Italian Renaissance sculpture

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Italian Renaissance sculpture is a style of three-dimensional art that emerged in Italy between the 14th and 16th centuries, characterized by its revival of classical Greco-Roman forms, naturalistic anatomy, and harmonious proportions.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Renaissance art
artistic style
sculpture style
associatedConcept humanism
patronage by Italian city-states
revival of antiquity
characteristic architectural integration of sculpture
attention to individual portraiture
contrapposto stance
expressive drapery
harmonious proportions
idealized human figure
naturalistic anatomy
revival of classical motifs
study of humanism
use of perspective in reliefs
countryOfOrigin Italy
developedFrom medieval Italian sculpture
field visual arts
genre Renaissance sculpture
influenced Baroque sculpture
Northern Renaissance sculpture
influencedBy ancient Roman sculpture
classical Greek sculpture
majorCenter Florence
Rome
Venice
movement Renaissance Italy
surface form: Italian Renaissance
notableArtist Andrea del Verrocchio
Benvenuto Cellini
Donatello
Jacopo Sansovino
Lorenzo Ghiberti
Luca della Robbia
Michelangelo
notableWork David (sculpture) by Donatello
surface form: David by Donatello

Michelangelo's David
surface form: David by Michelangelo

Gates of Paradise
surface form: Gates of Paradise by Lorenzo Ghiberti

Gattamelata by Donatello
Benvenuto Cellini
surface form: Perseus with the Head of Medusa by Benvenuto Cellini

Michelangelo's Pietà
surface form: Pietà by Michelangelo
patron Medici family
papacy
precededBy Gothic sculpture
timePeriod 14th century
15th century
16th century
usesMedium bronze
marble
terracotta
wood

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Edmé Bouchardon influencedBy Italian Renaissance sculpture
Michelangelo's David partOf Italian Renaissance sculpture
this entity surface form: Italian Renaissance art canon