View of the Sistine Chapel (Rome) Left: Present-day view Below: Reconstruction drawing of the interior of the time of Sixtus IV
Perugino. Christ Delivering the Keys to the Kingdom (Sistine Chapel, Rome) , fresco
Perugino/ expression of the church’s authority in a classical setting/ Sixtus IV/ action in the middle ground
Botticelli’s Punishment of Korah
Perugino. Baptism of Christ, (Sistine Chapel, Rome) , fresco
Andrea Mantegna. Camera degli Sposi, 1474, frescoes
Andrea Mantegna/ portraits of Roman emperors
Camera degli Sposi/ di sotto in su/ putti/ peacock
Ludovico Gonzaga and his family/ life at the court of Mantua/ Vittorino da Feltre and the “uomo universale”/ a family of deformities/ the mystery of the letter
Andrea Mantegna. Saint Sebastian, 1450s-1470s.
Andrea Mantegna. Dead Christ, c. 1501, tempera on canvas foreshortening/ emphasis on Christ’s wounds
Andrea Mantegna. St. James Led to Martyrdom, from the Ovetari Chapel (Padua), c (now destroyed) St. James/ interest in the archeological past/ challenging problems of perspective
Andrea Mantegna. Parnassus, c , tempera on canvas