Sandro Botticelli

• 1. Sandro Botticelli

2. Background

• Born in Florence, Italy 1444

• Middle class merchant family

• Father was a tanner

• Became an apprentice of Fillipo Lippi at age 14

3. The Birth of Venus 4. Birth of Venus

• Painted for Lorenzo Medici

• Painted around1482

• Painted for Medicis Villa di Castello

• Not realistic, but Renaissance because of the theme- Roman Gods

• Venus coming out of the sea: Ancient Greek/Roman Myth

5. 6. Primavera 7. About Primavera

• Painted for Lorenzo DMedici

• Painted in 1487

• Was then displayed in the Medici villa in Castello

• Now is displayed in the Uffizi Museum

8. Primavera 9. Thank You!