Donatello and the Renaissance

Donatello may have been born over 600 years ago, but his sculpture is so powerful that it still speaks directly to us today. Working amidst the vibrant creativity of Florence in the fifteenth century, his works encompass every emotion from unabashed joy and frivolity, through formal grandeur, to deeply personal religious conviction. A technical master, he broke new ground in the methods he used and the forms he chose to develop, leaving behind a legacy of works that seem startlingly modern. Coinciding with the outstanding cultural event of the year: Donatello the Renaissance exhibited at Strozzi Foundation and the Bargello Museum in Florence, we will celebrate the artist who embodied the Renaissance ideas in sculpture.