多那太罗(约1386～1466年)
Donatello，原名Donato di Niccolo。
义大利雕刻家，活跃於佛罗伦斯。曾随佛罗伦斯大教堂的雕刻师学习石雕（1400?），1404年加入着名雕刻家吉贝尔蒂的作坊工作。他为佛罗伦斯的教堂作的《圣乔治》（1415?）和《圣马可》（1411～1413）大理石雕像，首次充分发挥了他的才能，形象富有动态和个性。在浮雕《圣乔治杀死毒龙》（1417?）中首创平雕法，在浅底上显示出惊人的深度，好像用凿子在作绘画，而色调明暗是通过浮雕表面微妙的起伏以控制光线反射而成。在雕像的框架结构上，多那太罗吸收了古代艺术的手法。他的铜雕作品《大卫》，这是文艺复兴中第一个大型裸体像，也是其最富於古典主义之作。在佛罗伦斯，他为麦迪奇家族工作（1433～1443），为麦迪奇家族的教堂圣器收藏室和帕多瓦的圣安东尼教堂创作雕像。他是15世纪欧洲最伟大的雕刻家，对後来的绘画和雕刻具有深远的影响，他还是文艺复兴风格的创始人。
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约1386～1466年
Donatello
Italian sculptor active in Florence. He learned stone carving from the sculptors of the Florence Cathedral (c. 1400), and in 1404 joined the workshop of Lorenzo Ghiberti. He drew his inspiration from classical and medieval sources. With his marble statues of St. Mark (1411-13) and St. George (c. 1415) for the church of Or San Michele in Florence, he revolutionized the concept of sculpture; not since antiquity had the human body been rendered with such naturalism and emotional impact. He invented his own style of bas-relief with his marble panel St. George Killing the Dragon (c. 1417). His bronze sculpture David, conceived independently of any architectural setting, was the first large-scale, free-standing nude statue of the Renaissance. In Florence he worked for the Medici family (1433-43), producing sculptural decoration for the sacristy of San Lorenzo, the Medici family church, and in Padua (1450s) for the church of Sant'Antonio. He was the greatest European sculptor of the 15th century, influencing painters as well as sculptors, and was a founder of the Renaissance style.