Mantegna's Lamentation of Christ
c. 1480 · Work
The dead Christ seen feet-first on a marble slab, in brutal foreshortening, with the mourners crowded at the edge — one of the most startling images of the Renaissance.
On these timelines: Painting & Sculpture, Renaissance, Arts and Thoughts, Master, Italy (post-476 CE)
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