#ArtSaturday Alessandro di Mariano di Vanni Filipepi, known as Sandro Botticelli c. 1445-1510, Italian Early Renaissance painter
(probable) Self-Portrait, from Adoration of the Magi, 1475 pic.twitter.com/IThPFCBOrZ
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The nickname “Botticelli” means “little barrel” and the nickname seems to have come from his brother.Madonna of the Rose Garden, 1469-70 pic.twitter.com/tNxmb4kuyM
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Few details are known of Botticelli’s life.St Sebastian, 1474 pic.twitter.com/C2mnaGUOox
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Botticelli was initially trained by his brother Antonio to be a goldsmith.Madonna of the Sea, 1477 pic.twitter.com/ar6CPh4ToU
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Botticelli was apprenticed when he was 14, which was considered “older” for an apprentice.Sacred Conversation Altarpiece, 1470-1472 pic.twitter.com/Bgx0e4plqp
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1462: Botticelli was apprenticed to Italian monk-turned-painter, Fra Filippo Lippi, whose paintings were popular and supported by the powerful Medici family.Madonna and Child with St John the Baptist, 1470-75 pic.twitter.com/39uadRRGw2
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Lorenzo de’ Medici, the powerful de facto ruler of the Florentine state and an impressive patron of Renaissance art, became Botticelli’s patron.Adoration of the Magi, 1475 (Botticelli is assumed to be the man on R, in orange-gold, looking at viewers) pic.twitter.com/fNRD1HyI7O
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1470: Botticelli has his own studio.Madonna with Lilies and Angels, 1478 pic.twitter.com/g3gqzbfouy
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Botticelli’s paintings are known for their bright, clear colors as well as for their minimized contrast between light and shadow.The Youth of Moses, from the Sistine Chapel, 1481-82 pic.twitter.com/IOXXAnblCd
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The Punishment of the Sons of Korah, Sistine Chapel, 1481-82 pic.twitter.com/59AiYD89g4
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Botticelli’s painting The Birth of Venus is one of the most famous and most recognized paintings in the world.Birth of Venus, 1482-85 pic.twitter.com/U4o2KcuH8I
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The Birth of Venus was probably Botticelli’s most famous painting during his lifetime.Birth of Venus, 1482-85, detail pic.twitter.com/PUlHjo03cP
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The Birth of Venus was probably commissioned by the Medici.Birth of Venus, 1482-85, detail pic.twitter.com/tABuovWyKU
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As in all Botticelli paintings, the female figure is greatly elongated, with slightly exaggerated limbs.Birth of Venus, 1482-85, detail pic.twitter.com/HfbzQZy24y
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The Birth of Venus was considered groundbreaking when painted because, in Catholic-controlled Europe, the only female usually portrayed was the Virgin Mary, & she was rarely alone: she was usually seen adoring Jesus the ChristThe Birth of Venus, 1482-85 pic.twitter.com/ItDuF1tKh2
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Botticelli’s females are male idealizations rather than realistic portrayals: their limbs are too long; shoulders too narrow for their frames; their torsos, fingers, and toes are all elongated.Study of female form pic.twitter.com/S02XuJJEXb
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Botticelli never wed, and it has long been surmised that he experienced an unrequited love for Simonetta Vespucci, a married noblewoman whose face constantly appears in his paintings.Simonetta: Nymph, Portrait of a Woman, from Birth of Venus & Primavera pic.twitter.com/jHdDBV0tUf
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It was a popular belief that Simonetta had served as Botticelli’s model for the Birth of Venus, and in many paintings afterward, though she died in 1476. He asked to be buried at her feet, and his wish was carried out when he died.Primavera, 1482 pic.twitter.com/HMKhF9bfVP
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Botticelli’s subjects in Primavera and The Birth of Venus are not images of one legend or myth but of several legends, stories, and myths surrounding each figure in the paintings.Primavera, detail of The Three Graces, 1482 (Simonetta, far R) pic.twitter.com/Qsal19T2mr
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Scholars still study Botticelli’s Primavera and The Birth of Venus, trying to unravel their complex symbolism by examining the philosophical works and poetry of Botticelli’s contemporaries.Primavera, 1482, detail pic.twitter.com/jUkSruFe0E
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Venus and Mars, 1485 pic.twitter.com/8l8q7yvCMt
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Madonna of the Book, 1480-83 pic.twitter.com/XaXfjEW7DX
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Magnificat Madonna, 1483 pic.twitter.com/9ua12the6X
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Madonna of the Pomegranate, 1487 pic.twitter.com/2x3ihW3LVG
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Celestial Annunciation, 1487 pic.twitter.com/TFR9QdMxbb
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Botticelli’s reputation as a painter suffered after his death, up till the latter part of the 19th century, when he was recognized as a Master of Early Renaissance style.Annunciation, 1490 pic.twitter.com/HNK31A8SDd
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Botticelli died in 1510, 34 years after his beloved Simonetta died, and was buried at her feet in the church, as he had requested.Simonetta and Botticelli pic.twitter.com/ml0GLmImnX
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In 2018, Botticelli’s Madonna and Child with the Young St John the Baptist c 1490 (also called the “Rockefeller Madonna” since it was bought by the family in 1925) was sold for a record $10.4 M (to a private collector. pic.twitter.com/aCEAiEo0UY— Dr. Alexandria Szeman: #BelieveSurvivors (@Alexandria_SZ) June 15, 2019
