Although our course has just started I can tell that I will gain much
more knowledge about Italy from this course more than the others. When it comes
to reading our textbook Gardner’s Art
Through the Ages: Renaissance and Baroque I like that it goes over every
detail of art history and explains the little details on art, sculpture and
architecture. The artist I was really drawn to while visiting the Uffizi Museum
was Sandro Botticelli.
Botticelli was known for
his paintings and how he treated them as a series of legendary topics including
The Birth of Venus and Mars & Venus. These painting
represented the Roman gods and the Renaissance classical roots. While walking through the Uffizi museum
I noticed his beautiful painting for Santa Maria Novella, Adoration of the Magi. Botticelli is also known for the portraits
of Cosimo de
Medici, involving his sons Piero
and Giovanni,
in addition his grandsons Lorenzo and Giuliano.
Sandro’s masterpieces
Primavera and The Birth of Venus were both seen by Vasari at the villa of Lorenzo di Pierfrancesco
de' Medici at Castello. Vasari addressed Botticelli’s artwork with great praise.
It’s said that the Primavera and
The Birth of Venus were painted for Lorenzo's townhouse in Florence.
Primavera by: Sandro Botticelli
The Birth of Venus by: Sandro Botticelli
Primavera by: Sandro Botticelli The Birth of Venus by: Sandro Botticelli
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