Donatello’s sculpture The Ascension With Christ Giving The Keys To St Peter forms part of the exhibition (David Parry/V&A/PA)
(Picture: PA Media)Visitors to the V&A’s blockbuster new Donatello exhibition may be surprised, when they confront the Renaissance master’s sculptures, to find them staring straight back.
“He really seemed to understand the human condition and translate that into sculpture,” says Peta Motture, lead curator of the show, Donatello: Sculpting the Renaissance. “He sometimes imbued his sculpture with this spirit of the human state, the human psyche. It’s almost like he could look into the soul.”
