The Art of Andrea Mantegna

Andrea Mantegna (1430-31 – 1506) was born in Isola de Carturo, close to Venice, during the Gothic and Early Renaissance Era. His art is characterized by brilliant compositional solutions with the bold use of perspective and foreshortening. His innovative approach to composition was based on diagonals rather than traditional symmetry, which gave his paintings a certain emotional intensity. (

The Art of Sandro Botticelli

Sandro Botticelli (1445 – 1510) was highly successful at the peak of his career, although he spent the last decade of his life in obscurity because he was considered outmoded compared to the new generation of artists, such as Leonardo. Botticelli’s work was eventually rediscovered by the Pre-Raphaelites almost 500 year later and he is now one of the best-loved painters of 15th century early

The Art of Domenico Ghirlandaio

Domenico Ghirlandaio (1449-1494) was born Domenico di Curradi di Bigordi. He was nicknamed after the golden garland necklaces made by his father. Ghirlandaio was a religious painter first and foremost and was also one of the most popular and proficient portrait painters of the 15th century in Florence. (Ghirlandaio, Domenico. Giovanna Tornabuoni nee Albizzi. c. 1488. oil on panel.