ARTH 1101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Ancient Roman Architecture, Vanishing Point, Nuremberg Chronicle
11 Apr 2016
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Chapter: 16 figure: 16. 12 creator: donatello title: david date: 1440-1460 ca. Descripion: donatello"s david possesses both the relaxed contrapposto and the sensuous beauty of nude. The revival of classical statuary style appealed to the sculptor"s patrons, the medici. How italian renaissance was be able to start reviving ancient arts. The subject: as near as we know, this it the irst full sized( lifesized) male nude sculpture created in europe, in about a thousand years. Male nude sculpture was a common scene in ancient art, but during the middle ages, when the idea of physical bodies was considered a litle obscure. Donatello sculptured this full sized male nude is a chance to revive the subject mater of the ancient world. Through most of the middle ages, the only major patrons of the arts was either an emperor or a pope. Because most arts were produced as propaganda of the emperor or the king"s, or being religious propaganda.
