Christ's Passion
Hello everyone! Today I would like to introduce the wood sculpture "The Passion of Christ" created by the Italian sculptor Donatello in 1425 for the Church of Santa Croce in Florence, Italy.
Donatello was an early Italian Renaissance sculptor and painter. His knowledge of ancient sculpture exceeded that of any of his contemporaries, and he worked tirelessly throughout his long life, striving to break free from the last barriers of the medieval International Gothic style, constantly returning to ancient art and drawing nourishment from it, creating independent monumental sculptures that were no longer attached to the building, as well as complex altars, bronze gates, mausoleums and other sculptural works.
In this world, Donatello's work is everywhere, and it is safe to say that he is one of the most prolific artists.
Among the sculptors of the time, no one could be as free and easy as he was in navigating the materials of carving: bronze, wood, marble, clay, wax, and so on.
In the history of art, Donatello, along with the architect Brunetiniski, who was 11 years older than him, and the painter Masaccio, who was 15 years younger, were considered the "three masters" of the early Italian Renaissance, and together they pioneered the florentine revival of classical art, setting the direction for the classical style of the European Renaissance a hundred years later.
That is to say, under the influence of humanism, visual language began to pay attention to the image of people and injected a heroic spirit.
This "Passion of Christ" shows the expression and gesture of Christ who endured great suffering.
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