Sandro Botticelli‚ born Alessandro Mariano Filipepi‚ was the son of a tanner. He was born in Florence around 1445 and showed a talent for painting at a very early age. Botticelli was first apprenticed under a goldsmith named Sandro‚ from whom it is believed he derived his nickname. At the age of sixteen‚ he served an apprenticeship with the painter Fra Filippo Lippi (Durant‚ 1953). From Lippi he learned to create the effect of transparency‚ to draw outlines‚ and to give his pictures fluidity and
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Birth of venus Birth of Venus View Full Essay ART 111 Kayce Anderson Writing Assignment #8 The work that I have chosen from Chapter 19 is Thomas Cole’s The Oxbow (Connecticut River near Northampton) (1836) on page 462. Principles of Design: • The focal point of the painting is the sun-drenched valley and river. The emphasis comes from the diagonal of the tree to the left that directs the view of the scene down the valley toward the farmland. • Vertical balance can be seen with the
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on a poem by Angelo Poliziano‚ Sandro Botticelli’s illustration called the “Birth of Venus” depicted a rare aspect removed from medieval art; female nudity. To exemplify the physical beauty that the nude Venus promotes‚ this tempura on canvas is five feet and nine inches tall and nine feet and two inches wide . Botticelli’s creation digresses from previous medieval art by imposing individuality and humanistic qualities into each figure on canvas. The goddess Venus is the Roman equivalent to Greek
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Carl‚ and Rollyson Carl. "Sandro Botticelli." Great Lives From History: The Renaissance & Early Modern Era‚ 1454-1600(2008): 1. Biography Reference Center. Web. 6 Jan. 2014. Summary: Sandro Botticelli came from an artisan class‚ but not much else about his child life or his family is known. He painted many versions of the Adoration of the Magi‚ and had two paintings that everybody knows him for Primavera and The Birth of Venus. Botticelli has never surpassed his Birth of Venus drawing. Feminine beauty
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The painting includes a focus on the goddess of love‚ Venus‚ as well as other mythological figures surrounding Venus. In the painting the setting it not of human world‚ but also realistic and the figures are to human proportions. The painting also showed humanism by the way Venus is showing the beauty of a woman‚ which is glorifying the body. The painting also shows nature aspect such as the movement of wind on the
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F. The Birth of Venus was created on canvas with the use of tempera paint. Botticelli would hand grind a material that changes according to the light that it reflects‚ also known as pigment. The powdered pigments are traditionally mixed with egg yolk which dries quickly and stays firmly in place (Saitzyk‚ 245). During the Renaissance‚ fabric such as canvas were used instead of the popular wooden panel. As tempera
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Sandro Botticelli Sandro Botticelli was born March 1‚ 1445. Botticelli full name is Alessandro di Mariano Filipepi Botticelli. Botticelli was nicknamed by his older brother “Sandro Botticelli” meaning ’small wine cask’ (Artble). Botticelli was the son of a tanner. A tanner is someone who makes leather from animal skins. Botticelli was never one that enjoyed school. Instead‚ to get him through the day‚ he would make witty jokes to keep himself entertained. Sandro Botticelli was originally trained
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Botticelli early on developed a distinctive artistic style that incorporated Neo-Platonism‚ which was the period of Platonic philosophy that was mystical and religious in nature. This distinct style appealed to the Papacy who asked him to travel to Rome‚ Italy to work on the Sistine Chapel with other great Renaissance artists like Michelangelo. The Venus and Mars was painted for the Vespucci
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The Birth of Venus by Sandro Boticelli Visual Elements * Line * The main type of lines that are used in the Birth of Venus are mostly actual lines. The way they are used by the artist is to form specific shapes to tell a story about the goddess Venus. There are a few implied lines are used to create the ocean as to which Venus emerges from‚ as well as the waves in her hair to show that it has movement. The actual lines are used to create the shapes of the nature and the angels and
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The Birth of Venus Alexandra Smith In Sandros Boticelli’s‚ The Birth of Venus‚ there were several different types of lines noticeable in the painting. There are actual lines to illustrate simple birds‚ and curved lines showing the edges of the shell. A lot of the lines were implied by the different colors next to each other. The edge of the trees and the leaves are shown by dark browns and greens against the blue sky. The hard lines of the edge‚ and soft lines in the folds of the fabric held
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