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. :(

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There are 41 in existence(that are known about) today, but many were probably destroyed in the bonfires of Savanarola.

To see a list(and Pictures) of the paintings, go to link below!

For more information on the bonfires, go to link below!

His handsome brother Giuliano was used as a model by Botticelli in his painting of Mars and Venus.

Not much is known about Botticelli's early life or later life. He was out of the public eye. We assume he died of natural causes.

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First, I didn't really get the question............but I just wanted to point out that the painting is based on Christianity and Mythology.....not a Christian Myth.

The painting depicts the Roman Myth of Venus arising from the sea after she is formed by the foam created by her father's balls being thrown into the sea.

The Christian perspective shows the story as a parallel to Baptism(sometimes even compared to Jesus' Baptism).

If you need more information, visit the website "Botticelli's Use of Neoplatonism"(I will include the URL in the related links)

Such information is seldom available. My guess is it was either 'La Primavera' (Spring),which contains an infinite number of flowers and other details, or maybe one of his several paintings called 'Adoration of the Magi' which are full of people. Another thing is the works he did on the walls of the Sistine Chapel: Scenes from the lives of Christe and Moses. These are murals and more timeconsuming than easel painting.

Sandro Botticelli :born Alessandro di Mariano Filipepi in 1445, Florence.

It is said that Botticelli feared marriage so much that he had recurring nightmares about it. That is the only fear I've heard of.

No, there is nothing religious about the Birth of Venus. It depicts the goddess Venus coming out of the water at the moment of her birth. The god Zephir and the nymph Chloris blow her to shore. On land, Primavera awaits with a blanket to enfold her.

I would say that it had references to pagan religions, particularly that of the Romans since Venus was a Roman goddess.<<<<<<That is false. Pagan religion was not being practiced at the time Botticelli was alive. Birth of Venus actually depicts mythology and religion at the same time. Botticelli needed to do this to please the people who studied the humanities, but also people of faith. While the image depicts Venus' birth from the sea(Venus was formed from the foam created from her father's genitals being thrown into the sea), but this can also coincide with the Christian practice of Baptism. Because Venus is a 'divine' figure emerging from water, the story can correlate with a divine figure's Baptism(leading to a connection to Jesus' Baptism).

The theory that religious beliefs and humanistic studies can coincide is called Neoplatonism. For more information on this topic, visit the link to website below.