Donatello
•he masterfully uses linear perspective in the service of psychological realism
•he constructs his work by paying careful attention to optical effects
•his figures in both their expressions and/or their postures convey an
emotional intensity that is unparalleled by any other sculptor
Donatello
Pazzi Madonna
1420-30s
Marble, 75 x 70 cm
Staatliche Museen,
Berlin
Donatello
David (detail)
c. 1430
Bronze
Museo Nazionale del Bargello,
Florence
Donatello
Pietà
1447-50
Bronze, 58 x 56 cm
Basilica di
Sant'Antonio, Padua
Donatello
Equestrian Statue of
Gattamelata
1447-50
Bronze, 340 x 390 cm
Piazza del Santo, Padua
Donatello
Equestrian Statue of
Gattamelata
1447-50
Bronze, 340 x 390 cm
Piazza del Santo, Padua
Donatello
Judith and
Holofernes
1455-60
Bronze
Palazzo
Vecchio,
Florence
Donatello
Judith and
Holofernes
1455-60
Bronze
Palazzo
Vecchio,
Florence
Donatello
detail: Judith and Holofernes
1455-60
Donatello
detail: Judith and
Holofernes
Donatello
St Mary Magdalen
c. 1457
Wood
Height: 188 cm
Museo dell'Opera
del Duomo,
Florence
Donatello
detail of the
Deposition from the
Pulpit at San
Lorenzo, Florence
Deposition
1465