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New page: '''Sandro Botticelli''' (c. 1445-1510, Italy) was an artist of the renaissance period. He is perhaps most famous today for his ''Birth of Venus''. He was probably a pupil ...
'''Sandro Botticelli''' (c. 1445-1510, [[Italy]]) was an [[artist]] of the [[renaissance]] period. He is perhaps most famous today for his ''[[Birth of Venus]]''.
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artists of the period, depends on outline for its emotional expression, but he seems also to have chosen a deliberately out-of-date style.
''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.
By 1500 his style had become increasingly out of step with the dominant styles of [[Leonardo]] and [[Michelangelo]], and he suffered a decline in popularity. The last few years of his life are obscure.
==Major works==
* ''[[Fortitude (Boticelli)|Fortitude]]''
* ''[[The Birth of Venus]]''
* ''[[Primavera]]''
* ''[[Mystic Nativity]]''
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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artists of the period, depends on outline for its emotional expression, but he seems also to have chosen a deliberately out-of-date style.
''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.
By 1500 his style had become increasingly out of step with the dominant styles of [[Leonardo]] and [[Michelangelo]], and he suffered a decline in popularity. The last few years of his life are obscure.
==Major works==
* ''[[Fortitude (Boticelli)|Fortitude]]''
* ''[[The Birth of Venus]]''
* ''[[Primavera]]''
* ''[[Mystic Nativity]]''
[[category:artists]]