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Mantegna

[ mahn-te-nyah ]

noun

  1. An·dre·a [ahn-, dre, -ah], 1431–1506, Italian painter and engraver.


Mantegna

/ manˈtɛɲɲa /

noun

  1. MantegnaAndrea14311506MItalianARTS AND CRAFTS: painterARTS AND CRAFTS: engraver Andrea (anˈdrɛːa). 1431–1506, Italian painter and engraver, noted esp for his frescoes, such as those in the Ducal Palace, Mantua


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Other drawings, by artists such as Mantegna, are shown next to the print derived from them.

It is impossible to overrate the historical importance of the juxtaposition of this work of Mantegna with that of Correggio.

Mantegna is here with a S. George, which I reproduce on the opposite page.

But Mantegna lived in a century that we like, and Poussin in one that we dislike.

But after Mantegna the learning of Padua must be traced not in native painters, but in its influence on other schools.

There is no attempt either in the Bellini or in the Mantegna to win our sympathy by the beauty of the human type.

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