Donatello . nt of any transitory taste:immortal and altogether personal. But for this very reason it demands itsown art-psychology. It can no more be reduced to a simple formula, thanMichelangelos and Rembrandts. Donatello was born in Florence, probably in 1386. His Christian nameis Donate, His father Niccolo di Betto Bardi was domiciled near the presentPorta Romana in the quarter of S. Pietro in Gattolino. We know no moreabout his life, than about the youth of his famous son. A member of theguild of wool-combers, Niccolo became dangerously involved in the Florentineparty feuds. During his ban
Donatello . nt of any transitory taste:immortal and altogether personal. But for this very reason it demands itsown art-psychology. It can no more be reduced to a simple formula, thanMichelangelos and Rembrandts. Donatello was born in Florence, probably in 1386. His Christian nameis Donate, His father Niccolo di Betto Bardi was domiciled near the presentPorta Romana in the quarter of S. Pietro in Gattolino. We know no moreabout his life, than about the youth of his famous son. A member of theguild of wool-combers, Niccolo became dangerously involved in the Florentineparty feuds. During his banishment he slew in Pisa a political opponent,escaped to Lucca and returned to Florence, where he was wrongfully accusedof treason, sentenced to death, then acquitted and finally made the recipientof special honours. This happened in 1380. The first documentary referenceto his son Donatello occurs in 1406, when he receives payment as in-dependent sculptor. Accounts of his earher life can only be gathered from. Fig. 4. Florence. North Door of the Cathedral. To pages 12 and 29.)
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