Renaissance+and+Reformation+Sculpture

||= ||
 * = **Donatello's Sculpture "Mary Magalene" ** ||= **Giambologna's Sculpture of Mercury** ||
 * = This sculpture named Mary Magalene was made by Donatello. Donatello was a sculpture in Florence Italy. He work in the workshop of Lorenzo Dhiberti a famous goldsmith and sculptor. In the early 1400's, he began to receive commissions of his own. Donatello created many sculptures in bronze and some in marble. Later, in the 1420's he began to work with Michelozzo. Donatello experimented with new painting techniques and materials in art. This sculpture of Mary Magelene was made with wood. ||= This sleek bronze sculpture is of Mercury, the messenger god in Roman Mythology. In the sculpture, Mercury is holding a caduceus. A caduceus is symbolic staff of a courier. A courier is a messenger that usually travels fast. The sculptor was Giambologna, an Italian artist and sculptor. ||