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Donatello (Sculptor) and Leonardo (Inventor, Artist and Scientist) Day

Donatello (Sculptor) and Leonardo (Inventor, Artist and Scientist) Day. Donatello’s Biography. Born in Florence in 1386; died in 1466 Donato di Niccolo di Betto Bardi Made sculptures in bronze and marble. Statue of Donatello in Florence. Donatello’s work.

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Donatello (Sculptor) and Leonardo (Inventor, Artist and Scientist) Day

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  1. Donatello (Sculptor) and Leonardo (Inventor, Artist and Scientist) Day

  2. Donatello’s Biography • Born in Florence in 1386; died in 1466 • Donato di Niccolo di Betto Bardi • Made sculptures in bronze and marble

  3. Statue of Donatello in Florence

  4. Donatello’s work • Started doing stonecarving around 1400 in a Florence cathedral • Created two marble statues • “St. Mark” and “St. George”

  5. St. Mark • 2.36 meters High In a Florence Church

  6. St. George • 2.09 meters High In a Florence Church

  7. It was once said a blind man could touch one of his statues and know what it was feeling • He did some work in bronze on the tomb of Pope John XXIII

  8. He did a lot of work with Filippo Brunellesci (later became rivals) • Cosimo de Medici was one of Donatello’s friends and patrons

  9. Leonardo da Vinci • Born in 1452 near Florence and died in 1519 in France Some feel this is a Self-portrait

  10. His Work • He painted the “Mona Lisa” around 1506 • It can now be found at the Louvre in Paris Mona was a polite way of saying “Madame” In climate controlled, bullet proof display

  11. He painted the “Last Supper” in 1498 (Church in Milan)

  12. From 1482-1499, he lived in Milan • 1499-1519 was his “Nomadic Period” • Mantua (1500) • Venice (1501) • Florence (1501-1506) • Milan (1506-1513) • Rome and Florence (1514) • Pavia, Bologna and Milan (1515) • France (1516-1519)

  13. He created over 13,000 pages of notes and drawings • Lacked formal education in Latin and Mathematics • Tried flying in 1496, but failed

  14. Leonardo also thought of early blueprints for weapons of war (against war) • Machine guns • Tank (driven by humans or horses) • Submarine • Flame thrower

  15. Leonardo’s tank design

  16. Leonardo also wrote from right to left and was left-handed • Maybe to make his notes harder to read • Would not smear the ink • Would pull the pen instead of pushing

  17. Try Writing Like Da Vinci http://www.mos.org/sln/Leonardo/write.html

  18. Leonardo’s tomb in France

  19. Making of the Mona Lisa Video • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uk2sPl_Z7ZU or… http://www.geekologie.com/2007/05/painting_the_mona_lisa_with_ms.php

  20. Group Work • You will work in groups of 2 to complete the following • Compare and contrast Donatello and Leonardo using a Venn Diagram • You need 4 similarities, 7 differences and two pictures in color

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