botticelli
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Sandro Botticelli
#1 Original name was ALESSANDRO DI
MARIANO FILIPEPI
#2The name “Botticelli” was given to him by his older brother and means ("The Little Barrel").
#3 Born in the city-state of
Florence in 1444, where he lived most of the 66
years of his life.The Cestello Annunciation
#4 Botticelli wanted to
paint people that looked more real & lifelike than
those painted by the artists
of the Middle Ages.
#5 He wanted to create paintings that told a story!
His 3 most famous paintings…
His patron, or person who paid for his services, was a member of the Medici family.
Venus has
emerged from
the sea on a shell
which is driven
to the shore by
flying wind-gods
amidst a shower
of roses. She is
about to step on
to the land.
Botticelli's Venus is so beautiful that we do not notice
the unnatural length of her neck, the steep fall of her
shoulders and the odd way her left arm is hinged to
the body. It tells the story of how beauty came into
the world.
B). “Adoration of the Magi”
Why is the Medici family witnessing the birth of
Christ?!
Lorenzo the
Great!
C). “The Portrait of Giuliano de Medici”
Botticelli had his own workshop by 1470. He spent almost all of his
life working for the great families of Florence, especially the Medicifamily, for whom he
painted portraits, most notably the Giuliano de'
Medici.
This painting was done in honor of the assassinated member of the Medici family.
It shows his peacefully at rest.
What are some symbols in this
painting to indicate that the subject has
died?
• This drawing from the
sketchbook of
Leonardo da Vinci
shows the hanging of
one of the conspirators
in Giuliano’s
assassination.
Why would the assassination of Giuliano de Medici be such an
important event to artists?
#6 Botticelli died on May 17, 1510.
Botticelli was all, but forgotten for many years as many of his painting hid in the
Churches & Villas they were created for.
Today, “The Birth of Venus” can be found at the famous Uffizi Museum in Florence,
where there is a room named in his honor.