Answer the following question in 3-4 complete sentences. Define the terms overlapping and foreshortening. How has Andrea Mantegna used these two concepts to create the painting above entitled, The Lamentation over the Dead Christ?

Answer:

Overlapping creates depth by placing one figure or object in front of and partly covering another. Foreshortening shows an object receding into space by making its nearer parts appear larger and its farther parts appear shorter. In Mantegna’s painting, Christ’s feet and legs are shown large in the foreground while his body becomes shorter toward his head, demonstrating foreshortening, and the mourners overlap one another and the bed to create depth.