Renaissance Portrait: An Overview Jun 10, 2008
Italian masters represented in this landmark presentation include Sandro Botticelli, Domenico Ghirlandaio, Raphael and Titian. Works by Jan van Eyck, Hans Memling, Albrecht D. (Suite101.com)
Renaissance Artist Nicknames May 15, 2008
An Early Renaissance painter whose pupils included Leonardo da Vinci, Perugino, Ghirlandaio and Sandro Botticelli. 5. (Suite101.com)
Flood waters still rising south of Fredericton May 2, 2008
The historic Lord Beaverbrook Hotel was evacuated, and the Beaverbrook Art Gallery, which boasts originals by Salvador Dali and Sandro Botticelli, moved artworks from the basement over fears of flooding. Earlier Thursday, emergency officials said 1,300 homes were threatened by the flooding and by evening, more than 500 families had registered with the Red Cross and moved out of their houses. (CTV.ca)
Medici Portraits at the NGA Jan 21, 2008
1435-1488) and painters Sandro Botticelli (1444/45-1510), Domenico Ghirlandaio (1449-1494) and (1452-1519) benefited from the enlightened patronage of Il Magnifico (the Magnificent), a sobriquet accorded to Lorenzo by his contemporaries. Reattribution and Conservation of Lorenzo's Portrait Bust. (Suite101.com)
Postal Service Previews 2008 Stamps Dec 28, 2007
The nutcrackers were custom-made for the U.S. Postal Service by Glenn Crider of T.R.C. Designs, Inc., of Mechanicsville, VA. Crider based the characters on sketches and notes provided by Sally Andersen-Bruce of New Milford, CT, who later photographed the completed nutcrackers for the stamps under the art direction of Derry Noyes of Washington, DC. 2008 Christmas Stamp Working from a detail of a painting titled "Virgin and Child With the Young John the Baptist " by the Italian master Sandro... (PR Newswire)
Bette Davis stars in 2008 postage stamps Dec 28, 2007
- Traditional Christmas Stamp featuring a detail of a painting titled "Virgin and Child With the Young John the Baptist" by the Italian master Sandro Botticelli. . (FOX 11, AZ)
The eyes have it: Bette Davis stars on stamp Dec 28, 2007
Traditional Christmas Stamp featuring a detail of a painting titled Virgin and Child With the Young John the Baptist by the Italian master Sandro Botticelli. 2007 The Associated Press. (MSNBC -- News)
Queen marks diamond anniversary Nov 20, 2007
Hartnell based the wedding dress on the painting, Spring, by the Italian renaissance artist Sandro Botticelli. The costume was made of satin woven from silk from Chinese silkworms and decorated with 10,000 pearls. (CNN -- World)
National Gallery takes to streets of London Jun 13, 2007
Sandro Botticelli, Kingly Court. Sunflowers (1888). (Independent)
Possible Botticelli fresco found in Hungary Jun 9, 2007
BUDAPEST, Hungary - A fresco which may be the work of Italian renaissance painter Sandro Botticelli has been found in the ruins of a Hungarian palace, the Education and Culture Ministry said Friday. The fresco depicting four female figures representing the four cardinal virtues wisdom, temperance, courage and justice was first unearthed in the 1930s, but art historians and restorers recently discovered that one of the figures bore the trademarks of Botticelli's style. (MSNBC -- Lifestyle)
What's in a name? Feb 5, 2007
The name is provoked by a favorite painting "Primavera" by Sandro Botticelli, which depicts the Three Graces and other deities. "I have always loved that image and have been intrigued with how many artists through time have chosen to depict them." They were generally treated as a trinity, physical and intellectual representations of charm, beauty and joy and a symbol of compassion and benevolence, she says. (Seacoast New Hampshire)
When is a Rembrandt really a Rembrandt? Feb 3, 2007
A telling parallel is provided by the "Profile Portrait of a Woman" described as the work of "Alessandro di Mariano Filipepi called Sandro Botticelli." Bernard Berenson, the scholar who did much of the pioneer work on Italian Renaissance painting, published the panel in 1901 as the work of "A Friend of Sandro." Having mulled it over (and seen it after cleaning), Berenson published it a second time in 1963 as an autograph work. Another scholar, Adolpho Venturi, rejected it twice, in 1925 and... (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
Italian Scientists Give Dante a Makeover Jan 13, 2007
Among the most commonly recognized portraits of the poet is a one by Italian Renaissance painter Sandro Botticelli. Dante, portrayed in profile more than 170 years after his death, looks gaunt and stern. (Newsday -- Health)
400-year-old murder mystery cracked Jan 5, 2007
Its most famous members include Lorenzo de' Medici, or Lorenzo the Magnificent, who supported Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci and Sandro Botticelli. Among nobles, deaths by poisoning were common, and deadly concoctions of the day had such deceptively pretty names as "Secreta Secretissima," and "La Cantrella." "When a Medici dies, the first assumption is arsenic," said Richard J Hamilton, a medical toxicologist at Drexel University who was not involved in the study. (India Times, India -- Health/Science)
Scientists say they've solved 400-year-old murder case Jan 4, 2007
Its most famous members include Lorenzo de' Medici, or Lorenzo the Magnificent, who supported Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci, and Sandro Botticelli. At least two Medici women -- Catherine and Maria -- married kings of France, and the Medicis' former home, Pitti Palace, now houses an important art gallery. (Boston Globe)
- Jonathan Jones on his definitive list of 50 must-see masterpieces Dec 5, 2006
18 Sandro Botticelli, Primavera (c 1481-1482), Uffizi Gallery, Florence. 19 Stonehenge (c 2950-1600BC), Salisbury Plain, Britain. (Guardian Unlimited)
Visitor numbers soar at Britain's free museums and galleries Dec 2, 2006
Sandro Botticelli, The Virgin Adoring the Sleeping Christ Child c1490. Sir Henry Raeburn, Rev Dr Robert Walker Skating on Duddingston Loch, 1790s. (Guardian Unlimited -- UK)
Brush strokes from the edge Nov 5, 2006
Sandro Botticelli, who's a prime renaissance artist. I would like to discuss art on the level of the sublime. (Toronto Star -- Sports)
Botticelli, Lippi named as sketch creators Sep 19, 2006
A new exhibit in Florence, Italy, reveals Sandro Botticelli and Filippino Lippi were the creators of a number of previously anonymous Renaissance sketches. The news agency ANSA reported Italian researcher Lorenza Melli is set to reveal her findings regarding the 47 sketches and preparatory drawings at the Dutch University Institute for Art History. (Washington Times, DC)
Drawn to excellence (Joanna Shaw-Eagle) May 13, 2006
Where else at this moment can you see four drawings by Raphael; two by Albrecht Durer; four by Leonardo da Vinci; sculptor Benvenuto Cellini's powerfully drawn red-chalk male "Satyr"; and a page from the "Libro de' Disegni" with drawings by Filippino Lippi, Sandro Botticelli and Raffaellino del Garbo. The page is part of the legendary book put together by Giorgio Vasari, one of the Western world's first systematic private collectors. (Washington Times)
Leonardo in France Jan 14, 2006
Fellow members included Sir Isaac Newton, Sandro Botticelli, Victor Hugo and other notables. A trail of murder clues are found in Leonardo's paintings. (Washington Times)
