What is "donatello"

Donato di Niccolò di Betto Bardi (c. 1386 – 13 December 1466), better known as Donatello , was an early Renaissance sculptor from Florence. He studied classical sculpture, and used this to develop a fully Renaissance style in sculpture, whose periods in Rome, Padua and Siena introduced to other parts of Italy a long and productive career. He worked in stone, bronze, wood, clay, stucco and wax, and had several assistants, with four perhaps being a typical number. Though his best-known works were mostly statues in the round, he developed a new, very shallow, type of bas-relief for small works, and a good deal of his output was larger architectural reliefs.

Donatello, often shortened to Don or Donnie/Donny is one of the four protagonists of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles comics and all related media. He is co-creator Peter Laird's favorite Turtle.

In the Mirage/Image Comics, all four turtles wear red bandanas, but in other versions he wears a purple bandana. His primary signature weapon is his effective bō staff. In all media, he is depicted as the smartest and second-in-command of the four turtles. Donnie often speaks in technobabble with a natural aptitude for science and technology. He is named after the Italian sculptor Donatello.

Donatello can refer to:

• Donatello, the Renaissance artist
• Donatello, a fictional character in the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles series
• Donatello (singer), an Italian singer
• Carmine Crocco (1830-1905), also known as Donatello, an Italian brigand
• Donatello, one of the three Multi-Purpose Logistics Modules.
• David di Donatello, the Italian film award

Giuliano Illiani (born 11 September 1947), best known as Donatello, is an Italian singer, mainly successful in the first half of the 1970s.