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Donatello

Donatello. By Aoifé Gale. Donatello. Donatello was Italian, born in 1386 in Florence. He died in Florence in 1466. . He worked for Lorenzo Ghiberti. Helping him to make the 1 st set of Baptistry doors between 1404-07.

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Donatello

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  1. Donatello By Aoifé Gale

  2. Donatello • Donatello was Italian, born in 1386 in Florence. • He died in Florence in 1466.

  3. . • He worked for Lorenzo Ghiberti. • Helping him to make the 1st set of Baptistry doors between 1404-07. • However soon enough he started to work on his own and he outshone Ghiberti!

  4. . • In the 15th century the cathedral of Florence and the church of the Florentine guilds were being decorated. • Donatello carved marble statues for the cathedral and its bell tower.

  5. . • Donatello’s relief bronze piece ‘The Feast of Herod’ shows how he too was an early master of perspective.

  6. . • The ancient Romans were fond of carving soldiers on horseback. • Donatello revived this tradition with his bronze sculpture of ‘Gattamelata’. • It stands 3.5 metres high above the ground, in Padova town square to this day!

  7. The End .

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