Renaissance sculptures Renaissance sculptures Donatello's bronze statue of David (circa 1440s) is notable as the first unsupported standing work in bronze cast since classical times. It created a sensation when it was first shown, due to its portrayal of the nude young male. It depicts the young David with an enigmatic smile, posed with his foot on Goliath's severed head just after killing the giant. The youth is standing naked, apart from a laurel-topped hat and boots, bearing the sword of Goliath. ...more on Wikipedia about "Donatello's David"
The Fountain of Neptune is situated on the Piazza della Signoria (Signoria square), in front of the Palazzo Vecchio, in Florence, Italy. ...more on Wikipedia about "Fountain of Neptune"
The white marble statue Hercules and Cacus is one of the statues lined up on the Piazza della Signoria in front of the Palazzo Vecchio in Florence, Italy. ...more on Wikipedia about "Hercules and Cacus"
The bronze sculpture Judith and Holofernes ( 1460), created by Donatello at the end of his career, can be seen in the Hall of Lilies (Sala dei Gigli), in the Palazzo Vecchio, Florence, Italy. A copy stands in one of the sculpture's original positions on the Piazza della Signoria, in front of the Palazzo Vecchio. It depicts the murder of the Assyrian general Holofernes by Judith and is remarkable for being one of the first Renaissance sculptures to be conceived in the round, with its four distinct faces. ...more on Wikipedia about "Judith and Holofernes"
The Crucifix is a polychrome wood sculpture by High Renaissance master Michelangelo, finished in 1492. ...more on Wikipedia about "Michelangelo's Crucifix"
The Rape of the Sabine Women ( 1579– 1583) is a sculpture by Giambologna. It depicts three figures (a man lifting a woman into the air while a second man crouches) and was carved from a single block of marble. Originally intended as nothing more than a demonstration of the artist's ability to create a complex sculptural group, its subject matter, the mythical rape of the Sabines, had to be invented after Francesco de' Medici, the Grand Duke of Florence decreed that it be put on public display in the Loggia dei Lanzi in Piazza della Signoria. True to mannerist densely-packed, intertwined figural compositions and stylized, often overinclusive, efforts, the statue renders a dynamic panoply of emotions, poses, and multiple viewpoints. When contrasted with either the serene single-viewpoint statuary of the nearby David of Michelangelo (finished nearly 80 years before), this statue shows the infusing tenor of motion that leads towards Baroque, but the tight, uncomfortable, verticality— self-imposed by the author's virtuosic restriction to a composition that could be carved from a single block of marble— lacks the dynamic diagonality that Bernini would achieve forty years later with his Rape of Proserpine and Apollo and Daphne, both at the Galleria Borghese, Rome. ...more on Wikipedia about "Rape of the Sabine Women (Giambologna)"
Saliera is Italian for salt cellar (i.e., a predecessor to the contemporary salt shaker). ...more on Wikipedia about "Saliera"
Donatello's Saint Mark (1411-1413), is a marble statue that stands approximately seven feet and nine inches high in an exterior niche of the Orsanmichele church, Florence. Donatello was commissioned by the linen weaver’s guild to complete three pieces for the project. St. Mark was the first of his contributions. The niche itself was not of Donatello's hand, but created most probably by two stone carvers named Perfetto di Giovanni and Albizzo di Pietro. Today, a copy of the statue stands in the original's place, while the real St. Mark is housed inside the church's museum. ...more on Wikipedia about "St. Mark (Donatello)"
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