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Comparison Of Death Of A Virgin Paintings

The two works that are to be analyzed are Caravaggio’s Death of the Virgin, which was painted in 1606 and depicts the Virgin Mary passing away surrounded by the eleven apostles. Andrea Mantegna’s, Death of the Virgin which was painted in 1462 also depicts the moment of Virgin Mary’s passing away while eleven apostles surround her. Even though they depict the same scene from the Bible the two paintings couldn’t be more different in terms of style and technique. The way the two artists went about painting the scene was very different. These differences are what make the exact same scene as different as black and white.

Mantegna has a very symmetrical painting. The Apostles are lined up along the right and left edge of the painting. They lead the viewer’s eye to the apostle standing directly over the Virgin. Several of the Apostles are looking away but do not some extremely grief ridden. They are treating her death as a normal death and are performing the proper wake......


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