Donatello (Classic Reprint) - Couverture souple

Donatello, Donatello

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ISBN 10 : 1334685975 ISBN 13 : 9781334685972

Editeur : Forgotten Books, 2018

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Présentation de l'éditeur

Donato tii liccolo 0i 25etto 2arlii CALLED Bottatello BORN 1386: DIED 1466 FLORENTINE SCHOOL THE sculptor Donate diN iccolo di Betto Bardi, better known by the affectionate diminutive Donatello, or little Donato, given him by his contemporaries, was born in the city ofF lorence, probably in the year 1386. His father, Niccolo di Betto Bardi, a wool-carder by trade, was exiled from Florence on account of unlucky participation in civic politics, and the boy was befriended by the noble family of theM artelli, in whose household he was brought up from early childhood, and to whom he endeared himself by his loving and lovable disposition, his industry, and his fondness for study. Like many other Florentine artists, Donatello began his career in a goldsmiths shop; but the story told by Vasari of his boyhood shows that even at an early age he had turned his attention to sculpture. Having stated thatD onatello produced many works in his youth, but because they were many they were not considered to be of any great account, the old chronicler goes on to say: For the Church of Santa Croce in Florence he executed aC rucifix in wood on which he bestowed extraordinary labor; and when the work was completed, believing himself to have produced an admirable thing, he showed it to Filippo Brunelleschi, his most intimate friend, desiring to have his opinion of it. Filippo, who had expected from the words of Donatello to see a much finer production, smiled somewhat as he regarded it, and Donatello seeing this entreated him, by the friendship existing between them, to say what he thought of it. Whereupon Filippo, who was exceedingly frank, replied thatD onatello appeared to him to have placed a peasant on the cross, and not a figure resembling that of Christ. Donatello hearing himself censured where he had expected praise, and more hurt than he was perhaps willing to admit, repli
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Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Forgotten Books
• Date d'édition: 2018
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1334685975
• ISBN 13: 9781334685972
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 47
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