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David. (Donatello) David is the title of two statues of the biblical hero by the Italian Early Renaissance sculptor Donatello. They consist of an early work in marble of a clothed figure (1408–09), and a far more famous bronze figure that is nude except for helmet and boots, and dates to the 1440s or later.
Dec 6, 2023 · Donatello, David, c. 1440 (photo: Steven Zucker, CC BY-NC-SA 2.0) The subject of this statue is David, the future king and hero of the Hebrew Bible, who as a youth slayed the giant Goliath and liberated his people (the Israelites) from the tyranny of the Philistines. In Donatello’s sculpture, David’s immaturity is unquestionable: his nude ...
Donatello’s work seems to imply that the answer is “no” – the victory was God’s rather than man’s. In any case, Donatello’s David is a classic work of Renaissance sculpture, given its Judaeo-Christian subject matter modeled on a classical sculptural type. It was revolutionary for its day – so much so that it did not get copied ...
Jun 19, 2020 · Donatello's bronze sculpture of David is his second of two works based on the biblical hero. This statue is regarded as his finest achievement and the most famou sculpture produced by this artist. The Museo Nazionale del Bargello holds this memorable creation that is far more well known and artistically respected than his earlier marble version ...
Donatello was a very prolific sculptor whose works included: St. Mark and St. George (c. 1415), two separate sculptures commissioned for the niches of Orasanmichele; David (undated), the first large-scale freestanding nude sculpture since antiquity; the so-called Gattamelata (1447–53), an influential equestrian monument; and St. Mary ...
Apr 2, 2014 · Italian sculptor Donatello is one of the most influential artists of the 15th century in Italy, known for his marble sculpture David, among other popular works.
May 13, 2022 · Donatello’s bronze statue of David (between 1430 and 1469); Donatello, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons A private residence was never personal in the contemporary sense for a public man like Cosimo: The Palazzo Medici was a center of commerce and busy social exchanges, with an open courtyard clearly visible from the road leading to the main door.
Donatello, David, c. 1440, bronze, 158 cm (Museo Nazionale de Bargello, Florence) (photo: Steven Zucker, CC BY-NC-SA 2.0) The subject of this sculpture is David and Goliath, from the Old Testament. According to the story, Israel (the descendents of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob) is threatened by Goliath, a "giant of a man, measuring over nine feet tall.
David at the Bargello in Florence. Donato di Niccolò di Betto Bardi ( c. 1386 – 13 December 1466), known mononymously as Donatello ( English: / ˌdɒnəˈtɛloʊ / [2] Italian: [donaˈtɛllo] ), was an Italian sculptor of the Renaissance period. [3] Born in Florence, he studied classical sculpture and used his knowledge to develop an Early ...
Donatello (about 1386 – 1466) created some of the most significant sculptures of the biblical hero David to come out of the Renaissance. While Michelangelo's monumental marble 'David' is perhaps better known today, Donatello's iconic bronze was the first free-standing male nude in this luxurious material since antiquity, doubtless inspiring Michelangelo among other masters.
