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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- Italian sculptor who pioneered the Renaissance style with his natural, lifelike figures, such as the bronze statue David.
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- noun Florentine sculptor famous for his lifelike sculptures (1386-1466)
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Examples
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Donatello certainly made Madonnas in relief: Vasari mentions half a dozen; Neroccio, the Sienese sculptor, possessed _una Madonna di gesso di Donatello_. [
Donatello, by Lord Balcarres David Lindsay Crawford 1905
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The brilliant and prolific Florentine sculptor, born Donato di Niccolò di Betto Bardi and known by the name Donatello, had achieved extraordinary fame in his lifetime.
The Poet Prince KATHLEEN MCGOWAN 2010
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Cosimo had a passion for locating and cultivating these artists, and he had succeeded most exceptionally with the discovery of Lippi, as well as the remarkable sculptor known in Florence by the name Donatello.
The Poet Prince KATHLEEN MCGOWAN 2010
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Now Donatello is a lovely bush, and has some children of its own:
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Donatello is inquisitive and curious, Mike is wacky and fun-loving, and even Leonardo has meditation and stuff.
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(As of ~4 issues later, I think Donatello is still shrunken).
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And I meant to say Donatello is my favorite not Leo (I got them mixed up.)
Rumor: Return of the Live Action Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles?! « FirstShowing.net 2008
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The other Nazz I could almost dig is the dude with the thousand-yard stare in Donatello’s bronze Resurrection relief on the north pulpit of San Lorenzo in Florence.
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He’s already earned the nickname Donatello because of the purple scarf that he knit himself and uses as a headband to keep back his long black hair.
The turtle with the brains e 2009
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He’s already earned the nickname Donatello because of the purple scarf that he knit himself and uses as a headband to keep back his long black hair.
Archive 2009-05-01 e 2009
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