Andrea Mantegna
By Nolan Raike
Biography
Triumphs of Caesar
- Finished in 1505
- painted on canvas
- one of 9 large paintings
Lamination of Christ
- Finished in 1480
- painted on canvas
- 68cm x 81cm
Christ as the Suffering Redeemer
- Finished in 1500
- Painted on panel
- 78cm x 48cm
Saint Sebastain
Created in 1480, the painting "Saint Sebastian" by Andrea Mantegna, is a wonderful masterpiece that stands 255cm x 140 cm on canvas and is currently housed in a world renowned Parisian museum, Musée du Louvre. The piece features a three dimensional presence with a lower prospective giving the saint a larger than life profile compared to the men in the lower right hand corner of the art work. In the piece Mantegna depicts a saint killed and now preparing to ascend to heaven. The man shown has his head and eyes looking toward heaven, as he slowly dies from the wounds left by his religious prosecutors. The men in the bottom corner of the painting give the main character a larger than life persona as he leans, helpless, against the arch, which is left in ruins along with the city behind him. The artwork displaces an excellent use of perspective, by the three dimensional figures as well as the lower perspective, and classicism, shown by the arch that the saint leans against as well as the roman style city in the background. My personal fondness of the painting stems from seeing the painting first hand in Musée du Louvre, as well as it being one of my favorite pieces of artwork.
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