| 单词 | Donatello |
| 例句 | I wore my own headband across my forehead and tied over my hair at the back with the ends hanging down, like my purple Ninja Turtle namesake Donatello. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z In keeping with Verdon’s goal to display the well-known works in a new way, the Donatello is seen alongside paintings and reliquaries that also “evoke the world of private piety,” as the wall text explains. Florence’s Museo dell’Opera del Duomo sets Renaissance masterpieces in a religious context 2017-07-06T04:00:00Z Apparently he was terrific, because Donatello, the greatest artist of the age, carved him a beautiful little Madonna in return for treating him. A picture of health: art's warts-and-all view of doctors 2013-01-08T15:54:05Z “The Medici Boy,” a novel about Donatello, had required many years of research, and now the writing was taking nearly as long. On Death and Dignity 2019-04-29T04:00:00Z The 16th-century art historian Vasari circulated the legend that Donatello ordered his sculpture to speak to him while he was working on it. Review: Donatello in a Valedictory Show at the Museum of Biblical Art 2015-02-19T05:00:00Z Since the saint died in the fourth century, it is thought that the sculptor, Donatello, used himself as a model. Art Review: ?Renaissance Portrait From Donatello to Bellini? - Review 2011-12-22T23:31:48Z And when he saw it that way, Mr. Butterfield said, it was like a lightning bolt that transformed his thinking and led him on the path to Donatello. Statue May Be a Lost Work by Donatello 2015-10-21T04:00:00Z Donatello missed the fierce artistic competition back home. 'Sculpture in the Age of Donatello' shows artist's competitive spirit 2015-05-08T04:00:00Z "Sculpture in the Age of Donatello" is on view at the Museum of Biblical Art through June 14. Don't miss: Brunelleschi's dome at soon-to-close Museum of Biblical Art 2015-04-29T04:00:00Z Another Donatello, his depiction of the prophet Jeremiah, had also been a possibility for the show but could not travel because of structural weaknesses that would have made a journey too risky. Museum Draws Donatello From Italy 2014-04-27T22:02:51Z “Likeness” encompasses such sublimities as Donatello’s painted terra-cotta bust of an Italian aristocrat, which shines with aloof sensitivity, and Rodin’s breathtaking translucent “Mask of Hanako II Type E,” which seems the soul incarnate. Real, or Too Real? A Dazzling Show Goes the Way of All Flesh 2018-03-22T04:00:00Z Christ's scrawniness, and slumped head, hark back to austere 15th century examples by Donatello and Masaccio; his isolation, and the absence of other saints, accords with the Lutheran emphasis on Christ and his passion. Bronzino's Medici portraits ? review 2010-10-22T23:07:00Z But that is the logical direction for artist in the wake of Donatello, Michelangelo and Bernini. How I finally warmed to Antonio Canova, rival to Michelangelo 2010-08-24T14:35:00Z When Donatello and Caravaggio portray beautiful boys, they are not indulging an accepted, legal desire like ancient Greek and Roman artists. Roman erotica lacks a sense of sin 2013-03-26T14:37:18Z "My mother actually sent me a video on VHS of me as Donatello . . . and so now 20 years later to be this character is really a dream come true." Nickelodeon’s 360-degree nostalgia machine: Making shows that never go out of style 2018-09-29T04:00:00Z Donatello especially was busy with several commissions, and the authorities were impatient for the cathedral project's completion. 'Sculpture in the Age of Donatello' shows artist's competitive spirit 2015-05-08T04:00:00Z He admired Donatello, whose zephyr-soft marble relief “Madonna of the Clouds” — it’s in the Boston museum’s collection and on view in its Renaissance galleries — was clearly a model for his own later work. The Art of Della Robbia: From Earth and Water, Pure Beauty 2016-08-18T04:00:00Z Artistic conflict came with the Florentine territory, where guys like Filippo Brunelleschi and Lorenzo Ghiberti were steadily nipping at Donatello's heels. 'Sculpture in the Age of Donatello' shows artist's competitive spirit 2015-05-08T04:00:00Z The walls above the table and around the windows, for example, are reserved primarily for images of high art — postcards of masterpieces by van Eyck, Vermeer, Holbein, Degas, Seurat and Donatello. Art Review: Rediscovered at the Altar of Art 2011-08-11T21:34:13Z Donatello was “the greatest artist of all time,” Caglioti said, one whose impact overshadowed that of Giotto, Raphael, Michelangelo and Caravaggio. Donatello Gets His Due 2022-03-18T04:00:00Z That crime, in the novel, is seen as proof of an animal nature; if the family stories are true, Donatello is part beast. Review: ‘For the Last Time’ Sets a Hawthorne Novel in New Orleans, in 1950 2015-05-29T04:00:00Z Donatello found an outlet for his vision in the “spiritelli,” the naked winged children that he used as decorative motifs and subjects on their own. Donatello Gets His Due 2022-03-18T04:00:00Z The invention, and the way Donatello recovered and transformed elements from classical antiquity, was immensely influential among other artists in the early Renaissance. Statue May Be a Lost Work by Donatello 2015-10-21T04:00:00Z But the masterful new exhibition of Renaissance treasures by Donatello, Nanni di Banco, Filippo Brunelleschi, and other Italian virtuosos at the Museum of Biblical Art in New York delivers just that experience. MOBIA Displays Sculptures from Florence’s Duomo 2015-02-26T05:00:00Z Verrocchio responded with an elegant, rather sassy David, more naturalistic and triumphant than Donatello’s downcast Hellenistic predecessor, that sashays over the first gallery of this show. In ‘Verrocchio,’ Leonardo’s Master Is the Star 2019-10-10T04:00:00Z Generations of scholars debated its status as an autograph work by the Florentine Renaissance master Donatello, or by a follower. Anthony Radcliffe obituary 2011-02-23T18:42:50Z Its renown echoed so widely throughout Donatello’s lifetime and later that it merits its own room in the exhibition, alongside works by artists inspired by the piece, including Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo. Donatello Gets His Due 2022-03-18T04:00:00Z The best known of these is Donatello’s bronze “David,” which he created for the Medici, the Florentine dynasty that promoted the artist. Donatello Gets His Due 2022-03-18T04:00:00Z Does the tale of Donatello’s demanding conversation from his statue reflect a garbled memory of the Biblical text, confusing the artist’s Habakkuk with a very sin that the prophet denounced? Entranced by Donatello 2015-03-02T05:00:00Z “Donatello did more than that, turning the history of art around by 180 degrees.” Donatello Gets His Due 2022-03-18T04:00:00Z It features three Donatello masterpieces, including one that is surely the finest carving he made. 'Sculpture in the Age of Donatello' shows artist's competitive spirit 2015-05-08T04:00:00Z The sculpture is almost identical to one by Kaikei, the Donatello of Japanese art, and is probably from his workshop. Masterpieces of Japanese Art at the Met 2015-11-12T05:00:00Z The pair’s combined patronage extended the length of the High Renaissance, from Donatello and Brunelleschi to Michelangelo and Leonardo da Vinci. For the Medici, the Last Great Picture Show 2021-06-24T04:00:00Z Eastman and Laird's core characters Leonardo, Raphael, Donatello and Michelangelo did not start off as family-friendly. The tactile appeal of the original "Ninja Turtles" toys can't be beat 2023-08-06T04:00:00Z If Netflix finds itself running out of storylines for series three of Daredevil, Marvel Studios might consider bringing in the pugilistic anthropomorphic reptiles Leonardo, Donatello, Michelangelo and Raphael to liven things up. It's all connected! Pixar and the history of surprising film and TV shared universes 2017-01-19T05:00:00Z As Mr. Zolli explains in the exhibition catalog, Donatello and Nanni both made calculated adjustments so that their figures would appear natural to viewers from below. Review: Donatello in a Valedictory Show at the Museum of Biblical Art 2015-02-19T05:00:00Z “Because Donatello,” he added, is a “father of the Renaissance.” Donatello Gets His Due 2022-03-18T04:00:00Z At the Bargello, statues depicting the biblical hero David by various artists have been assembled in the Donatello Room, so named in 1887, after it hosted an exhibit commemorating 500 years since the artist’s birth. Donatello Gets His Due 2022-03-18T04:00:00Z Donatello's competitive spirit is the exhibition's focal point, manifest in the stunning juxtaposition of two monumental seated sculptures. 'Sculpture in the Age of Donatello' shows artist's competitive spirit 2015-05-08T04:00:00Z The bodies may move like those of Michelangelo, but their proportions are elongated and their curious blend of elegance and overt suffering seems more indebted to Donatello. Review | This 16-century Spanish sculptor changed how his country looked at religious art 2019-12-02T05:00:00Z Like Donatello when he brought the male nude daringly back to life in a Christian world, modern love delights in being bad. Roman erotica lacks a sense of sin 2013-03-26T14:37:18Z That's one clue to Donatello's savvy compensation for how the sculpture would be seen by a viewer standing many feet below. 'Sculpture in the Age of Donatello' shows artist's competitive spirit 2015-05-08T04:00:00Z That film, released in the United States as “Beautiful but Dangerous,” also resulted in her first major acting award: the David di Donatello, Italy’s equivalent of the Oscar. Gina Lollobrigida, Italian Movie Legend, Is Dead at 95 2023-01-16T05:00:00Z If your Donatello is a black man, that element is too incendiary to keep. Review: ‘For the Last Time’ Sets a Hawthorne Novel in New Orleans, in 1950 2015-05-29T04:00:00Z “It gives the sense of Donatello as epicenter,” he said. Donatello Gets His Due 2022-03-18T04:00:00Z Nickelodeon sees the Turtles — Leonardo, Raphael, Donatello and Michelangelo — as potential heart paddles for its schedule. ‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles’ Retooled for Nickelodeon 2012-09-26T18:35:17Z In the visible tension between our inexorable, onrushing mortality and our deep ache for human insight, Donatello, not yet 40, fashioned his most profound work of art. 'Sculpture in the Age of Donatello' shows artist's competitive spirit 2015-05-08T04:00:00Z FLORENCE, Italy — Walking about downtown Florence, a visitor inevitably happens upon the artistic legacy left by the Renaissance sculptor Donatello. Donatello Gets His Due 2022-03-18T04:00:00Z Inscribed on its sandstone facade are the names of great artists in the European tradition: Praxiteles, Giotto, Donatello, Raphael, Michaelangelo, Titian, Rembrandt, Rubens and Gainsborough. Sydney’s Major Art Museum, Mired in a Dispute, Falls Behind Its Rivals 2017-06-12T04:00:00Z In one early poem, he asked: “What definition of beauty can exclude / The MV Agusta racing 500-3, / From the land of Donatello, with blatting megaphones?” This Dark Prince of American Poetry Writes With Glittering Malice 2021-02-08T05:00:00Z The crucifix is exhibited alongside five bronze statues by Donatello’s pupil Niccolò Baroncelli, which left the Cathedral of Ferrara for the first time to be in this exhibition. Donatello Gets His Due 2022-03-18T04:00:00Z There’s Michelangelo, the funny and crass one; then there’s Donatello, the tech geek; there’s Raphael, the brawny tough guy; and Leonardo, the additional turtle with no definitive traits whatsoever. TMNT first look review – what the shell is this? 2014-08-07T04:00:00Z Donatello's tiny cherub bursting with mirth as he shakes a tambourine had more eloquence in its single up-curled toe than all the muckle monuments of Rodin, the only conventional choices in this show. Best art exhibitions of 2012, No 4 – Bronze at the Royal Academy of Arts 2012-12-18T10:44:34Z They were recording a short video about Donatello’s relief sculpture “The Feast of Herod” for their website, Smarthistory, a once modest resource for art history students that has since become a phenomenal, worldwide success. How two professors transformed the teaching of art history 2020-04-30T04:00:00Z Sculpture in the Age of Donatello is on view at the Museum of Biblical Art in New York from Feb. 20 through June 14. Donatello exhibition heading to Museum of Biblical Art in New York Caglioti notes that Donatello’s recovery of terra-cotta as a material for sculpture was one of his great contributions to the era. Donatello Gets His Due 2022-03-18T04:00:00Z A version of this article appears in print on April 28, 2014, on page C1 of the with the headline: Museum Draws Donatello From Italy. Museum Draws Donatello From Italy 2014-04-27T22:02:51Z Miriam’s secret lacks both mystery and clarity, and when Donatello commits a terrible crime in her defense, it doesn’t feel urgent. Review: ‘For the Last Time’ Sets a Hawthorne Novel in New Orleans, in 1950 2015-05-29T04:00:00Z Donatello’s has the more complicated garb and a funny detail: As he walks forward he’s stepping on the hem of his robe with his right foot. Review: Donatello in a Valedictory Show at the Museum of Biblical Art 2015-02-19T05:00:00Z Although he’s the star, Donatello is not the only subject of “Sculpture in the Age of Donatello: Renaissance Masterpieces From Florence Cathedral.” Review: Donatello in a Valedictory Show at the Museum of Biblical Art 2015-02-19T05:00:00Z Among them: the Victoria and Albert Museum, where without her I wouldn’t have known to look for the Donatello sculptures, or the wide range of decorative arts and fabrics from around the British Empire. Frugal Traveler: London, This Time Following in More Mature Footsteps 2011-04-05T20:00:38Z The Donatello appears in textbooks, usually as a black-and-white photograph surrounded by words. How two professors transformed the teaching of art history 2020-04-30T04:00:00Z But Donatello thrived on a test of wills as being essential to producing his best work. 'Sculpture in the Age of Donatello' shows artist's competitive spirit 2015-05-08T04:00:00Z It produced a number of artists, scientists, and thinkers who are still household names today: Michelangelo, Leonardo Da Vinci, Donatello, Botticelli, and others. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z The Vandals and Visigoths must have felt that way; Donatello and Brunelleschi no less. Review | I’ve been waiting half my life for this show. It’s magnificent. 2023-01-14T05:00:00Z They match the green heroes-in-a-half-shell plus their masks, and include four camera decal strips that reflect the colors of Leonardo, Michelangelo, Donatello, and Raphael. You can make your new Pixel look like a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle 2022-07-21T04:00:00Z It also helps that the property is just a tad weird, says Major, who admits he dressed up as the bo staff-wielding brains of the operation, Donatello, as a kid for Halloween. 'Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge' is way more than retro-cool 2022-06-16T04:00:00Z One, by Donatello, seems to prophesy the other, by Michelangelo. Review | Donatello gets the Michelangelo treatment in Florence 2022-05-12T04:00:00Z “Almost nobody comes to see Donatello’s ‘David’ in the Bargello, the first nude statue of the Renaissance,” lamented Mary McCarthy in 1959 in “The Stones of Florence,” a masterpiece of American travel writing. Returning to Florence With ‘the World’s Most Opinionated Guide’ 2022-04-13T04:00:00Z He was as beautiful as a statue, with ratios of shoulders to waist and chin to cheekbones that would have caught the eye of Donatello. Opinion | Tiger Woods’s Masters wasn’t perfect. But it was profound. 2022-04-12T04:00:00Z And a number of the Renaissance’s artistic titans arose from their ranks, including Donatello, Brunelleschi and Ghiberti. In Florence, Ponte Vecchio Jewelers Long for Tourists’ Return 2021-05-23T04:00:00Z There was no immediate word if Leonardo, Michelangelo, Donatello or Raphael would be eligible to compete. Turtle Recall: Derby dashed, turtles go in slow, steady race 2020-04-30T04:00:00Z Donatello’s earlier, smaller David, in bronze, is adolescent, almost androgynous. Review | Donatello gets the Michelangelo treatment in Florence 2022-05-12T04:00:00Z Donatello was born in 1386, the son of a craftsman, and was apprenticed to the goldsmith and sculptor Ghiberti, also becoming a close friend of the architect and sculptor Brunelleschi. Returning to Florence With ‘the World’s Most Opinionated Guide’ 2022-04-13T04:00:00Z At the start of the week he was Captain America, before Donatello from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and then The Flash. Why are we seeing superheroes during lockdown? 2020-04-27T04:00:00Z In her home country, she has earned six David di Donatello Awards for Best Actress - a record that stands today. Sophia Loren: 'Female directors don't yell' 2020-03-06T05:00:00Z The “Love on the Brain” singer donned Raphael’s signature red mask, while her pals rounded out the team as Donatello, Leonardo and Michelangelo. All-time best celebrity Halloween costumes, from Beyoncé to Bette Midler 2019-10-31T04:00:00Z The title — not “Donatello and the Renaissance” but simply “Donatello, the Renaissance” — is a reminder that without Donatello, the Italian Renaissance is unimaginable. Review | Donatello gets the Michelangelo treatment in Florence 2022-05-12T04:00:00Z Donatello’s sculptures in relief, in terra-cotta and marble, helped me understand why McCarthy considered his work to be the true soul of the Florentine Renaissance. Returning to Florence With ‘the World’s Most Opinionated Guide’ 2022-04-13T04:00:00Z Donatello’s eroticised bronze statue of David was created about four decades before Botticelli’s Birth of Venus. A naked triumph: why the male nude is – thankfully – back in the limelight 2018-09-05T04:00:00Z She went on to win two David di Donatello Awards, the Italian equivalent of Oscars, and has directed films, written a novel and recorded music. Asia Argento, Who Accused Weinstein, Made Deal With Her Own Accuser 2018-08-20T04:00:00Z Still the tech genius of the bunch is Donatello, who will be voiced by Josh Brener. Get a first look at the new 'Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles' character art 2018-02-01T05:00:00Z The show demonstrates Donatello’s profound influence on other artists. Review | Donatello gets the Michelangelo treatment in Florence 2022-05-12T04:00:00Z Certainly, few saw Donatello’s “David” during these last two pandemic years, but he is having his moment now, just as travel restarts — Florence has opened a spectacular exhibition, which stars his creator. Returning to Florence With ‘the World’s Most Opinionated Guide’ 2022-04-13T04:00:00Z Bowman’s attackers, who referred to each other as Mutant Ninja characters Michelangelo and Donatello, zip-tied Bowman’s hands and feet. From High Hopes to near death: An Oregon pot grower’s story 2017-07-22T04:00:00Z For 20 years it also hosted the David di Donatello Award, the Italian version of the Academy Awards. Taormina in the spotlight: Sicily's noble but risky plan to host the G7 2017-05-22T04:00:00Z Character art for the upcoming "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" reboot has been revealed and Leonardo, Raphael, Donatello and Michelangelo are sporting more than just brand-new looks. Get a first look at the new 'Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles' character art 2018-02-01T05:00:00Z But Donatello’s evocation of youth, restrained force, grace and hedonistic beauty all spoke to a new vision of the sovereign human figure occupying a central place in the world. Review | Donatello gets the Michelangelo treatment in Florence 2022-05-12T04:00:00Z “Donatello, The Renaissance” will be in the Palazzo Strozzi and the Bargello Museum until July 31, and it is the kind of exhibition you might cross an ocean to see. Returning to Florence With ‘the World’s Most Opinionated Guide’ 2022-04-13T04:00:00Z The "three big masters" who influenced her the most were Spain's Goya, the early Florentine Renaissance sculptor Donatello, and German composer Bach. How a street child became a leading artist - BBC News 2016-06-20T04:00:00Z The studio hopes to recapture some of the success of its 2014 offering, which relied on computer graphics to bring Leonardo, Donatello, Michelangelo and Raphael to the big screen. 'Turtles' take over box office, 'Me Before You' surprises and 'Popstar' doesn't pop 2016-06-05T04:00:00Z With its “Ninja Turtles” sequel, Paramount is hoping to recapture some of the success of its 2014 offering, which relied on computer graphics to bring Leonardo, Donatello, Michelangelo and Raphael to the big screen. 'Ninja Turtles' sequel will battle 'X-Men' for the top box-office spot 2016-06-01T04:00:00Z During Donatello’s life, the city was one vast workshop, as it vied for political and cultural supremacy with Milan. Review | Donatello gets the Michelangelo treatment in Florence 2022-05-12T04:00:00Z The exhibition continues at the Bargello, where the huge 14th-century hall on the upper floor of the palace, the “Donatello Room,” has been rearranged. Returning to Florence With ‘the World’s Most Opinionated Guide’ 2022-04-13T04:00:00Z The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - Donatello, Michelangelo, Leonardo and Raphael - started as crime-fighting 1980s comic book characters. Cowabunga! Ninja Turtles are official NYC ambassadors 2016-04-30T04:00:00Z Donatello, who loves science and gadgets, promotes museums and cultural attractions. To Sell New York, the City Calls on the Ninja Turtles 2016-04-29T04:00:00Z The book details the development of Renaissance art through biographical accounts of several artists, including Donatello, Leonardo and Michelangelo. Inspired by Renaissance, Coach Thinks Holy Cross Has Yet to Reach Its Ceiling 2016-03-18T04:00:00Z He traveled with Donatello, 10 years his junior, to Rome. Review | Donatello gets the Michelangelo treatment in Florence 2022-05-12T04:00:00Z Donatello’s St. George, high up in a niche on the wall, “is a Spartan athlete or young Roman Empire-builder,” McCarthy wrote. Returning to Florence With ‘the World’s Most Opinionated Guide’ 2022-04-13T04:00:00Z Throughout his Bologna professorship, Eco denied that he was “intellectually slumming it” by speaking of Donatello’s David in the same breath as, say, plastic garden furniture. Umberto Eco obituary 2016-02-20T05:00:00Z “Donatello, he’s the one I can relate to,” he said. To Sell New York, the City Calls on the Ninja Turtles 2016-04-29T04:00:00Z "Market conditions are still quite complicated," Chief Financial Officer Donatello Galli told an analyst call, pointing to unstable financial markets and concerns about global security that hurt tourism. China weakness drives Prada quarterly profit down 38 percent 2015-12-15T05:00:00Z You can see that style emerging in the show’s opening room, which presents Donatello’s first sculpture of David. Review | Donatello gets the Michelangelo treatment in Florence 2022-05-12T04:00:00Z That “first nude statue of the Renaissance,” was made around 1440 for the Medici, and if you’re expecting Michelangelo’s heroic figure, you will find Donatello’s David slight, frail, adolescent. Returning to Florence With ‘the World’s Most Opinionated Guide’ 2022-04-13T04:00:00Z "Market conditions are still quite complicated," chief financial officer Donatello Galli told an analyst call, pointing to unstable financial markets and concerns about global security that dented tourism numbers. Weak Asian sales hit Prada profits - BBC News 2015-12-15T05:00:00Z The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles — Donatello, Leonardo, Michelangelo and Raphael — will be this year’s “family ambassadors,” the city’s tourism agency announced this week. To Sell New York, the City Calls on the Ninja Turtles 2016-04-29T04:00:00Z Sometimes a Leonardo or Donatello is right in front of you. How Do You Find a “Lost” Masterpiece? 2015-10-30T04:00:00Z The same room includes two crucifixes in painted wood, the first by Donatello, the second by Brunelleschi. Review | Donatello gets the Michelangelo treatment in Florence 2022-05-12T04:00:00Z Touring Florence with McCarthy’s book at this moment, when the world is opening up, sent me through the city with the world’s most opinionated guide, perfect for this Donatello moment, this Masaccio moment. Returning to Florence With ‘the World’s Most Opinionated Guide’ 2022-04-13T04:00:00Z With the departure of the American Bible Society, however, the museum had to close this year, despite having attracted record crowds for a show of sculpture from the age of Donatello. New York Says Farewell to American Bible Society, and Its Building 2015-10-21T04:00:00Z “There’s not going to be a huge improvement in the second half,” Chief Financial Officer Donatello Galli told analysts. Prada Hit by Weak Sales in China, Hong Kong 2015-09-15T04:00:00Z In cases like the Donatello statue and the da Vinci painting, they were already part of an art collection. How Do You Find a “Lost” Masterpiece? 2015-10-30T04:00:00Z “So you get some wood and try to make one yourself” was Donatello’s wounded response. Review | Donatello gets the Michelangelo treatment in Florence 2022-05-12T04:00:00Z He found patrons for art projects and exhibits like “Sculpture in the Age of Donatello,” which spent this spring at the Museum of Biblical Art, in New York. Can This Man Save Italy? 2015-06-22T04:00:00Z Chief Financial Officer Donatello Galli told an analyst call he expected a rebound in China in the second half of the year. China weakness hits Prada, threatens profit margin 2015-06-12T04:00:00Z The museum is currently exhibiting its most successful show - sculptures by Donatello from the Duomo museum in Florence. NYC Biblical Art Museum to close in June 2015-04-29T04:00:00Z Art dealer Andrew Butterfield believes that this sculpture was made by Donatello in the 1430s. How Do You Find a “Lost” Masterpiece? 2015-10-30T04:00:00Z Donatello’s understanding of the rules of perspective was so deep and instinctive that while others were merely implementing them, he was already playing sophisticated games with them. Review | Donatello gets the Michelangelo treatment in Florence 2022-05-12T04:00:00Z The Museum of Biblical Art on Manhattan’s Upper West Side is the sole worldwide venue for the exhibition “Sculpture in the Age of Donatello.” Sculptures created for Florence Cathedral are on view in NYC 2015-03-02T05:00:00Z The project will repair mortar joints, fix broken stones and clean the exterior marble and replica Donatello and Michelangelo bronzes that flank the Woodward Avenue entrance. Detroit Institute of Arts to restore museum’s exterior walls 2015-01-29T05:00:00Z Donatello Herrera, 35, was shot about 1:15 a.m. at a bus stop near Ogden and Western avenues when someone inside a dark-colored SUV pulled up and opened fire, officials said. Father of 3 shot to death on way home from work 2014-12-17T05:00:00Z It features the haven of the English Cemetery, in Piazzale Donatello. Dan Brown's Inferno: Florence hopes for a tourism miracle 2013-05-11T18:42:26Z At the same time, Donatello was so sensitive to the placement of sculptures in architectural space that he would change the proportions of his figures to adjust for the diminishing effects of distance. Review | Donatello gets the Michelangelo treatment in Florence 2022-05-12T04:00:00Z While covering Yankees spring training in Tampa, Fla., in 1999, Mr. Caldera and a group of sportswriters were at Donatello, a restaurant popular with the baseball crowd. Character Study: Pete Caldera, 46, Yankees Reporter and Sinatra Crooner 2012-07-15T00:22:05Z The thesis tried to explain how the Italian sculptor Donatello used Greek and Roman sculpture — which is actually totally beside the point, but I’ve always wanted to tell someone. Michael Lewis tells Princeton grads: You are the ‘lucky few’ — and don’t let it go to your heads 2012-06-11T08:00:00Z In scenes inspired by the work of artists like Michelangelo and Donatello, the students substituted first responders for the original subjects. SchoolBook: Mural at I.S. 259 Teaches About 9/11 Attack 2012-05-17T03:24:25Z He founded an academy and placed it under the charge of Bertoldo, the favorite disciple of Donatello. Famous European Artists 2012-04-07T02:00:30.487Z All this points to what the curator, Francesco Caglioti, calls Donatello’s “unflagging, pervasive search for everything that could overturn the usual institutional habits of art.” Review | Donatello gets the Michelangelo treatment in Florence 2022-05-12T04:00:00Z Between two serpentine columns is a figure of St. John Baptist by L. Valadico after Donatello. Walks in Rome 2012-03-31T02:00:36.010Z It was the same in the days of Donatello, Raphael, Cellini, and Holbein. British Manufacturing Industries Pottery, Glass and Silicates, Furniture and Woodwork. 2012-02-26T03:00:18.883Z In technical skill he was quite the equal of Ghiberti, and, while possessing all Donatello’s vigour, dramatic power and originality, he very frequently excelled him in grace of attitude and soft beauty of expression. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 10 "David, St" to "Demidov" 2012-02-17T03:00:33.923Z This is the work of Ghirlandaio, part of the Metropolitan Museum’s powerful new exhibit: “The Renaissance Portrait from Donatello to Bellini.” ’Nutcracker: Rated R,’ Yo La Tengo, Cannibal Witch: NYC Weekend 2011-12-23T15:33:20Z There’s no question that many of Donatello’s innovations do anticipate Michelangelo. Review | Donatello gets the Michelangelo treatment in Florence 2022-05-12T04:00:00Z A statue of St. John the Baptist is by Simone, brother of Donatello. Walks in Rome 2012-03-31T02:00:36.010Z Europe and Italy, where sales grew 33 percent and 27 percent, respectively, are still performing “quite well,” Finance Director Donatello Galli said on a conference call. Prada Confident as Profit Beats Estimates 2011-11-30T07:24:19Z Filippo did so; and when it was finished Donatello was so stupefied with admiration, that he let drop all the eggs and other things that he was carrying for their dinner. The Story of Florence 2011-10-20T02:00:24.237Z The High Altar, impressively placed at the top of some steps, has eight splendid panels containing bas-reliefs by Donatello. Cathedral Cities of Italy 2011-10-12T02:00:42.597Z But just as there’s no need to insist on the primacy of Florence over Rome, there’s no need to see Donatello retrospectively through the lens of Michelangelo. Review | Donatello gets the Michelangelo treatment in Florence 2022-05-12T04:00:00Z He appears to have cared as little as Donatello for money. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 8 "Germany" to "Gibson, William" 2011-10-05T02:00:17.763Z They belong to the same family as that charming description, in Hawthorne's Marble Faun, of the sylvan dance of Donatello and Miriam in the Borghese gardens. Views and Reviews 2011-09-16T02:00:21.197Z At the top of the staircase is a marble fountain ascribed to Donatello. The Story of Florence 2011-10-20T02:00:24.237Z It vies with Donatello's equestrian group of Gattamelata at Padua in being perhaps the best Italian Renaissance statue extant. Cathedral Cities of Italy 2011-10-12T02:00:42.597Z In this same spirit, art historians are forever casting Donatello in the role of John the Baptist to Michelangelo’s Christ. Review | Donatello gets the Michelangelo treatment in Florence 2022-05-12T04:00:00Z He passed his knowledge to his friend Donatello, who imported linear perspective in low-relief sculpture. Triumph of the City [Excerpt] 2011-08-17T12:15:02.737Z People who are up in such things say he's like the Saint George, or Saint Somebody, by Donatello. The Cup of Trembling and Other Stories 2011-07-07T02:00:29.180Z The two pulpits with their bronze reliefs, right and left, are the last works of Donatello; they were executed in part and finished by his pupil, Bertoldo. The Story of Florence 2011-10-20T02:00:24.237Z Among them was a fine S. George, the patron saint of the Armourers Guild, by Donatello. Cathedral Cities of Italy 2011-10-12T02:00:42.597Z Donatello is the Precursor — the opening act to Michelangelo’s thundering apotheosis. Review | Donatello gets the Michelangelo treatment in Florence 2022-05-12T04:00:00Z Be it great or small, the "cost" of the mere authority and perfectness of touch in a hammerstroke of Donatello's, or a pencil touch of Correggio's, is inestimable by any ordinary arithmetic. Unto This Last and Other Essays on Political Economy 2011-06-29T02:00:26.763Z In the next ten years were turned out some figures from remaining models of Donatello which had been used for his work at Prato and Padua. Art Principles With Special Reference to Painting Together with Notes on the Illusions Produced by the Painter 2011-06-16T02:00:17.197Z In the central chapel of the left or northern transept is the famous wooden Crucifix by Donatello, which gave rise to the fraternal contest between him and Brunelleschi. The Story of Florence 2011-10-20T02:00:24.237Z Benvenuto Cellini's "Perseus," and "Judith and Holofernes" by Donatello, are among the statuary placed in the loggia. Cathedral Cities of Italy 2011-10-12T02:00:42.597Z But it was Donatello who, more than any artist, led Italian art out of the Middle Ages. Review | Donatello gets the Michelangelo treatment in Florence 2022-05-12T04:00:00Z Amongst the peasants I saw some very fine men; they have, some of them, very good legs, slender and well shaped as a Donatello or a Ghiberti. The Life, Letters and Work of Frederic Leighton Volume I 2011-05-22T02:00:16.657Z Advancing in close talk they come up to Donatello's superb equestrian statue of the Venetian General Gattamelata, and lean awhile against the tall pedestal, finishing their chat before entering the church for the evening prayer. The Library Magazine of Select Foreign Literature All volumes 2011-03-02T03:00:25.433Z Three of the four statues opposite the Baptistery are by Donatello; figures of marvellous strength and vigour. The Story of Florence 2011-10-20T02:00:24.237Z The fine portico with its colonnade of Ionic columns has a frieze of cherubs attributed to Donatello. Cathedral Cities of Italy 2011-10-12T02:00:42.597Z Some scholars have argued that Donatello’s David alludes to the winged god Mercury’s victory over the giant Argus. Review | Donatello gets the Michelangelo treatment in Florence 2022-05-12T04:00:00Z He was so dumbfounded that he dropped the dinner on the floor, and when Brunelleschi, coming in, said, "Why, Donatello, what shall we have for dinner?" A Short History of Italy (476-1900) 2011-02-24T03:01:00.630Z Because you are so very much like one of the characters in it—a child of nature, called Donatello. A Woman's Burden 2011-02-13T03:00:21.253Z Beneath a porphyry slab in front of the choir, Cosimo the Elder, the Pater Patriae, lies; Donatello is buried in the same vault as his great patron and friend. The Story of Florence 2011-10-20T02:00:24.237Z The wooden horse which stands in the hall is supposed to have been the model for Donatello's bronze horse on which Gattamelata is seated in the famous equestrian statue outside S. Antonio. Cathedral Cities of Italy 2011-10-12T02:00:42.597Z David, like John the Baptist, is often seen as a forerunner to the Messiah, so the Bible continues to resonate in Donatello’s otherwise pagan-seeming interpretation. Review | Donatello gets the Michelangelo treatment in Florence 2022-05-12T04:00:00Z Donatello was also a great friend of Cosimo's, modelled many things for him, and inspired Cosimo with a taste for collecting antiques. A Short History of Italy (476-1900) 2011-02-24T03:01:00.630Z In Donatello, as in so many of these artists of Columbus' Century, the man is almost more interesting than his work. The Century of Columbus 2011-01-29T03:00:17.380Z Donatello's is, perhaps, somewhat more realistic and less refined. The Story of Florence 2011-10-20T02:00:24.237Z Suddenly they notice the resemblance which one of their number, a young Italian named Donatello, bears to the statue. Greek Sculpture A collection of sixteen pictures of Greek marbles with introduction and interpretation 2011-01-05T03:01:01.227Z Updike compares Williams to Achilles, to a Calder mobile, to Donatello’s David, standing on third base as if the bag were the head of Goliath. Tribute to a Hero in Twilight 2010-09-25T17:26:00Z Then Brunelleschi said, "Donatello, you take these things and go to my house, and I will come after in a minute or two." A Short History of Italy (476-1900) 2011-02-24T03:01:00.630Z They were deeply influenced by Sansovino, Donatello, Leonardo da Vinci, but they were not mere imitators and they were not plagiarists in any sense of the word. The Century of Columbus 2011-01-29T03:00:17.380Z One is a bas-relief of the Madonna and Child–somewhat in the manner of Donatello–with two Angels at the top of a ladder. The Story of Florence 2011-10-20T02:00:24.237Z Cubs Manager Lou Piniella has his photograph on the wall at Donatello in Tampa, between the piano bar and the dining room. On Baseball: Cluster of Cactus League Training Camps Has a Cozy Feel 2010-03-15T03:30:00Z It was, for instance, a loss to the portrait that the eyes were not seen; they were cast down, as in Donatello's work. Mary One day Cosimo gave Donatello, who used to go about in his workman's blouse, a cloak and a fine suit of clothes, the costume of a gentleman. A Short History of Italy (476-1900) 2011-02-24T03:01:00.630Z It was Donatello who, according to M. Muntz, the German authority on the history of sculpture, recovered the child from antiquity and gave it back to art. The Century of Columbus 2011-01-29T03:00:17.380Z The Marzocco on the left, the emblematical lion of Florence, is a copy from Donatello. The Story of Florence 2011-10-20T02:00:24.237Z Before undertaking this work Donatello had had no experience in modelling the horse, and his success is the more remarkable. Tuscan Sculpture of the Fifteenth Century A Collection of Sixteen Pictures Reproducing Works by Donatello, the Della Robia, Mino da Fiesole, and Others, with Introduction At Rome he was fascinated by Donatello, and yet more influenced by Michelangelo, to whom he owes his feeling for vehement and passionate action. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 4 "Carnegie Andrew" to "Casus Belli" Donatello wore them for a day or two, and then said he could not wear them, they were too fashionable. A Short History of Italy (476-1900) 2011-02-24T03:01:00.630Z Sometimes doubt is expressed as to whether Donatello's "Gatamelata" does not rival it. The Century of Columbus 2011-01-29T03:00:17.380Z The coloured bust is now believed by many critics to be neither the portrait of Niccolò da Uzzano nor by Donatello; it is possibly a Roman hero by some sculptor of the Seicento. The Story of Florence 2011-10-20T02:00:24.237Z Donatello was the first sculptor of the Christian era to revive this noble form of art. Tuscan Sculpture of the Fifteenth Century A Collection of Sixteen Pictures Reproducing Works by Donatello, the Della Robia, Mino da Fiesole, and Others, with Introduction He makes Donatello ashamed of his pointed ears, though his spirit is as wild and untamed as that of his crude ancestors. Harper's Round Table, July 16, 1895 He was fond of sculptors, especially of Donatello, and had statues by the best masters of the day in his palace. A Short History of Italy (476-1900) 2011-02-24T03:01:00.630Z Donatello was in quistione, or in trouble with the law, and in prison, for having killed one of his pupils. Legends of Florence Collected from the People, First Series The two small statues of Prophets are the earliest works of Donatello, 1405-1406. The Story of Florence 2011-10-20T02:00:24.237Z It is believed to have been made by Donatello, and it stands on a beautiful carved pedestal. Tuscan Sculpture of the Fifteenth Century A Collection of Sixteen Pictures Reproducing Works by Donatello, the Della Robia, Mino da Fiesole, and Others, with Introduction Two things drew him to Bertoldo: the hope of finding the tradition of Donatello and the fascination of the antique. Michelangelo It has been said, that Michelangelo's soul first worked in Donatello's body or that Donatello's soul lived again in Michelangelo. A Short History of Italy (476-1900) 2011-02-24T03:01:00.630Z But Donatello had already received from the Marquis a license to slay any one in self-defence, and so he made that answer.” Legends of Florence Collected from the People, First Series The recumbent figure in bronze is the work of Donatello, as also the Madonna and Child that guard his last slumber. The Story of Florence 2011-10-20T02:00:24.237Z Donatello is undoubtedly the greatest name in Italian sculpture previous to Michelangelo. Tuscan Sculpture of the Fifteenth Century A Collection of Sixteen Pictures Reproducing Works by Donatello, the Della Robia, Mino da Fiesole, and Others, with Introduction It is, however, certain that Donatello received his first training, according to the custom of the period, in a goldsmith’s workshop, and that he worked for a short time in Ghiberti’s studio. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 6 "Dodwell" to "Drama" Brunelleschi, with his unswerving artistic rectitude, answered that Donatello had put a peasant on the cross, and not Jesus Christ. A Short History of Italy (476-1900) 2011-02-24T03:01:00.630Z Hawthorne makes Donatello ashamed of his pointed ears, though his spirit is as wild and untamed as that of his rude ancestors. Children's Stories in American Literature, 1660-1860 Above the arcades are eight fine classical medallions by Donatello, copied and enlarged from antique gems. The Story of Florence 2011-10-20T02:00:24.237Z The range of Donatello's art was phenomenal, from works of such magnitude as the equestrian statue of Gattamelata, to the decorative panels for the altar of S. Antonio at Padua. Tuscan Sculpture of the Fifteenth Century A Collection of Sixteen Pictures Reproducing Works by Donatello, the Della Robia, Mino da Fiesole, and Others, with Introduction But when Brunelleschi in his disappointment left Florence and went to Rome to study the remains of classic art he was accompanied by young Donatello. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 6 "Dodwell" to "Drama" Donatello was a great friend of Brunelleschi, and Vasari tells this anecdote about them. A Short History of Italy (476-1900) 2011-02-24T03:01:00.630Z In this book there is a description of a scene where Count Donatello joins in a peasant dance around a public fountain. Children's Stories in American Literature, 1660-1860 In the chapel to the left of the choir hangs Filippo Brunelleschi's famous wooden Crucifix, carved in friendly rivalry with Donatello. The Story of Florence 2011-10-20T02:00:24.237Z A recent biographer of Donatello, Hope Rea, points out some interesting characteristics of his technical workmanship. Tuscan Sculpture of the Fifteenth Century A Collection of Sixteen Pictures Reproducing Works by Donatello, the Della Robia, Mino da Fiesole, and Others, with Introduction Donatello’s return to Florence in the following year almost coincides with Cosimo’s. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 6 "Dodwell" to "Drama" So Donatello caught them up in his apron, went to Brunelleschi's, opened the door, and saw the Crucifix. A Short History of Italy (476-1900) 2011-02-24T03:01:00.630Z This creation, named Donatello, from his resemblance to the celebrated statue of the Marble Faun, is not wholly human, although he has human interests and feeling. Children's Stories in American Literature, 1660-1860 Sculpture had indeed preceded painting in its return to nature and in its direct study of the human form, and the influence of Donatello lies as strongly over all the painters of the Quattrocento. The Story of Florence 2011-10-20T02:00:24.237Z A special study of the work of Donatello is made by Hope Rea in a volume of the series of Handbooks of the Great Masters in Painting and Sculpture. Tuscan Sculpture of the Fifteenth Century A Collection of Sixteen Pictures Reproducing Works by Donatello, the Della Robia, Mino da Fiesole, and Others, with Introduction Donatello’s share in the Naples monument is probably confined to the characteristic low relief of the “Ascension.” Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 6 "Dodwell" to "Drama" Brunelleschi, Donatello, Masaccio are but the greater names in the fine arts. A Short History of Italy (476-1900) 2011-02-24T03:01:00.630Z Looking at them, one's thoughts revert to that glorious dawn in which Cellini and Ghiberti and Donatello labored. Cathedrals of Spain This youthful period in the great master's career was occupied in drinking in culture from the Medicean circle, in studying the antique and, of the moderns, especially the works of Donatello and Masaccio. The Story of Florence 2011-10-20T02:00:24.237Z In 1576 a new altar was ordered, and Donatello's bronzes were dispersed. Tuscan Sculpture of the Fifteenth Century A Collection of Sixteen Pictures Reproducing Works by Donatello, the Della Robia, Mino da Fiesole, and Others, with Introduction The baptistery tomb shows how completely Donatello had mastered the forms of Renaissance architecture, even before his second visit to Rome. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 6 "Dodwell" to "Drama" Donatello was a realist; he shows classic influence at times, in technique and in sundry bits of detail, but his instinct was to imitate what he could see and touch. A Short History of Italy (476-1900) 2011-02-24T03:01:00.630Z His body lies within the church, and his effigy is the work of one Donatello, famous in Tuscan art. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 20, September, 1877. The exquisite grace of the Praxiteles Hermes or the sweetness of life we recognise in Donatello may invade the soul with messages of melancholy, and not come as ministers of joy. Ivory Apes and Peacocks In 1895 a reconstruction of Donatello's altar was made, setting the parts in place according to what is supposed to have been the original design. Tuscan Sculpture of the Fifteenth Century A Collection of Sixteen Pictures Reproducing Works by Donatello, the Della Robia, Mino da Fiesole, and Others, with Introduction Another important work of this period, and not, as Vasari maintains, of Donatello’s youth, is the “Annunciation” relief, with its wealth of delicately wrought Renaissance motifs in the architectural setting. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 6 "Dodwell" to "Drama" Donatello modelled a Crucifix for Santa Croce, and thinking he had done something unusually good, asked Brunelleschi what he thought of it. A Short History of Italy (476-1900) 2011-02-24T03:01:00.630Z In his dealings with animals he was the original of Hawthorne’s Donatello. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 3 (of 25) It took him some time to understand that the school of Donatello differed absolutely from the antique, but the difference once felt, it appeared to him with extraordinary clearness. Renaissance Fancies and Studies Being a Sequel to Euphorion He is known to have been considerably older than Donatello, and Marcel Reymond suggests the date 1374 as the probable year of his birth. Tuscan Sculpture of the Fifteenth Century A Collection of Sixteen Pictures Reproducing Works by Donatello, the Della Robia, Mino da Fiesole, and Others, with Introduction Brunelleschi’s buildings and Donatello’s monuments are the supreme expression of the spirit of the early Renaissance in architecture and sculpture and exercised a potent influence upon the painters of that age. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 6 "Dodwell" to "Drama" Brunelleschi did so secretly, and when he had at last finished his Crucifix, asked Donatello to come home and dine with him. A Short History of Italy (476-1900) 2011-02-24T03:01:00.630Z Like most of Donatello’s pupils, Desiderio worked chiefly in marble, and not a single work in bronze has been traced to his hand. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 2 "Demijohn" to "Destructor" It remained for the men of the fifteenth century, Donatello, Ghiberti, Masaccio, and their illustrious followers, to become familiar with the human body. Renaissance Fancies and Studies Being a Sequel to Euphorion The altar to which our panels belong is in the church of S. Antonio, Padua, and was executed by the Florentine sculptor, Donatello, in 1450. Tuscan Sculpture of the Fifteenth Century A Collection of Sixteen Pictures Reproducing Works by Donatello, the Della Robia, Mino da Fiesole, and Others, with Introduction He had always thought that if he were ever rich he would buy pictures; and he wondered idly whether money would buy the Donatello of which the white-robed violin-player reminded him. Name and Fame A Novel Donatello had been working in Padua for ten years before Pisanello’s death, and in an indirect way the Venetians were experiencing some after-results of the systematising and formulating of the new pictorial elements. The Venetian School of Painting Who would not cheerfully give the Albert Memorial for a little figure by Donatello! Another Sheaf The principal figure embodied all those beauties which he had been striving so hard to understand: it was, in the most triumphant manner, the absolute reverse of the figures of Donatello. Renaissance Fancies and Studies Being a Sequel to Euphorion Donatello had at first been approached by the guild, but considering his price exorbitant they gave the order to Nanni, who promised to accept any terms they decided upon. Tuscan Sculpture of the Fifteenth Century A Collection of Sixteen Pictures Reproducing Works by Donatello, the Della Robia, Mino da Fiesole, and Others, with Introduction Donatello, the sculptor, is said to have told him that in his ceaseless study of perspective he was leaving the substance for the shadow; but Donatello was not a painter. Six Centuries of Painting At Padua, too, Bellini, in company with Mantegna, drank in the inspiration left there by Donatello, the greatest master that either of them encountered. The Venetian School of Painting Then he set-to to make a head of Ursula, in high relief, in the Donatello manner. The Rainbow Two other St. Johns—I am speaking of Donatello's—have turned out differently. Renaissance Fancies and Studies Being a Sequel to Euphorion When the statue was done, however, the sculptor demanded a sum larger than the price of Donatello. Tuscan Sculpture of the Fifteenth Century A Collection of Sixteen Pictures Reproducing Works by Donatello, the Della Robia, Mino da Fiesole, and Others, with Introduction Both Giovanni and Gentile worked in Padua, where Mantegna was established, in 1460 or thereabouts, and where another influence, that of the sculptor Donatello, must have had its effect on the young brothers. Six Centuries of Painting It was the humanistic and naturalistic side of Donatello which touched Giovanni Bellini, more than all his classic lore. The Venetian School of Painting It is the almost architectural distribution of space and light, the treatment of masses, which makes the immeasurable greatness of Donatello, and gives dignity to his greatest contemporary, Jacopo della Quercia. Laurus Nobilis Chapters on Art and Life Signorelli caught and revived the very essence of Donatello's spirit—the love of bodily life in its most hopeful and vigorous manifestations. Luca Signorelli "Why," they asked, "had Donatello rated Nanni's work at a higher price than his own, which would have undoubtedly been better?" Tuscan Sculpture of the Fifteenth Century A Collection of Sixteen Pictures Reproducing Works by Donatello, the Della Robia, Mino da Fiesole, and Others, with Introduction Thus it happened that both of his sons came under the influence of Mantegna, and evidently, too, of the sculptor Donatello, when working at Padua between 1450 and 1460. Six Centuries of Painting In several of his other altarpieces, Bartolommeo introduces rich ornaments and swags of fruit, such as Donatello had first brought to Padua, or which Paduan artists delighted to copy from classic columns. The Venetian School of Painting Kneeling before Donatello’s magnificent picture of the Virgin over one of the side altars, her outline dimly illuminated by the light of many candles, was a slim, dark-haired young woman in deep mourning. The Stretton Street Affair Of the influence of Donatello it may justly be said that every painter and sculptor of the fifteenth century submitted to it, but few were so completely touched by his spirit as Signorelli. Luca Signorelli Nevertheless it has certain artistic qualities which make it worthy of Donatello's championship. Tuscan Sculpture of the Fifteenth Century A Collection of Sixteen Pictures Reproducing Works by Donatello, the Della Robia, Mino da Fiesole, and Others, with Introduction He opened the book, and there, facing him from the fly-leaf, was the answer to the question he had erstwhile sought to fathom,—Pia di Donatello. Antony Gray,—Gardener Donato, who was called Donatello by his relatives and wrote his name thus on some of his works, was born in Florence in the year 1403. Lives of the Most Eminent Painters Sculptors and Architects Vol. 02 (of 10), Berna to Michelozzo Michelozzi Thus some works of an inferior Florentine artist were ornamented with stuccoes, carving, and gilding, by the celebrated Donatello, who, in his youth, practiced this art in connection with sculpture. On the Old Road Vol. 1 (of 2) A Collection of Miscellaneous Essays and Articles on Art and Literature It is significant that the swaggering posture which became such a special feature of his painting, should have originated with Donatello. Luca Signorelli The bas-relief of our illustration shows us what form the idea took in the mind of the sculptor Donatello. Tuscan Sculpture of the Fifteenth Century A Collection of Sixteen Pictures Reproducing Works by Donatello, the Della Robia, Mino da Fiesole, and Others, with Introduction His life and that of the Duchessa di Donatello must lie miles apart, separated both by lack of money and the ocean. Antony Gray,—Gardener Several of Donatello's works are in this church, and are a more suitable monument to his memory than any that could be made by other hands. A History of Art for Beginners and Students Painting, Sculpture, Architecture She reminded me, in the grace of her movements, of the Artemis of the Louvre and the Psyche of Naples, while her thoughtful expression recalled the celebrated 'Reading Girl' of Donatello. He Behind it glimmered the Donatello figure, and the divine Hermes, a glorious shape in the dusk, looking scorn on human decrepitude. Robert Elsmere Donatello's art covered a wide range of subjects, but in none was he more at home than in representing children. Tuscan Sculpture of the Fifteenth Century A Collection of Sixteen Pictures Reproducing Works by Donatello, the Della Robia, Mino da Fiesole, and Others, with Introduction Nothing in the range of Donatello's work surpasses these two bas-reliefs for harmonies of line and grouping, for choice of form, for beauty of expression, and for smoothness of surface-working. New Italian sketches The works of Donatello are numerous, both in marble and bronze, and in both these substances he made statues and reliefs. A History of Art for Beginners and Students Painting, Sculpture, Architecture Did Donatello have furry, leaf-shaped ears, or was this merely his companions' teasing? Four Americans Roosevelt, Hawthorne, Emerson, Whitman And it was when you were chasing first editions of Tennyson, was it not, that you discovered your little head of a marble faun, which you vow is by Donatello, or one of his pupils? Days Off And Other Digressions Donatello was, above all things else, a close student of human nature. Tuscan Sculpture of the Fifteenth Century A Collection of Sixteen Pictures Reproducing Works by Donatello, the Della Robia, Mino da Fiesole, and Others, with Introduction Doubtless it makes little difference to Maestro Vaiano’s monkeys whether they see our Donatello’s statue of Judith with their heads or their tails uppermost.” Romola Donatello had more influence upon the art of his time than any other Tuscan sculptor, with the single exception of Michael Angelo. A History of Art for Beginners and Students Painting, Sculpture, Architecture Do you remember that scene at the Villa Borghese, where Miriam and Donatello break into a dance and all the people who are wandering in the gardens join with them? Four Americans Roosevelt, Hawthorne, Emerson, Whitman And this lends much semblance to the statement that Thoreau served Hawthorne as a model for Donatello, the mysterious wood-sprite in the "Marble Faun." Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great Philosophers, Volume 8 The hair is executed with the skill peculiar to Donatello, and seems to grow from the head. Tuscan Sculpture of the Fifteenth Century A Collection of Sixteen Pictures Reproducing Works by Donatello, the Della Robia, Mino da Fiesole, and Others, with Introduction I believe you will rise to a higher life through this trouble, Cornelia, just as Donatello did through his crime. The Coast of Bohemia He is called a pupil of Donatello, but his work very closely resembles that of Ghiberti. A History of Art for Beginners and Students Painting, Sculpture, Architecture Sculptors so great as Donatello and Michelangelo took the scanty remains of Greek masterpieces as their models, and measured their attainments by the degree of success which they reached in copying them. The Legacy of Greece Essays By: Gilbert Murray, W. R. Inge, J. Burnet, Sir T. L. Heath, D'arcy W. Thompson, Charles Singer, R. W. Livingston, A. Toynbee, A. E. Zimmern, Percy Gardner, Sir Reginald Blomfield In the Villa Ariadne the wonderful fountain by Donatello was encircled by a deep basin in which many generations of goldfish swam about. The Lure of the Mask We notice in the drawing the same sweep of line which we have admired in Donatello's bronze reliefs of angels. Tuscan Sculpture of the Fifteenth Century A Collection of Sixteen Pictures Reproducing Works by Donatello, the Della Robia, Mino da Fiesole, and Others, with Introduction Donatello's contemporaries must have had the same impression, for busts of this kind are but few. The Venetian Painters of the Renaissance Third Edition Donatello was a realist, and followed nature with great exactness. A History of Art for Beginners and Students Painting, Sculpture, Architecture But the first bloodshed effected a change in his feelings as irrevocable as that which Hawthorne so subtly represents as having been worked in the nature of Donatello by a violent taking of life. Benjamin Franklin This," O'Mally began, with a careless wave of the hand, "is the famed fountain by Donatello. The Lure of the Mask In the graceful attitude also, the sculptor, Donatello, has perfectly expressed the sense of repose which was characteristic of Greek sculpture. Tuscan Sculpture of the Fifteenth Century A Collection of Sixteen Pictures Reproducing Works by Donatello, the Della Robia, Mino da Fiesole, and Others, with Introduction Pupil of his father, Jacopo; formed in Padua under the influence of Donatello. The Venetian Painters of the Renaissance Third Edition Donatello had made a crucifix, carved from wood, for the Church of Santa Croce, and when it was finished he asked Brunelleschi's opinion of it. A History of Art for Beginners and Students Painting, Sculpture, Architecture One day, his friend Donatello met him, and asked him, "What kind of work is this of thine, that thou art shutting up so closely?" Anecdotes of Painters, Engravers, Sculptors and Architects, and Curiosities of Art, (Vol. 2 of 3) No harm, therefore, I repeat, but, on the contrary, some wholesome stimulus to the fancy of men like Luca and Donatello themselves, came of the grotesque and impertinent zoology of Uccello. Love's Meinie Three Lectures on Greek and English Birds Donatello's statue embodies this ideal, and is his highest imaginative work. Tuscan Sculpture of the Fifteenth Century A Collection of Sixteen Pictures Reproducing Works by Donatello, the Della Robia, Mino da Fiesole, and Others, with Introduction There is even a delicate teasing suggestion of the preternatural in Donatello, the Faun, a creation as original as Shakspere's Caliban, or Fouqué's Undine, and yet quite on this side the border-line of the human. Brief History of English and American Literature Donatello was very angry at this, and exclaimed, "It is easier to criticise than to execute; do you take a piece of wood and make a better crucifix!" A History of Art for Beginners and Students Painting, Sculpture, Architecture Donatello would not press him, thinking that when the time came, he should, as usual, behold a miracle of art. Anecdotes of Painters, Engravers, Sculptors and Architects, and Curiosities of Art, (Vol. 2 of 3) Perhaps it may be thought by some severe critics that, with all his merits, Donatello stands on the very outside verge of the province permitted to the romancer. Hours in a Library, Volume I. (of III.) St. George did not go out against the dragon like that divine calm youth in Carpaccio's picture, nor like that divine calm man in Donatello's statue. Winning a Cause World War Stories Thus it was that Michael Angelo came under the influence of a pupil and foreman of Donatello. Michael Angelo Buonarroti Brunelleschi determined to do this, and when his work was finished he invited Donatello to sup with him. A History of Art for Beginners and Students Painting, Sculpture, Architecture He is as lavish of his aphorisms, which, like the coins of Donatello, hang over our heads and are free to every passer-by. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 1, January 1862 Devoted to Literature and National Policy The change which takes place in Donatello in consequence of his crime is a modern symbol of the fall of man and the194 eating the fruit of the knowledge of good and evil. Hours in a Library, Volume I. (of III.) His people are hard, rigid at times, immovable human beings, not so much turned to stone as turned to bronze—the bronze of Donatello. A Text-Book of the History of Painting Donatello must have needed a man of judgment and ability to carry out the numerous and important commissions that issued from his workshops in his old age. Michael Angelo Buonarroti He placed the crucifix in a conspicuous place in his house, and then took Donatello with him to the market to buy their food. A History of Art for Beginners and Students Painting, Sculpture, Architecture Nothing in the range of Donatello's work surpasses these two basreliefs for harmonies of line and grouping, for choice of form, for beauty of expression, and for smoothness of surface-working. Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, Third series This was one of the first of Donatello's works, and gave an earnest of his future genius. Seeing Europe with Famous Authors, Volume 7 Italy, Sicily, and Greece (Part One) Dignified truthful appearance was his creed, and in this he was possibly influenced by Donatello the sculptor. A Text-Book of the History of Painting Donatello has been suggested as the author, but it has still less of the square planes and ascetic character of the great Donato. Michael Angelo Buonarroti He gave the parcels to Donatello, and asked him to go before to the house, saying that he would soon follow. A History of Art for Beginners and Students Painting, Sculpture, Architecture Among the young Italians of to-day there are still plenty of models for such an image as Hawthorne appears to have wished to present in the easy and natural Donatello. Hawthorne (English Men of Letters Series) A rich Genoese merchant commissioned Donatello to execute his bust in bronze, of life size. Anecdotes of Painters, Engravers, Sculptors and Architects and Curiosities of Art (Vol. 3 of 3) It is undoubtedly by Donatello, being the earliest example of his work in any collection, public or private, and on that account of importance, apart from its intrinsic merits. Donatello, by Lord Balcarres In Donatello the planes are given as flat, and their junctions are sharp and hard; in Michael Angelo they are carefully rounded and finished with the grace of the antique and of life. Michael Angelo Buonarroti Donatello's impetuosity led him into many rash acts. A History of Art for Beginners and Students Painting, Sculpture, Architecture The relations of these four people are full of that moral picturesqueness which Hawthorne was always looking for; he found it in perfection in the history of Donatello. Hawthorne (English Men of Letters Series) Filippo, having resolved to devote himself entirely to architecture in future, set out for Rome in company with his friend Donatello, without imparting his purpose to any one. Anecdotes of Painters, Engravers, Sculptors and Architects and Curiosities of Art (Vol. 3 of 3) Like several of Donatello's statues, this figure is connected with the name of a Florentine citizen, Giannozzo Manetti, and passes for his portrait. Donatello, by Lord Balcarres But the story of Judith did not come to be painted in Tuscan sanctuaries until Donatello of Florence had first cast her in bronze at the prayer of Cosimo pater patriæ. Great Pictures, As Seen and Described by Famous Writers These Donatello returned, saying they were far too fine for him. A History of Art for Beginners and Students Painting, Sculpture, Architecture Donatello is rather vague and impalpable; he says too little in the book, shows himself too little, and falls short, I think, of being a creation. Hawthorne (English Men of Letters Series) Donatello soon returned to Florence, but Filippo pursued his studies with unremitting diligence. Anecdotes of Painters, Engravers, Sculptors and Architects and Curiosities of Art (Vol. 3 of 3) But the influence of antiquity upon Donatello was never great, and Brunellesco had to visit Rome frequently before he could fully realise the true bearings of classical art. Donatello, by Lord Balcarres M. Mercié's "David" would perhaps never have existed but for Donatello's. French Art Classic and Contemporary Painting and Sculpture At length it was decided to put it where Michael Angelo himself wished it to be, next the gate of the palace where the Judith of Donatello then stood. A History of Art for Beginners and Students Painting, Sculpture, Architecture In all these works, Ritter had struck a happy medium between the Greeks and Donatello and created a style fully expressing his own personality, yet showing permissible dependence upon his predecessors. Atlantis Dirty, of course, but that's nothing; nothing is so immaterial as colouring; form is everything, and his form is perfect, as exquisite as the David of Donatello. Oscar Wilde, His Life and Confessions Volume 2 The keen and almost cynical face, with its deep and powerful lines, is certainly no creation of the fancy, but the study of somebody whom Donatello knew. Donatello, by Lord Balcarres The supreme sculptors are apparently two or three: Phidias and Michelangelo, beyond all question, and with them probably we ought also to place Donatello. Inquiries and Opinions In the courtyard, round the David of Donatello, some seventy of the greatest among the citizens sat together, while the stewards were all sons of the grandi. Florence and Northern Tuscany with Genoa With Sixteen Illustrations In Colour By William Parkinson And Sixteen Other Illustrations, Second Edition A bust of an old woman had some of the traits of Donatello. Atlantis In the "Marble Faun," in the character of Donatello, the same author has furnished an illustration of one who was startled into a consciousness of manhood and responsibility by his crime. The Ascent of the Soul It competes with Donatello's own version of St. George. Donatello, by Lord Balcarres If you do not believe it, compare the Venus de Milo with the Venus de Medici or a Rubens fleshy, spilling-out-of-her-clothes Magdalen with a Donatello Madonna. Preaching and Paganism But again this work too seems, in spite of Vasari, to belong rather uncertainly to Donatello. Florence and Northern Tuscany with Genoa With Sixteen Illustrations In Colour By William Parkinson And Sixteen Other Illustrations, Second Edition There was a completed plaster cast of St. George, frankly inspired by its glorious model, the St. George of Donatello in the National Museum in Florence. Atlantis In Donatello we see a soul awakened to self-consciousness and responsibility, but in "The Scarlet Letter" we have the example of a man inspired to do his duty by the revelation of God. The Ascent of the Soul But the Justice, a vigorous and original figure, holding a scroll and looking downwards, so absolutely resembles the Poggio in conception, attitude, and fall of drapery, that the authorship must be referred to Donatello himself. Donatello, by Lord Balcarres There is even a delicate teasing suggestion of the preternatural in Donatello, the Faun, a creation as original as Shakespeare's Caliban or Fouque's Undine, and yet quite on this side the border-line of the human. Initial Studies in American Letters And, as it seems to me in all these figures, which in themselves have so little beauty, it is rather a mood of the soul that Donatello has set himself to express than any delight. Florence and Northern Tuscany with Genoa With Sixteen Illustrations In Colour By William Parkinson And Sixteen Other Illustrations, Second Edition It is this that seethes in those strange, intense, unearthly figures of Donatello's, wasted as by internal fire,—the rage for an expression that shall at the same time declare its own insufficiency. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 76, February, 1864 The sculptors of the school of Ghiberti and Donatello, who are represented in this church, were essentially pictorial, preferring low to high relief, and relief in general to detached figures. Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, Second Series But with Donatello it marks an early stage in emancipation from the bondage of conventionalism. Donatello, by Lord Balcarres We wandered about a long time in such places one day, looking for the Tarpeian Rock, less for Tarpeia's sake than for the sake of Miriam and Donatello and the Model. Italian Journeys But of the real disciples of Donatello, those who, without necessarily being his pupils, carried his art a step farther, we know nothing. Florence and Northern Tuscany with Genoa With Sixteen Illustrations In Colour By William Parkinson And Sixteen Other Illustrations, Second Edition A statue like the St. George of Donatello would have stood more appropriately under a Gothic than under a Classic arch. The New Jerusalem Among the photographs was one of the "Annunciation" by Donatello, which glorifies the southern wall of Santa Croce. The Testing of Diana Mallory Not, indeed, that Donatello was the absolute innovator in this direction, though it is to his efforts that the change became irresistible. Donatello, by Lord Balcarres Mr. Brownell was also the first critic to point out that Rodin's art was more nearly related to Donatello than to Michael Angelo. Promenades of an Impressionist Influenced by Donatello, his work is almost as immediate as that of sculpture. Florence and Northern Tuscany with Genoa With Sixteen Illustrations In Colour By William Parkinson And Sixteen Other Illustrations, Second Edition Here and there a Donatello bronze silhouetted a slim shape, or a Florentine portrait bust smiled with veiled meaning from the quiet shadows. Out of the Ashes After Donatello's deed of death, because what follows is psychologically the most important part of the book, the speed slackens accordingly. Masters of the English Novel A Study of Principles and Personalities Though not subjected to any serious canon, the predecessors of Donatello seemed at one time in danger of becoming conventionalised. Donatello, by Lord Balcarres "I doubt," says M. de Vogue, "whether, apart from the work of Donatello, the early Renaissance produced anything more beautiful." Ravenna, a Study Within, too, you come upon Donatello's work again, in the Four Evangelists in the spandrels, and below them the Twelve Apostles. Florence and Northern Tuscany with Genoa With Sixteen Illustrations In Colour By William Parkinson And Sixteen Other Illustrations, Second Edition There are so many sides to your house; I want to see the Queen of Scots portrait again, and the Donatello, and some of your rare cookery books. Memories of Jane Cunningham Croly, "Jenny June" If you are fortunate enough to have a sculptor who is a sort of nineteenth century Donatello, let him work his will on statuary or such restful marble. Scientific American Supplement, No. 799, April 25, 1891 Photography is also apt to show too clearly certain exaggerations and violences deliberately calculated by Donatello to compensate for distance, as on the Campanile, or for darkness, as on the Cantoria. Donatello, by Lord Balcarres Early in his youth Donatello journeyed with Brunelleschi to Rome, in order to acquaint himself with the monuments then extant. Renaissance in Italy Volume 3 The Fine Arts With a loyalty and apprehension of the fitness of things really beyond praise, Donatello has here tried to do nothing that was outside the realm of sculpture. Florence and Northern Tuscany with Genoa With Sixteen Illustrations In Colour By William Parkinson And Sixteen Other Illustrations, Second Edition I was much interested in a cast of the statue of St. George, by the old Italian sculptor Donatello. Views a-foot Donatello, a young Italian whose marvellous resemblance to the Marble Faun of Praxiteles is the subject of jesting remark to three American friends. Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama, Vol. 1 A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook Others may have perished, and it is quite possible that in one at least of the other statues Donatello may have had a considerable share. Donatello, by Lord Balcarres It may still be argued that such conceptions as sorrow for sin and mortification of the flesh, unflinchingly portrayed by haggard gauntness in the saints of Donatello, are unfit for sculpturesque expression. Renaissance in Italy Volume 3 The Fine Arts It is perhaps rather Buggiano's hand than Donato's we see even in so beautiful a thing as this, which Donatello may well have designed. Florence and Northern Tuscany with Genoa With Sixteen Illustrations In Colour By William Parkinson And Sixteen Other Illustrations, Second Edition Donatello was the teacher of Michael Angelo, and when the young sculptor was about setting off for Rome, he showed him the statue, his favorite work. Views a-foot One night as he comes between Donatello and Miriam as they lean on the parapet crowning the Tarpeian Rock, the Italian throws him over the precipice and kills him. Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama, Vol. 1 A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook Donatello finished his statue in time, and received his final instalment in 1415, the year in which the figures were set up beside the great Porch. Donatello, by Lord Balcarres A more felicitous embodiment of modern feeling was achieved by Donatello in "S. George" and "David." Renaissance in Italy Volume 3 The Fine Arts Of Donatello's life we know almost nothing If we seek to learn something of him, it must be in his works of which so many remain to us. Florence and Northern Tuscany with Genoa With Sixteen Illustrations In Colour By William Parkinson And Sixteen Other Illustrations, Second Edition Michael gazed at it long and intensely, and at length, on parting, said to Donatello, "It wants but one thing." Views a-foot Donatello revelled in the rhythmic dance and stationary grace of children. The Life of Michelangelo Buonarroti This evangelist, begun when Donatello was twenty-two and completed before his thirtieth year, challenges comparison with one worthy rival, the Moses of Michael Angelo. Donatello, by Lord Balcarres The severe and cautious style of Donatello, after gaining freedom and fervour from Leopardi, was adapted to the ideal presentation of dramatic passion by Lionardo. Renaissance in Italy Volume 3 The Fine Arts Donatello, too, had three figures here beside the relief beneath the St. George. Florence and Northern Tuscany with Genoa With Sixteen Illustrations In Colour By William Parkinson And Sixteen Other Illustrations, Second Edition Donatello begged to know, before he died, what was wanting to his St. George. Views a-foot It soon becomes evident, however, that Michelangelo was not destined to remain a continuator of Donatello's manner or a disciple of the classics. The Life of Michelangelo Buonarroti Donatello made many Baptists—boys, striplings and men young and mature: but in this case only have we something bright and cheerful. Donatello, by Lord Balcarres If Donatello founded no school, this was far more the case with Ghiberti. Renaissance in Italy Volume 3 The Fine Arts It is Donatello's only large bronze group, and was probably designed for the centre piece of a fountain, the mattress on which Holofernes has fallen having little spouts for water. Florence and Northern Tuscany with Genoa With Sixteen Illustrations In Colour By William Parkinson And Sixteen Other Illustrations, Second Edition In his dealings with animals, he was the original of Hawthorne's Donatello. Familiar Studies of Men and Books When we study the evolution of Michelangelo's ideal of form, we find at the beginning of his life a very short period in which he followed the traditions of Donatello and imitated Greek work. The Life of Michelangelo Buonarroti Donatello was certainly no realist in the sense that an ideal was excluded, nor could he have been led by realism into servile imitation or the multiplication of realities. Donatello, by Lord Balcarres Of the impunity with which a sculptor in that period could submit his genius to the service and the study of ancient art without sacrificing individuality, Donatello furnishes a still more illustrious example than Ghiberti. Renaissance in Italy Volume 3 The Fine Arts In the next niche the Furriers placed a statue of St. James by Nanni di Banco, and beyond, the Guild of Linen set up a statue of St. Mark by Donatello. Florence and Northern Tuscany with Genoa With Sixteen Illustrations In Colour By William Parkinson And Sixteen Other Illustrations, Second Edition The central idea of the story, the necessity of sin to convert such a creature as Donatello into a moral being, is also not happily illustrated in the leading event. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 31, May, 1860 Indeed it may be said that Donatello continued through life to affect the genius of Michelangelo by a kind of sympathy, although the elder master's naïveté was soon discarded by the younger. The Life of Michelangelo Buonarroti Donatello was pledged to no system, and his only canon, if such existed, was the canon of observation matured by technical ability. Donatello, by Lord Balcarres The antique bronze horses at Venice and the statue of Marcus Aurelius must have been in Donatello's mind. Renaissance in Italy Volume 3 The Fine Arts The only other bronze here is the work of Donatello—a Judith and Holofernes, under the arch towards the Uffizi. Florence and Northern Tuscany with Genoa With Sixteen Illustrations In Colour By William Parkinson And Sixteen Other Illustrations, Second Edition Nothing could be more original or imaginative than the conception of the character of Donatello in Mr. Hawthorne's new romance. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 30, April, 1860 Traces of Donatello's influence survive in the treatment of the long large hands of David, the cast of features selected for that statue, and the working of the feet. The Life of Michelangelo Buonarroti We have no reason to suppose that Donatello claimed to be a deep thinker. Donatello, by Lord Balcarres Brunelleschi told Donatello the truth when he said that his Christ was a crucified contadino. Renaissance in Italy Volume 3 The Fine Arts But the story of Judith did not come to be painted in Tuscan sanctuaries until Donatello of Florence had first cast her in bronze at the prayer of Cosimo pater patria. Earthwork out of Tuscany Being Impressions and Translations of Maurice Hewlett Behind it glimmered the Donatello figures and the divine Hermes, a glorious shape in the dusk, looking scorn on human decrepitude. Robert Elsmere Florentine citizen once saw him gazing at Donatello's statue of S. Mark upon the outer wall of Orsanmichele. The Life of Michelangelo Buonarroti The idea was charming, but in executing it Donatello could only make cut flowers and withered fruit. Donatello, by Lord Balcarres To regret that Donatello lacked Ghiberti's exquisite sense of beauty, is tantamount to wishing that two of the greatest artists of the world had made one man between them. Renaissance in Italy Volume 3 The Fine Arts As yet she is aptest to Donatello's fancy: she will grow to be of a statelier bevy. Earthwork out of Tuscany Being Impressions and Translations of Maurice Hewlett During that time he resided chiefly in a villa on the height called Bellosguardo, near Florence, a villa which he has described with some changes, in the "Marble Faun," as the mountain residence of Donatello. Sketches from Concord and Appledore Both Donatello and Verocchio had treated their Davids in the same realistic manner, but they were working on a small scale and in bronze. The Life of Michelangelo Buonarroti Donatello soon received commissions for statues of a more imposing scale to be placed on the ill-fated façade of the Cathedral. Donatello, by Lord Balcarres The young Donatello, aged sixteen, is said to have been consulted as to the rival merits of the proofs submitted to the judges. Renaissance in Italy Volume 3 The Fine Arts One great friend among collectors was M. Gustave Dreyfus, a high authority on Donatello and on the medallists of the Italian Renaissance. The Life of the Rt. Hon. Sir Charles W. Dilke, Volume 2 Hawthorne has given us an example of this in the romance of Monte Beni—the brilliant Miriam falling in love with that Italian child of nature Donatello. Sketches from Concord and Appledore This is proved by our Donatello, who was a Titan in the art, and afterwards by the stupendous Michelangelo, who worked in both ways. The Life of Michelangelo Buonarroti At Verona he almost ceased to be Florentine: at Tolentino he was himself; working for the Campanile he was subject to the power of Donatello. Donatello, by Lord Balcarres Donatello, with the uncompromising candour of an artist bent on marking character, felt that he was bound to seize the very pith and kernel of his subject. Renaissance in Italy Volume 3 The Fine Arts Donatello is the ideal of the childlike nature on the threshold of history who has lived without choosing either, up to the time when his love and defence of Miriam involve him in crime. A Study of Hawthorne Hawthorne was not wholly a fatalist, or he never could have conceived the character of Donatello, but he was very largely so. Sketches from Concord and Appledore A criticism he made on Donatello, recorded for us by Condivi, to the effect that this great master's works lost their proper effect on close inspection through a want of finish, confirms my opinion. The Life of Michelangelo Buonarroti Unlike many of his contemporaries, Donatello composed no treatise on his art; he wrote no memoir or commentary, no sonnets, and indeed scarcely a letter of his even on business topics has survived. Donatello, by Lord Balcarres He made his art as true to life as it is possible to be, without the rugged realism of Donatello or the somewhat effeminate graces of Ghiberti. Renaissance in Italy Volume 3 The Fine Arts But he also shows, in Donatello's final delivering of himself up to justice, the wisdom of some definite judgment and perhaps punishment bestowed by society. A Study of Hawthorne It does so, because Miriam and Donatello are the figures which interest us most profoundly, and they are both lost in the shadow. Literary and Social Essays It has often been remarked that David's head is modelled upon the type of Donatello's S. George at Orsanmichele. The Life of Michelangelo Buonarroti But, however familiar Donatello the sculptor may be to the student of Italian art, Donatello the man must remain a mystery. Donatello, by Lord Balcarres Donatello's influence, felt far and wide through Italy, was of inestimable value in correcting the false direction toward pictorial sculpture which Ghiberti, had he flourished alone at Florence, might have given to the art. Renaissance in Italy Volume 3 The Fine Arts Donatello must rank with a class of poetic creations which has nearly become extinct among modern writers: he belongs to the world of Caliban, Puck, and Ariel. A Study of Hawthorne Donatello, indeed, is the true centre of interest, as he is one of the most striking creations of genius. Literary and Social Essays Donatello and other Florentines worked under different sympathies for form, affecting angularity in their treatment of the nude, adhering to literal transcripts from the model or to conventional stylistic schemes. The Life of Michelangelo Buonarroti Donatello bequeathed nothing to posterity except a name, his masterpieces and a lasting influence for good. Donatello, by Lord Balcarres The classical revival had worked but partially and indirectly upon Ghiberti and Donatello—not because they did not feel it most intensely, but because they clung to nature far more closely than to antique precedent. Renaissance in Italy Volume 3 The Fine Arts There were rows of books on white shelves, a pale Donatello cast on the wall, and two fine bronze vases filled with roses on the mantelpiece. A Fountain Sealed And she held out to him a photograph of the Donatello David at Florence—the divine young hero in his shepherd's hat, fresh from the slaying of the oppressor. The History of David Grieve It is a seated Madonna with the Infant Jesus, conceived in the manner of Donatello, but without that master's force and power over the lines of drapery. The Life of Michelangelo Buonarroti It has been argued that Donatello never made this early visit to Rome on the ground that his subsequent work shows no traces of classical influence. Donatello, by Lord Balcarres Are Raphael and Michelangelo only provisionally eclipsed by Botticelli and by Donatello and Mino da Fiesole, or are they remanded to a lasting limbo? Roman Holidays, and Others Donatello became "a sadder and a wiser man," and with that old phrase the issue for him seems to be summed. Nathaniel Hawthorne She knew no booksellers in Paris; she could assure him they were all pure bourgeois, and there was not one of them that could be likened to Donatello's David. The History of David Grieve They are far more beautiful and tender in chivalric conception than Donatello's St. George, which is merely a piece of vigorous naturalism founded on these older tombs. Mornings in Florence An attempt is made in the following pages to determine the position and character of Donatello's art in relation to that of his contemporaries and successors. Donatello, by Lord Balcarres The custode of all these treasures was Bertoldo, an old sculptor, who boasted of having been the scholar of Donatello, and also heir to his art possessions. Fra Bartolommeo Hilda is as innocent as Donatello, but her soul frees itself from the contact; and Miriam is as guilty, yet she alone is unaffected by the crime in her essential nature, so far as appears. Nathaniel Hawthorne Yet he does not treat Donatello with any lack of confidence. The Life and Genius of Nathaniel Hawthorne Giotto has given him the long level trumpet, afterwards adopted so grandly in the sculptures of La Robbia and Donatello. Mornings in Florence The materials for a biography of Donatello are so scanty, that his life and personality can only be studied in his works. Donatello, by Lord Balcarres In bronze are: a statue of Perseus by Cellini; Judith with the head of Holofernes by Donatello; David and Goliath; Samson. After Waterloo: Reminiscences of European Travel 1815-1819 Donatello has been puritanized, and though the character may be a perfect symbolic type, it has nothing racial in it; and to be racial was Donatello's charm. Nathaniel Hawthorne If he had seen what Hilda saw, he would probably have left Rome as quickly as possible, never to return; and Donatello's fate might have been different. The Life and Genius of Nathaniel Hawthorne Those by Donatello, on the Baptistery side, are the most remarkable. A Wanderer in Florence There is a certain charm about them, a freshness and vitality which reappears later on when Donatello was making the dancing children for the Prato pulpit and the singing gallery for the Cathedral. Donatello, by Lord Balcarres While I floundered there my father looked off towards the gray horizon, and saw the visions of Hilda, Miriam, Kenyon, and Donatello which the world of readers was presently to behold through his eyes. Hawthorne and His Circle Hawthorne, if he indicates through Kenyon his ideas, seems to advise, as elsewhere, letting the dead past bury its dead while Donatello and Miriam should go on to what self-sacrificing life they can find. Nathaniel Hawthorne His act was at least an unselfish one, and it might serve as the argument for a debate, whether Donatello did not do society a service in ridding the earth of such a human monstrosity. The Life and Genius of Nathaniel Hawthorne At both Or San Michele and the Bargello we are to find Donatello perhaps in a finer mood than here, and comfortably visible. A Wanderer in Florence Foreign critics have written a good deal about Donatello from varied, if somewhat limited aspects. Donatello, by Lord Balcarres Miriam and Donatello may seem at first glance like visions; but I have always been taught that their spell lay in our innate sense that they were ourselves, as we really are. Memories of Hawthorne In one of them, side by side, sculptured by Donatello in low relief, lie the white marble effigies of the three members of the Accaiuoli family who founded the convent in the thirteenth century. Italian Hours Miriam, more experienced even than Kenyon, is not affected by the death of her tormentor so much directly as she is by its influence on Donatello. The Life and Genius of Nathaniel Hawthorne Cosimo is buried beneath the floor in front of the high altar, in obedience to his wish, and by the special permission of the Roman Church; and in the same vault lies Donatello. A Wanderer in Florence Though unnecessary, their presence on the relief is justified by Donatello's skill and humour. Donatello, by Lord Balcarres My chambermaid was born in Padua—Padua, outside which Donatello could not achieve perfection; Padua, ever dear to us because Portia feigned to have studied law at its University. Without Prejudice But one day, in Paris, I ran across a dealer who had captured for a song one of the best Florentine bronzes in the Daunt collection—a marvellous plaquette of Donatello's. Tales of Men and Ghosts Her crime consisted merely in a look,—the expression of her eyes,—and the whole world is free to her; but her heart is imprisoned in the same cell with Donatello. The Life and Genius of Nathaniel Hawthorne But we go too fast: the church before the sacristy, and the glories of the church are Donatello's. A Wanderer in Florence It resembles Donatello's putti who play and dance on the corners of the tabernacle of Quercia's font at Siena; but the base of this figure differs from that of the other four. Donatello, by Lord Balcarres Have a look at the sun and stars for a change; they are just as impressive as Donatello. South Wind The stronger a man is the more certainly will he be modified by his own times as well as modify them, and in an age of barocco we must not look for Donatellos. Ex Voto If the tale was not framed in mystery, Donatello would not seem so real to us. The Life and Genius of Nathaniel Hawthorne These have a double interest as being not only Donatello's work but his latest work. A Wanderer in Florence Madame André has another superb Donatello—a marble boy: his attitude is unbecoming, but the modelling of this admirable statue—the urchin is nearly life-sized—is almost unequalled. Donatello, by Lord Balcarres Most excellent my lord, upon the piazza are now standing works by the great Donatello and the incomparable Michel Angelo, the two greatest men who have ever lived since the days of the ancients. Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini Donatello, the Faun, is a charming young creature of the natural sunshine until his love for the somber Miriam tempts him to the commission of murder: then begins the growth of his mind and character. The American Spirit in Literature : a chronicle of great interpreters Similarly, it is pleasant to think that the Pope's mercy may ultimately have been extended to Donatello. The Life and Genius of Nathaniel Hawthorne But Donatello's S. George is new and is as beautiful as a Greek god, with something of real human life added. A Wanderer in Florence It need hardly be said that Donatello's children, especially the free-standing bronze statuettes, were widely copied. Donatello, by Lord Balcarres From them I learned that the clay was good enough, but had not been well understood by Donatello, inasmuch as I could see that his pieces had been cast with the very greatest trouble. Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini One architect, Donatello, explained that, if he secured the commission, he should first build a mound of earth, and over it he would construct his dome. The City of Domes : a walk with an architect about the courts and palaces of the Panama-Pacific International Exposition, with a discussion of its architecture, its sculpture, its mural decorations, its coloring and its lighting, preceded by a history of its growth Donatello, who is a type of natural but untried virtue, falls in love with Miriam, not only for her beauty, but because she has acquired that worldly experience which he lacks. The Life and Genius of Nathaniel Hawthorne "Why don't you speak to me?" he also said to this statue, as Donatello had said to the Zuccone. A Wanderer in Florence We know that Donatello was passionately fond of carving children on his reliefs: we also know that only two versions of the Madonna can be really authenticated as his work. Donatello, by Lord Balcarres Donatello’s Judith, symbolising justifiable regicide, and Michel Angelo’s David, symbolising the might of innocent right against an overbearing usurper, already decorated the Florentine piazza. Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini It was a small bronze copy of a Donatello statue. Villa Rubein, and other stories Donatello seizes Miriam's tormentor and casts him down the Tarpeian Rock,—from the same instinct, or clairvoyant perception, that a hound springs at the throat of his master's enemy. The Life and Genius of Nathaniel Hawthorne At last, when it was finished, he drew aside the sheet for Donatello, who was buying fruit, to admire. A Wanderer in Florence Technically this head is almost unequalled among Donatello's bronze portraits; it is quite superb. Donatello, by Lord Balcarres I was of course aware that the admirable sculptor Donatello had cast his bronzes with the clay of Florence; yet it seemed to me that he had met with enormous difficulties in their execution. Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini "Stop!" cried Donatello at last, catching the sculptor's hand. The Marble Faun - Volume 2 The Romance of Monte Beni The same ray likewise glimmered among the gloomy meditations that encompassed Miriam, and lit up the pale, dark beauty of her face, while it responded pleasantly to Donatello's glance. The Marble Faun - Volume 1 The Romance of Monte Beni Donatello's second David, behind the more famous one, has more reality; but I would put Michelangelo's smaller one first. A Wanderer in Florence Speaking generally, Donatello's portraits are less important as busts than when they are portions of complete statues. Donatello, by Lord Balcarres Beneath the cornice was a yellow frieze with figures of dancing children, imitated from the works of Donatello, and very unskilfully executed. An Unsocial Socialist "You stir up many thoughts," said Donatello, pressing his hand upon his brow, "but the multitude and the whirl of them make me dizzy." The Marble Faun - Volume 2 The Romance of Monte Beni "Hark!" cried Donatello, stopping short, as he was about to bind Miriam's fair hands with flowers, and lead her along in triumph, "there is music somewhere in the grove!" The Marble Faun - Volume 1 The Romance of Monte Beni One point which both Donatello's and Verrocchio's David emphasizes is the gulf that was fixed between the Biblical and religious conception of the youthful psalmist and that of these sculptors of the Renaissance. A Wanderer in Florence The wise man, like Donatello, selected his art and never overstepped the boundary. Donatello, by Lord Balcarres Because Donatello had not the temper which would bully a hundred popes, and extract a magnificent advertisement from each encounter. A Book of Scoundrels Donatello's remorseful anguish saddened this primitive and delightful life. The Marble Faun - Volume 2 The Romance of Monte Beni He was silent for a while; it being, indeed, seldom Donatello's impulse to express himself copiously in words. The Marble Faun - Volume 1 The Romance of Monte Beni One can, indeed, never think of Donatello as a religious artist. A Wanderer in Florence In a courtyard it would look far more imposing, and when it came from Donatello's workshop, placed upon a pedestal designed for it, its present incongruities would have been absent. Donatello, by Lord Balcarres Why is Michael Angelo a loftier figure in the history of art than Donatello, the supreme sculptor of his time? A Book of Scoundrels "But what a horror it would be," said Donatello sadly, "if there were a soul among them through which the light could not be transfused!" The Marble Faun - Volume 2 The Romance of Monte Beni A moment afterwards Donatello was aware that she had retired from the dance. The Marble Faun - Volume 1 The Romance of Monte Beni Of Donatello's youth little is known, but it is almost certain that he helped Ghiberti with his first Baptistery doors, being thirteen when that sculptor began upon them. A Wanderer in Florence Several of the larger figures might almost be the work of Donatello, though the personality of Giovanni makes itself felt throughout. Donatello, by Lord Balcarres These groups of children dancing and blowing horns are very cleverly copied from Donatello's famous pulpit in the duomo. The Grey Room "The pictures fill me with emotion, but not such as you seem to experience," said Donatello. The Marble Faun - Volume 2 The Romance of Monte Beni I should not hesitate to call it sadness, if Donatello were a creature capable of the sin and folly of low spirits. The Marble Faun - Volume 1 The Romance of Monte Beni Why this should not be an early Donatello I do not see. A Wanderer in Florence There was another man influenced by Donatello, who must be nameless pending further investigation: his style cannot be identified with anything on the great altar, but he was a sculptor of immense power. Donatello, by Lord Balcarres Another feature which the four reliefs have in common is Donatello's treatment of narrative. Donatello, by Lord Balcarres To my eyes," said Donatello stubbornly, "it is wrath, not love! The Marble Faun - Volume 2 The Romance of Monte Beni But Donatello felt nothing of this dream-like melancholy that haunts the spot. The Marble Faun - Volume 1 The Romance of Monte Beni The severity of the façade is delightfully softened and enlivened by a frieze of mischievous cherubs' heads, the joint work of Donatello and Desiderio. A Wanderer in Florence The four panels of Miracles take the highest rank among Donatello's bas-reliefs. Donatello, by Lord Balcarres Donatello, however, confines his plaques to single incidents: in one case only does he add a second detail, and there only as a corroborative fact. Donatello, by Lord Balcarres In truth, Donatello's countenance indicated a healthier spirit than while he was brooding in his melancholy tower. The Marble Faun - Volume 2 The Romance of Monte Beni You must leave me," said Miriam to Donatello more imperatively than before; "have I not said it? The Marble Faun - Volume 1 The Romance of Monte Beni The composition is crowned by a tympanum and putti suggested by Donatello's Annunciation. Donatello, by Lord Balcarres Donatello's are on the right, and one sees at once that his was the bolder, stronger hand. A Wanderer in Florence Even if Donatello furnished the original sketch, it is quite impossible that he should have executed or approved the carving. Donatello, by Lord Balcarres While the foregoing words passed between them they had withdrawn a little from the immediate vicinity of the statue, so as to be out of Donatello's hearing. The Marble Faun - Volume 2 The Romance of Monte Beni |
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