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1400s, 15th Century, art, Artists, Florence, Italy, Painters, Paintings, Renaissance, Sandro Botticelli
Name: Sandro Botticelli
Work: Painter
Born: 1445
Died: 1510
Worked In: Florence, Italy
Period: Italian Renaissance
What I have learnt about his work:
Botticelli worked in a graceful, ornamental style, painting both religious and secular, mythical works. He was greatly renowned during his lifetime. His figures are often seen from below, meaning the viewer feels they are looking up into the scene, and they have clear contours and outlines, creating depth and tangibility. The compositions are carefully balanced, and the colours are delicate and harmonious, creating the sense of grace and beauty. His later works, painted during times of war and plague, are more simplistic, containing foreboding moral and religious overtones.
Primavera, Sandro Botticelli
Tempera on panel
1482
Uffizi Gallery, Florence
The Birth of Venus, Sandro Botticelli
Tempera on canvas
1486
Uffizi Gallery, Florence
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