Andrea Mantegna facts for kids
Quick facts for kids
Andrea Mantegna
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St. Sebastian, 1480; panel; Musée du Louvre
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Andrea Mantegna
c. 1431 Isola di Carturo, Venetian Republic, now Italy
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| Died | September 13, 1506 (aged 74–75) Mantua, now Italy
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| Nationality | Italian |
| Education | Francesco Squarcione |
| Known for | Painting, fresco |
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Notable work
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St. Sebastian Camera degli Sposi The Agony in the Garden |
| Movement | Italian Renaissance |
Andrea Mantegna ( c. 1431 – September 13, 1506) was an Italian painter, a student of Roman archeology, and son-in-law of Jacopo Bellini. Like other artists of the time, Mantegna experimented with perspective, e.g. by lowering the horizon in order to create a sense of greater monumentality. His flinty, metallic landscapes and somewhat stony figures give evidence of a fundamentally sculptural approach to painting. He also led a workshop that was the leading producer of prints in Venice before 1500.
Images for kids
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St. Sebastian, 1480; panel; Musée du Louvre
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The Agony in the Garden (left panel of the predella of the San Zeno Altarpiece, 1455) National Gallery, London is the pinnacle of Mantegna's early style.
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Judith and Holofernes, by Andrea Mantegna or possibly Giulio Campagnola, c. 1495
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The Madonna of the Cherubim (1485).
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The Virgin Mary in Andrea Mantegna's San Zeno Altarpiece combines pseudo-Arabic halos and garment hems, with an Oriental carpet at her feet (1456–1459).
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The Lamentation over the Dead Christ Tempera on canvas, 68×81 cm, 1490; Pinacoteca di Brera, Milan.
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