rolf C.
Donatello, 1386-1466 / Rolf C. Wirtz - Köln : Könemann , 1998 - 120 p. : illus. ; 33 cm - Masters of Italian art .
Donato di Niccolò di Betto Bardi, better known as Donatello, was an Italian sculptor of the Renaissance. Born in Florence, he studied classical sculpture and used this to develop a complete Renaissance style in sculpture, whose periods in Rome, Padua, and Siena introduced to other parts of Italy a long and productive career. Financed by Cosimo de' Medici, Donatello's David, was the first freestanding nude male sculpture since antiquity.
Translated from the German to English
9783829002448
Donatello, di Niccolò di Betto Bardi (1386?-1466)
SculptureRenaissance---Italy
REF 795.5 DON
Donatello, 1386-1466 / Rolf C. Wirtz - Köln : Könemann , 1998 - 120 p. : illus. ; 33 cm - Masters of Italian art .
Donato di Niccolò di Betto Bardi, better known as Donatello, was an Italian sculptor of the Renaissance. Born in Florence, he studied classical sculpture and used this to develop a complete Renaissance style in sculpture, whose periods in Rome, Padua, and Siena introduced to other parts of Italy a long and productive career. Financed by Cosimo de' Medici, Donatello's David, was the first freestanding nude male sculpture since antiquity.
Translated from the German to English
9783829002448
Donatello, di Niccolò di Betto Bardi (1386?-1466)
SculptureRenaissance---Italy
REF 795.5 DON