DONATELLO
(b. ca. 1386, Firenze, d. 1466, Firenze)

Ascension of St John

1428-43
Polychrome stucco, diameter: 215 cm
Old Sacristy, San Lorenzo, Florence

In the pendentive roundels the harshness of the scheme is sharpened by a daring experiment in perspective which creates large spaces in which human figures and architectural details take on dramatic effects of light and shade.