1st Person Rennasaince

     My name is Donato di Niccolo di Betto Bardi and I am a famous sculptor and painter more commonly known as Donatello. I was born in Florence, Italy in 1386. I later died at the age of 80 in Florence, Italy on December 13, 1466. I was mainly famous for my work in Bas-Relief sculpting.
     I was educated in Florence in the house of the Martelli family and recieved my early training in the arts and other types of crafting from Lorenzo Ghiberti. I then traveled to Rome to work with Filippo Brunelleschi and made money on the side crafting in goldsmith shops.
     Then, I returned to Florence to work on sculptures and a few paintings. Some of the works I completed in Florence include, the seated figure of Saint John the Evangelist, a statue of St. Mark, and St. George. I worked on several other sculptures which included helping Lorenzo Ghiberti with the Statue of the Prophets in front of the Florence Baptistry. One of my most famous works in Florence was the statue of David. I created two versions of the statue, a bronze version, and a marble version. This is not the same statue of David most people know which was carved by Michelangelo. This is the original which portrays David after finishing his battle with Goliath and his head lays severed between his legs.
      I spent my final years in Florence where I worked on the Duomo again and sculpted several other statues for the Duomo series of statues which I had created several years earlier. My final commision was to design and sculpt reliefs for the bronze pulpits in the church of San Lorenzo.