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kentauris ([personal profile] kentauris) wrote2010-03-11 05:28 pm

Божественная буча

Божественный Андреа Мантенья в 1475 году нарисовал и лично награвировал бучу морских братцев...
collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1056077/print/





The subject of this print is thought to be artistic envy, with the sea-gods being the race of Telchines, who were sculptors and associated with envy in ancient texts. The hag's name is Invidia, (Latin for envy). Mantegna was interested in the antique and visited Roman remains, incorporating the imagery into his work. By 1476 he is known to have owned a sketchbook of 'antique sculpture, of which most are battles of centaurs, fauns, satyrs..'.





Ср. с аналогичным рисунком Дюрера: kentauris.livejournal.com/218933.html
Либо у них был один источник, либо Альбрехт срисовал у Андреа.

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