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Bust attributed to Donatello splits Slovakia
- In 1401 in Florence, the Arte di Calimala held a competition for artists to cast bronze panels depicting the sacrifice of Isaac.
- This event followed Florence's plague outbreak the previous year and its ongoing war with Milan, creating a tense backdrop for the competition.
- Ghiberti's panel impressed experts with its classical style and simplicity, while Brunelleschi's crowded, vivid panel amazed but divided opinions, eventually leading him to withdraw.
- The project was declared a tie so both artists could contribute to the baptistery doors, which became known as the 'Gates of Paradise,' defining the Florentine Renaissance.
- Manetti later claimed Ghiberti cheated and Brunelleschi's public defeat may have influenced his switch from sculpture to revolutionary Renaissance architecture.
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He took it from the museum where he had been discovered, refusing for a long time to say where he had taken it.
After the sensation of a statue of the Florentine sculptor Donatello in the city of Zips, the Ministry of Culture of the Right made the work of art disappear. Since then, the country where it is has been puzzledRead the complete article on FALTER.at
A bust attributed to Donatello, the master of the early Italian Renaissance, has been found in Slovakia, and the Minister of Culture had it transported from its previous location, the Spiš Museum in Levoča, to an unknown location, the French news agency AFP reported.
Long attributed to an unknown author, this sculpture could be the work of Donato di Niccolò di Betto Bardi, said Donatello, one of the greatest Italian masters.
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