Botticelli biography
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Sandro Botticelli
Italian Renaissance painter (–)
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Alessandro di Mariano di Vanni Filipepi (c.&#;[1] – May 17, ), better known as Sandro Botticelli (BOT-ih-CHEL-ee; Italian:[ˈsandrobottiˈtʃɛlli]) or simply Botticelli, was an Italian painter of the Early Renaissance. Botticelli's posthumous reputation suffered until the late 19th century, when he was rediscovered by the Pre-Raphaelites who stimulated a reappraisal of his work. Since then, his paintings have been seen to represent the linear grace of late Italian Gothic and some Early Renaissance painting, even though they date from the latter half of the Italian Renaissance period.
In addition to the mythological subjects for which he is best known today, Botticelli painted a wide range of religious subjects (including dozens of renditions of the Madonna and Child, many in the round tondo shape) and also some portraits. H
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Sandro Botticelli - Alessandro Filipepi
In the Biography of Botticelli, written by Giorgio Vasari for The Lives of the Artists, it begins, “In the time of Lorenzo de’Medici, ‘Il Magnifico’, a truly golden age for men of talent, there flourished an artist name Alessandro…” Born Alessandro di Mariano di Vanni Filipepi, called Sandro Botticelli; the artist was praised bygd Vasari, but later the Florentine painter’s reputation was re-enlivened in the 19th Century and since then his two masterpieces, The Birth of Venus and, Primavera, have become known as the most familiar masterpieces of the Early Renaissance in Florence. Both works are housed in the Uffizi Gallery, among many in the Uffizi’s Botticelli Room. While Botticelli studied design under his brother Antonio, a goldsmith, his artistic training as a painter was formulated greatly beneath Fra’ Filippo Lippi ( – ). By , Botticelli started his own studio, painting in a style influenced by the Quattrocento mästare, Masaccio ( – ), with
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Summary of Sandro Botticelli
Botticelli was perhaps the greatest humanist painter of the Early Renaissance, yet much of his life and influences remain a mystery to us today. His paintings represent the pinnacle of the cultural flourishing of the Medicis' Florence, a prosperous society that encouraged the progress of art, philosophy and literature. Throughout his long career he was commissioned to paint many different subjects, but at the heart of his work he always strove towards beauty and virtue, the qualities represented by the goddess Venus, who is the subject of many of his most famous paintings.
Accomplishments
- Influenced by the revival of Greek and Roman ideas in Florence at the time, Botticelli was one of the first Western artists since classical times to depict non-religious subject matter. The idea that art could be for pleasure, and not only serve religious purposes was a breakthrough for Western art.
- Botticelli bridged the gap between the Medieval Gothic style of