FILE: 34_Ceiling_Camera_degli_sposi_Mantegna.jpg

TITLE: PAINTING - Ceiling of Camera degli Sposi - EARLY ITALIAN RENAISSANCE

DESCRIPTION: By MANTEGNA. Uses Illusionism (trompe l'oeil or fool-the-eye) invented by the Romans. Phrase used for this: "di sotto in su" = from below upwards. They look down at us, we look up at them.