Arts Society Lecture : Donatello and the birth of the Renaissance

In the early decades of the 15th century, the small city state of Florence was the birthplace of an astonishing, bloodless, revolution, now known as the renaissance.
Many of its painters, composers, musicians, architects, thinkers, philosophers and patrons knew and influenced each other. None more so than the sculptor, Donatello, (above) who created new worlds out of stone, suffusing it with drama, humanity and tenderness.
In the wake of a major exhibition at the V and A, the lecture looks at how he, in harness with many other renaissance figures who are part of his journey, changed the face of European culture for ever.
Arts Society Lecturer: Sarah Dunant.
Sarah is a novelist, broadcaster and critic. Sarah read history at Cambridge, then worked for many years as a cultural journalist in radio and television on such programmes as Kaleidoscope (BBC Radio 4), The Late Show (BBC 2), and Night Waves/Free Thinking (BBC Radio 3). She is a regular contributor to BBC Radio 4’s A Point of View and these talks, alongside her series on history for Radio 4, When Greeks Flew Kites are available on podcast or BBC sounds.

This lecture is part of Kington Langley’s Monthly Lecture Series and members will receive notification as a matter of course. If you are not a member then you may be able to join us for the day as a guest or a day member.