CONTENTS

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Introduction[1]
Competition for the Baptistery Gates[2]
First Journey to Rome[3]
The Predecessors of Donatello[5]
First Work for the Cathedral[7]
The Cathedral Façade[8]
The Daniel and Poggio[10]
St. John the Evangelist and the marble David[14]
Statues of the Campanile[17]
St. John the Baptist[18]
Jeremiah and the Canon of Art[20]
Habakkuk and the Sense of Distance[23]
The Zuccone, "Realism" and Nature[26]
The Zuccone and the Sense of Light and Shade[29]
Abraham and the Sense of Proportion[30]
Drapery and Hands[31]
Minor Works for the Cathedral[33]
Or San Michele, St. Peter and St. Mark[35]
St. Louis[38]
St. George[39]
Donatello and Gothic Art[42]
The Crucifix and Annunciation[47]
Martelli, David, and Donatello's Technique[52]
Early Figures of St. John[56]
Donatello as Architect and Painter[59]
The Siena Font[70]
Michelozzo and the Coscia Tomb[72]
The Aragazzi Tomb[76]
The Brancacci Tomb[77]
Stiacciato[80]
Tombs of Pecci, Crivelli, and Others[82]
The Second Visit to Rome[88]
Work at Rome[94]
The Medici Medallions[97]
The Bronze David[99]
Donatello and Childhood[103]
The Cantoria[107]
The Prato Pulpit[109]
Other Children by Donatello[113]
Boys' Busts[116]
Niccolò da Uzzano and Polychromacy[121]
Portrait-busts[125]
Relief-portraits[131]
San Lorenzo[133]
The Bronze Doors[135]
The Judith[140]
The Magdalen and similar Statues[144]
The Altar at Padua[149]
The Large Statues[152]
The Bronze Reliefs[156]
The Symbols of the Evangelists[161]
The Choir of Angels[163]
The Pietà and the Entombment[164]
Donatello's Assistants[167]
Bellano and the Gattamelata Tombs[170]
Gattamelata[173]
Smaller Reliefs and Plaquettes[176]
The Madonnas[179]
The Pulpits of San Lorenzo[186]
Donatello's Influence on Sculpture[190]
Early Criticism of Donatello[193]
Character and Personality of Donatello[194]
Appendix I[199]
Appendix II[201]
Appendix III[204]
Index[207]