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Presentation at the Temple (1460), Cardinal Trevisan (1459-60) & St George (1460). The Portrait came about when the Pope commissioned Mantegna to paint the Cardinal who was part of the Council of Mantua (1459). The Council sought to rally Europeans against the Ottomans

Squarcione taught him Latin & he was open to Florentine influences. The two split when Mantegna turned 17. Drawing (c1450), St Bernardine (1450). Despite their break Squarcione imbued in his student a commitment to placing contemporary art in the context of the Roman antique

Thread: Andrea Mantegna (c1431-1506) was an Italian Renaissance painter & antiquarian. His work linked modern painting with Roman antiquity. Oculus, Camera degli Sposi (1465-74), Madonna & Child (c1455) & Portrait of a Man (c1470). He is one of my favourite artists

Initially the painter was interested in depicting the real life of peasants. In Three Pairs of Shoes (1886-7) he shows their labours & in The Potato Eaters (1885) a repast. In Skull with a Burning Cigarette (1885) he hints at his own mental & physical health struggles

Botticelli was considered decadent in the 19th C. Indeed Wilde was one of his promoters. Conservative society was uncomfortable with the nudity, the beautiful youths & indeed the suppressed emotion. Today, it is for these reasons he is loved.

Lamentation over the Dead Christ (c1490) is a powerful image of grief. In this work the painter puts every ounce of his faith into one image. The painting confronts us with both the belief & the genius of the Italian artist.

When he turns to painting his favoured young men he gives us not just beauty but also likenesses. Rarely does he combine a portrait with truth & beauty unless it’s a young man. Portrait of a Young Man (c1483, c1483 & c1485)

His portraits of women lack the veracity of his men. They are presented in almost heraldic form. Allegory of Abundance (1480-5), Portrait of a Young Woman (c1480) & Young Woman (1480-5)

Fortitude (1470). He did however create images that were not religious. These were for sophisticated patrons who were interested in the new learning & the awareness of the ancients that characterised the Renaissance.

The artist, wealthy, successful & admired by royalty died in 1904, aged 87. Love & Life (1904), Prometheus (1904) & Study for Hyperion (nd). A restoration project on his more imaginative work is called for!