Donatello's figures in the sky : mechanics in the service of religion

Author

Weaver, S. Elizabeth

Document type

Article (journal)

Language

English

Source

Source : notes in the history of art. 1998, Num. 1, Vol. 18, 12-17, 2 ill.

ISSN

0737-4453

Abstract (en)

Notes that the pivotal figures in three of Donatello's four stucco reliefs illustrating the life of S. John the Evangelist (Florence, S. Lorenzo, Sagrestia vecchia) are in the sky. Associates these figures with the wonder felt toward automata and theatrical mechanemata, claiming that Donatello's figures "are creatures first and foremost of the world of the quattrocento stage." Cites especially the admiration felt by Abramo, Bishop of Souzdal, before Florentine religious dramas in 1439.

Subject (en)

• General history of art -- 1400-1800 -- Sculpture -- Italy
• Donatello (Donato di Niccolò di Betto Bardi), ca.1386-1466
• Sculpture
• Relief sculpture
• Italy
• 1400-1500
• Life of S. John the Evangelist
• S. Lorenzo, Sagrestia vecchia||Firenze (ITA)
• Stage machinery
• Automata
• Theater (genre)
• Religious drama
• Abraham of Suzdal, archbishop, act.1439
• Writings
• Firenze (ITA)

Subject (fr)

• Histoire générale de l'art -- 1400-1800 -- Sculpture -- Italie
• Donatello (Donato di Niccolò di Betto Bardi), v.1386-1466
• Sculpture
• Relief
• Italie
• 1400-1500
• Vie de saint Jean l'Evangéliste
• S. Lorenzo, Sagrestia vecchia||Firenze (ITA)
• Machinerie de scène
• Automate
• Théâtre (genre)
• Drame religieux
• Avraam, évêque de Suzdal', act.1439
• Ecrits
• Firenze (ITA)

Origin

DatabaseBHA (Inist-CNRS/GRI)

Identifier19990401-00203113

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