2. The Quattrocento
The quattrocento is the group of
cultural and artistic events of 15th
century in Italy.
It contents the artistic styles of the
late middle ages and the early
renaissance.
One of the quattrocento artists is
Sandro Botticelli.
3. The quattrocento
paints
His
principal characteristics are the
observation of the nature and the
domain of the perspective.
4. The quattrocento
paints
The technique that is more used is
the mural.
It makes up on special tables and
sometimes in certain furniture.
The artists use the tempera paints
until the second half of century,
when apears the oil paint.
5. The quattrocento
paints
The focus is the human figure.
The normal human proportions
returned.
He perfected the three-
dimensionality and established the
foundations of the Renaissance style.
The artists put the figures in
architectural spaces
6. Introduccion
Sandro Botticelli (Florence
1445 - Florence, May 17,
1510) was an Italian
Renaissance painter. His
family name was Mariano
Filipepi Allessandro, but it
was t is so called because
he was
the apprentice painter and
craftsman of Botticelli.
7. BIOGRAPHY
He was born in a
rented house in
Borgo Ognissanti,
Alessandro, the last
of seven siblings,
parents were
already old.
8. BIOGRAPHY
Hisfather, Mariano,
was tanning leather in
a modest condition.
But it seems that
precisely at this time,
the family goes
through the worst
time as possible seem
to have improved on
previous phases.
9. BIOGRAPHY
Hisfamily name was
Mariano Filipepi
Allessandro, but it
was t is so
called because he
was
the apprentice paint
er and craftsman of
Botticelli.
10. BIOGRAPHY
It is known that he
was received by
the Medici and
other prominent
Florentine families
between 1483 and
1500. Botticelli not
signed most of his
paintings.
11. BIOGRAPHY
He hasn’t been
married, but
many persons
thing that he had
a unrequited love
with Simonetta
Vespucci
12. PAINTS
In the walls of “La capilla Sixtina” there are many
paints(1481-1482):
– PROVES DE MOISÉS
– CÀSTIG DELS REBELS
– PROVES DE CRIST
– PALES DOMANT EL
CENTAURE
– RETRAT D’UN JOVE
– DEESES VENUS I MART
The history of Nastagio degli
Onesti(1483):
- NASTAGIO DEGLI ONESTI I
- NASTAGIO DEGLI ONESTI II
- NASTAGIO DEGLI ONESTI III
- NASTAGIO DEGLI ONESTI IV
13. VERGE AMB EL ADORACIÓ ALS LA VERGE DE LA
NEN I L’ÀNGEL MAGS GALERIA
RETORN DE LA RETRAT DE LA VERGE DEL
JUDIT A BETULIA CATARINA SFORZA LLIBRE
14. CURIOSITIES
A crater in the
planet Mercury
has been named in his
honor: the
crater Botticelli.
His name is included
in the list of “Grandes
Maestros” of Priory
of Sion.
