MARTINEAU (Jane), ed. Andrea Mantegna. - Lot 204

MARTINEAU (Jane), ed. Andrea Mantegna. London - New York, Royal Academy of Arts - The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Olivetti/Electa, 1992. Large quarto, publisher’s hardcover with illustrated dust jacket. An important catalog published on the occasion of the major retrospective exhibition dedicated to Andrea Mantegna, edited by Jane Martineau, with contributions by Suzanne Boorsch, Keith Christiansen, David Ekserdjian, Charles Hope, and David Landau, among others. A richly illustrated reference work in black-and-white and color, bringing together Mantegna’s paintings, drawings, and graphic works. The essays situate the artist within the artistic context of Padua and Mantua and analyze, in particular, his appreciation for antiquity, his explorations of perspective, and his influence on the Italian Renaissance. Numerous full-page reproductions and an extensive catalog of the works on display. A good copy; some scuffing and signs of wear on the dust jacket.

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