Donatello's statue of David is also a distinctly Early Renaissance piece. The fact that this statue is freestanding is a characteristic of Early Renaissance art but also reflects the Humanist value of individualism. Before Renaissance times most statues were connected to the church. "David" portrays a beauty independent of God...
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Donatello's statue of David is also a distinctly Early Renaissance piece. The fact that this statue is freestanding is a characteristic of Early Renaissance art but also reflects the Humanist value of individualism. Before Renaissance times most statues were connected to the church. "David" portrays a beauty independent of God...
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Donatello Most of his sculptures were Renaissance breakthroughs. Equestrian's statue called Gattamelata is the most proportional sculptures he ever created. In Donatello's Gothic style he would express ugliness to give the statue a life of its own...	3 / 687
Michelangelo Since Michelangelo sculpted two of the most famous sculptors of the world, he should be recognized. Especially since he made these artworks almost five-hundred years ago and they are still standing and are in good shape...	2 / 535
Humanism and the Renaissance This adoration of the human body showed the secular spirit of the period. Humanism was a movement that the world greatly needed. Works Cited 1. Stokstad, Marilyn...	1 / 275
The Influence of Humanism in the Renaissance The statue is the first freestanding nude since Roman antiquity. According to an analysis by Professors Lawrence Cunningham and John Reich, Donatello wanted to show the beauty of David's adolescent form wearing only greaves and a shepherd's hat (Cunningham 12)...	3 / 804
Early Rennaissance Humanities Donatello's statue of David is also a distinctly Early Renaissance piece. The fact that this statue is freestanding is a characteristic of Early Renaissance art but also reflects the Humanist value of individualism...	1 / 137
David It was the first time since antiquity that a large statue of a nude was to be exhibited in a public place. Strength and Wrath were the two most important virtues, characteristic of the ancient patron of the city Hercules...	4 / 978
Mik's David The statue even becomes a sort of icon to the people portraying the power of man. The three main ideals of the Renaissance era; scientific naturalism, classical humanism, and individualism, demonstrate why Michelangelo used many of the techniques seen in his sculpture of David...	1 / 274