Donatello, by Lord Balcarres

CONTENTS

	page
Introduction	1
Competition for the Baptistery Gates	2
First Journey to Rome	3
The Predecessors of Donatello	5
First Work for the Cathedral	7
The Cathedral FaÇade	8
The Daniel and Poggio	10
St. John the Evangelist and the marble David	14
Statues of the Campanile	17
St. John the Baptist	18
Jeremiah and the Canon of Art	20
Habakkuk and the Sense of Distance	23
The Zuccone, "Realism" and Nature	26
The Zuccone and the Sense of Light and Shade	29
Abraham and the Sense of Proportion	30
Drapery and Hands	31
Minor Works for the Cathedral	33
Or San Michele, St. Peter and St. Mark	35
St. Louis	38
St. George	39
Donatello and Gothic Art	42
The Crucifix and Annunciation	47
Martelli, David, and Donatello's Technique	52
Early Figures of St. John	56
Donatello as Architect and Painter	59
The Siena Font	70
Michelozzo and the Coscia Tomb	72
The Aragazzi Tomb	76
The Brancacci Tomb	77
Stiacciato	80
Tombs of Pecci, Crivelli, and Others	82
The Second Visit to Rome	88
Work at Rome	94
The Medici Medallions	97
The Bronze David	99
Donatello and Childhood	103
The Cantoria	107
The Prato Pulpit	109
Other Children by Donatello	113
Boys' Busts	116
NiccolÒ da Uzzano and Polychromacy	121
Portrait-busts	125
Relief-portraits	131
San Lorenzo	133
The Bronze Doors	135
The Judith	140
The Magdalen and similar Statues	144
The Altar at Padua	149
The Large Statues	152
The Bronze Reliefs	156
The Symbols of the Evangelists	161
The Choir of Angels	163
The PietÀ and the Entombment	164
Donatello's Assistants	167
Bellano and the Gattamelata Tombs	170
Gattamelata	173
Smaller Reliefs and Plaquettes	176
The Madonnas	179
The Pulpits of San Lorenzo	186
Donatello's Influence on Sculpture	190
Early Criticism of Donatello	193
Character and Personality of Donatello	194
Appendix I	199
Appendix II	201
Appendix III	204
Index	207

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