The Tiger's Bride- Context

The Tiger's BrideA Gothic rewriting of Beauty and the Beast


 "his Mantegnas, his Giulio Romanos, his Cellini salt cellars"

Andrea Mantegna

A renaissance painter in Italy during the 15th century. He is most famous for his work of saints and biblical images such as Saint Sebastian and the Lamination over the dead Christ.

Guilio Romana
Famed Italian painter and architect who helped define mannerism. He was a pupil of Raphael and deviated from the traditional Renaissance art in masterpieces such as The Stoning of St. Stephen, Madonna and Child and Romano Triumph of Titus and Vespasian.


Benvenuto Cellini
Italian sculptor most notable for his salt cellar piece. The piece is a small gold table sculpture depicting the naked figures of a man and woman who represent sea and earth. It also holds salt and pepper. It has a old and noble history starting off in the hands of Francis I then moving on to the Habsburg family