The Bronze David
Italian Renaissance
Donato de'Bardi detto Donatello
The Bronze David by Donatello
Kat
Art History
Mid Term Paper
David
David, who was presumed by many of the fifteenth century to be the future king of Israel, was portrayed any many different and exciting styles. I will explain how the works of Donatello, Michelangelo and Bernini are similar and how they are very different, how the renaissance and culture influenced their works and how there works influenced society and the renaissance.
In a four hundred-year span, these three great artists created their own masterpieces. Donatello's came first, then Michelangelo's, and finally that of Bernini. All three sculptors had different objectives and it shows in their work. Bernini's is the most dramatic and sculptured to look more realistic. That seems to be the objective, which Bernini wished to achieve, but it was not the objective of the other two sculptors. Bernini was reported to have carved his statue of David in seven months, a remarkable achievement for the time when it was all done by hand.
Donatello's depiction of a young, almost nude David was the first large-scale bronze nude statue in the new renaissance period. His is unlike Michelangelo's David, which of course is totally nude, but his wears a straw hat and boots, to perhaps show less strength like Berninis' David wearing a bag of rocks and some sort of cloth, that was hastily thrown around the mid section. The straw hat that his David is wearing was the traditional for the peasants to wear in that time period for protection from the elements.
Traditionally, David was portrayed after his victory, triumphant over Goliath.Michelangelo's David, is being portrayed before his fight with Goliath, and is by far better known by everyone, in fact it was the only one I knew about before taking...
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