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Re:Mona Lisa vs. ‘the monstrous’: the grotesque, shocking si... by IgorPartola on Friday March 24, 2023 @08:49AM (#35288343)
By comparison, when I saw a few of Donatello’s sculptures I was surprised by how poorly he was able to convey faces compares to other artists. I am no art historian, I am just a big fan of TMNT :)
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Re:Mona Lisa vs. ‘the monstrous’: the grotesque, shocking si... by SuoDuanDao on Friday March 24, 2023 @12:23PM (#35291377)
I guess there's a reason Donatello has much more notoriety as a ninja turtle than as a renaissance artist[1]

[1]https://xkcd.com/197/

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Re:Mona Lisa vs. ‘the monstrous’: the grotesque, shocking si... by ezequiel-garzon on Friday March 24, 2023 @07:39PM (#35297161)
I know it’s bending the rules a bit, but a mere upvote doesn’t do your great service justice. Thank you, I love learning about xkcd gems. I guess I should go through them all!
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Re:Mona Lisa vs. ‘the monstrous’: the grotesque, shocking si... by dgut on Friday March 24, 2023 @10:07PM (#35298438)
Compared to his contemporaries? He is possibly the most influential sculptor of the Renaissance. Michelangelo wasn't even born yet when Donatello died.
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Re:Mona Lisa vs. ‘the monstrous’: the grotesque, shocking si... by IgorPartola on Saturday March 25, 2023 @09:33PM (#35309699)
That’s fair. I saw his sculptures in Florence as a part of a larger exhibit and his were by far the most abstract looking. But I don’t remember the dates.
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