Sandro BotticelliSandro Botticelli

Background

Born in Florence, Italy 1444

Middle class merchant family

Father was a tanner Became an

apprentice of Fillipo Lippi at age 14

The Birth of Venus

Birth of Venus

Painted for Lorenzo Medici Painted around1482 Painted for Medici’s Villa di Castello Not realistic, but Renaissance because

of the theme- Roman Gods Venus coming out of the sea: Ancient

Greek/Roman Myth

Primavera

About Primavera

Painted for Lorenzo D’Medici Painted in 1487 Was then displayed in the Medici villa

in Castello Now is displayed in the Uffizi Museum

Primavera

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