Donatello timeline

1386
Born in Florence, Italy. He was the
son of Nicolo di Betto Bardi.
1403
Ghiberti's studio was working on the
bronze reliefs of the Florence Baptistry
doors, and he participated in the
workmanship.
1
1407
1408
1411-1414
He was employed in the workshops at
the Cathedral of Florence.
He created his first major work, a
marble statue, David, for one of the
buttresses of the Cathedral of
Florence.
He worked on a
statue of ST. Mark,
which shows the
figure in a Classical
pose.
2
1415-1426
He executed five
statues for the
bell tower of
the Cathedral
of Florence.
3
1416-1420
1418
1422
1425
1427
1430-1432
He completed a St.
George for the Or
San Michele in
Florence.
He made the sandstone Marzocco, a
symbolic Florentine lion, for the Pope's
apartments at S. Maria Novella.
For the friars of Ognisanti in
Florence, he created a gilt bronze
reliquary for the head of St. Rossore,
an early Christian martyr who had
been decapitated.
He collaborated with
Michelozzo on the
funeral monument of
Antipope John XXIII
4
He was Involvd with Ghiberti in the
decoration of the Siena Baptistery
front, for which he created a relief of
the Dance of Salome. This work showed
his true Classical style and his interest
in linear perspective.
He Created the
bronze David for
the Medici family.
It was the first
Renaissance freestanding bronze
nude since ancient
Roman and Greek
times.
5
1443
1454
1454-1455
1455
He Went to Padua, where he
produced his equestrian statue of
the Condottiere Gattamelata.
When he returned to Flourence,
his work became more emotional.
His wooden statue
of Mary
Magdalen, made
for the Florence
Baptistry, is
notable for its
drama and
realism.
The Medici family
commissioned a bronze
sculpture of Judith and
Holofernes for their garden.
6
1466
Died December 13 in Florence,
buried in the Basilica of San
Lorenzo.
PICTURES:
1. Bronze Doors - Bapistry - Florence (http://flickr.com/photos/hbraverman/3245257590/)
2. Donatello's St. Mark (http://flickr.com/photos/mripley/2417725895/)
3. Florence Cathedral (http://flickr.com/photos/sigfus/2743853284/)
4. The Pope, Only Not (http://flickr.com/photos/11602696@N00/2624457555/)
5. Florence- David by Donatello (http://flickr.com/photos/12152206@N03/2207198154/)
6. Donatello's Judith & Holofernes- Florence (http://flickr.com/photos/battyward/2083282856/)