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 San Barnaba Altarpiece (detail: head of St John) gdfg oil painting


San Barnaba Altarpiece (detail: head of St John) gdfg
1490 Tempera on wood Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence
Painting ID::  5303 		BOTTICELLI, Sandro
San Barnaba Altarpiece (detail: head of St John) gdfg
1490 Tempera on wood Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence
   
   
     
BOTTICELLI, Sandro The Cestello Annunciation dfg oil painting


The Cestello Annunciation dfg
c. 1489 Tempera on panel, 150 x 156 cm Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence
Painting ID::  5304 		BOTTICELLI, Sandro
The Cestello Annunciation dfg
c. 1489 Tempera on panel, 150 x 156 cm Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence
   
   
     
BOTTICELLI, Sandro The Coronation of the Virgin (San Marco Altarpiece) gfh oil painting


The Coronation of the Virgin (San Marco Altarpiece) gfh
1490 Tempera on wood, 378 x 258 cm Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence
Painting ID::  5305 		BOTTICELLI, Sandro
The Coronation of the Virgin (San Marco Altarpiece) gfh
1490 Tempera on wood, 378 x 258 cm Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence
   
   
     
BOTTICELLI, Sandro The Discovery of the Murder of Holophernes bfg oil painting


The Discovery of the Murder of Holophernes bfg
c. 1472 Tempera on wood, 31 x 25 cm Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence
Painting ID::  5306 		BOTTICELLI, Sandro
The Discovery of the Murder of Holophernes bfg
c. 1472 Tempera on wood, 31 x 25 cm Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence
   
   
     
BOTTICELLI, Sandro The Return of Judith to Bethulia hgg oil painting


The Return of Judith to Bethulia hgg
c. 1472 Oil on panel, 31 x 24 cm Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence
Painting ID::  5307 		BOTTICELLI, Sandro
The Return of Judith to Bethulia hgg
c. 1472 Oil on panel, 31 x 24 cm Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence
   
   
     
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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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