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Battle of the Sea Gods (Right portion of a frieze)

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Andrea Mantegna (Italian, Isola di Carturo 1430/31–1506 Mantua)

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Printmaking in woodcut and engraving came to Northern Italy within a few decades of their invention north of the Alps. Engraving probably came first to Florence in the 1440s, the goldsmith Maso Finiguerra (1426–64) used the technique. Italian engraving caught the very early Renaissance, 1460–1490. Print copying was a widely accepted practice, as well as copying of paintings viewed as images in their own right.

Early Renaissance or Quattrocento (Italian mille quattrocento, or 1400) refers to the 15th century in Florentine art. Extraordinary wealth was accumulated in Florence among a growing middle and upper class of merchants and bankers. Florence saw itself as a city-state where the freedom of the individual was guaranteed, and where a significant share of residents had the right to participate in the government. In 1400 Florence was engaged in a struggle with the Duke of Milan. Then, between 1408 and 1414 again, by the King of Naples. Both died before they could conquer Florence. In 1425 Florence won the war against Milan. The Florentine interpreted these victories as signs of God's favor and imagined themselves as the "New Rome". In this new optimistic and wealthy environment, Florentine artists immersed themselves in studies of the humanities, architecture, philosophy, theology, mathematics, science, and design. They spurred a rejuvenation of the glories of classical art in line with the humanistic and individualistic tendencies of the contemporary era. Quattrocento was followed by the High Renaissance, North European Renaissance, Mannerism, and Baroque periods. Unlike the previous proto-renaissances, the innovations that emerged in Florence would go on to cause reverberations in Italy and Northern Europe, which continue to influence culture until today.

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1485 - 1487
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Italian Prints

Set of random Italian prints from NYPL collection

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Early Italian Renaissance
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Metropolitan Museum of Art
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http://www.metmuseum.org/
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An aerial view of a portion of the base, showing the main runway and hangar area. The 20th Tactical Fighter Wing, U.S. Air Force Europe (USAFE), and the 42nd Electronic Combat Squadron, USAFE, are based at Upper Heyford

North Anna River, Virginia. View of log bridge at Quarles' mill. Where a portion of the 5th Corps under General Warren had to cross and carry the enemy's line of works on the crest of the hill

Oso, Wash., May 19, 2014 -- Almost two months after the SR 530 slide, the view from the base of the collapsed hillside shows a portion of the area affected. The slide area measures 315 acres

people from "The Triumphs of Gods Revenge against the Crying and Execrable Sin of ... Murther ... The seventh ... edition. Whereunto are added ... copper plates"

Henri IV. délibére sur son futur mariage / Rubens, pinxit ; I.M. Nattier, delineavit ; I. Audran, scupsit.

[Sketch of the southeastern portion of Rockingham County, Va.].

Swampy section in the Polk County portion of Big Thicket National Preserve, a U.S. Park Service area set aside to protect plants and wildlife in the marshy Big Thicket, a heavily forested corner of Southeast Texas

[Design drawing for mural showing Saint Anthony in habit with symbols for Saint Anthony of Padua School in Brooklyn, New York]

Andrea Mantegna - Cornelis Cort - The Calumny of Apelles

Neptune and Amphitrite in marriage cart

The Vision of Ezekiel; a group of corpses and skeletons emerging out of tombs, above them five winged putti holding a banderole

Andrea Mantegna - The Triumph of Julius Caesar

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andrea mantegna engraving prints battle sea gods sea gods portion frieze 15th century italian art high resolution ultra high resolution mantua padua renaissance early renaissance quattrocento metropolitan museum of art medieval art italian renaissance apennine peninsula