Uccello 71

Author: DeAgostini Publishing Company (UK)
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Publish Date: 2002-04-01
Features: Friedrich, renowned for his deeply spiritual landscape paintings, was a representative painter of German Romanticism in the 19th century. He once said, "Do not depict what you see before you, but depict what you see in your heart." Many of his works are filled with meditation, where figures, trees, ruins, and other elements stand out against backgrounds shrouded in moonlight and mist. He was once forgotten but his name was revived in the late 19th century. Donatello (1386–1466), known as Donatello, was one of Uccello's close friends. He was a representative sculptor of Italy at the time and also one of the founders of Florentine Renaissance art. He had a significant influence on all fields of 15th-century art. Not only as a sculptor, but many painters also drew inspiration from him. Like Uccello, Donatello was also a student of Ghiberti.
Documents record that from 1404 to 1407, he worked in Ghiberti's workshop. However, his artistic understanding differed greatly from his teacher. Ghiberti's style was elegant, and similarly, Donatello was also a student of Ghiberti.