donatello (sculptor) and leonardo (inventor, artist and scientist) day
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Donatello (Sculptor) and Leonardo (Inventor, Artist and Scientist) Day. Donatello’s Biography. Born in Florence in 1386; died in 1466 Donato di Niccolo di Betto Bardi Made sculptures in bronze and marble. Statue of Donatello in Florence. Donatello’s work. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Donatello (Sculptor) and Leonardo (Inventor, Artist and Scientist) Day
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Donatello’s Biography
• Born in Florence in 1386; died in 1466
• Donato di Niccolo di Betto Bardi• Made sculptures in bronze and
marble
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• Statue of Donatello in Florence
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Donatello’s work
• Started doing stonecarving around 1400 in a Florence cathedral
• Created two marble statues• “St. Mark” and “St. George”
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• St. Mark• 2.36metersHigh
In aFlorenceChurch
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• St. George• 2.09 metersHigh
In a FlorenceChurch
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• It was once said a blind man could touch one of his statues and know what it was feeling
• He did some work in bronze on the tomb of Pope John XXIII
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• He did a lot of work with Filippo Brunellesci (later became rivals)
• Cosimo de Medici was one of Donatello’s friends and patrons
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Leonardo da Vinci
• Born in 1452 near Florence and died in 1519 in France
Some feel this is a Self-portrait
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His Work
• He painted the “Mona Lisa” around 1506• It can now be foundat the Louvre in Paris
Mona was a polite wayof saying “Madame”
In climate controlled,bullet proof display
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• He painted the “Last Supper” in 1498 (Church in Milan)
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• From 1482-1499, he lived in Milan• 1499-1519 was his “Nomadic
Period”• Mantua (1500)• Venice (1501)• Florence (1501-1506)• Milan (1506-1513)• Rome and Florence (1514)• Pavia, Bologna and Milan (1515)• France (1516-1519)
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• He created over 13,000 pages of notes and drawings
• Lacked formal education in Latin and Mathematics
• Tried flying in 1496, but failed
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• Leonardo also thought of early blueprints for weapons of war (against war)
• Machine guns• Tank (driven by humans or horses)• Submarine• Flame thrower
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• Leonardo’s tank design
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• Leonardo also wrote from right to left and was left-handed
• Maybe to make his notes harder to read• Would not smear the ink• Would pull the pen instead of pushing
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Try Writing Like Da Vinci
http://www.mos.org/sln/Leonardo/write.html
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• Leonardo’s tomb in France
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Making of the Mona Lisa Video• http://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=uk2sPl_Z7ZU
or…
http://www.geekologie.com/2007/05/painting_the_mona_lisa_with_ms.php
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Group Work
• You will work in groups of 2 to complete the following
• Compare and contrast Donatello and Leonardo using a Venn Diagram
• You need 4 similarities, 7 differences and two pictures in color