Sandro Botticelli :born Alessandro di Mariano Filipepi): Born: 1445, Florence.

Served as an apprentice to the painter "Fra Filippo Lippi".

By 1470, Botticelli had his own workshop. Even at this early date his work was characterized by a conception of the figure as if seen in low relief, drawn with clear contours, and minimizing strong contrasts of light and shadow which would indicate fully modeled forms.

Mostly, Botticelli worked for the great families of Florence.

Botticelli painted a number of panels of the Madonna.

He was one of several artists chosen to go to Rome to decorate the walls of the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican.

Died: 1510, Florence.



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