| 单词 | Mantegna |
| 例句 | Her current project is a book on Andrea Mantegna, and he impresses her, remembering correctly that his frescoes are in Mantua, in the Palazzo Ducale. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Not a treatise writer like Mantegna, he did not explain himself. Art Review: ‘Antico,’ at the Frick Collection 2012-05-31T22:20:33Z A handful of clues tipped off an Italian museum that a painting in its storeroom was a treasure by Mantegna, valued at $30 million, not $30,000. The Surprise Message on a Priceless Ancient Artifact 2018-06-14T04:00:00Z But despite a structural conceit that establishes the action as an exercise in deterministic tragedy, the show, directed by Joe Mantegna and marred by a mawkish underscore, lacks propulsive energy. Review: Lenny Bruce’s Shifting Legacy, in ‘I’m Not a Comedian’ 2018-11-05T05:00:00Z "We as actors, they'd always remind you that you were from the Second City," Mantegna said. Ebert showed willingness to adapt to new media 2013-04-05T20:15:05Z The museum has gathered about 160 works by the likes of Botticelli, Verrocchio, Pisanello and Mantegna, ranging from painting and manuscript illumination to marble sculpture and bronze medals. The Week Ahead: Dec. 18 ? 24 2011-12-16T18:54:22Z His half brother, Gentile, was one of its leading lights, as was his brother-in-law, Andrea Mantegna of Padua, from whose wiry, carved-out style Giovanni learned a lot. Critic?s Notebook: Alone in the Wilderness and the Spotlight 2011-06-09T23:01:20Z You look at the figures in the Mantegna as though you were walking along a carved stone relief. Bridget Riley: paintings and related works 2010-11-22T21:31:00Z At Hereford Cathedral Andrea Mantegna, The Triumphs of Caesar, c1485Mantegna worked for the rulers of Mantua, a small city in north Italy, but here he equates their rule with that of the Caesars. Toulouse-Lautrec, Mantegna and Therrien ? the week in art 2011-08-19T08:00:00Z The Bellini family — father Jacopo, brother Gentile, brother-in-law Andrea Mantegna — was, in many respects, the launchpad for the Venetian Renaissance. All of the L.A. arts events and exhibitions to check out this fall 2017-09-07T04:00:00Z At that time, Mantegna was working in the area and probably influenced the extreme expressions of emotion most apparent in Crivelli’s paintings of the dead Christ, with their anguished Virgins and wailing saints. Carlo Crivelli, an Overlooked Renaissance Master, in Boston 2015-11-05T05:00:00Z This perfectly inflected performance is expertly directed by actor Mantegna, who, through longtime collaboration with David Mamet, knows a thing or two about four-letter eloquence. Lenny Bruce's fire and fury light up Theatre 68 2017-10-27T04:00:00Z This museum gallery exhibits pre-19th-century art including works by Bellini, Titian and Mantegna. Some travelers are dressing the part when they visit historic locations 2019-08-15T04:00:00Z The creases are now an unavoidable part of its identity, just as cut marks are in an ink drawing by Andrea Mantegna, “Dancing Muse.” Art Review: ‘Dürer to de Kooning,’ at the Morgan Library 2012-10-11T23:02:45Z The section called “The Young Correggio” demonstrates that the most powerful force in his early development was Andrea Mantegna, the Gonzaga court artist in nearby Mantua. The Glories of Two Parma Masters 2016-05-05T04:00:00Z —Thieves steal paintings by Tintoretto, Mantegna and Rubens from a museum in Verona, Italy. Roundup: Preserving L.A., Italian museum robbed, the significance of bathroom graffiti 2015-11-23T05:00:00Z “I worked with Jay Thomas on Joan of Arcadia and he was a great guy and good actor,” wrote Criminal Minds star Joe Mantegna. Celebrities React to Death of Comedian Jay Thomas 2017-08-25T04:00:00Z A committed, even doctrinaire classicist, Mantegna learned to paint by studying antique marbles. A Gathering of Greats in a Trove of Drawings at the Morgan 2017-10-12T04:00:00Z But Melozzo apparently ventured as far north as Padua and Mantua, where he evidently saw works by Mantegna in situ. Art Review: When Sixtus IV Needed a Painter 2011-05-10T11:30:05Z I am sure that I have seen Andrea Mantegna’s “Adoration of the Shepherds,” but now I want to go back for another look at this compact, intensely detailed painting dating from shortly after 1450. Critic?s Notebook: Metropolitan Museum of Art?s New Guidebook 2012-04-12T22:29:38Z And from the circle of Andrea Mantegna comes an unusual rendering of “The Descent Into Limbo,” in which Christ ducks under a low, unprepossessing archway. 5 Great Art Exhibitions to See in New York Before They Close 2017-12-21T05:00:00Z Picking up in the Cabinet Room, with a small group of works bequeathed to the Courtauld Gallery by its founder, “Mantegna to Matisse” takes baby steps toward the 20th century. Art Review: ‘Mantegna to Matisse,’ at the Frick Collection 2012-10-18T21:43:09Z The show is likely to include works by artists including Rubens, Van Dyck, Titian and Mantegna, according to The Art Newspaper, which first reported on the museum’s plans for the exhibitions. Royal Academy of Arts Will Stage Show of Charles I’s Collection 2016-12-02T05:00:00Z Can it be said of the mythologies and ancient histories in Mantegna, or of Seurat's working-class loafers beside the Seine on an imaginary Sunday in the late 19th century? Bridget Riley: paintings and related works 2010-11-22T21:31:00Z The Louvre was shuttered, the great hall emptied of its Leonardos and Mantegnas and giant Veronese. Cultured Traveler: Hunting for Looted Art in Paris 2010-11-20T06:30:00Z Riley's early study based on Jan Van Eyk's Portrait of a Man and paintings by Mantegna, Raphael and Seurat confront Riley's own canvases and paintings made directly on the walls of the National Gallery. The best art exhibitions for Christmas 2010 2010-11-22T08:00:00Z The Middle Gia Mantegna, daughter of "Criminal Minds" star Joe Mantegna, guest stars in this new episode. Wednesday's TV Highlights: Jackie Evancho in a PBS Special 2014-12-02T05:00:00Z "It's like going to your high school reunion after 20 years and realizing you know everybody," said Mantegna, who stars on "Criminal Minds." Chicagoans in Hollywood celebrate far from home 2012-03-06T09:31:07Z But we're not looking here for one-to-one relationships, between stripes and figures, or even between the Mantegna, with its linear depictions of drapery and processional composition, and Riley's optical flows and counterflows. Bridget Riley: paintings and related works 2010-11-22T21:31:00Z After seeing the work of artists like Signorelli and Mantegna, he wrote in “Unconventional Realists,” he began “searching for believable representation rather than the different brand of abstract manipulation I was involved in before.” Gabriel Laderman, Painter of Figurative Art, Dies at 81 2011-03-16T05:07:24Z An undisputed centerpiece is “Three Standing Saints,” a 1455-60 sketch in brown ink on paper by Andrea Mantegna. A Gathering of Greats in a Trove of Drawings at the Morgan 2017-10-12T04:00:00Z And so it is with Mantegna or Raphael, as much as in Riley's own art. Bridget Riley: paintings and related works 2010-11-22T21:31:00Z Mantegna, the son of a carpenter, spent his youth and early career in Padua, an ancient university town that traced its roots to antiquity. ‘Mantegna and Bellini’ Review: A Family Affair 2018-11-03T04:00:00Z Taking their lead from Blake, they hungered for the austere purity of Fra Angelico, the chastity of Mantegna, the innocence of Raphael. Mysterious Wisdom: The Life and Work of Samuel Palmer by Rachel Campbell-Johnston - review 2011-07-15T21:55:04Z The 17 paintings, including works by Rubens, Tintoretto and Mantegna, were recovered by Ukrainian border guards, in what President Petro O. Poroshenko of Ukraine described on Wednesday as a “brilliant operation,” The Associated Press reported. A Verona Museum’s Stolen Paintings Are Found in Ukraine 2016-05-12T04:00:00Z “I think 1971,” he says, and I expect him to mention his old theatre days with the likes of David Mamet and Joe Mantegna. William H Macy: 'It was 104 degrees and I had on thermals, shirt, hoodie, jacket and muffler' 2016-10-02T04:00:00Z Here are great works by Andrea Mantegna, court artist in the north Italian city of Mantua, and by Venetian masters. Leonardo da Vinci = Einstein + Picasso + Doctor Who 2010-04-22T15:20:00Z The hair is in disarray in “Sleeping,” where he huddles under a bright red blanket, his signature boxy shoes sticking out, seen in steep foreshortening that haphazardly conjures Andrea Mantegna’s “Dead Christ.” After the Storm, Philip Guston for Real 2021-09-09T04:00:00Z The attendant guarding this moment told me he'd counted 14 figures in the foreground of the Mantegna, and 14 ribbon-like stripes in the Riley. Bridget Riley: paintings and related works 2010-11-22T21:31:00Z Mr. Sinise and Mr. Mantegna on Friday will host a free variety show to show appreciation for Vietnam veterans at Constitution Hall. Gary Sinise credits ‘Lt. Dan’ for chance to honor Vietnam vets on Memorial Day 2023-05-25T04:00:00Z Joe Mantegna, who appeared in the third film in the Godfather series, paid his respects over Twitter. James Caan: Hollywood pays tribute to late Godfather actor 2022-07-08T04:00:00Z In 1985, the J. Paul Getty Museum set a record for the highest auction price paid for a painting when it bought Andrea Mantegna’s Adoration of the Magi for $10.4 million. How fraudsters dupe the art world 2020-10-16T04:00:00Z "Why the hell did they cancel the show?" wondered Mantegna, 72. How 'Criminal Minds' would have handled coronavirus, according to the show's stars 2020-05-22T04:00:00Z “I thought I was going to levitate off the stage,” Mantegna recalled. PBS Memorial Day concert pushed to TV event because of virus 2020-04-30T04:00:00Z Mantegna, whose myriad credits include “Three Amigos” and “The Godfather Part III,” paid $1.58 million for the property about three decades ago. Hot Property: Quick sale for 'Criminal Minds' star 2020-03-21T04:00:00Z Mantegna, whose myriad credits include “Three Amigos” and “The Godfather Part III,” paid $1.58 million for the property about three decades ago, public records show. Actor Joe Mantegna quickly sells Toluca Lake Tudor for $4 million 2020-03-04T05:00:00Z Taste Chicago, opened 15 years ago by actor Joe Mantegna, closed March 22 in Burbank. Coin & Candor opens in Westlake Village and Taste Chicago is now closed 2019-04-02T04:00:00Z The one at the Gemäldegalerie in Berlin, is agreed to be the work of Andrea Mantegna. Brothers in art: the Renaissance rivalry of Mantegna and Bellini 2018-09-28T04:00:00Z Renaissance chronicler Giorgio Vasari claimed the painting was the best thing Mantegna ever did. Out of the shadows, into the light: 'Chiaroscuro Woodcut' is a sleeper hit at LACMA 2018-07-05T04:00:00Z “I don’t agree with everything the NRA espouses, but I understand their position,” said Mr. Mantegna, 70. Joe Mantegna says Second Amendment ‘makes perfect sense today’ 2018-05-06T04:00:00Z Charles I: King and Collector Great paintings by Mantegna, Titian, Rubens, Holbein, Durer and Tintoretto feature in this perversely hagiographic homage to a king who drove his subjects to rebel. Glorious art from a dreadful king and the cosmos in a plastic cup – the week in art 2018-01-26T05:00:00Z Criminal Minds A bizarre form of torture surfaces in a new episode directed by star Joe Mantegna. Wednesday's TV highlights: 'Archer' on FXX 2017-04-05T04:00:00Z The Venetian painting, made 20 years later, was credited to Mantegna also. Brothers in art: the Renaissance rivalry of Mantegna and Bellini 2018-09-28T04:00:00Z Italian culture minister Dario Franceschini, who travelled to Kiev to retrieve the paintings – which included works by Rubens, Tintoretto and Mantegna – said the possibility of ever recovering them once seem remote. Stolen masterpiece paintings returned to Italy from Ukraine 2016-12-21T05:00:00Z He also produces the cable network’s “Hollywood Weapons” series, in which gun experts test whether movie shooting effects are fact or fantasy — an enterprise Mr. Mantegna describes as “‘MythBusters’ on steroids.” Joe Mantegna says Second Amendment ‘makes perfect sense today’ 2018-05-06T04:00:00Z Her favorite Old Master, she told me, dating to her days in Rome, is Andrea Mantegna—the brother-in-law of Giovanni Bellini, who is as astringently flinty as Bellini is meltingly honeyed. Art’s One-Woman Insurgency 2016-05-16T04:00:00Z Andrea Mantegna in the 15th century shows Saint Sebastian shot full of arrows, tied to a ruinous Roman column. Islamic State's latest attack on Palmyra is a picture of the end of civilisation 2015-10-28T04:00:00Z Furthermore, Mantegna married Bellini’s sister Nicolosia – a beauty, if she was, as is presumed, the model for the Virgin. Brothers in art: the Renaissance rivalry of Mantegna and Bellini 2018-09-28T04:00:00Z Criminal Minds Joe Mantegna directs this new episode that sends the team to Savannah to probe the serial killings of brides-to-be just before their weddings. Wednesday's TV Highlights: 'Modern Family' on ABC 2015-10-13T04:00:00Z His peers may catch flak for glorifying gun violence while demanding more gun restrictions, but Mr. Mantegna blames a coarsening culture and a lack of education as being more reflective of recent shootings. Joe Mantegna says Second Amendment ‘makes perfect sense today’ 2018-05-06T04:00:00Z He will return to Washington this weekend to co-host the annual National Memorial Day Concert on the Capitol lawn alongside fellow thespian Joe Mantegna. Gary Sinise entertains only for veterans after Hollywood 2015-05-20T04:00:00Z Sinise and Mantegna will host the concert for the 10th consecutive year. Gloria Estefan to perform at Capitol for Memorial Day in DC 2015-04-29T04:00:00Z Although the two families remained in contact, Jacopo lost his prize when Mantegna accepted an invitation to become court painter to the Dukes of Mantua. Brothers in art: the Renaissance rivalry of Mantegna and Bellini 2018-09-28T04:00:00Z Mantegna exploits the new Renaissance pictorial science to dramatically foreshorten the body of Christ, showing it feet-forward in a way that emphasises the terrible reality of death. The top 10 corpses in art 2014-06-19T04:00:00Z In the current, seventh season of “Gun Stories,” Mr. Mantegna was able to focus on a personal connection to a famous firearm. Joe Mantegna says Second Amendment ‘makes perfect sense today’ 2018-05-06T04:00:00Z They also plan to use it on many Renaissance portraits of unidentified women and supposed self-portraits of Mantegna and Michelangelo. Face recognition aids portrait project 2013-06-06T10:06:05Z Actor Joe Mantegna, a Chicago native and lifelong Cubs fan who has led the singing at Wrigley at least four times, said he agrees with the change. Cubs take Ozzy, Vanna out of the ball game 2013-02-27T19:53:08Z The 16th-century biographer Giorgio Vasari called Mantegna “praiseworthy in all his actions”, and predicted “his memory will ever live not only in his own country but in the whole world”. Brothers in art: the Renaissance rivalry of Mantegna and Bellini 2018-09-28T04:00:00Z The most famous images of physical difference in great art, from Mantegna to Velazquez, are either pejorative or, at best, tragic. The Paralympics allows art to ask questions about difference 2012-08-29T12:50:01Z Mr. Mantegna said the CBS crime drama’s “family” atmosphere, and the logic of telling a long-form story, sold him on his friend’s advice. Joe Mantegna says Second Amendment ‘makes perfect sense today’ 2018-05-06T04:00:00Z In these we observe that Heemskerk studied and repeated the forms which he had seen at Rome in the works of Michelangelo and Raphael, and in Lombardy in the frescoes of Mantegna and Giulio Romano. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 2 "Hearing" to "Helmond" 2012-04-25T02:00:53.567Z A fine Mantegna—in an old style frame—hangs on the far wall. Voices from the Past 2012-04-19T02:00:30.787Z “Mantegna for invention, Bellini for light, both are wonderful.” Brothers in art: the Renaissance rivalry of Mantegna and Bellini 2018-09-28T04:00:00Z The severe pattern he had before him in Mantegna has moderated Rubens in his taste for very full forms, so that they are here more noble and slender than is usual with him. Famous European Artists 2012-04-07T02:00:30.487Z “All your best writers are in TV,” said Mr. Mantegna, adding that the dividing line that once existed between TV and movies is gone. Joe Mantegna says Second Amendment ‘makes perfect sense today’ 2018-05-06T04:00:00Z Another room contains a fine series of Cartoons by Andrea Mantegna. Collins' Illustrated Guide to London and Neighbourhood 2012-04-06T02:00:29.250Z Mantegna put thought into his work, and he compels thought from others; this "Tr�nsito" drew me to it in the same browsing study as that small triptych in the Uffizi. Heroic Spain 2012-03-26T02:00:38.797Z In his drawings too, particularly in a set representing the Passion at Basel, the arrangement, and also the perspective, form and decorative ornament, are in the spirit of the school of Mantegna. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 5 "Hinduism" to "Home, Earls of" 2012-03-25T02:00:05.717Z In the temple before mentioned there is an altar-piece, which is ascribed either to him or his brother, not very highly finished, but in a taste not very dissimilar from that of Mantegna. The History of Painting in Italy, Vol. IV (of 6) from the Period of the Revival of the Fine Arts to the End of the Eighteenth Century 2012-02-25T03:00:10.400Z Giulio Romano introduced the style of Raphael into Mantua, and established there a considerable school of art, which surpassed in development that of his predecessor Mantegna, and almost rivalled that of Rome. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 1 "Gichtel, Johann" to "Glory" 2012-01-11T03:00:20.463Z The paintings, on loan from the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna, include works by Titian, Tintoretto, Mantegna, Veronese and others. Sexy Venetians, Pissarro Cocotte, Grandiloquent Serra: Arts 2011-12-19T21:54:53Z I'm very much wrapped up in the question, raised in a late book, of Mantegna's influence upon Giovanni Bellini. Atlantic Narratives Modern Short Stories 2011-12-01T03:00:20.193Z He could reproduce the decorative works of other artists quite faultlessly, as in the famous chalice after Mantegna’s drawing. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 5 "Hinduism" to "Home, Earls of" 2012-03-25T02:00:05.717Z In the same manner also as Mantegna he covered his models with glued canvass, or with pasteboard, in order that in the curves and folds he might correct the ancients. The History of Painting in Italy, Vol. IV (of 6) from the Period of the Revival of the Fine Arts to the End of the Eighteenth Century 2012-02-25T03:00:10.400Z He illustrated the 'Palace of Art' in the spirit that stirred him to rhythmic translation into words of the still music in Giorgione's 'Pastoral,' or of the unpassing movement of Mantegna's 'Parnassus.' English Book-Illustration of To-day Appreciations of the Work of Living English Illustrators With Lists of Their Books 2011-11-30T03:00:10.703Z Here, too, is Andrea Mantegna's terrible Judith, conceived in the spirit of some Roman heroine, which once belonged to Vasari and was highly valued by him. The Story of Florence 2011-10-20T02:00:24.237Z Some impressions from engraved plates were exhibited in Rome about this time, and attracted the attention of the painter Andrea Mantegna. Engraving for Illustration Historical and Practical Notes 2011-07-19T02:00:23.283Z This charming little work was purchased by Mr. Morris Moore as a Mantegna. Great Masters in Painting: Perugino 2011-06-27T02:00:59.487Z His general manner, he observes, much resembles that of Andrea Mantegna. The History of Painting in Italy, Vol. IV (of 6) from the Period of the Revival of the Fine Arts to the End of the Eighteenth Century 2012-02-25T03:00:10.400Z The work came to light before 1850 at a public auction sale when it was attributed to Mantegna, with whom of course it had nothing to do. Art Principles With Special Reference to Painting Together with Notes on the Illusions Produced by the Painter 2011-06-16T02:00:17.197Z He had more science than either Paolo Uccello or Mantegna, both of them his contemporaries, the former older and the latter younger. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 8 "France" to "Francis Joseph I." 2011-05-27T02:00:16.463Z His work includes copies of paintings and murals by Raphael, Andrea Mantegna, Bronzino and Caravaggio. Brighton Leonardo 2011-05-13T17:02:44Z I passed through the deserted city of Ferrara, and spent a couple of days in Padua to see the beautiful frescoes of Giotto and Mantegna. Autobiographical Reminiscences with Family Letters and Notes on Music 2011-04-12T02:00:25.667Z There too, like Mantegna, he wished to have his remains deposited. The History of Painting in Italy, Vol. IV (of 6) from the Period of the Revival of the Fine Arts to the End of the Eighteenth Century 2012-02-25T03:00:10.400Z Correggio, when away from the influence of Mantegna, usually showed the Child held apart from the Mother, or placed on the floor, or on a bench. Art Principles With Special Reference to Painting Together with Notes on the Illusions Produced by the Painter 2011-06-16T02:00:17.197Z At a mature age—having first, it appears, become acquainted with Mantegna—he turned his attention to painting. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 8 "France" to "Francis Joseph I." 2011-05-27T02:00:16.463Z He moves before our eyes like the angelic -469-knight in Mantegna's Madonna of the Victory, or like Giorgione's picture of the fair-haired and mail-clad donzel, born to conquer by the might of beauty. Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature Part 1 (of 2) 2011-04-09T02:00:14.990Z This answers exactly in etching to Mantegna’s work in engraving. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 7 "Equation" to "Ethics" 2011-02-27T03:00:31.973Z Whoever examines it must confess that the science of foreshortening, originally attributed to Melozio, was here improved and nearly brought to perfection by Mantegna and his sons. The History of Painting in Italy, Vol. IV (of 6) from the Period of the Revival of the Fine Arts to the End of the Eighteenth Century 2012-02-25T03:00:10.400Z Webster, in short, compared with Shakspere, reminds us somewhat of the contrast between Mantegna and Raphael. Philip Massinger 2011-02-25T03:01:15.270Z The same patrons employed him upon frescoes in their own palace; one of “Judith and Holophernes” is especially noted, its style recalling that of Mantegna. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 8 "France" to "Francis Joseph I." 2011-05-27T02:00:16.463Z Among the earliest seem to be two examples of a method practised in Italy especially by the school of Mantegna, but almost without precedent in Germany, that of tempera-painting on linen. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 8 "Dubner" to "Dyeing" 2010-12-26T03:00:17.840Z His design for a room in Belmont for The Merchant of Venice shows a great round window framed in the heavy molding of Mantegna and the pale, clear sky of Northern Italy. One-Act Plays By Modern Authors After the death of Mantegna, Lorenzo Costa held the first rank, an artist of whom we shall treat more at length in the Bolognese School. The History of Painting in Italy, Vol. IV (of 6) from the Period of the Revival of the Fine Arts to the End of the Eighteenth Century 2012-02-25T03:00:10.400Z Those old fellows like D�rer, Holbein, Mantegna, and the rest, were left unmolested to spin into fables whatever struck them as beautiful or odd. In Paradise A Novel. Vol. II My Mantegna against your Luini, that no money in the world will induce this worthy man to sell the pleasure of occasionally sending such a little abomination of art into the world. The Children of the World But the death of Mantegna prevented his purpose. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 8 "Dubner" to "Dyeing" 2010-12-26T03:00:17.840Z A great round window framed in the heavy molding of Mantegna and the pale clear sky of Northern Italy. One-Act Plays By Modern Authors Even at a later time, when he devoted himself to eighteenth century models and ideals, his love of Andrea Mantegna never deserted him. Aubrey Beardsley Thus of three figures on a plate in the British Museum, painted with the Dream of Astyages, one is borrowed from Raphael and another from Mantegna. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 6 "Celtes, Konrad" to "Ceramics" The master had been invited to visit the venerable Mantegna, at Mantua; but that Nestor of North-Italian art died before the plan was carried out. Dürer Artist-Biographies He is supposed to have been born about 1440, which would make him a contemporary of the two Bellini, of Hans Memling and of Mantegna. Artists Past and Present Random Studies They are by Andrea Mantegna, and were valued at 1000l. at the time, when, by some strange circumstance, the Cartoons of Raphael were estimated only at 300l. The Art of Needle-work, from the Earliest Ages, 3rd ed. Including Some Notices of the Ancient Historical Tapestries He always kept reproductions from Mantegna at his side, and declared that he never ceased to learn secrets from them. Aubrey Beardsley Mantegna abjured his faith, abjured the Middle Ages, abjured all that belonged to his time; and in so doing cast away from him the living art and became the lover, the worshipper of shadows. Euphorion Being Studies of the Antique and the Mediaeval in the Renaissance - Vol. I Next to Schongauer, the great Italian artist Mantegna exercised the strongest influence upon Dürer, who studied his bold and austere engravings with earnest admiration, showing his traits in many subsequent works. Dürer Artist-Biographies With far less technical skill than his contemporary, Mantegna, he has at once a warmer and more brilliant style and a more modern feeling for natural and significant gesture. Artists Past and Present Random Studies It is as stark and solid as the work of Ingres or Mantegna. Pot-Boilers We feel this in nearly all the work of that sort—least, in the archæological Mantegna's. Renaissance Fancies and Studies Being a Sequel to Euphorion He studied at Padua with Mantegna, under Squarcione, and executed frescoes and chiaroscuro arabesques in the cloister of S. Giustina in that city. The Shores of the Adriatic The Austrian Side, The Küstenlande, Istria, and Dalmatia Brussels employed Leonardo da Vinci and Mantegna, Giovanni da Udine, Raphael, and later, Rubens and the great Dutch painters, to design cartoons for tapestry works. Needlework As Art They were all of allegorical subjects, dictated by the Marchesa herself, and the "Parnassus" of her court painter, Andrea Mantegna, is a masterpiece. Perugino Mantegna, Bellini, and Titian had placed engraving on a very high level in the Venetian School, and though at a later date it became too elaborate, Tiepolo and his son brought it back to simplicity. The Venetian School of Painting Mantegna abjured his faith, abjured the Middle Ages, abjured all that belonged to his time, and in so doing cast away from him the living art and became the lover, the worshipper of shadows. The Contemporary Review, Volume 36, September 1879 Throughout the church everything speaks of early times: the few frescoes are of the twelfth or thirteenth century: the only noteworthy picture is by the serious Mantegna. Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 20, August 1877 Instead of a harmless sheep, which, in Mantegna, is walking by the side of the foremost elephant, Rubens has introduced a lion and a lioness, which growl angrily at the elephant. Six Centuries of Painting Whether through their original works or copies of them,—already familiar to Augsburg as well as Lucerne,—the lad sat humbly at the feet of both Leonardo and Mantegna. Holbein The style arose, indeed, in the quattrocento; Mantegna, the Umbrians, and even Michelangelo had used it, though in a far more sober way than later generations. The Venetian School of Painting Within fifty years of Finiguerra's invention very beautiful engravings were sold all over Italy, and many famous painters engraved their own works—foremost among these, Mantegna and Botticelli. Ave Roma Immortalis, Vol. 2 Studies from the Chronicles of Rome And this method, coming to the knowledge of Andrea Mantegna in Rome, was the reason that he made a beginning with engraving many of his works, as was said in his Life. Lives of the most Eminent Painters Sculptors and Architects Vol. 06 (of 10) Fra Giocondo to Niccolo Soggi These drawings constitute the most remarkable link of connection between Mantegna and the sons of Jacopo Bellini, all three of whom must have studied from them. Six Centuries of Painting In more than one cathedral, too, as he wandered in such a holiday, he would have noted how Mantegna had made its architecture the background for his own individual genius. Holbein They had all the prestige of relationship with Mantegna, and they shared the patronage of his powerful employers. The Venetian School of Painting The era of collectors began then, and Mantegna's old master was the first of them. Ave Roma Immortalis, Vol. 2 Studies from the Chronicles of Rome Having gone to Mantua, therefore, and having placed himself under Mantegna, in a short time he made such proficience that Andrea sent out works by Caroto as works by his own hand. Lives of the most Eminent Painters Sculptors and Architects Vol. 06 (of 10) Fra Giocondo to Niccolo Soggi Both Giovanni and Gentile worked in Padua, where Mantegna was established, in 1460 or thereabouts, and where another influence, that of the sculptor Donatello, must have had its effect on the young brothers. Six Centuries of Painting Among the "early works" of the Amerbach Catalogue there is one which shows strong traces of Leonardo's and even more of Mantegna's influence on him at this time. Holbein They have festoons of grapes and apples hung from the architectural ornaments, and the cast of drapery, showing the form beneath, reminds us of Mantegna’s figures. The Venetian School of Painting Mantegna first aimed at the full illusion which finished art is capable of producing, and though not so great a man as Giotto, was a much greater painter. Ave Roma Immortalis, Vol. 2 Studies from the Chronicles of Rome He takes his place with Mantegna, with Dürer, and with Cossa, the austere painters, who felt the dignity of life to lie in rugged strength, iron resolution, and unflinching self-reliance. Luca Signorelli Thus it happened that both of his sons came under the influence of Mantegna, and evidently, too, of the sculptor Donatello, when working at Padua between 1450 and 1460. Six Centuries of Painting Along the wall here are the nine large tempera pictures by Mantegna—“one of the chief heroes in the advance of painting in Italy”—in which are represented “The Triumph of Cæsar”. Hampton Court Mantegna has made use of the most formal and Squarcionesque contours in his surroundings. The Venetian School of Painting Andrea Mantegna, the great painter and engraver, who made the final step in the development of pictorial art in Italy, was a shepherd's son, like Giotto, born about one hundred years after Giotto's death. Ave Roma Immortalis, Vol. 2 Studies from the Chronicles of Rome But Mantegna and Botticelli and Signorelli made him sad, and almost morose. The Martian In this we see that Mantegna's antiquarianism was not simply a youthful phase, but lasted till the very end of his career. Six Centuries of Painting It is either Castagno's or Mantegna's,—in my mind, set down to Castagno; but I have not looked at the picture for years, and am not sure at this moment. Ariadne Florentina Six Lectures on Wood and Metal Engraving On these visits to Padua the intimacy must have sprung up, which led to Mantegna’s marriage in 1453 with Jacopo’s daughter. The Venetian School of Painting It is true, indeed, that there is not always found one to recognize, esteem, and remunerate it as that of Andrea Mantegna was recognized. Lives of the Most Eminent Painters Sculptors and Architects Vol. 03 (of 10), Filarete and Simone to Mantegna We proceed to Section B, same wall, where hang two grand Mantegnas, painted for Isabella d'Este's "Grotta," towards the end of the artist's career. The Story of Paris It is no less remarkable for its superb execution than for a softer treatment of the flesh than is usual in Mantegna's work. Six Centuries of Painting It all but destroys Mantegna; but it graces him. Ariadne Florentina Six Lectures on Wood and Metal Engraving At Padua, too, Bellini, in company with Mantegna, drank in the inspiration left there by Donatello, the greatest master that either of them encountered. The Venetian School of Painting And in the great hall, where the triumphal processions by the hand of Mantegna now are, he painted two pictures, one at each end. Lives of the Most Eminent Painters Sculptors and Architects Vol. 03 (of 10), Filarete and Simone to Mantegna Still earlier, Mantegna supplied a series of idealised Pompeian figures exquisitely composed, set in a lacy fancy of airy architectural detail, in which he idealised all the gods of Olympus. The Tapestry Book In both of these the influence of his famous brother-in-law Andrea Mantegna, is traceable,—the former being till lately attributed to him. Six Centuries of Painting For Dürer and Mantegna, chiefly because of their science, forfeited their place, not only as painters of men, but as servants of God. Ariadne Florentina Six Lectures on Wood and Metal Engraving He seems, however, to have felt that he would be at a disadvantage in competing with Mantegna on his own ground, and asks to be allowed to choose his subject. The Venetian School of Painting In 1498, she asked the marchioness for an antique bust, which Andrea Mantegna had brought back from Rome, and which she heard bore a striking likeness to herself. Beatrice d'Este, Duchess of Milan, 1475-1497 They went to Hampton Court and took from there The Triumph of Cæsar, by Mantegna, to serve as new models. The Tapestry Book Andrea Mantegna was born at Vicenza in 1431,68 and when no more than ten years old was inscribed in the guild of Padua as pupil and adopted son of Squarcione. Six Centuries of Painting In the autumn of 1872 I possessed myself of an Italian book of pen drawings, some, I have no doubt, by Mantegna in his youth, others by Sandro himself. Ariadne Florentina Six Lectures on Wood and Metal Engraving He pursued his way to Cremona, and that he studied Mantegna as he passed through Mantua is evident from the first figures he painted in the cathedral. The Venetian School of Painting "Messer Andrea Mantegna himself," exclaimed the marchioness, "could not paint fairer maidens!" Beatrice d'Este, Duchess of Milan, 1475-1497 Study of the masters of line—Dürer, Titian, Mantegna, Holbein—will inform us as to its capacities and limitations. Line and Form (1900) There is no example in the National Gallery, but of the work of his great pupil, Mantegna, we have as much, at any rate, as will serve to commemorate the master. Six Centuries of Painting Andrea Mantegna attempted to improve upon Massaccio, by adding form from study of the antique. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 54, No. 338, December 1843 Bellini is less assured, less accomplished than Mantegna, but he is able to touch us with the pathos of both natural and spiritual feeling. The Venetian School of Painting The only drawback was the absence of Mantegna, whom Pope Innocent had detained in Rome, in spite of his master's urgent request that the painter might return in time to arrange the wedding festivities. Beatrice d'Este, Duchess of Milan, 1475-1497 Mantegna was a fine engraver also, and his plates are now very valuable. A History of Art for Beginners and Students Painting, Sculpture, Architecture A ditto, containing a number of fine Drawings by Andrea Mantegna. Rembrandt and His Works Comprising a Short Account of His Life; with a Critical Examination into His Principles and Practice of Design, Light, Shade, and Colour. Illustrated by Examples from the Etchings of Rembrandt. It is the mystical need, the desideratum, expressed in terms of this world's goods—"Marion's form and colour," "Mantegna's pictures," the lines of a boat. Personality in Literature But Mantegna’s cartoons were basically drawings in monochrome, and Andreani’s fine chiaroscuros did not differ appreciably from the usual examples. John Baptist Jackson 18th-Century Master of the Color Woodcut Professor Ruskin reminds me to notice here, in qualification, Mantegna's power of painting inanimate forms, as, e. g., in the trees and leaves of his Madonna of the National Gallery. On the Old Road, Vol. 2 (of 2) A Collection of Miscellaneous Essays and Articles on Art and Literature Mantegna has her armoured, with greaves to the knee and spiked cups on her breastplate. Little Novels of Italy William of Orange gave the painter lodgings at Hampton Court, where it seems he painted the Labours of Hercules in chiaro-oscuro, and repaired Andrea Mantegna's pictures of the Triumphs of Julius Cæsar. Art in England Notes and Studies He discharged his debt to the world of art with greater insight when in 1456 he invited to his court the great painter Mantegna. Some Forerunners of Italian Opera Sometimes his drawing approaches that of Mantegna, while he has a gorgeousness of colouring all his own. The Old Masters and Their Pictures For the Use of Schools and Learners in Art And by doing what may we again get Bellinis and Andrea Mantegnas as in old time? Selections from Previous Works and Remarks on Romanes' Mental Evolution in Animals Mantegna was painting giants in the Eremitani and Bellini picking his brains, but not as yet a quarrel. Little Novels of Italy He gained color knowledge from the Venetian Bellinis, who lived at Padua at one time and who were connected with Mantegna by marriage. A Text-Book of the History of Painting When he was ejected from Rome for making obscene pictures, Giulio Romano went to live at Mantua, and the city still bears the traces of his residence as well as of Mantegna's. Some Forerunners of Italian Opera But Correggio had a greater master, though but for a very short time, in Andrea Mantegna, who died when Correggio was still a young boy. The Old Masters and Their Pictures For the Use of Schools and Learners in Art In the Silver Chamber in the Pitti Palace is a Pax, by Mantegna, made in the same way as that by Finiguerra, and bearing comparison with it. Arts and Crafts in the Middle Ages A Description of Mediaeval Workmanship in Several of the Departments of Applied Art, Together with Some Account of Special Artisans in the Early Renaissance Mantegna's portrait of Gonzaga, though made later, shows a rather different type, less displeasing than the bronze. Donatello, by Lord Balcarres In fact, Mantegna married Giovanni Bellini's sister, and there was a mingling of family as well as of art. A Text-Book of the History of Painting No. 3, “A Dance of Nymphs, by Andrea Mantegna,” was republished by Rossetti, with some verbal alterations. The Germ Thoughts towards Nature in Poetry, Literature and Art Mantegna's son kept on his father's school, and from him Correggio might have received more regular instruction. The Old Masters and Their Pictures For the Use of Schools and Learners in Art One of the greatest pioneer artists of the fifteenth century was Andrea Mantegna of Padua in the north of Italy. The Book of Art for Young People On the southern pulpit the scene on the Mount of Olives shows the foreshortened Apostles sleeping soundly as in Mantegna's pictures. Donatello, by Lord Balcarres Yet Mantegna never received the full complement of his knowledge from Squarcione. A Text-Book of the History of Painting The gods of the art schools, Michelangelo, Mantegna, Raffael, &c. played the oddest tricks with anatomy. Art Andrea Mantegna's early study of antique sculpture moulded his whole life's work. The Old Masters and Their Pictures For the Use of Schools and Learners in Art Mantegna's studies of form in sculpture made him an excellent draughtsman. The Book of Art for Young People Mr. Gathorne Hardy's drawing, which has been ascribed to Donatello, is really by Mantegna, a capital study for one of the frescoes in the Eremitani. Donatello, by Lord Balcarres Mantegna, however, was the greatest of the school, and his influence was far-reaching. A Text-Book of the History of Painting I doubt if he ever was really great as we use the word of Leonardo, Titian, Tintoretto, Mantegna; but he was everything else. A Wanderer in Venice Andrea Mantegna had two sons and a daughter. The Old Masters and Their Pictures For the Use of Schools and Learners in Art Two of our pictures, the Richard II. diptych and the Edward VI. of Holbein, were in his collection, besides many we have mentioned, such as Holbein's 'Erasmus,' Raphael's cartoons, and Mantegna's 'Triumph of Cæsar.' The Book of Art for Young People The row of Apostles to the left shows a rendering of human perspective which Mantegna, who liked to make his figures contribute to the perspective of the architecture around them, never surpassed. Donatello, by Lord Balcarres About the middle of the fifteenth century the Bellini family lived at Padua and came in contact with the classic-realistic art of Mantegna. A Text-Book of the History of Painting The date is supposed to be about 1450 and the source of Brother Antonio's inspiration must have been similar to that of the great Mantegna's. A Wanderer in Venice Modern researches, which have substituted another surname for that of Bellini as the surname of Andrea Mantegna's wife, contradict this story. The Old Masters and Their Pictures For the Use of Schools and Learners in Art It was his most ambitious effort up to this time and he wanted to put everything that he had learned into it, to draw like Michelangelo and to express emotion like Mantegna. Artist and Public And Other Essays On Art Subjects Donatello's relief became the prototype for the Bellini, for Mantegna, and a host of artists who, without, perhaps, having seen the original, drew their inspiration from what it had already inspired. Donatello, by Lord Balcarres Mantegna was not, however, entirely devoted to the sculpturesque. A Text-Book of the History of Painting But let no one think to know all its beauty until he has penetrated to the little chapel and stood before Mantegna's S. Sebastian, that great simple work of art by an intellectual master. A Wanderer in Venice Andrea Mantegna had his home at Mantua, except when he was called to Rome to paint for the Pope, Innocent VIII. The Old Masters and Their Pictures For the Use of Schools and Learners in Art Nobody calls Mantegna a pedant nowadays; yet one might say against him most of the things that have been said against Poussin. Essays on Art Many soldiers are introduced, some of whom closely resemble the tall men-at-arms in Mantegna's frescoes at Padua. Donatello, by Lord Balcarres There was an influence upon Mantegna of Venetian color, and upon the Bellinis of Paduan line. A Text-Book of the History of Painting Mantegna is here with a S. George, which I reproduce on the opposite page. A Wanderer in Venice One of his sons painted with his father, and, after Andrea Mantegna's death, completed some of his pictures. The Old Masters and Their Pictures For the Use of Schools and Learners in Art But Mantegna lived in a century that we like, and Poussin in one that we dislike. Essays on Art A department of Rossetti's verse consists of sonnets written for pictures, pictures by Botticelli, Mantegna, Giorgione, Burne-Jones, and others, and in many cases by himself, and giving thus a double rendering of the same invention. A History of English Romanticism in the Nineteenth Century But, all at once, he came across a copy that Chaine had made at the Louvre, a Mantegna, which was marvellously exact in its dryness. His Masterpiece Opposite, above the south door, is a frieze of fighting Tritons—horsed sea deities pounding one another with bunches of fish and splashing the water, in Mantegna's spirit. Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, First Series Another of Mantegna's best pictures is in distemper—in which, and on fresco, Mantegna chiefly painted,—and is in the Louvre, Paris. The Old Masters and Their Pictures For the Use of Schools and Learners in Art To-day, moreover, crowning the composition, there was the delicate pungency of the holly that topped the Queen Anne mirror and the Mantegna prints. A Christmas Garland She was a statuette in biscuit after a design by Andrea Mantegna. Muslin Those grim gaunt frescoes of Mantegna looked down on her as she lay stretched upon her bier, solemn and calm, and, but for pallor, beautiful as though in life. Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, Second Series The painter Mantegna, whom the Marquis invited from Padua, passed his whole life here, painting for the Marquis in the palaces and churches. Italian Journeys A beautiful Madonna of Mantegna's, still later in time, is in the National Gallery. The Old Masters and Their Pictures For the Use of Schools and Learners in Art Milton and Mantegna were intellectual artists: it may be doubted whether Caravaggio and Rostand were artists at all. Since Cézanne Certainly Moreau studied Bellini, Mantegna, and Da Vinci without ever attaining the freedom and distinction of any of them. Promenades of an Impressionist It is obvious that inspiration was derived from the Triumphs of Mantegna, then already so widely popularised by numerous engravings. The Earlier Work of Titian Mantegna painted an altar-piece for it, representing the Marquis and his wife on their knees before the Virgin, in act of rendering her thanks for the victory. Italian Journeys Meanwhile Sir Charles Eastlake has obtained a picture by Mantegna, and another by Bellini, both of which rank very high among the works of these masters, and both in excellent condition. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 01, No. 06, April, 1858 Livy was a native, as also Andrea Mantegna. The Nuttall Encyclopædia Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge His religious subjects are Hellenised, not after Mantegna's sterner and more inflexible method, but like those of a philosophic Athenian who has read and comprehended Dante. Promenades of an Impressionist Squarcione, though often fantastic, has painted one or two of these Madonnas, remarkable for simplicity and dignity, as also his pupil Mantegna; though in both the style of execution is somewhat hard and cold. Legends of the Madonna as Represented in the Fine Arts He at San Zenone seemed never to have met with real friends till we expressed pleasure in the magnificent Mantegna, which is the pride of his church. Italian Journeys The title of originality is due rather to Padua, the birthplace of Mantegna, or to Parma, the city of Correggio, whose works display independence of either Florentine or Venetian traditions. Renaissance in Italy Volume 3 The Fine Arts Mantegna seems to be graving steel or cutting into marble. The Life of Michelangelo Buonarroti Mr. Symonds, speaking of that great picture of Mantegna’s, now in Hampton Court, says that the artist has converted an antiquarian motive into a theme for melodies of line. Intentions There is something exceedingly grand, and, at the same time, exceedingly fantastic and poetical, in the whole arrangement; and besides its beauty and historical importance, it is the most important work of Andrea Mantegna. Legends of the Madonna as Represented in the Fine Arts In the pictures of Raphael, Paul Veronese, and Dominiquin, and in the "Triumph of Caesar" by Mantegna, representations of dwarfs are found, as well as in other earlier pictures representing Court events. Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine In his old age Mantegna fell into pecuniary difficulties, and had to part with his collection. Renaissance in Italy Volume 3 The Fine Arts Even Mantegna's influence was probably less the effect of a personal affinity than that through him a power streamed direct from the antique dawn. Albert Durer His temples had that fine, hard clarity which is seen in Mantegna, an almost jewel-like quality. Twilight in Italy Andrea Mantegna, though a fantastic painter, had generally some meaning in his fancies. Legends of the Madonna as Represented in the Fine Arts And Mantegna makes other distinctions in the field common to both of them. Earthwork out of Tuscany Being Impressions and Translations of Maurice Hewlett The supreme quality of Mantegna was studied purity of outline, severe and heightened style. Renaissance in Italy Volume 3 The Fine Arts Again, Mantegna is not so dependent on line as Dürer--nearly the whole of whose surface is produced by hatching with the brush point. Albert Durer As she did so she made grimaces, absurd grimaces of pain and misery, like those on the faces of the two women in Mantegna's picture of Christ and the Marys in the Brera at Milan. The Woman with the Fan A very perfect example of these victorious Madonnas exists in a celebrated picture by Andrea Mantegna. Legends of the Madonna as Represented in the Fine Arts Thus it had, for Mantegna, an unique emotional habit which set it off from other vice and gave it a positive, appreciable, æsthetic value of its own. Earthwork out of Tuscany Being Impressions and Translations of Maurice Hewlett As Landor is distinguished by concentration above all the English poets who have made trial of the classic Muse, so Mantegna holds a place apart among Italian painters because of his stern Roman self-control. Renaissance in Italy Volume 3 The Fine Arts Yet the fact that Dürer missed coming into contact not only with Mantegna but with Titian, Leonardo, Raphael, Michael Angelo, is indeed the saddest fact in regard to his life. Albert Durer But tears fall from the eyes of Mantegna's women and no tears fell from Lady Holme's eyes. The Woman with the Fan A strange theory, for which I find no authority, even if I extend my inquiry as far back as Mantegna and Botticelli. Modern Painting I greatly prefer a canvas by Botticelli, Mantegna, El Greco or Velázquez to a modern picture. Youth and Egolatry Mantegna accepted the invitation; but numerous engagements prevented him from transferring his household from Padua to Mantua until the year 1460. Renaissance in Italy Volume 3 The Fine Arts We can well believe that he felt it in Mantegna's case. Albert Durer No doubt, to judge by some old pictures such as those of the renowned Mantegna, there must have been a time when men thought long hair in children rather beautiful than otherwise. Old Calabria There is a little dark fellow in the Brera at Milan whose zeal in displaying the merits of Mantegna's foreshortened Christ is as unforgettable as a striking piece of character-acting in a theatre. A Wanderer in Florence Pupil of Mantegna When Correggio was a little boy, he lived in the odour of spices, which were kept upon his father's shop-shelves. Pictures Every Child Should Know A Selection of the World's Art Masterpieces for Young People Therefore he wrote to Francesco, Marquis of Mantua, requesting that he might avail himself of Mantegna's skill. Renaissance in Italy Volume 3 The Fine Arts The nobly serious character of San Zenone is deepened by its single picture—a masterpiece of the most serious of painters, the severe and exquisite Mantegna. Italian Hours She seemed to him purged, as a Greek statue, of all life's grossness; and as the women of Botticelli and Mantegna she seemed to him to live in a long afternoon of unchanging aspiration. Celibates Against the shimmering glory of Spring sunshine streaming down upon her, head and throat were outlined like those of haloed martyrs that Mantegna and Sodoma left as imperishable types of patient suffering. At the Mercy of Tiberius And by doing what may we again get Bellinis and Andrea Mantegnas as in old time? Alps and Sanctuaries of Piedmont and the Canton Ticino Accordingly he dubbed Mantegna knight, and sent him to Rome. Renaissance in Italy Volume 3 The Fine Arts But before we left the Mantegna he pressed my arm and gave it a loving look. The Madonna of the Future As to the designs in wood, quaint in their vigorous effort to be classical, they have been attributed to Mantegna, to Bellini, and other artists. The Library It would be interesting to compare Signorelli's treatment of the antique with Mantegna's or Botticelli's. Renaissance in Italy Volume 3 The Fine Arts But the rhythmic procession of Mantegna, modulated to the sound of flutes and soft recorders, carries our imagination back to the best days and strength of Rome. Renaissance in Italy Volume 3 The Fine Arts When Lomazzo assigned emblems to the chief painters of the Renaissance, he gave to Michael Angelo the dragon of contemplation, and to Mantegna the serpent of sagacity. Renaissance in Italy Volume 3 The Fine Arts With regard to the circumstances of Mantegna's biography, it may be said briefly that, though of humble birth, he spent the greater portion of his life at Court and in the service of princes. Renaissance in Italy Volume 3 The Fine Arts With this view he offered Mantegna a salary of fifteen ducats a month, together with lodging, corn, and fuel—provided the painter would place his talents at his service. Renaissance in Italy Volume 3 The Fine Arts The chapel painted in fresco for Innocent was ruthlessly destroyed by Pius VI.; and thus the world has lost one of Mantegna's masterpieces, executed while his genius was at its zenith. Renaissance in Italy Volume 3 The Fine Arts This distinguishes him in the arabesques at Orvieto alike from Mantegna and Michael Angelo, from Correggio and Raphael, from Titian and Paolo Veronese. Renaissance in Italy Volume 3 The Fine Arts It is as though Mantegna had been called to paint a people turned to stone, arrested suddenly amid their various occupations, and preserved for centuries from injury in some Egyptian solitude of dewless sand. Renaissance in Italy Volume 3 The Fine Arts Sandro Botticelli was not a great painter in the same sense as Andrea Mantegna. Renaissance in Italy Volume 3 The Fine Arts From his studio issued the mighty Andrea Mantegna, whose life-work, one of the most weighty moments in the history of modern art, will be noticed at length in the next chapter. Renaissance in Italy Volume 3 The Fine Arts If Mantegna had passed away in early manhood, like Masaccio, his fame would have been that of a cold and calculating genius labouring after an ideal unrealised except in its dry formal elements. Renaissance in Italy Volume 3 The Fine Arts In compositions of this type, studied after bas-reliefs and friezes, Mantegna displayed a power that was unique. Renaissance in Italy Volume 3 The Fine Arts From that date onwards to 1506, when he died, Mantegna remained attached to the Gonzaga family serving three Marquises in succession, and adorning their palaces, chapels, and country-seats with frescoes now, alas! almost entirely ruined. Renaissance in Italy Volume 3 The Fine Arts Mantegna, a few miles distant, at Padua, was working out his ideal of severely classical design. Renaissance in Italy Volume 3 The Fine Arts The drawing has obvious Lionardesque qualities; but how far it may be from the character of the original we can guess by Rubens' transcript from Mantegna. Renaissance in Italy Volume 3 The Fine Arts |
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