Donatello was born in 1386 in Florence. A Florentine sculptor, Donatello was one of the greatest artists of the Early Renaissance. His bronze David was the first free-standing nude statue since antiquity, and he revived classical ideas of anatomy and perspective in works such as the equestrian monument to Gattamelata in Padua and the wooden Penitent Magdalene. He also developed a shallow relief technique that suggests great depth. Working in Florence, Padua and Siena, with the support of patrons such as Cosimo de' Medici, he influenced later sculptors including Michelangelo.
Before and after
- from 30 May 1381 to 1 November 1381Peasants' Revolt of 1381
- 1385Construction of Bodiam Castle
- 1386Construction of Heidelberg University
- 1386Construction of Milan Cathedral
- 1386Birth of Donatello
- from 1386 to 1395Tokhtamysh–Timur War
- 1387Publication of The Canterbury Tales
- from 1389 to 1392Lithuanian Civil War of 1389–92
- 1389Death of Hafez
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