Renaissance art involved Donatello.
Donatello . He studied classical sculpture and used this to develop a complete Renaissance style in sculpture , whose periods in Rome , Padua and Siena introduced to other parts of Italy a long and productive career . Renaissance art . A revived interest in the Classics brought about the first archaeological study of Roman remains by the architect Brunelleschi and sculptor Donatello . The serendipitous presence within the region of Florence in the early 15th century of certain individuals of artistic genius , most notably Masaccio , Brunelleschi , Ghiberti , Piero della Francesca , Donatello and Michelozzo formed an ethos out of which sprang the great masters of the High Renaissance , as well as supporting and encouraging many lesser artists to achieve work of extraordinary quality .