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Trompe L’oeil : Mantegna’s Ceiling Masterpiece of di sotto in su’ Illusion

Andrea Mantegna, Oculus, c. 1465-1474, Camera degli Sposi, Palazzo Ducale, Mantova (Mantua)

Text by Vincent DeLuise Author, Educator, Musician at amusicalvision.blogspot.com, Cultural Ambassador, Waterbury Symphony Orchestra Artist Andrea Mantegna Title Oculus Year c. 1465-1474 Medium fresco Dimensions diameter: 270 cm (106.2 in)  Location Palazzo Ducale, Mantua What a wonder of the Rinascimento is this ceiling!…

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Ancient Dionysian Frescoes Unearthed in Pompeii Reveal Secrets of Roman Rituals

The Dionysian fresco, at the house of Thiasos, was unearthed from a banquet hall amid excavations to Insula 10 Regio IX in Pompeii. (all images courtesy Parco Archeologico di Pompei)

In the heart of Pompeii, the ancient city frozen in time by Mount Vesuvius’s catastrophic eruption in 79 AD, a remarkable discovery has come to light. Archaeologists have unearthed a series of nearly life-sized frescoes that shed new light on…

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Roman fresco, Flora, 1st century AD

Roman fresco, Flora, 1st century AD, from Stabiae, Villa of Arianna, Naples, National Archaeological Museum.

Imagine stepping into the ancient world, where art and daily life were seamlessly intertwined. One such captivating piece from this era is the Roman fresco of Flora, dating back to the 1st century AD. This exquisite artwork offers a window…

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  • Antonio López, Maria, 1972
    María in Pencil – Antonio López’s Portrait of Childhood and Time
  • Andrea Mantegna, Oculus, c. 1465-1474, Camera degli Sposi, Palazzo Ducale, Mantova (Mantua)
    Trompe L’oeil : Mantegna’s Ceiling Masterpiece of di sotto in su’ Illusion
  • J. M. W. Turner, Peace - Burial at Sea, 1842
    Turner’s “Peace – Burial at Sea”- A Painter’s Farewell to a Friend
  • Otto Dix, Portrait of a Prisoner of War, 1945, oil and tempera on cardboard, 82.5 x 67.5 cm, Unterlinden Museum, Colmar
    Otto Dix, Portrait of a Prisoner of War. The survival morphing into memory.
  • Nicolas de Staël, Portrait d'Anne, 1953
    Nicolas de Staël, Portrait d’Anne, 1953
  • Alberto Giacometti - The Chariot, 1950
    Alberto Giacometti – The Chariot, 1950
  • Jean-Michel Basquiat, Moses and the Egyptians, 1982, Guggenheim, Bilbao
    Jean-Michel Basquiat ‘Moses and the Egyptians’- Race, Power, and Liberation
  • Robert Morris, Untitled (1965, reconstructed 1971), Tate
    Minimalist sculpture by Robert Morris, Untitled,1965
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Katsushika Hokusai, Nichiren Shonin Writing on the Katsushika Hokusai, Nichiren Shonin Writing on the Waves, detail, 1835 - 1845, ink on paper
Winslow Homer, Deer Drinking, detail, 1892, waterc Winslow Homer, Deer Drinking, detail, 1892, watercolor, Yale University Art Gallery
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Clown, 1886 - 1887 Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Clown, 1886 - 1887
Vincent van Gogh, Head of a Skeleton with a Burnin Vincent van Gogh, Head of a Skeleton with a Burning Cigarette, 1886
Otto Dix, Hugo Erfurth with Dog, detail, 1926, M Otto Dix, Hugo Erfurth with Dog, detail, 1926, Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid
Joan Miró, Birds, 1972 Joan Miró, Birds, 1972
Paul Klee, Sexual Erkenntnis eines Knaben, 1918, Z Paul Klee, Sexual Erkenntnis eines Knaben, 1918, Zentrum Paul Klee
Lucian Freud, Eli and David, detail, 2005 - 2006 Lucian Freud, Eli and David, detail, 2005 - 2006
Edgar Degas, Landscape with Smokestacks, detail, c Edgar Degas, Landscape with Smokestacks, detail, c. 1890, pastel, over monotype
Hieronymus Bosch, Christ Mocked (The Crowning with Hieronymus Bosch, Christ Mocked (The Crowning with Thorns), detail, c 1510
James Ensor, Skeletons Fighting Over a Hanged Man, James Ensor, Skeletons Fighting Over a Hanged Man, detail, 1891
Pablo Picasso, Woman in a blue beret sitting in a Pablo Picasso, Woman in a blue beret sitting in a gray armchair, red sleeves, detail, 1937
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