Andrea Mantegna made important contributions to the compositional techniques of Renaissance drawing somewhat rocky figures give evidence of a fundamentally sculptural approach to drawing.
His human forms were distinguished for their solidity, expressiveness, and anatomical correctness.
Mantegna developed a passionate interest in classical antiquity.
The influence of both ancient Roman sculpture and the contemporary sculptor Donatello are clearly evident in Mantegna's rendering of the human figure.
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