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I loved studying art history in college, and I wanted the illustrations in 3 Wise Queens
to include religious imagery and symbolism from Renaissance art.
I based the look of the kings and queens on two popular beliefs about the wise men.
the artist Andrea Mantegna invoked both of the beliefs in his paintings of the wise men
One, that each is from one of the three continents of the known world at that time,
Africa, Europe and Asia
Two, that they represent three ages of man,
young, middle aged and elderly