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The Life of Sandro Botticelli The Adoration of the Magi By:Beth Somers Period 3 Change and Rev. http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.paradoxplace.com Who is Botticelli? Sandro Botticelli-Real name Alessandro di Mariano Filipepi

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By:Beth Somers Period 3 Change and Rev.

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  1. The Life of Sandro Botticelli The Adoration of the Magi By:Beth Somers Period 3 Change and Rev. http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.paradoxplace.com

  2. Who is Botticelli? • Sandro Botticelli-Real name Alessandro di Mariano Filipepi • One of leading painters of the Florentine Renaissance

  3. Born in Florence, Italy on March 1, 1445. Son of Mariano di Vanno Filipepi Botticelli means “little barrel” Worked with artists such as Fra Filippo Lippi Spent most of life working for great families in Florence especially Medici family One of many artists chosen to help decorate the walls of the Sistine Chapel http://www.puzzlethis.co.uk/images/hom/barrel.jpg Background http://www.wga.hu/art/m/michelan/3sistina/1chapel.jpg

  4. Why is he famous? The Birth of Christ - 1476-1477 http://www.gfmer.ch/Art_for_Health/Images/Italian_Renaissance/Botticelli_Birth_Christ.jpg • Famous artist that introduced a new style of paintings • Slender, elegant figures, abstract linear patterns bathed in soft golden light • Painted mainly religious objects

  5. When Recognized • Came out with first known painting in 1470- Fortitude for the Tribunale della Mercanzia (Court of Merchants) • 1474- St. Sebastian was hung in the church of Santa Maria Maggiore • Same year his father died, he made his most famous work, Birth of Venus • Between 1470-1482 • Wasn’t too well known until the 19th century http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Piazza_Esquilino, _Santa_Maria_Maggiore.JPG/300px-Piazza_Esquilino,_Santa_Maria_Maggiore.JPG

  6. Influence Coronation of the Virgin • Influenced by Christian Neo-Platonism • Tried to make paintings classical and christian • Botticelli served apprenticeship with Fra Filippo Lippi who taught Botticelli how to mix colors and clean paint brushes properly www.abcgallery.com/L/lippi/flippi2.html

  7. Effect The Cestello Annunciation • Well known for portraying female figure • His peronal style of art would be described as “elegant execution, a sense of Meloncholy, and a strong emphasis on line details • Didn’t effect people much when he was alive • In later years though, people liked his work so much they started copying it http://www.repropaint.com/Images/Botticelli/004.jpg

  8. Where • Lived in Italy his whole life • Born in Florence, Italy • Died in Florence, Italy • Occasionally traveled to near by places for his art http://www.world-guides.com/images/italy/italy_map.jpg

  9. Family • Father- Mariano di Vanno Filipepi. Was 50 years old when had Sandro • Mother- Was 40 years old when she had Sandro • Giovanni- Oldest brother. Nicknamed Botticella (keg or barrel). Sandro being the youngest is Botticelli (little barrel) • Second son was goldsmith. Was nicknamed Bottigello (gold beater) but later it turned into Botticelli • Sandro had no wife or kids http://www.ncsu.edu/psychology/graduate/conc/school/images/family.jpg

  10. Death Ognissanti Church • Died May 17, 1510 • Was 65 years old • Some say he died poor and unnaccomplished. Might have been because of some of the artists on the rise such as Michelangelo, Raphael and Leonardo Da Vinci. • Actual cause of death-unknown • Burried in the Octaccio (garden of burial ground) by the Ognissanti church http://paradoxplace.com/Perspectives/Italian%20Images/images/ Firenze/Ognissanti/800/Ognissanti-Oct03-D1360sAR80.jpg

  11. Fitzwilliam Museum at the University of Cambridge, UKVirgin and ChildHermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg, RussiaSt Jerome, 1498-1505St Dominic, 1498-1505Liechtenstein Museum, ViennaMadonna with Child and Two Angels, ca.1490 Louvre Museum, ParisVenus and the Three Graces Presenting Gifts to a Young Woman, ca.1483-85Sandro Botticelli at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City  Three Miracles of Saint Zenobius, 1500-10Sandro Botticelli at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City The Last Communion of Saint Jerome, 1490s Sandro Botticelli at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City  The Annunciation, ca.1485Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas  Adoration of the Christ Child, ca.1500Sandro Botticelli at the National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.Sandro Botticelli at the National Gallery, London, UKNorth Carolina Museum of ArtThe Adoration of the Child, ca.1500Sandro Botticelli at the Prado Museum, MadridThe Story of Nastagio Degli Onesti, 1483 Städel Museum, FrankfurtIdeal Portrait of a WomanVatican Museums, Vatican CityPaintings on the north and south walls of the Sistine Chapel Where can I find his art work?

  12. Summary • Sandro Botticelli • Born March 1, 1445 • Most famous for his paintings which didn’t really become famous until around the 19th century • Had no wife or kids • Died lonely on May 17, 1510 http://www.righttotheheart.com/spiritual_survey/ssimages/god_test_sad%0face.jpg

  13. Citation • "Interior Images From: Botticelli." Abbeville.Com. 1 Apr. 2005 <http://www.abbeville.com/Products/InteriorImages/0896599310Interiors. htm>. • Lee, Louis. "Sandro Botticelli." The Whyville Times. 11 Nov. 1999. 1 Apr. 2007 <http://h.whyville.net/smmk/whytimes/article?id=51>. • "Botticelli." Yesnet. 1 Apr. 2007 <http://www.yesnet.yk.ca/schools/projects/renaissance/botticelli.html>. • "Sandro Botticelli: Famous Artist for the Medici's." Associated Content. 14 Apr. 2005. AC. 1 Apr. 2007 <http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/1353/sandro_botticelli_famous_artist_for.html>. • "Sandro Botticelli." NNDB.Com. 2007. NNDB. 1 Apr. 2007 <http://www.nndb.com/people/734/000084482/>. • "Sandro Botticelli." Oppapers.Com. 14 Nov. 2005. 1 Apr. 2007 <http://www.oppapers.com/essays/Sandro- Botticelli/70205>.

  14. Pictures by Botticelli http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/botticelli/botticelli.venus.jpg La Primavera http://zebu.uoregon.edu/~soper/Orbits/botticelli.primavera.jpg The Birth of Venus The Cestello Annunciation The Calumny http://www.repropaint.com/Images/Botticelli/004.jpg http://www.jim3dlong.com/1490_Sandro_Botticelli_The_Calumny_of_Apelles-R400.jpg

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