sandro botecelli
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By Michael Lu
Getting to know a great painter
OverviewBiographyArtworkTechnique
BiographyAlessandro di Mariano di Vanni Filipepi1445 - 1510 (aged 64–65)Italian Renaissance painter from FlorenceFirst Florentine painter to paint other subjects
than religious ones or portraits.
Biography :Timeline
1445: Birth1460s: Becomes Fra Filippo Lippi’s Apprentice. 1470: Own workshop / Florentine artist’s guild. 1475: Adoration of the Magi 1481: Travelled to the Vatican and painted scenes from
the life of Moses and the life of Christ in the Sistine Chapel.
1480-1500: Illustrations for Dante’s Divine Comedy. 1482: Primavera.
Biography :Timeline
1486: The Birth of Venus. 1490: Cestello Annunciation. 1494: Medici family is overthrown as rulers of Florence.
Girolamo Savonarola becomes the head of the republic. 1497: Bonfire of the Vanities, Florentine secular art.
Destroyed, Botecelli involved.1500: The Mystic Nativity. 1500-1505: The Life of St. Zenobius. 1510: Death
Artwork
Adoration of the Magi
Artwork
Primavera
Artwork
The Birth of Venus.
Artwork
Venus and Mars
Artwork
Cestello Annunciation
Artwork The Mystic Nativity
Artwork
The Life of St. Zenobius.
TechniquesBlended the traditional with new Best at painting flesh tones Innovative steps – Poplar coated with gesso– Charcoal outline– Foundation colors– Re drew outlines in black paint
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