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Death of the Virgin Mantegna (1 feb 1462 anni – 1 feb 1464 anni)

Descrizione:

Associated with Mantegna's first commissions in Mantova is the Death of the Virgin
- ↳ it suposedly had a smaller panel on top and we are not sure if this was also part of the
decoration of the family chapel
- In the background Mantgena creates this landscape of Mantova, with the bridge of San
Giorgio → this shows that Mantgena is broadening his view of landscape and is adopting a
higher view as Bellini and flemish art did
- ↳ The Death of the Virgin gives us the most beautiful “portrait” ever realized of the town of
Mantua, with its bridge San Giorgio, and the rivers and lakes formed by the River Mincio.
- Also, the figures are rended more naturalistic and the draperies appear a little bit softer and
the colors have more light → we see how Mantegna is experimenting with light and color
- ↳ the colors are more evident in comparison with Mantegna's previous works
- L’episodio è raccontato come nel testo di un Vangelo apocrifo → The Virgin summoned the
apostles. All attended to her call except for Saint Thomas, who was preaching in India. The
image shows Mary´s last earthly moment in a composition modelled on a mosaic in San
Marco, Venice, designed by Andrea del Castagno.
- ↳ The setting of the scene in a vaulted room, taken from drawings by Jacopo Bellini, is also of
Venetian origin.
- → skilled contrast of horizontals (the window and the Virgin´s deathbed) and verticals (the
apostles and the pilasters)
- →its mastery of perspective
- → the individualisation of the visages of the apostles
- → accomplished treatment of the landscape

Aggiunto al nastro di tempo:

Data:

1 feb 1462 anni
1 feb 1464 anni
~ 2 years

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