BOTTICELLI, Sandro
Italian Early Renaissance Painter, 1445-1510 Alessandro di Mariano di Vanni Filipepi, better known as Sandro Botticelli or Il Botticello ("The Little Barrel"; March 1, 1445 ?C May 17, 1510) was an Italian painter of the Florentine school during the Early Renaissance (Quattrocento). Less than a hundred years later, this movement, under the patronage of Lorenzo de' Medici, was characterized by Giorgio Vasari as a "golden age", a thought, suitably enough, he expressed at the head of his Vita of Botticelli. His posthumous reputation suffered until the late 19th century; since then his work has been seen to represent the linear grace of Early Renaissance painting, and The Birth of Venus and Primavera rank now among the most familiar masterpieces of Florentine art. Details of Botticelli's life are sparse, but we know that he became an apprentice when he was about fourteen years old, which would indicate that he received a fuller education than did other Renaissance artists. Vasari reported that he was initially trained as a goldsmith by his brother Antonio. Probably by 1462 he was apprenticed to Fra Filippo Lippi; many of his early works have been attributed to the elder master, and attributions continue to be uncertain. Influenced also by the monumentality of Masaccio's painting, it was from Lippi that Botticelli learned a more intimate and detailed manner. As recently discovered, during this time, Botticelli could have traveled to Hungary, participating in the creation of a fresco in Esztergom, ordered in the workshop of Fra Filippo Lippi by Vitez J??nos, then archbishop of Hungary. By 1470 Botticelli had his own workshop. Even at this early date his work was characterized by a conception of the figure as if seen in low relief, drawn with clear contours, and minimizing strong contrasts of light and shadow which would indicate fully modeled forms.

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BOTTICELLI, Sandro The Story of Virginia oil painting


The Story of Virginia
1496-1504 Tempera on panel, 85 x 165 cm
Painting ID::  44281
BOTTICELLI, Sandro
The Story of Virginia
1496-1504 Tempera on panel, 85 x 165 cm
   
   
     

BOTTICELLI, Sandro St John on Patmos oil painting


St John on Patmos
1490-92 Tempera on panel, 21 x 269 cm
Painting ID::  44282
BOTTICELLI, Sandro
St John on Patmos
1490-92 Tempera on panel, 21 x 269 cm
   
   
     

BOTTICELLI, Sandro St Augustine in His Cell oil painting


St Augustine in His Cell
1490-92 Tempera on panel, 21 x 269 cm
Painting ID::  44283
BOTTICELLI, Sandro
St Augustine in His Cell
1490-92 Tempera on panel, 21 x 269 cm
   
   
     

BOTTICELLI, Sandro Miracle of St Eligius oil painting


Miracle of St Eligius
1490-92 Tempera on panel, 21 x 269 cm
Painting ID::  44284
BOTTICELLI, Sandro
Miracle of St Eligius
1490-92 Tempera on panel, 21 x 269 cm
   
   
     

BOTTICELLI, Sandro Baptism of St Zenobius and His Appointment as Bishop oil painting


Baptism of St Zenobius and His Appointment as Bishop
1500-05 Tempera on panel, 66,5 x 149,5 cm
Painting ID::  44285
BOTTICELLI, Sandro
Baptism of St Zenobius and His Appointment as Bishop
1500-05 Tempera on panel, 66,5 x 149,5 cm
   
   
     

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     Italian Early Renaissance Painter, 1445-1510 Alessandro di Mariano di Vanni Filipepi, better known as Sandro Botticelli or Il Botticello ("The Little Barrel"; March 1, 1445 ?C May 17, 1510) was an Italian painter of the Florentine school during the Early Renaissance (Quattrocento). Less than a hundred years later, this movement, under the patronage of Lorenzo de' Medici, was characterized by Giorgio Vasari as a "golden age", a thought, suitably enough, he expressed at the head of his Vita of Botticelli. His posthumous reputation suffered until the late 19th century; since then his work has been seen to represent the linear grace of Early Renaissance painting, and The Birth of Venus and Primavera rank now among the most familiar masterpieces of Florentine art. Details of Botticelli's life are sparse, but we know that he became an apprentice when he was about fourteen years old, which would indicate that he received a fuller education than did other Renaissance artists. Vasari reported that he was initially trained as a goldsmith by his brother Antonio. Probably by 1462 he was apprenticed to Fra Filippo Lippi; many of his early works have been attributed to the elder master, and attributions continue to be uncertain. Influenced also by the monumentality of Masaccio's painting, it was from Lippi that Botticelli learned a more intimate and detailed manner. As recently discovered, during this time, Botticelli could have traveled to Hungary, participating in the creation of a fresco in Esztergom, ordered in the workshop of Fra Filippo Lippi by Vitez J??nos, then archbishop of Hungary. By 1470 Botticelli had his own workshop. Even at this early date his work was characterized by a conception of the figure as if seen in low relief, drawn with clear contours, and minimizing strong contrasts of light and shadow which would indicate fully modeled forms.

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