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Art history, Contrapposto, Donatello, Florence, Ghiberti, Michelangelo, Michelangelo’s David, Quattrocento, Renaissance, Renaissance SculptureMichelangelo’s David, Part 2: Early Renaissance Works
In the early 15th century, artists like Ghiberti and Nanni di Banco infused naturalism and classicism into religious works, reflecting…
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Cosimo de’ Medici, Florence, Florence Series, History of Florence, Humanism, Lorenzo de’ Medici, Medici, Quattrocento, Renaissance FlorenceHistory of Florence, Part 3: Renaissance Florence and the Rise of the Medici
This essay explores Florence during the fifteenth century, when the city became a major centre of humanist learning, artistic innovation,…
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Art history, Cinquecento, David, David vs. Goliath, Donatello, Florence, Florentine Republic, Italian Renaissance, Michelangelo, Michelangelo’s David, Public art, Quattrocento, Renaissance, Renaissance Sculpture, Series OverviewMichelangelo’s David: Complete Series (An Icon of Public Art)
Michelangelo created a powerful, kinetic rendition of David that even manages to tell some of the narrative.
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