Sunday, September 23, 2012

ART SUNDAY--BOTTICELLI--

Sandro Botticelli

Probable self-portrait of Botticelli, in his Adoration of the Magi (1475).
Birth name Alessandro di Mariano di Vanni Filipepi
Born c. 1445[1]
Florence, Republic of Florence, (now Italy)
Died May 17, 1510 (aged 64–65)
Florence, Republic of Florence, (now Italy)
Nationality Italian
Field Painting
Training Filippo Lippi
Andrea del Verrocchio
Movement Italian Renaissance
Works Primavera
The Birth of Venus
The Adoration of the Magi
Other Works
Influenced by Fra Filippo Lippi
Alessandro di Mariano di Vanni Filipepi, better known as Sandro Botticelli (Italian pronunciation: [ˈsandro bottiˈtʃɛlli]; c. 1445 – May 17, 1510) was an Italian painter of the Early Renaissance. He belonged to the Florentine school under the patronage of Lorenzo de' Medici, a movement that Giorgio Vasari would characterize less than a hundred years later as a "golden age", a thought, suitably enough, he expressed at the head of his Vita of Botticelli. Botticelli's posthumous reputation suffered until the late 19th century; since then his work has been seen to represent the linear grace of Early Renaissance painting. Among his best known works are The Birth of Venus and Primavera.


Allegory Of Spring   La Primavera - Sandro Botticelli (Alessandro Filipepi) - www.sandrobotticelli.net


Sandro Botticelli (Alessandro Filipepi)

Birth of Venus (La Nascita di Venere) - Sandro Botticelli (Alessandro Filipepi) - www.sandrobotticelli.net


The Punishment of Korah and the Stoning of Moses and Aaron (detail 3) 1481-82

Sandro Botticelli (Alessandro Filipepi)

The Punishment of Korah and the Stoning of Moses and Aaron (detail 3) 1481-82 - Sandro Botticelli (Alessandro Filipepi) - www.sandrobotticelli.net

Portrait of Dante c. 1495

Sandro Botticelli (Alessandro Filipepi)

Portrait of Dante c. 1495 - Sandro Botticelli (Alessandro Filipepi) - www.sandrobotticelli.net

Madonna of the Magnificat (Madonna del Magnificat) 1480-81

Sandro Botticelli (Alessandro Filipepi)





Madonna of the Magnificat (Madonna del Magnificat) 1480-81 - Sandro Botticelli (Alessandro Filipepi) - www.sandrobotticelli.net

3 comments:

kathyinozarks said...

good morning Heidi beautiful post

Forgetmenot525 said...

Like I said last week, it always looks so much better here, I wish more people would look at the art posts here because the paintings always look so much better.

Unknown said...

Agree with you Loretta