Andrea Mantegna
1431-1506
Mantengna's Mini Biography
Andrea Mantegna was born in Isola Carturo Italy in 1431. He was a magnificent painter and engraver during the Renaissance. His adopted Father Francesco Squarcione taught him how to paint at a young age. As a result, at age seventeen he was enrolled on the painters' roll for Padua. Mantegna spent most of his life traveling around northern Italy. He ventured to Rome when Innocent the VIII called him forth to paint the chapel along with the other greats at the time, Giovanni d'Alemagna, Antonio Vivarini, and Niccolo Pizzolo in 1448. Later on he was made the court painter for Lodovico Gonzaga and moved to Mantua in 1459. Andrea Mantegna died in the year of 1506 in Mantua Italy, having spent most of his life in Padua but his final years in Mantua. Having inventing the method of foreshortening, and gifting the world with his many works of art such as, Assumption, Dead Christ, and Martydroms of Saint James and Christopher, he has successfully left his fingerprint on the world of art.
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Perspectivism is shown because vanish point and three dimensional aspects are added into his paintings and engravings.
Classicism is revealed in his art work through symmetry and mathematical ratios in columns and arches, attention to form and detail in the background or on the peoples's clothes. His artworks are also sometimes influenced by the past when they are religious.
The Virgin of Victory / Madonna of Victory
The 411 on this Master Piece
About: The painting displayed above, The Virgin of Victory, shows the Virgin Mary sitting on a throne holding the infant Jesus Christ. There are a couple people bowing down to worship him, some are seated on the bottom on the throne. There are decorations of red and green surrounding the room and dome where Mary and the baby Jesus are sitting. The decorations are most likely Christmas decorations because red, green, and gold are colors related with christmas, and there is a gold cross in the background. Angels and knight like figures surround Marry and the child, giving the painting a religious glow.
Importance: This piece is significant because the man bowing down to Mary is Francesco Gonzaga, Mantegna was his protege at the time. This was supposed to show how Gonzaga was paying home page to Mary, asking for forgiveness of his sins.
My Opinion (The only opinion)
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Citations
"Andrea Mantegna." Almanac of Famous People. Gale, 2011. Biography in Context. Web. 30 Nov. 2015.
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"Andrea Mantegna." International Dictionary of Art and Artists. Gale, 1990. Biography in Context. Web. 30 Nov. 2015.
"Andrea Mantegna." Merriam Webster's Biographical Dictionary. Springfield, MA: Merriam-Webster, 1995. Biography in Context. Web. 30 Nov. 2015.
Mantegna, A. (1496) The Virgin of Victory (Accessed: 1 December 2015).
Mantegna, A. (1496) The virgin of victory (the Madonna and child Enthroned with Six saints and adored by Gian Francesco II Gonzaga) - Andrea Mantegna. .