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
Sculpted “David”

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. 1499-1519 was his “Nomadic Period”
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 ( )

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

18. Leonardo’s tomb in France

20. Making of the Mona Lisa Video
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21. 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