COMMUNICATING IDENTITY OF PATRONS THROUGH WORKS OF ART: DONATELLO’S DAVID AND THE MEDICI. REFLECTIONS AND INTERPRETATIONS

• Authors: Mrázová Martina
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

This study offers a discussion about the way how artworks act as communicators of identity of their patrons. It reflects upon the potential interpretations of Donatello’s bronze statue of the David and the ways how it mirrors the religious and civic aspects of the identity of its patrons, the Medici family, in light of the Quattrocento Florentine society. On the example of this statue’s replacement from its supposedly original location – the Palazzo Medici to the Palazzo Vecchio in 1494 – the author argues that spatial/architectural contextualisation of pieces of art and the artworks that surround them play an essential role in the correct interpretation of the ideas they are meant to represent and in the process of communication of their patrons’ identity.

Keywords

EN

DONATELLO; MEDICI; DAVID; PATRONS; BRONZE STATUE; WORK OF ART

• Publisher: Institute of History of Art, Slovak Academy of Sciences
• Journal: ARS
• Year: 2022
• Volume: 55
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 143 - 151

Contributors

author

Mrázová Martina

• Centrum vied o umení SAV, Dúbravská cesta 9, 841 04 Bratislava, Slovak Republic

Identifiers

DOI

https://doi.org/10.31577/ars-2022-0009