Mantegna was fascinated by perspective. His radical foreshortening and realism focus attention on Christ’s wounds.
Mantegna
A masterpiece lost to American bombs during World War II
Mantegna, St. James Led to his Execution
Now in Technicolor! Mantegna’s saturated paint and vivid illusionism bring the Court of Heaven to life.
Andrea Mantegna, San Zeno Altarpiece
Head’s up—that plant’s about to fall! These Roman emperors may seem grave, but there’s plenty to smile at here.
Andrea Mantegna, Camera Picta (Camera degli Sposi)
Mantegna’s draped figures resurrect classical sculpture, but the landscape was from life—that’s Renaissance Mantua.
Andrea Mantegna, Dormition (or Death) of the ...
Roman rubble litters the ground at St. Sebastian’s feet. His nude body also recalls the antique past.
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