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Sandro Botticelli

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  • Primavera, the Italians call it, a word that catches all its force and triumph, and it is the title of Sandro Botticelli's most wonderful picture, painted around 1492: a woman as fair as any goddess, in a dress as gorgeous as has ever been made or imagined, strides through a dark wood, scattering flowers.

    The Independent - Frontpage RSS Feed 2011

  • Despite their robust modeling, they seem schematic, as do many of the images of young blondes that follow, paintings by such masters as Filippo Lippi, Sandro Botticelli and the Pollaiuolo brothers, and suave marble busts by Desiderio da Settignano and Andrea del Verrocchio.

    From Out of a Featureless Crowd Karen Wilkin 2012

  • A portrait of a young lady by Sandro Botticelli is among the stars of "Renaissance Faces."

    Don't Miss: Aug. 27-Sept. 2 2011

  • Also, a Sandro Botticelli 1474 showing a more sublime, long-limbed figure sweetly transfigured, graceful and resigned, ignoring his pain.

    Finding Inspiration in the Flesh Willard Spiegelman 2011

  • I have shown you the art of Sandro Botticelli and the work of Leonardo da Vinci.

    The Poet Prince KATHLEEN MCGOWAN 2010

  • And from the day that Simonetta was introduced to Sandro Botticelli, the rumors in Florence became more vicious.

    The Poet Prince KATHLEEN MCGOWAN 2010

  • What seemed a non sequitur now appears to be a reference to the collection he was working on, imprinted with the angels of Sandro Botticelli and the demons of Hieronymus Bosch.

    McQueen's Angels and Demons Christina Binkley 2010

  • Let us take Sandro Botticelli as a perfect example.

    The Poet Prince KATHLEEN MCGOWAN 2010

  • In Renaissance Florence, portraits of traitors were often painted on walls in public places – after one conspiracy, no less an artist than Sandro Botticelli portrayed the conspirators on the Piazza della Signoria.

    A curse on all your paintings: the secret magic of Renaissance art Jonathan Jones 2010

  • Sandro Botticelli had even submitted a number of his Madonna-as-whore paintings to the flames to prove his devotion to the cause.

    The Poet Prince KATHLEEN MCGOWAN 2010

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