You will find some of his best paintings by clicking the link below!
Before Botticelli's time paintings had religious subjects or were portraits. That is what people commissioned from artists. The interesting thing is NOT that there are FEW mythological paintings, but that there were some commissions for mythological subjects. And from then on those subjects grew more popular. It was not like today: an artist paints what he likes and tries to sell it. In renaissance times you went to an artist and asked him to paint what you want. Also, a radical monk named Savanarola burned 'earthly pleasures' including some of Botticelli's work. For more information on Savanarola's influence, I'd go to the link below.
Botticelli is most famous for painting the "Birth of Venus" and " Primavera". For more information, see link below!
Botticelli painted mythological subjects more often than religious ones, which were mostly commissioned by the Medici family. By incorporating and blending the two subjects together, he created a new concept called, Neoplatonism, which soon became the primary focus of many other paintings. I hope this helps.
It would be difficult to list all of the works attributed to Botticelli here, one of his most recognizable paintings is 'The Birth of Venus' circa 1482, approximately 5 feet 8 inches by 9 feet 1 inch. Between 1481 and 1483 Botticelli and several other famous artists were summoned to Rome to decorate the walls of the newly completed Sistine Chapel.
In Florence.
His most famous paintings are: "The Birth of Venus" and "Primavera"
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You will find some of his best paintings by clicking the link below!
Venus. "The Birth of Venus" is one of Botticelli's most famous paintings.
They are to be found in several European museums, some of the best known are in the Uffizi Galleries in Florence, Italy.
Some of them embodied the new philosophy Neo-Platonism. Click link below to find out about this!
Before Botticelli's time paintings had religious subjects or were portraits. That is what people commissioned from artists. The interesting thing is NOT that there are FEW mythological paintings, but that there were some commissions for mythological subjects. And from then on those subjects grew more popular. It was not like today: an artist paints what he likes and tries to sell it. In renaissance times you went to an artist and asked him to paint what you want. Also, a radical monk named Savanarola burned 'earthly pleasures' including some of Botticelli's work. For more information on Savanarola's influence, I'd go to the link below.
Botticelli is most famous for painting the "Birth of Venus" and " Primavera". For more information, see link below!
Botticelli painted mythological subjects more often than religious ones, which were mostly commissioned by the Medici family. By incorporating and blending the two subjects together, he created a new concept called, Neoplatonism, which soon became the primary focus of many other paintings. I hope this helps.
It would be difficult to list all of the works attributed to Botticelli here, one of his most recognizable paintings is 'The Birth of Venus' circa 1482, approximately 5 feet 8 inches by 9 feet 1 inch. Between 1481 and 1483 Botticelli and several other famous artists were summoned to Rome to decorate the walls of the newly completed Sistine Chapel.
Along the walls, where he and some other Florentine artists painted scenes from the lives of Christ and Moses.