By Michael Lu

Getting to know a great painter

OverviewBiographyArtworkTechnique

BiographyAlessandro di Mariano di Vanni Filipepi1445 - 1510 (aged 64–65)Italian Renaissance painter from FlorenceFirst Florentine painter to paint other subjects

than religious ones or portraits.

Biography :Timeline

1445: Birth1460s: Becomes Fra Filippo Lippi’s Apprentice. 1470: Own workshop / Florentine artist’s guild. 1475: Adoration of the Magi 1481: Travelled to the Vatican and painted scenes from

the life of Moses and the life of Christ in the Sistine Chapel.

1480-1500: Illustrations for Dante’s Divine Comedy. 1482: Primavera.

Biography :Timeline

1486: The Birth of Venus. 1490: Cestello Annunciation. 1494: Medici family is overthrown as rulers of Florence.

Girolamo Savonarola becomes the head of the republic. 1497: Bonfire of the Vanities, Florentine secular art.

Destroyed, Botecelli involved.1500: The Mystic Nativity. 1500-1505: The Life of St. Zenobius. 1510: Death

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Adoration of the Magi

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Primavera

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The Birth of Venus.

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Venus and Mars

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Cestello Annunciation

Artwork The Mystic Nativity

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The Life of St. Zenobius.

TechniquesBlended the traditional with new Best at painting flesh tones Innovative steps – Poplar coated with gesso– Charcoal outline– Foundation colors– Re drew outlines in black paint

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