Contemporary artist discusses how Botticelli's "The Annunciation" teaches humility
Botticelli
Although the figure in this portrait lacks jewels and brocades, likenesses such as this offer insight into upper-class women’s daily lived experience.
Portraits and fashion: Sandro Botticelli, Portrait of ...
Three men arrive to bless Christ. Are they wise—or just rich? Better defer to that young painter in the crowd...
Dissecting Botticelli’s Adoration of the Magi
That shell! That pose! That wind! So much in this painting seems impossible, not least its divine beauty.
Sandro Botticelli, The Birth of Venus
Who wouldn’t be at peace? Mars enters the realm of Venus, where the Three Graces dance and Flora strews blossoms.
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