The cathedrals and churches of northern Italy (1907)
Bumpus, T. Francis (Thomas Francis), 1861-1916 · London, T. W. Laurie · leaf 207
ing attained independence, and few painters have leftstronger or more beneficial efFeds upon contemporary artthan Mantegna. Not a school in Italy remained untouchedby his influence. Padua possesses the earliest dated work of Mantegna,the fresco representing SS. Antonio and Bernardino overthe… … PADUA front given by Niccola Pisano to his extraordinary creation—a front in which everything is sacrificed to breadth ofcffcA—that perfeftion of technique, mastery of perspe<3:iveand plasticity of modelling which distinguishes Mantegnasworks throughout. The fadt that when only twenty-fourhe was…
Church architecture · Cathedrals
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