DONATELLO AND THE DAWN OF RENAISSANCE ART

The Italian sculptor known as Donatello helped to forge a new kind of art - one that defines the Renaissance. His work was progressi ve, innovative, challenging and even controversial. Using a variety of novel sculptural techniques and perspectives, Donatello depic ted human sexuality, violence, spirituality and beauty. But to really understand Donatello one needs to understand a changing world, a transition from Medieval to Renaissance and to an art more personal and part of the modern self. Donatello was not just a man of his times...[Read more]