Donatello

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but was moved in 1416 to the Palazzo Vecchio which is a city hall
where it long stood as a civic-patriotic symbol. From the sixteenth century on
it was eclipsed by the gigantic "David" of Michelangelo which served the same
purpose. Other of Donatello's early works which were still partly Gothic are the
impressive seated marble figure of St. John the Evangelist for the cathedral and
a wooden crucifix in the church of Sta. Croce.
The full power of Donatello first appeared in two marble statues, "St.
Mark" and "St. George" which were completed in 1415. "St. George" has been
replaced and is now in the Bargello. For the first time the human body is
rendered as a functional organism. The same qualities came in the series of five
prophet statues that Donatello did beginning in 1416. The statues were of
beardless and bearded prophets as well as a group of Abraham and Isaac in 1416-
1421 and also the "Zuccone" and "Jeremiah". "Zuccone" is famous as the finest of
the campanile ...

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did not go to well between the two old friends and was
never repaired. Brunelleschi even made epigrams against Donatello.
During his partnership with Michelozzo, Donatello made works of pure
sculpture, including several works of bronze. The earliest and most important of
these was the "Feast of Herod" (1423-1427). He also made two statuettes of
Virtues and then three nude child angels (one which was stolen and is now in the
Berlin museum). These statues prepared the way for the bronze statue of David,
the first large scale, free-standing nude statue of the Renaissance. It was the
most classical of Donatello's works and was done for a private patron. Its
recorded history begins ...

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