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Sandro Botticelli

Sandro Botticelli. 1444 - May 17, 1510. I’m Italian, with power. Botticelli worked under the patronage of Lorenzo de’ Medici (A.K.A the first mafia) Born Alessandro di Mariano Filipepi, Sandro. But changed his name to Botticelli by a nickname meaning little barrel . A Word From my Sponsor.

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Sandro Botticelli

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  1. Sandro Botticelli 1444 - May 17, 1510

  2. I’m Italian, with power • Botticelli worked under the patronage of Lorenzo de’ Medici (A.K.A the first mafia) • Born Alessandro di Mariano Filipepi, Sandro. But changed his name to Botticelli by a nickname meaning little barrel

  3. A Word From my Sponsor • One famous family ruled behind the scenes.

  4. Medicis • Grew astronomically rich by inventing international banking. • At 19, Lorenzo took over the bank and the city of Florence after his father’s death. • Botticelli became part of Lorenzo’s charming inner circle. • Favorite meal of the time: roast peacock

  5. Botticelli • A basic education and apprenticed with a local artist. • 1470 he was running his own workshop • 1475 he completed The Adoration of the Magi • Who is in the painting? • The medicis

  6. Time to but your talents to good use • Pazzi vs. Medici • Pazzi, a prominent Florentine family, partneder with fellow Medici enemies Pope Sixtus IV and the archbishop of Pisa.

  7. The Plan • Murder Lorenzo and his brother Giuliano • April 16, 1478, during high mass in the Florence Cathedral, assassins savagely attached the brothers. • Giuliano dies and Lorenzo escapes • The assassins were headed to the man square, intended to rouse the populace, but instead they hung them.

  8. Drive home the point • Medici commissioned Botticelli to paint a fresco of the right primary conspirators swinging to their death.

  9. Sistine Chapel? • Yes, he was the first. • Now mostly ignored by visitors craning to see Michelangelo’s ceiling.

  10. Screw you, Michelangelo! • Michelangelo took over. • The Birth of Venus • Lorenzo de’ Medici died in March 1492. • Eldest brother, Piero takes over and brought the downfall two years later with the invasion of the French army • Botticelli’s patrons abandoned him, but found work making scared art.

  11. Rock “N” Roll • Botticelli the man. • Great practice joker • A weaver lived next door to Botticelli. The looms were so loud that Botticelli could not worked. He complained and the neighbor responses “that is my house I can do what I want.” The next day, Botticelli placed a large rock on his roof, seemingly ready to crash on the roof of his neighbors’. When the neighbor complained, Botticelli relied that he could do what he pleased with his own house. The weaver moved the next day.

  12. She’s a Super Freak!

  13. Who is next? Leonardo Da Vinci

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