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| Andrea Mantegna Battle of the Sea Gods 1480s |
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| Andrea Mantegna Battle of the Sea Gods 1480s |
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| Andrea Mantegna Bacchanal with Silenus 1470s |
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| Andrea Mantegna Bacchanal with Wine Vat 1470s |
In the opening years of the Renaissance Andrea Mantegna (1430-1506) modeled the engravings above on marble friezes carved in high relief along the sides of excavated Roman tombs.
With the Renaissance all but over 150 years later, Nicolas Poussin (1594-1665) was still using the same wide shallow Roman-tomb template, as below.
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| Nicolas Poussin Triumph of Pan c. 1635 |
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| Nicolas Poussin Acis Transformed into a River God 1630s |
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| Nicolas Poussin Dance Before a Herm of Pan c. 1631-32 |
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| Nicolas Poussin Bacchus Discovering Ariadne c. 1634-35 |