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'''Sandro Botticelli''' (c. 1445-1510, [[Italy]]) was an [[artist]] of the [[renaissance]] period. He is perhaps most famous today for his ''[[The Birth of Venus]]'' (ca. 1485–1486).

'''Sandro Botticelli''' (c. 1445-1510, [[Italy]]) was an [[artist]] of the [[renaissance]] period. He is perhaps most famous today for his ''The Birth of Venus'' (ca. 1485–1486).

He was probably a pupil of [[Fra Fillipo Lippi]], and was influenced by followers of [[Paulo Polliauolo]], especially around 1470 when he painted ''Fortitude'', to complete a set of seven paintings themed on the seven virtues (the other six paintings were all by Polliauolo).

He was probably a pupil of Fra Fillipo Lippi, and was influenced by followers of Paulo Polliauolo, especially around 1470 when he painted ''Fortitude'', to complete a set of seven paintings themed on the seven virtues (the other six paintings were all by Polliauolo).

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artists of the period, depends on outline for its emotional expression, but he seems also to have chosen a deliberately out-of-date style.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artists of the period, depends on outline for its emotional expression, but he seems also to have chosen a deliberately out-of-date style.

==Major works==

==Major works==

[[Image:The Birth of Venus Botticelli.jpg|thumb|300px|''The Birth of Venus'', ca. 1485.]]

[[Image:The Birth of Venus Botticelli.jpg|thumb|300px|''The Birth of Venus'', ca. 1485.]]

* ''[[Fortitude (Boticelli)|Fortitude]]''

* ''Fortitude''

* ''[[The Birth of Venus]]''

* ''The Birth of Venus''

* ''[[Primavera]]''

* ''Primavera''

* ''[[Mystic Nativity]]''

* ''Mystic Nativity''

[[File:Botticelli Primavera.jpg|thumb|center|300px|''Primavera'', ca. 1482.]]

[[File:Botticelli Primavera.jpg|thumb|center|300px|''Primavera'', ca. 1482.]]