Statue of San Marco
Hello everyone! Today I would like to introduce the marble statue "San Marco" created by the Italian renaissance sculptor Donatello between 1411 and 1413, located in the shrine outside the Church of St. Milton in Florence, Italy.
This is Donatello's early work, based on traditional ideas and traditional techniques, and is the image of the sage represented by all sculptors since the thirteenth century.
St. Mark had a solemn face, his clothes were elaborately pleated, his long beard hanging down to his chest, and he held in his hand a book, the so-called Gospel.
Donatello gave San Marco's body a distinctly tilted posture, with a center of gravity on the right foot, a natural standing posture, a slight bending of the left knee, clear visible blood vessels on the back of the hand, natural sagging of the folds, and complex changes in the folds.
The folds of the outer coat are all vertically sagging in the thighs that support the entire weight. All of this is in line with tradition.
The gestures of the statue are sculpted according to the model of nature. It was a thick and large mason's hand. Place your right hand next to your thigh, as if there is nowhere to put it. Donatello has this feature in all of his works.
Michelangelo once said: "Such a good man, the true religion of the people have to believe the gospel he preaches!"
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