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ANDREAMANTEGNA

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Dj" in Mantua

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(tlmil) (14 7 1_74)

Th< [m«l< in ,b, C. Ill'"'' deg~ Spos; (bridal ,bllmhff) af'b. dJuaJ pala" in

Mantua ilY' rrriking <"il1l1p/"offf,,,,,,b-c<nrury ;UW;"";,,,"

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hen Andrea ,'hnteg'" waS" dli:Clsrdlttlt""in!lu""",()fD(ln,.cD(~~l<wh(.n

Jumg Ill'n, thITe w.s huge ho:"ntt:wo.-!",I"'''''''I''''-"Jlti"".

in.c"", .ruund the nnnh It.lian ,\ lantcgn.·s m.jot dill lay in his uSC of

cit}' of P.du. in ,he c"lkcrjon .nd study of illusionist pCrSpccri"1: 1.o,h for ~"I:g,,)und

Rom.n.miqui'ilS.M.megn.ln{· ... m.nyof,he oc,ion and l",dground sccnery. Thc priml:

uni"'rSi,y sch,~.rS and .ntiqu.ri.ns im',~,' .... J in cx.ml~c is his f",sc" p.in,ing in thl: Cil"'"il

this ",ork .nd ",hot he lc:im,,1 from thcm he tkgli "''p'''':, M.nt"", ... hich insp,r,,1 R~phad .nd

f""",<:ndy "1",,,lu,,,,d through his.n C O'-'''ggio .nd the wo.-k of thc b~roquc ma"crS.

In turn, his painting< Ji:...1. growing in",,,,,,, in The StZ('n""lt:t'pic",, in \hon:t is.nother fine

the rL~i,'al of da5<iC11 ~lnns. ThnJuh<hout his example. The 'poti.1 con'truc,i"n of the

C1""-,. he m.de fn:..qucnt Il.f"",,,,,,, ttl R","arK'}ic I'" inted hall in which the ,\ I"~)nn:t is di'pI1)',,1

In<.",~cl', a.s!.,,,,,·n "ith C.e.<:t, himselfin the .,pic fits the .ctu.1 frame, ",hich itself sinH.!' tt" the

suitt:, the Triu"'ph </C",-,",r. ,\ lann:gna's ""'~1tur11 front of a tt:ml~e.