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DONATELLO: The High Altar of St Anthony

DONATELLO
🖼 The High Altar of St Anthony, 1447-50
Bronze
Padua, Italy

Radiating from a central bronze crucifix, narrative reliefs swirl across the altar's surfaces in dynamic spatial depth. Donatello's revolutionary fusion of classical proportion with emotional intensity established the Renaissance sculptural prototype, transforming religious devotion through unprecedented formal innovation.

The story of art
The story of art
E. H. Gombrich
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