Donatello. Il Rinascimento (Florence, Palazzo Strozzi and Museo Nazionale del Bargello, 19 March–31 July 2022). Catalogue Donatello. Il Rinascimento ed. Francesco Caglioti. Venice: Marsilio Arte. 456 pp. €72. ISBN 979‐12‐5463‐005‐1

The exhibition's curator, Francesco Caglioti, whose scholarship and ideas shaped at every turn the attributions and arguments of this beautiful show and its catalogue, writes in the latter's preface of the Donatello "earthquake [ I terremoto i ]", an event so "violent [ I violento i ]" that it caused "continual tremors [ I ripetute scosse i ]". This exhibition amply and vividly demonstrated how Donatello's followers and artistic descendants, especially in the geographic regions where he was most active, engaged with stylistic elements of his sculptures (expressions, bodies, poses, drapery, compositions, and spatial settings), the types he renewed (e.g., the I spiritello i , the freestanding nude), the carving techniques he devised, and his focus on emotion. Before 2022, comprehensive museum exhibitions featured Donatello's art twice: in 1887, on the fifth centenary of his birth, and in 1985-6, when an exhibition staged in three cities marked the sixth centenary. The exhibition expanded, potentially, even beyond these sites, as signage encouraged visitors to explore other cultural institutions in Florence and outside the city in Tuscany where additional examples of Donatello's art can be found - or where sculptures included in the exhibition usually reside. [Extracted from the article]