Donatello

Donatello English/ Western Civilizations 10 Pre-IB April 15, 2002 Donatello and His Art Revolution “Our Glory is all the greater since we, with neither precursors nor models, are creating arts and sciences of a kind never seen or heard of before” (Alberti qtd. in Poeschke). In the Early Renaissance, artists and scholars were incorporating the values and ideals of Ancient Rome and Greece into the growth that became important concepts of the High Renaissance. Donatello made his own place during a time when sculpture was in transition from Gothic traditionalism to classical realism. During the Gothic period, art and sculpture depicted Christian ideas. In Donatello's lifetime (1386' -1466), the patrons of sculpture were still primarily interested in church purposes, but the new trends in style were being influenced by realism. This stylistic realism drew strongly from classical forms to depict human endeavors and emotions. Donatello developed artistic trends appearing at the time by expanding on the humanistic qualities, mastering the depiction of realistic expression and perspective in his sculptures, and refusing to compromise his ideals for the sake of conventional patrons. The church’s donatello, art, st, sculpture, patrons, new, greenhalgh, grassi, george, doors, renaissance, one, human, first, fig, bennett, time, realism, rea, own, movement, made, expression, york, world, works, work, statue, rome, rest, prophet, posture, people, natural