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Essay Archive - Donato di Niccolò di Betto Bardi
Donato di Niccolò di Betto Bardi
Donato (Donatello is a diminutive form, just as Kenny is for
Kenneth) di Niccolò di Betto Bardi was born in Florence about 1386. He
probably learned stone carving from one of the sculptors working on the
Florence cathedral in about 1400. Between 1404 and 1407 he worked in the
workshop of the Gothic sculptor Lorenzo Ghiberti, who had won the
competition to create some bronze doors for the cathedral baptistery.
Donatello created two marble statues in a new style for the church
of Or San Michele in about 1415. In these statues, 'St. Mark'....
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