Donatello

             Donatello was one of the most important fifteenth century masters whose bronze
             David is incomparable that is unlike Donatello's other works in its different style, and
             unknown time of origin. Donatello was a gifted sculptor who lived in the fifteenth
             century and had a great impact on not only the Italian Renaissance, but also on the future
             of art in general. He was an innovator in his time and his style influenced all those around
             him. Although Donatello was an artist during the Italian Renaissance, his heart was set
             with reviving the Greek Classical style; because of the choice to revive the Classical
             style, Donatello has earned his place in history.
             Donatello was not only one of the most important artists in the fifteenth century,
             but also one of the "most brilliant and representative figures of the Italian Renaissance for
             he gave visible form...to the intellectual aspirations and achievements of his epoch
             (Brown 47). Not only was he a great sculptor, but also a leader of the artistic movement
             of the time. He also had the appreciation of "external life peculiar to the Greek and
             Roman civilizations, with its robust self-reliance and enjoyment of sensuous emotions,
             and the comprehension of, and respect for, the inner workings of the soul, inherited from
             the severe, often morbid, self-analysis of medieval Christianity" (47).
             Donatello was able to work with any medium. He cast sculptures in bronze, clay,
             and marble with the same passion. Donatello was able to do with his sculpture, as the
             humanists were able to do with their pen. Donatello was not limited in the way some
             other artists of the time were. The reasons he is so important to history of Italian art is
             because of "his originality of conception, his sudden and complete breakage with
             tradition, and his technical innovations" (Cole 7).
             Donatello could work on his own. He did not need to...

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