Title: The Painted Room. A Novel of Mantua and Mantegna
Author(s): Inger Christensen
Designer: Tiiu Allikvee
Publisher: Kunst
City: Tallinn
Year: 1996
Original language: Danish
Translator: Vladimir Beekman
ISBN: 5899201304
Pages: 112
Series: Art Novel
Condition: Book in normal condition
Size: Standard format, hardcover
For forty-six years, starting in 1460, the artist Andrea Mantegna decorated a room in the palace of the Duke of Mantua, Ludovico III Gonzaga. During this long period, he revealed many things about life and death, love and marriage, intrigue and loyalty. The painting reflected the entire worldview of the time.
Original title: Det malede vaerelse