Discovering Donatello: His Life, Works, and Legacy
This course will focus on the extraordinary artistic genius of the 15th-century sculptor Donatello.
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The Crucifixes of Donatello and Filippo Brunelleschi
FREE PREVIEWPODCAST Florence: Donatello’s Crucifix and Prophet Statues (S. Croce/Museo Del Opera)
FREE PREVIEWLecture 1 Reading
VIDEO REPLAY Lecture 1
Early Sculptures for Florence Cathedral – St. John the Evangelist and the marble David
FREE PREVIEWPODCAST Florence – Donatello’s Marble “David” (Bargello)
FREE PREVIEWLecture 2 Reading
VIDEO REPLAY Lecture 2
Sculptures for the Church of Orsanmichele – St. Mark, St. George, and St. Louis of Toulouse
FREE PREVIEWPODCAST Florence: Donatello’s St. George (Bargello)
FREE PREVIEWLecture 3 Reading
VIDEO REPLAY Lecture 3
Relief Sculptures in Siena Baptistry – The Feast of Herod
FREE PREVIEWLecture 4 Reading
VIDEO REPLAY Lecture 4
Singing Statues in Florence Cathedral – The Cantoria
FREE PREVIEWPODCAST Florence: The Cantorie by Luca Della Robbia and Donatello (Cathedral Museum)
FREE PREVIEWLecture 5 Reading
VIDEO REPLAY Lecture 5
Sculpture all’antica – The Bronze David
FREE PREVIEWPODCAST Florence: Donatello’s Bronze “David” – Part I
FREE PREVIEWWEBINAR "Donatello’s Bronze David in the 21st Century: Controversy over Gender in an Icon" with Dr. Peter Weller
Lecture 6 Reading
VIDEO REPLAY Lecture 6
Sculptural Decorations in the Old Sacristy of San Lorenzo in Florence
FREE PREVIEWLecture 7 Reading
VIDEO REPLAY Lecture 7
The Cavalcanti Altarpiece and The Atys-Amorino
FREE PREVIEWLecture 8 Reading
VIDEO REPLAY Lecture 8
Donatello in Padua
FREE PREVIEWPODCAST Padua: Donatello’s “Gattamelata” and Statues in the Santo
FREE PREVIEWLecture 9 Reading
VIDEO REPLAY Lecture 9
The Penitent Mary Magdalene and The Judith and Holofernes
FREE PREVIEWPODCAST Florence: Penitent Mary Magdalene by Donatello (Museo Dell’Opera del Duomo)
FREE PREVIEWLecture 10 Reading
VIDEO REPLAY Lecture 10
The Twin Bronze Pulpits in San Lorenzo in Florence
FREE PREVIEWLecture 11 Reading
VIDEO REPLAY Lecture 11
Donatello’s Sculptures in Museum Collections throughout the World
FREE PREVIEWLecture 12 Reading
VIDEO REPLAY Lecture 12