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Why was Donatello important to the Renaissance?
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Donatello was important to the Renaissance for two main reasons. First, he influenced later artists by portraying the human body in a more realistic manner than the medieval sculptors who preceded him. Also, he experimented with a wide range of materials, including wood, bronze and stone. In doing so, he introduced new media to artists of his era. On 1stDibs, explore a wide variety of Renaissance art.
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18th Century Italian Oil Madonna & Child with St. John the Baptist after Raphael
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Madonna and Child with St. John the Baptist
Italian artist, 18th century, after the earlier painting by Raphael, unsigned
oil on wood panel, framed in an Empire, gilt moulded frame
F...
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18th Century Renaissance Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Huge 19thc. Oil Full Length Portrait Renaissance Gentleman Sword Historical Work
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Full Length Portrait Renaissance Gentleman Sword Costume Historical Portrait
Continental (we feel Spanish) School, 19th century
oil on canvas, framed
framed: 61.5 x 42 inches
canvas:...
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19th Century Renaissance Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Very Rare Renaissance Old Master Oil Painting c. 1600 Oil on Panel The Madonna
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Virgin Madonna
Spanish Renaissance artist, circle of El Greco (1541-1614)
circa 1600
oil on wood panel, unframed
panel: 20 x 14.5 inches
Provenance: private collection, northern ...
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Early 17th Century Renaissance Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
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19th Century Italian Miniature Painting The Madonna & Child, Signed original
By J. Canava
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Madonna & Child
by J. Canava, Italian late 19th century
miniature painting on ceramic, framed within velvet inset and frame
image measures 3.2...
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Late 19th Century Renaissance Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Vincenzo Frediani (Lucca master) - 15th century Tuscan predella Beheading
Located in Varmo, IT
Vincenzo di Antonio Frediani (Lucca 1481 - 1504) - Predella panel with the beheading of a female saint.
38 x 56 cm (without frame) - 50.5 x 67.5 cm (with frame).
Oil on panel, in a...
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15th Century and Earlier Renaissance Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
The Dead Bird, Large Oil Painting on Canvas by Louvre Copyist
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
"The Dead Bird"
After Jean-Baptiste Greuze (1725-1805)
oil painting on canvas, late 20th century
from the studio of Dagher, Paris (read notes below), stampe...
Category
18th Century Renaissance Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
