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His painting style, like that of many [[Florence|Florentine]] artists of the period, depends on outline for its emotional expression, but he seems also to have chosen a deliberately out-of-date style.
His painting style, like that of many [[Florence|Florentine]] artists of the period, depends on outline for its emotional expression, but he seems also to have chosen a deliberately out-of-date style.
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His great masterpieces - The Birth of Venus and Primavera are striking in their originality of composition and study. They now rank amongst the greatest works of art. [http://www.biographyonline.net/artists/botticello.html]
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''The Birth of Venus'' and ''Primavera'' were both ordered by the [[Medici family]], who ruled Florence, but by 1480 Botticelli was in [[Rome]], painting [[fresco]]es in the [[Sistine chapel]], but these do not seem to have been succesful. From this time he made a good living painting large numbers of [[Madonna]]s.
''The Birth of Venus'' and ''Primavera'' were both ordered by the [[Medici family]], who ruled Florence, but by 1480 Botticelli was in [[Rome]], painting [[fresco]]es in the [[Sistine chapel]], but these do not seem to have been succesful. From this time he made a good living painting large numbers of [[Madonna]]s.