Sandro Botticelli. Answer 2: I am sure the above is the answer you wanted, since Botticelli's painting is the best-known version of 'Birth of Venus'. One should know, though, that this has been a very popular subject thorugh the ages and painted by many famous and less famous painters.
Boticelli
Sandro Botticelli, painted circa 1482-1486.

Botticelli lived 1445-1510 and worked in Florence.

By painting mythological subjects, instead of only religious ones. He did not do this on his own accord, though. Those paintings were commissioned by the Medici family and others. By blending the two different philosophies, he created a new concept(Neoplatonism), which became the central focus of many paintings. More information on Neoplatonism can be found at: link below.

Botticellis mother's name was Smeralda Filipepi (Filipepi was also originally Botticelli's last name).

more info on him at: https://sites.google.com/site/botticellisuseofneoplatonism/introduction-to-botticelli-1/biography

He lived all his life in Florence. He did some work in Volterra and Rome (Sistine Chapel wall).

No, he never married, he even claimed that the prospect of marriage gave him nightmares!

Some say that he fell in love with Simonetta Vespucci, the most beautiful woman in Florence in her days, who was loved and admired by all. She was married to a cousin of Amerigo Vespucci and was possibly the mistress of Giuliano de'Medici (brother of Lorenzo il Magnifico). She was dubbed 'Queen of Beauty' by all inhabitants of Florence, and tournaments were held in her honour. Sadly, she died in her early twenties of tuberculosis. It is said that Botticelli was in hopelessly in love with her, but she was out of his league. She certainly is depicted in many of his paintings, some made even decades after she died, and when Botticelli was dying himself, he asked to be buried at her feet, a wish that has been granted.

Giotto di Bondone was an Italin painter and architect during the beginning of the Italian Renaissance. He produced several frescoes at various churches, such as the Scrovegni Chapel and the Crusifix at Santa Maria Novella. In Rome, he created a mosaic St. Peter's Basilica. Michelangelo is known to have studied his work in the Peruzzi Chapel.

botticelli was a famous painter and his dad a tanner let him become a goldsmith and botticelli open his own workshop when he was about 14 or 15 years old.

It is an example of Early Italian Renaissance.

No, no known kids.

Mainly tempera paint on wood panels.

Botticelli painted the Birth of Venus in the year of 1486, when he was commissioned to paint it for the Medici family in Florence. It is currently on display at the Uffizi Gallery in Florence.

he died when he was 65, in 1510. at the time he was not as popular and struggling to keep up with with new emerging artists. He didn't create any paintings throughout the last years of his life.

some say he died poor.others say he died rich with fulfillment. It's really impossible to know because he wasn't in the public eye.

His popularity was very shaky. For more details, visit link below!

Botticelli is well known for his two paintings 'Birth of Venus' and 'Primavera'. He also painted many Madonnas. The Vatican has some of his paintings such as 'The Temptations of Christ' and 'The Trials of Moses', both of which are in the Sistine Chapel.

In those days there were no awards in our sense of the word.

His most famous paintings are "The Birth of Venus" and "Primavera". But he created many others as well. He was commissioned by very important patrons, such as the Medicis(who controlled Florence) and the Vespuccis(the family of Amerigo Vespucci-for whom America is named). His works are very important to understanding Renaissance art and culture.

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Some time ago a Botticelli 'Madonna and Child Painting' was sold at auction for $7.5 Million.

His work paved the way for the later artists of the Renaissance.

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I have offended God and mankind because my work did not reach the quality it should have.

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.

Sandro Botticelli was a very important painter of the renaissance. I just did a report on him. It might sound kind of weird because we had to pretend to be the person but this is how it went: Did you ever think someone so famous with over seven hundred painting could be forgotten? That's what happened to me, Allesandro di Marino Filipe. After my death in the fifteen hundreds I wasn't again know until four centuries later I was rediscovered by a group of painters in England. I was born in 14B.C and came from an upper class and religious family. Not a much is know about my childhood but some these are some things people know for sure. My dad was a tanner who is someone who converts animal skins into leather. My brother, Antonio, trained me as a goldsmith until I realized that I really wanted to be a painter. People also believe that my name, Botticelli, came from my brother. I received a fuller education then other Renaissance artists. At the age of fourteen I became and apprentice and just one year later I was already training with one of the people who influenced me a lot in my life, Filipo Lippi. As I mentioned earlier, I, Botticelli, painted over seven hundred paintings. Including "The Birth of Venus", "Calumny", "Mystic Nativity", and "The Last Communion of Saint Jerome." I spent most my life in Florence, Italy except for a trip to Rome that lasted one year. Right after then is when I went through a lot of changes. I was then known as one of the most individual painters, I got my own workshop, and then my style changed completely. From then on my paintings were religious and graceful. This is about when I took my trip to Rome. While I was there I painted in one of the most important Chapels of Rome, and when I returned home I was much more successful and I served for a committee for popular places in Florence. Even though competition was tough I was much admired in my later life. I painted in major churches and was known as an individual painter and once my workshop was up and running it led to great success. Again, after my death I was virtually forgotten and wasn't known again until late in the nineteenth century. I died in 1510 of old age. Some say that I was crippled and wasn't able to receive painting assignments which may have led to my death. Like my childhood, little is known about my death. Botticelli competed against many rising stars, but I think I was a great influence because even though I struggled a lot I was still was successful. My brother trained me as a goldsmith but at a very young age I became a famous painter. I took a trip to Rome and painted many well-known paintings. I certainly was forgotten but I was still rediscovered. So when ever you feel forgotten, think of my and you know you'll be remembered again. :(