RENAISSANCEWEEK 3

Compiled by Amy

Donato di Niccolo di Betto BardiDonatello

Renaissance Italian Sculptor FlorenceMany Khan video Links included

Donatello’s David

◦ First Unsupported standing work of bronze

◦ First reestanding nude male sculpture since antiquity

◦ Shows David smiling

◦ His foot on Goliath’s head

◦ He is naked except for his laurel-topped hat and boots and the sword of Goliath

◦ Requested by the Medici Family

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6kUUJJV_MNA

St. John the Evangelist◦ Marble Statue of the seated St. John.

◦ Cathedral in Florence

◦ Moving toward a classical technique

◦ Accurately showing suffering, joy, sorrow and realistic body positions.

Gatamelata Magdalene Penitent

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-UZuG3XpAd0http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6dWHPHELCKU

Filippo Brunelleschi◦ Architect and Engineer during the

Renaissance

◦ Linear Perspective developments

◦ Dome of the Florence Cathedral

◦ Architecture, mathematics, engineering, ship design.

Brunelleschi on Linear Perspective

http://smarthistory.khanacademy.org/Brunelleschi.html

“Do not share your inventions with many persons; share them only men who understand and love science. If you disclose too much about your inventions and achievements you give away the fruit of your genius. “

“When listening to the inventor, many people belittle and deny his achievements, so that no one in honorable places will ever again listen to him. Then after some months or a year, these persons use the inventor's words in speech or writing or design.”

Video on Brunelleschi’s Dome◦ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQ8F_yPwqzA