that we may best seethe range and quality of Mantegnas art, his realistic simplicity,his mastery of action, his dignity of composition, and themonumental character of his figures, which might, indeed, allbe portraits. Nor is it only in his figures—his children aredelicious—that he shows himself to… … MARTYRDOM OF S. CRISTOFOROANDREA MANTEGNA(I-retnitaiii, Padita ) PADUA 257 mastery of expression, are equally splendid as decoration.They fill the chapel with the spaciousness of the sky, with thefine proportions of great palaces, the splendour of great arches,and yet not for a moment do we wish a…
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