Olivia Hussey ( born 17 April 1951 ) is an Argentinian actress who became famous for her role as Juliet in Franco Zeffirelli's Academy Award-winning 1968 film version of Romeo and Juliet, winning a Golden Globe as well as the David di Donatello for best actress.

They are the work of the greatest Florentine artists of their times, such as Donatello, Lorenzo Ghiberti, Paolo Uccello and Andrea del Castagno.

* 1466 – Donatello, Florentine artist and sculptor ( b. 1386 )

One of those statues had been made by Donatello in 1410, a figure of Joshua made of terracotta, and a second, also a terracotta, but this time of Hercules, was commissioned from the Florentine sculptor Agostino di Duccio in 1463 ; scholars suggest that Agostino was working under Donatello's direction.

* probable – Donatello, Italian sculptor ( d. 1466 )

Donato di Niccolò di Betto Bardi ( circa 1386 – December 13, 1466 ), also known as Donatello, was an early Renaissance Italian painter and sculptor from Florence.

Jacopo della Quercia ( c. 1374 – October 20, 1438 ) was an Italian sculptor of the Italian Renaissance, a contemporary of Brunelleschi, Ghiberti and Donatello.

David is the name of two statues by Italian early Renaissance sculptor Donatello.

* A revived interest in the Classics brought about the first archaeological study of Roman remains by the architect Brunelleschi and sculptor Donatello.

The sculptor Donatello returned to classical techniques such as contrapposto and classical subjects like the unsupported nude — his second sculpture of David was the first free-standing bronze nude created in Europe since the Roman Empire.

* Donatello ( Italian, 1386 – 1466 ) Important early Renaissance sculptor

He is named after the sculptor Donatello.

Shallow-relief or rilievo stiacciato, used for the background areas of compositions with the main elements in low-relief, was perfected by the Italian Renaissance sculptor Donatello.

He was a talented stonemason and sculptor who was skilled at duplicating classical Greek, Roman, medieval, and Renaissance artistic styles and such artists as Giovanni Pisano, Simone Martini and Donatello.

The four main characters are Miriam, a beautiful painter who is compared to Eve, Beatrice Cenci, Lady Macbeth, Judith, and Cleopatra, and is pursued by a mysterious, threatening man who is her " evil genius " through life ; Hilda, an innocent copyist who is compared to the Virgin Mary and the white dove, and whose simple, unbendable moral principles can make her severe in spite of her tender heart ; Kenyon, a sculptor, who represents rationalist humanism ; and Donatello, the Count of Monte Beni, who is compared to Adam, and amazingly resembles the Faun of Praxiteles ; the novel plays with the characters ' belief that the count may be a descendant of the antique Faun, with Hawthorne withholding a definite statement even in the novel's concluding chapter.

They included the painter Masaccio, the sculptor Donatello, and the architect Filippo Brunelleschi.

Squarcialupi was part of the court of Lorenzo de ' Medici, and was also a colleague of Guillaume Dufay ; there are numerous laudatory references to him in the middle of the 15th century, some, for instance that of diarist Luca Landucci, comparing him in stature to figures such as the sculptor Donatello.

Between 1475 and 1505 the work was overseen by Tuscan master Niccolò di Giovanni Fiorentino ( Nicola Firentinac ), from the Donatello school of sculpture who developed as a sculptor and builder in Dalmatia.

The Brooklyn museum has among others late Gothic and Early Italian Renaissance paintings by Lorenzo di Niccolo (" Scenes from the life of Saint Lawrence "), Sano di Pietro, Nardo di Cione, Lorenzo Monaco, Donatello (" Saint Jerome "), Giovanni Bellini.

Classical contrapposto was revived in the Renaissance by the Italian artists Donatello and Leonardo da Vinci, followed by Michelangelo, Raphael and other artists of the High Renaissance.

* The serendipitous presence within the region of Florence in the early 15th century of certain individuals of artistic genius, most notably Masaccio, Brunelleschi, Ghiberti, Piero della Francesca, Donatello and Michelozzo formed an ethos out of which sprang the great masters of the High Renaissance, as well as supporting and encouraging many lesser artists to achieve work of extraordinary quality.

Although both the Pisanos and Giotto had students and followers, the first truly Renaissance artists were not to emerge in Florence until 1401 with the competition to sculpt a set of bronze doors of the Baptistery of Florence Cathedral which drew entries from seven young sculptors including Brunelleschi, Donatello and the winner, Lorenzo Ghiberti.

This time of crisis in Florence was the period when the most influential figures of the early Renaissance were coming of age, such as Ghiberti, Donatello, Masolino, and Brunelleschi.

* Lightbown, Ronald W. Donatello and Michelozzo: an artistic partnership and its patrons in the early Renaissance.

The idea of the Renaissance has come under increased criticism by many cultural historians, and some have contended that the " English Renaissance " has no real tie with the artistic achievements and aims of the Italian artists ( Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, Donatello ) who are closely identified with the Renaissance.

The idea of the Renaissance has come under increased criticism by many cultural historians, and some have contended that the " English Renaissance " has no real tie with the artistic achievements and aims of the northern Italian artists ( Leonardo, Michelangelo, Donatello ) who are closely identified with the Renaissance.

* Donatello, the Renaissance artist

Both the Renaissance artists Donatello and Michelangelo brought out strong homoerotic elements in their respective sculptures depicting the youthful David.

Splinter named the four turtles Leonardo, Donatello, Raphael, and Michelangelo ( after a book on Renaissance artists that he found in a storm drain ) and trained them in the arts of ninjutsu, while still raising them as his own sons.

Since then, Yoshi raised the turtles by himself, and gave them the names of his favorite Renaissance artists: Leonardo, Donatello, Raphael and Michaelangelo, who were to be distinguished by personality and headband color.

He seems to have been captivated by the " new wave " approaches being put into practice by Brunelleschi, Donatello, Ghiberti, and Masaccio.

Donatello was showcased to be pure of heart and soul, being able to pass through the Netherworld unscathed.

Despite Leonardo being the official leader of the team given the sci fi nature of the series it is Donatello who comes up with most of the plans and solutions to the turtles predicaments.

The films also portray Donatello as being close with Michelangelo, bantering with him during fight sequences, going off to the side when Leo and Raph are arguing and in general hanging out in their spare time.

Although a well-trained ninja, Michelangelo is primarily a social being and lacks the discipline of Leonardo, the relentless ferocity of Raphael, and the quick mind of Donatello.

It is interesting to note that Michelangelo is the only Turtle who did not end up disfigured in some way in this series ; Leonardo lost his left hand and had it replaced by a steel cap with a retractable blade, Raphael was facially disfigured after being shot in the face, and Donatello was transformed into a cyborg after being shot and thrown out of a helicopter.

During one of these anti-drug PSAs, Michelangelo suggests to a kid being tempted with marijuana that he should " get a pizza " to go with it, before the idea is shot down by Donatello.

However, on the way there, they encounter the guest house being towed down the road, and the house is smashed by a train in a comical scene in which the tow-truck driver, Angelo Donatello ( Guardino ), flirts with Cinzia and accidentally hits Tom's car.

In 1411 – 1413, Donatello worked on a statue of St. Mark for the church of Orsanmichele.

Donatello commissioned to carve a statue of David in 1408.

Donatello was asked to make some adjustments to the statue ( perhaps to make him look less like a prophet ), and a pedestal with an inscription was made for it: PRO PATRIA FORTITER DIMICANTIBUS ETIAM ADVERSUS TERRIBILISSIMOS HOSTES DII PRAESTANT AUXILIUM ( To those who fight bravely for the fatherland the gods lend aid even against the most terrible foes ).

Most scholars assume the statue was commissioned by Cosimo de ' Medici, but the date of its creation is unknown and widely disputed ; suggested dates vary from the 1420s to the 1460s ( Donatello died in 1466 ), with the majority opinion recently falling in the 1440s, when the new Medici Palace designed by Michelozzo was under construction.

One has been to suggest that Donatello was homosexual and that he was expressing that sexual attitude through this statue.

What is certain in this statue is that Donatello has not followed any traditions, and the representation is far from bland.

After the Romans, no surviving monumental equestrian bronze was cast in Europe until Donatello achieved the heroic bronze equestrian statue of the condottiere Gattamelata, in Padua, executed in 1445 – 1450.

For Donatello's equestrian statue, see Gattamelata ( Donatello )

A statue by Donatello and a portrait by Antonio del Pollaiuolo remain to commemorate a citizen who chiefly for his services to humanistic literature deserved the notice of posterity.

After its lengthy restoration, the ( original ) statue " Judith and Holofernes " by Donatello was given a prominent place in this room in 1988.

The transept also includes two Baroque altarpieces, one of which includes a good 14th-century statue of the Virgin, often attributed to Silvestro dell ' Aquila, a pupil of Donatello.

Donatello promised to make adjustments, so he covered the statue with a cloth, set the statue in the niche above the street, and without touching the statue for 15 days, once again revealed it to the guild.

Image: Firenze. PalVecchio. Donatello. JPG | Donatello's statue Judith and Holofernes