Andrea Mantegna, Room of the Newlyweds c. 1465 - 1474
a) Painted in a room that was used as a bedroom and a reception room.
b) Room is a cube in shape, "domed" with an illusionarily painted central panel.
c) Oculus contains two groups of women leaning over a balustrade around an opening to the sky, many looking down at viewer.
d) Unsettling imagery in the bird posed overhead, the flower pot only supported by the round wooden stick.
e) Dramatically foreshortened angels seen from the front and back, resting their feet on the painted ledges.
