Donatello: In Tuscany: Itineraries

For the Tuscan tourist, a user-friendly guidebook to the Renaissance sculptor's masterpieces

Donatello (c. 1386-1466) is one of Western art's greatest sculptors, the brilliant exponent of a new simplified, elegant form in Renaissance art. Many of Donatello's most revered masterpieces remain in Tuscany--the region in which he was born--including St. George (1415-17), David (1430-40) and Penitent Magdalene (1455)--a fact that significantly contributes to the region's status as one of Italy's t...