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‘Early Renaissance. Sculpture was the first of the arts in Florence to develop the Renaissance style. Some would date the beginnings of the Renaissance to the sculptural competition in 1401[ce] for the Bronze doors of the Baptistry of the Cathedral of Florence; others would propose the commission to Donatello and Nanni di Banco in 1408[ce] for four seated saints for the facade of the cathedral. The competition reliefs for the bronze doors, submitted in 1402[ce], reveal a change in attitude towards sculpture, and the figures of the Evangelists* are the manifestation of that change. The development of Florentine sculpture roughly parallels the development in painting from a dignified monumental style to a relaxed sweetness, although there is no[-]one in painting to approach the rich inventive genius of Donatello.’

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*[ie the seated saints of 1408]

** – E[ncyclopaedia] B[ritannica] 27:94

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