With the patronage of the powerful Medici family, a canon of
secular and religious work, and contributions to the celebrated
Sistine Chapel, Sandro Botticelli (1444/45-1510) was well placed
for fame. After his death, however, his work was eclipsed for some
four hundred years. It wasn't until the 19th century that the
painter began to gain major art-historical recognition. Today,
Botticelli is hailed as a towering figure of the Florentine Early
Renaissance. His secular works The Birth of Venus and Primavera,
mostly read as an allegory of Spring, are among the most recognized
paintings in the world, resplendent in their delicate details,
graceful lines, and compositional balance. His arrangements are
fluid yet poised, his figures serene yet sensual. Venus, in
particular, is held up as art-historical icon of beauty:
pale-skinned, delicately featured, soft with fecund promise. This
essential introduction presents key works from Botticelli's oeuvre
to understand the making of a Renaissance legend. Through the
painter's most famous mythological and allegorical scenes, as well
as his radiant religious works, we explore a mastery of figuration,
movement, and line, which has gone on to inspire artists from Edgar
Degas to Andy Warhol, Rene Magritte to Cindy Sherman.
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