Text on the latest research. While his central focus is on the work of Donatello, he also illuminates the beginnings of Renaissance sculpture in Florence, its further development in Tuscany and the rest of Italy, the new artistic goals and their theoretical formulation, and the relationships between patron and artist, convention and artistic freedom. The invaluable documentary section includes all the work of Donatello, as well as that of Ghiberti. Other important.

The Italian sculptor known as Donatello helped to forge a new kind of art—one that came to define the Renaissance. His work was progressive, challenging, and even controversial. Using a variety of novel sculptural techniques and innovative interpretations, Donatello uniquely depicted themes involving human sexuality, violence, spirituality, and beauty. But to really understand Donatello, one needs to understand his changing world, marked by the transition from Medieval to Renaissance style and to an art that was more personal and representative of the modern self. Donatello was not just a man of his times, he helped shape the spirit of the times he lived in and profoundly influenced those that came after. In this beautifully illustrated book—the first thorough biography of Donatello in twenty-five years—A. Victor Coonin describes the full extent of Donatello’s revolutionary contributions, revealing how his work heralded the emergence of modern art.

Focuses on the appropriation of visual elements of the classical, medieval, and Renaissance past in Mussolini's Italy.

A 530-year-old Florentine manuscript and drawn sketches resurface in the Baltic Seaport of Lubeck. Fine arts lecturer Elizabeth Harrington is asked by a former student to assist his family in the task of authenticating these renaissance writings and drawings currently in their possession. Harrington enlists the help of her mentor and work colleague, the Professor. As the manuscript is translated from its original Latin and light is cast on the mystery of the ancient text and drawings, Harrington and her mentor realise the importance of this discovery. They discover that the manuscript and drawings are a renaissance puzzle in the finest tradition of renaissance intrigue, power, and art. Elizabeth Harrington explores the renaissance worlda world that still exercises considerable influence over our modern lives. As the puzzle unravels, the identity of Donatellos Golden Boy becomes clearer. Yet there are those who would reach from their ancient graves to suppress this secret . . .

A major survey on both the art and decoration of Sta. Maria del Fiore in Florence, and early Renaissance art.