Performing+Arts+Group

= INVENTION, INNOVATION, INTERACTIONS Performing Arts Group = = = Name: Donatello Birth:  Where: Florence, Italy  When: ca 1386 Education: Apprenticed to Ghiberti until 1407 Interesting Facts: v He was also known as Donato Bardi, Donato di Niccolo di Betto di Bardi, Donato Niccolo di Betto Bardi v In about 1425 Donatello joined in on a partnership with Michelozzo, a sculptor and architect, for 9 years v During his last 12 years of life his style became even more intense, frenzied, and expressive v Donatello’s masterpiece in artistry and technique is thought to be the sculpture for the high altar of Sant’Antonio v When Donatello died, December 13, 1466, he left 2 incomplete bronze pulpits in S. Lorenzo, Florence. His pupil, Bertoldo di Giovanni, finished them.

Name: El Greco(the Greek) Birth: Crete, Grece(in 1541 Education: Studied under Titian; Influenced by Tintoretto and Michelangelo <span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Verdana"> <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Interesting Facts :   He left the town of Venice for insulting an artist.   Mannerism was an art form back in the Italian Renaissance. It was a style of art created in Italy, and it lasted from about 1500 to 1580. A few people who helped start it were Jacopo da Panderre and Rosco Fiorentino. It was part of the Italian Renaissance movement from the 14th to the 16th centuries. One Mannerist artist was El Greco, 'the Greek'. He was born in on Crete in 1541, which,at the time, had been ruled by Venice, Italy. Mannerist's have a unique style. The proportions of the the bodies are enlarged, or lengthened, by the artist. The figures have highly styled poses. And the paintings have a lack of clear perspective, unlike other art forms. (P)Like all things, this style came to end. Mannerism marked the end of the Italian Renaissance. Many Roman Mannerist's fled Rome in about 1527. These artists spread out far and wide, searching for work. Everywhere they travled they brouht this new art style with them.It had caused the first international style since Gothic. By 1580 it had been replaced with naturism. <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'"> <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'">
 * He offered to paint over one of Michaelangelo's works, because the artist was covering up the nudity
 * He has at least painted 32 portraits.
 * He was Roman Catholic, as were many in the country.
 * He had a girlfriend, Doña Jerónima d    e Las Cuevas, and one son, Jorge Manuel
 * Innovation**: Mannerism