Donatello: The Renaissance
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Author: Caglioti, Francesco
The first thorough overview of the artist in many years, this volume reconstructs the outstanding career of one of the greatest sculptors in Western art. Famed for his incredibly sensual sculpture of David – the first freestanding nude male sculpture since antiquity – Donatello also made reliefs, but was best known for statues in the round. Accompanies a truly historic exhibition at the Palazzo Strozzi and Museo Nazionale del Bargello in Florence.Accompanying a truly historic exhibition at the Palazzo Strozzi and Museo Nazionale del Bargello in Florence, and featuring a wealth of colour plates of the artist’s key works, this volume also contextualises Donatello’s innovations by juxtaposing them with masterpieces by other Renaissance masters such as Brunelleschi, Masaccio, Andrea Mantegna, Giovanni Bellini, Raphael and Michelangelo. These revelatory, expert juxtapositions help define Donatello’s style: for example, comparison of his 'Madonna col Bambino' relief with Giovanni di Pietro da Pisa’s 'Madonna col Bambino' shows how Donatello eschewed decorative gestures (such as putti, garlands and vases) in favour of a more vital simplification of form.
ISBN 9791254630068. Marsilio Editori. hb. 368 pages. 230 colour ills. 29 x 24 cm.
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The first thorough overview of the artist in many years, this volume reconstructs the outstanding career of one of the greatest sculptors in Western art. Famed for his incredibly sensual sculpture of David – the first freestanding nude male sculpture since antiquity – Donatello also made reliefs, but was best known for statues in the round. Accompanies a truly historic exhibition at the Palazzo Strozzi and Museo Nazionale del Bargello in Florence.Accompanying a truly historic exhibition at the Palazzo Strozzi and Museo Nazionale del Bargello in Florence, and featuring a wealth of colour plates of the artist’s key works, this volume also contextualises Donatello’s innovations by juxtaposing them with masterpieces by other Renaissance masters such as Brunelleschi, Masaccio, Andrea Mantegna, Giovanni Bellini, Raphael and Michelangelo. These revelatory, expert juxtapositions help define Donatello’s style: for example, comparison of his 'Madonna col Bambino' relief with Giovanni di Pietro da Pisa’s 'Madonna col Bambino' shows how Donatello eschewed decorative gestures (such as putti, garlands and vases) in favour of a more vital simplification of form.
ISBN 9791254630068. Marsilio Editori. hb. 368 pages. 230 colour ills. 29 x 24 cm.
available