Sandro Botticelli - Painter

**ChrissyM** · 23-05-2007

Quote:

Alessandro di Mariano Filipepi, better known as Sandro Botticelli ("little barrel") (March 1, 1445 [citation needed] – 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.

(from wikipedia)

I like his style of painting, think his work is very distinct and recognizable...

I think it is an interesting portrayal of women and I'm partial to the details especially..
The way the clothes look, the tendrils of hair, the facial expressions...

**ChrissyM** · 23-05-2007

Primavera
c. 1482

a couple details:

johnmitchell.org, worth1000.com, menamin.com

**ChrissyM** · 23-05-2007

wikipedia

**ChrissyM** · 23-05-2007

The Birth of Venus
c. 1485-1486

abm-enterprises.net

wikipedia

**ChrissyM** · 23-05-2007

Venue and Mars
c. 1483

wikipedia

I love the details in this one...
The way her braided hair is part of the trim of her dress..
Looks like it is pinned in with a brooch of some sort..
quite lovely...

Whitelinen · 24-05-2007

ChrissyM, thank you very much. He is my favourite painter.

Details from La Primavera, from globalgallery.com.

Whitelinen · 24-05-2007

La Primavera, The Birth of Venus and Giuditta ritorna dal campo di Oloferne. From globalgallery.com

Colette_B · 24-05-2007

thanks for starting this thread chrissy. I quite like his work as well. very elegant and unique indeed.

one of my favorites of his:

portrait of a youth
[globalgallery]

**ChrissyM** · 25-05-2007

thanks for the contributions ladies

i'll see if i can dig up some more tomorrow..

for now it is way past my bed time

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ChrissyM girl who fell to earth Mod Squad Leader Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Boston Gender: femme Posts: 18,335	Primavera c. 1482 a couple details: johnmitchell.org, worth1000.com, menamin.com __________________ ♥ tFS 2013 READING CHALLENGE ♥┃CURRENTLY READING ▸ The Art of Fielding by Chad Harbach┃COMPLETED ▶ 5 of 25┃

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ChrissyM girl who fell to earth Mod Squad Leader Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Boston Gender: femme Posts: 18,335	The Birth of Venus c. 1485-1486 abm-enterprises.net wikipedia __________________ ♥ tFS 2013 READING CHALLENGE ♥┃CURRENTLY READING ▸ The Art of Fielding by Chad Harbach┃COMPLETED ▶ 5 of 25┃

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ChrissyM girl who fell to earth Mod Squad Leader Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Boston Gender: femme Posts: 18,335	Venue and Mars c. 1483 wikipedia I love the details in this one... The way her braided hair is part of the trim of her dress.. Looks like it is pinned in with a brooch of some sort.. quite lovely... __________________ ♥ tFS 2013 READING CHALLENGE ♥┃CURRENTLY READING ▸ The Art of Fielding by Chad Harbach┃COMPLETED ▶ 5 of 25┃

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Whitelinen V.I.P. Join Date: Dec 2005 Gender: femme Posts: 5,773	ChrissyM, thank you very much. He is my favourite painter. Details from La Primavera, from globalgallery.com. __________________ "Because of all sorts of cloth have their motions, as well as Bodies, it must needs that they differ in themselves." -Lomazzo Last edited by Whitelinen; 28-05-2007 at 01:29 PM.

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Colette_B V.I.P. Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: California Gender: femme Posts: 5,599	thanks for starting this thread chrissy. I quite like his work as well. very elegant and unique indeed. one of my favorites of his: portrait of a youth [globalgallery] __________________ symptomatic of what we've become, I used to think you were the only one.

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ChrissyM girl who fell to earth Mod Squad Leader Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Boston Gender: femme Posts: 18,335	thanks for the contributions ladies i'll see if i can dig up some more tomorrow.. for now it is way past my bed time __________________ ♥ tFS 2013 READING CHALLENGE ♥┃CURRENTLY READING ▸ The Art of Fielding by Chad Harbach┃COMPLETED ▶ 5 of 25┃