SON OF TWO FATHERS – THE RENAISSANCE – MANTUA – ANDREA MANTEGNA – VIRTUOSO OF SPACE
ANDREA MANTEGNA’S HOUSE IN MANTUA: Andrea Mantegna, the court painter to the Gonzagas of Mantua, had a talent for conjuring magical spaces out of square boxes – his “bridal chamber” – or camera picta – in Mantua’s Ducal Palace, with its trompe-l’œil oculus, is one example, creating as it does a complex sense of space, …
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