John Tester Donatello. These early works—especially saint john—already exhibit some of the hallmarks of donatello’s style, including a realism informed by classical (ancient greek and roman). Donatello would become known as the most important sculptor to resuscitate classical sculpture from its tomb in antiquity, through an invigorated style that departed from the gothic period's flat iconography.
Donatello, born into the medieval gothic age, ushered in renaissance humanism with his individualised, expressive figures: Donatello was one of the founders of the italian renaissance.