Mantegna's Camera Degli Sposi - Tapa dura

This volume focuses solely on Andrea Mantegna's cleaned and restored fresco decorations for "La Camera Degli Sposi" ("The Wedding Chamber") in Mantua's Palazzo Ducale. These frescoes are major achievements in the art of the Italian Renaissance and influenced all the leading artists of the age. This book examines the technique, iconography and historical interpretation of the fresco cycle, as well as the difficulties of its restoration. Each scene is reproduced in its entirety and in close-up, revealing its myriad details and giving an intimate view of the whole of the room.