Part one of term paper
Donato (Donatello is a diminutive form, just as Kenny is for Kenneth) di Niccolò di Betto Bardi was born in Florence about 1386. He probably learned stone carving from one of the sculptors working on the Florence cathedral in about 1400. Between 1404 and 1407 he worked in the workshop of the Gothic sculptor Lorenzo Ghiberti, who had won the ...

Part two of term paper
... sharp contrast with medieval art. Donatello's well-known statue 'Zuccone' ("pumpkin" because of its bald head) of 1425 for the campanile, or bell tower, of the cathedral is a further development of the style. For the base of 'St. George' Donatello invented a totally new kind of relief, or sculpture raised from a flat surface, called schiacciato, meaning "flattened out." The carving was extremely shallow with details executed to catch the light in a pictorial manner rather than deeply ca ...