In 1454 Donatello sculpted a statue of Mary Mogdalena. The statue of Mary Magdalena was a wooden statue measuring six feet two inches. At first sight, most viewers are horrified at the freakish sight of her emaciated body, scraggly mud caked hair, broken teeth, and wrinkly skin. Although the statue of Mary Magdalena might be a horrid sight, this was Donatellos way of showing her inner beauty. Donatello died in Florence in 1466. He had completed seventy-eight known major and minor sculptures. He was one of the most gifted sculptors who ever lived. He was very instrumental in promoting naturalism and was one of the first Renaissance artists to work in bronze rather than in stone. As viewers look at his magnificent sculptures, they almost wait for the statues to speak because they look so real....
