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Alessandro di Mariano di Vanni Filipepi, better known as Sandro Botticelli or Il Botticello ("The Little Barrel"; c. 1445 [1] – 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.[2] Probably by 1462 he was apprenticed to Fra Filippo Lippi;[3] 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 Vitéz János, 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. The masterworks Primavera (c. 1482) and The Birth of Venus (c. 1485) were both seen by Vasari at the villa of Lorenzo di Pierfrancesco de' Medici at Castello in the mid-16th century, and until recently, it was assumed that both works were painted specifically for the villa. Recent scholarship suggests otherwise the Primavera was painted for Lorenzo's townhouse in Florence, and The Birth of Venus was commissioned by someone else for a different site. By 1499, both had been installed at Castello.[4]
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1. Oil Paintings In Their Maximum Expression
July 31, 2009
Italy is synonymous of art and renowned painters. It is a magic country to visit and appreciate Oil Paintings. Sandro Botticelli or Il Botticello is one of these talent painters and creator of several artworks. Botticelli (1445 – 1510) was an Italian painter of the Florentine school during the Early Renaissance also known Quattrocento. He studied painting with Fra Filippo Lippi, a recognized Renaissance painter of the epoch at the age of fourteen. Botticelli started to paint religious themes; this style placed great importance on the human figure rather than on space.
Since 1470 Bottice... (read more)
Author: Mary Pierce
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2. History And Life In Ölgemälde
April 08, 2009
It is very known that Italy is one of the countries with more artistic exponents, especially painters. Nobody can argue the quality of Leonardo da Vinci, Correggio, Michelangelo, Pietro Lorenzetti, Massaccio, Piero della Francesca, Sandro Botticelli, Caravaggio Merisi, Raphael Sanzio, etc. List of Italian painters is numerous; most of these painters developed their art in Ölgemälde.
Raphael Sanzio or simply Raphael (March 28, 1483 – April 6, 1520) was a recognized Italian painter of the High Renaissance. He is considered the last of the three greatest painters of the Renaissance. Raphae... (read more)
Author: Mary Pierce
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3. European Oil Paintings Are Part Of The History
March 23, 2009
Italy has a brilliant legacy of painters like Michelangelo, Botticelli, Da Vinci and Caravaggio. Each and every one of these famous painters has a distinctive style that has made their artworks valued treasures. Art lovers can appreciate these Oil Paintings in different European museums and art galleries.
Botticelli was born in Florence and belonged to the Renaissance movement. Botticelli’s works are very appreciated in the entire world, especially his two masterpieces: Primavera (1478) and The Birth of Venus (1485). Some authors consider that Botticelli is part of the “Golden Age” of t... (read more)
Author: Mary Pierce
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4. Florence: The Gem Of The Italian Renaissance
January 22, 2007
Florence was the city that witnessed the great revival of learning and culture in 14th to 16th centuries. The city was epicenter of the great surge in artistic, literary, and scientific explorations. The precious Gem of the Italian Renaissance, Florence is often considered as the birthplace of the Italian Renaissance. The city was ruled by Medici family during Renaissance age, which brought up the great artists and intellectuals like Boccaccio, Botticelli, Dante, Donatello, Filippo Brunelleschi, Galileo, Leonardo da Vinci, Raphael, Michelangelo, Niccolò Machiavelli etc. flourished in the ... (read more)
Author: Orson Johnson
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5. Florence: The “City of Lilies”
January 22, 2007
The jewel of Tuscan region, Florence is a city of central Italy on the Arno River, at the foot of the Apennines, east of Pisa. It is the capital city of Tuscany, the region in the northwest Italy surrounded by Apennines, the Ligurian Sea, and Tyrrhenian Sea. Florence is also known as Firenze. Florence was a powerful city-state under the Medici family. The city was the center of the Italian Renaissance from the 14th century to the 16th century, and during that time artists and intellectuals like Boccaccio, Botticelli, Dante, Donatello, Filippo Brunelleschi, Galileo, Leonardo da Vinci, Raph... (read more)
Author: Orson Johnson
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6. Botticelli: From the Birth of Venus to a Bonfire of the Vanities
November 24, 2006
Most of the Western world is familiar with the image of Venus as she rises from the sea on a clamshell in the famous Italian Renaissance painting by Sandro Botticelli. With its lyrical, graceful beauty, the work we know so well is properly named The Birth of Venus and sometimes affectionately known in contemporary culture as "Venus on the Half Shell." Botticelli's mythological work continues to inspire contemporary art, literature, film, and a myriad of other things. Botticelli's Venus and its sister painting, Primavera, were commissioned by Lorenzo de' Medici for his villa in Cast... (read more)
Author: Brenda Harness
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7. Rebirth of Venus
June 21, 2005
Rebirth of Venus, the Body Art of Orlan
The French artist Orlan, her actual name is unknown, is making the ultimate sacrifice for art, her own body is her canvas. She has designed the perfect woman on her computer by using the worlds most famous women portraits, like the chin of Botticelli's Venus and the forehead of da Vinci's Mona Lisa. Through multiple operations, her atelier is the operating room, she is trying to really become the ultimate female she has designed.
The art of Orlan can be seen as a comment on the body culture in our modern world, we admire the perfect body and are se... (read more)
Author: Hans Frontosa
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