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 Portrait of Giuliano de- Medici oil


Portrait of Giuliano de- Medici
Painting ID::  44271
Portrait of Giuliano de- Medici
c. 1475 Tempera on panel, 54 x 36 cm
c._1475 _Tempera_on_panel,_ 54_x_36_cm
   
   
     

BOTTICELLI, Sandro Madonna and Child and the Young St John the Baptist oil


Madonna and Child and the Young St John the Baptist
Painting ID::  44272
Madonna and Child and the Young St John the Baptist
1490-95 Tempera on canvas, 134 x 92 cm
1490-95_ Tempera_on_canvas,_ 134_x_92_cm
   
   
     

BOTTICELLI, Sandro Giuliano de- Medici oil


Giuliano de- Medici
Painting ID::  44273
Giuliano de- Medici
1478 Panel 54 x 36 cm
1478_Panel _54_x_36_cm
   
   
     

BOTTICELLI, Sandro The Virgin and Child with Three Angels oil


The Virgin and Child with Three Angels
Painting ID::  44274
The Virgin and Child with Three Angels
c. 1493 Tempera on panel, diameter 65 cm
c._1493_ Tempera_on_panel,_ diameter_65_cm
   
   
     

BOTTICELLI, Sandro Christ Crowned with Thorns oil


Christ Crowned with Thorns
Painting ID::  44275
Christ Crowned with Thorns
c. 1500 Tempera on panel, 47,6 x 32,3 cm
c._1500_ Tempera_on_panel,_ 47,6_x_32,3_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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