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 Sculpted “David”

Statue of Donatello in Florence

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

St. Mark 2.36 meters High In a Florence Church

St. George 2.09 meters High In a Florence Church

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

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

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

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

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

From , he lived in Milan was his “Nomadic Period” Mantua (1500) Venice (1501) Florence ( ) Milan ( ) Rome and Florence (1514) Pavia, Bologna and Milan (1515) France ( )

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

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

Leonardo’s tank design

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

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Leonardo’s tomb in France

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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