Donatello: Father Of The Florentine Renaissance

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Donatello
I am researching Donatello the renaissance artist I am doing him because I think he was the most influential person in the 15th century art. Donatello was most well know for his sculpting skills but he did also paint. one fact about him is that after he died his pupil's took up some of the art work that he never finished. The second fact is that He’s one of the most important Italian sculptors of all time. The third fact is that He's one of the fathers of the Florentine Renaissance. the last fact is He’s the inventor of the stiacciato technique.
Donatello was born in Florence, Italy in C.1386. He died in 1466 however its not know how he died historians believe it was of natural causes. For his family life not very much is know

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