Ashtin Charles- Andrea Mantegna

Andrea Mantegna was an Italian Renaissance artist during the 15th century. Similar to other artists of his time, Mantegna also played with perspective in his pieces. His style was to lower the horizon line so that the objects in his works would appear to be larger.

I particularly like how he was able to capture a sense of looking up into the sky from down below. Mantegna also studied Roman archaeology, which would explain the influence of most of his works. Also, there are cherubs playing around this structure and the sky provides a nice backdrop. The sense of illusion was well developed in this piece.