THE

RENAISSANCE
SCULPTURES
AND THE
FAMOUS
ARTWORKS
SCULPTURE is an artistic form in three-dimension
art form. Renaissance period focuses on
naturalism. The sculptors strove to achieve
harmony, balance, restraint and realism in their
works They carefully studied the human body and
tried to represent it in all its natural and individual
glory.
 RENAISSANCE SCULPTURE
CHARACTERISTICS
A. CONTRAPPOSTO: the head and shoulders face in a
different direction from the hips and legs – a spiral twist
B. Systematic study of anatomy: usually fully or partial nude
to show details of the man body
C. Finest form, mimics a divine creation
D. Free-standing, large statues
E. Very detailed and dramatic
ARTISTS
AND THEIR
SCULPTURES
DONATO di
NICOLLO di
BETTO
BARDI
(1386-1466)

DONATELLO
was one of the
Italian great
artists, an early
Renaissance
sculptor from
 DAVID
Donatello’s bronze
statue of DAVID is the
famous as the first
unsupported standing
work of bronze cast
during the Renaissance,
and the first
freestanding nude male
sculpture made since
antiquity. The hero is
pictured after defeating
Goliath.
 EQUESTRIAN
STATUE OF
GATTAMELAT
A
The earliest surviving
Renaissance equestrian
statue. The statue is cast
in bronze and portrays
Gattamelata and his
horse as a life sized.
Donatello employed
symbolism to portray
Gattamelata’s military
prowess.
 STATUE OF
ST. GEORGE
The statue was carved
for a guild of sword
makers of average size
that could only afford a
statue of marble, rather
than a bronze. St George
was the patron saint of
the armorer’s guild and
was known as military
figure, as well as a hero
in the Holy Land making
him a fitting subject.
 THE FEAST
OF HEROD
The Feast of Herod in 1427
for the baptistery of Siena
Cathedral in Italy. It
depicts the beheading of
John the Baptist after
Salome has asked Herod
Antipas for his head on a
platter. In the scene, an
executioner presents the
several head.
MICHELANGELO
di LODOVICO
BOUNAROTTI
SIMONI
An Italian sculptor, painter,
architect and poet of the
High Renaissance, born in
Florence who exerted an
unparalleled influence on
the development of the
Western Art.
 BACCHUS
The statue is somewhat
over life-size and depicts
BACCHUS, the Roman
God of Wine in a reeling
pose suggestive of
drunkenness. He wears
a wreath of ivy and
holds a cup in one hand,
brought up toward his
lips for a drink, he holds
a lion skin, which is a
 DAVID
“When all was finished, it
cannot be denied that this
work has carried off the palm
from all other statues,
modern or ancient, Greek or
Latin, no other artwork is
equal to it in any respect, with
such just proportion, beauty
and excellence did
Michelangelo finish it”
It’s a perfection of the most
famous statue in Florence
and, perhaps, in all the world.
 PIETA
The Pieta was a popular
subjects among
Northern European
artists. It means Pity or
Compassion, and
represents Mary
sorrowfully
contemplating the dead
body of her son which
she holds on her lap.
 MOSES
The posture is that
of a prophet, posed
on a marble chair,
between two
decorated marble
columns. His long
beard descends to
his lap and is set
aside by his right
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