Project Gutenberg 2025-07-11 Public domain in the USA. 255 Cartwright, Julia 1851 1924 Ady, Julia Mary Cartwright Ady, Mrs. Henry Mantegna and Francia Andrea Mantegna; Francesco Raibolini, called Francia $aNew York :$bScribner and Welford, $c1881. Illustrated biographies of the great artists Ginirover and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net "Mantegna and Francia" by Julia Cartwright is an illustrated art-historical biography written in the late 19th century. It traces the lives, works, and influence of the Renaissance painters Andrea Mantegna and Francesco Francia, setting their art within the culture, patrons, and workshops of Northern and Central Italy. The opening of the book focuses on Mantegna: it sketches the rise of the Paduan school, his training under Squarcione, and the bold innovations of his Eremitani frescoes—sculptural forms, exacting perspective, classical detail, and close study of nature—shaped by Donatello, Paolo Uccello, and his ties to the Bellini family. It follows his move to Mantua, key commissions such as the San Zeno altarpiece, the Uffizi triptych, the celebrated St. Sebastian and Dead Christ, and the courtly portraits and illusionistic oculus of the Camera degli Sposi. Letters reveal Gonzaga patronage and the artist’s irascible temperament, alongside his major Roman venture (now lost) and his engravings, which extend his range from sacred drama to classical themes. A detailed account of the Triumphs of Julius Caesar highlights his learned classicism, rhythmic composition, and refined colour. The narrative then surveys late works—the Parnassus and Wisdom over the Vices, the Madonna della Vittoria, other altarpieces and drawings, and an unrealized Virgil monument—before turning to his final years: mounting debts, family troubles, yet undimmed invention in works like the later St. Sebastian and the Triumph of Scipio, ending with him seeking aid from Isabella d’Este. (This is an automatically generated summary.) 20141017211756cartwright 1881 US Reading ease score: 54.1 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read. en Painters -- Italy -- Biography Mantegna, Andrea, 1431-1506 Francia, Francesco, approximately 1450-1517 ND Text Category: Biographies Category: History - Early Modern (c. 1450-1750) Category: Art 327808 2025-07-30T08:22:22.830587 text/html 293438 2025-07-11T19:35:29 text/html 2675830 2025-07-30T08:22:31.314550 application/epub+zip 2673561 2025-07-30T08:22:24.970576 application/epub+zip 235842 2025-07-30T08:22:23.735617 application/epub+zip 2871220 2025-07-30T08:22:36.012503 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 2838039 2025-07-30T08:22:30.325545 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 253985 2025-07-30T08:22:21.738611 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 234204 2025-07-11T19:35:29 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 14423 2025-07-30T08:22:36.173498 application/rdf+xml 13209 2025-07-30T08:22:24.018575 image/jpeg 2386 2025-07-30T08:22:23.874552 image/jpeg 2571274 2025-07-30T08:22:22.935622 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia