UPDATED - 6/6/2022
Art Appreciation
Sandro Botticelli was an early Renaissance painter from Florence, Italy. He is best known for his masterpiece, Birth of Venus, which many believe depicts a love interest considered during her time to be the most beautiful woman in Italy, Simonetta Vespucci. Interestingly, the same model appears in Botticelli's representation of spring called Primavera.
Sandro Botticelli was an early Renaissance painter from Florence, Italy. He is best known for his masterpiece, Birth of Venus, which many believe depicts a love interest considered during her time to be the most beautiful woman in Italy, Simonetta Vespucci. Interestingly, the same model appears in Botticelli's representation of spring called Primavera.
Primavera is further explored by art historian Amanda Matta in her Art of History podcast, which you can hear HERE.
In 1480, he was commissioned alongwith other Florentine painters to paint frescos in the Sistine Chapel in Rome. One of his frescos was The Temptation of Christ.
You can see more of his paintings HERE.
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The Birth of Venus (1486) via Pavellas |
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Primavera (1482) via fallingoutofmyemptynest |
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The Temptation of Christ (1480-1482) via public-domain-photos.org |
Sources: http://www.sandrobotticelli.net/; http://pavellas.com/tag/piero-the-unfortunate/; http://www.public-domain-photos.org/sandro-botticelli-the-temptations-of-christ.html
One of my favorite painters. I love the Italian Renaissance period of artists. To answer your question... the sea stars wash-up occasionally, still alive, as were the two I photographed on Friday's post. They were moving around ever so slightly in the wet sand :^)
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