Related info with this topic Alessandro di Mariano Filipepi, better known as Sandro Botticelli ("little barrel") (March 1, 1445 ? May 17, 1510) was an Italian painter of the Florentine school during the Early Renaissance (Quattrocento). Less than a hundred years later, this movement, under the patronage of Lorenzo de' Medici, was characterized by Giorgio Vasari as a "golden age", a thought, suitably enough, he expressed at the head of his Vita of Botticelli.
Born in Florence in the working-class rione of Ognissanti, Botticelli was first apprenticed to a goldsmith, then, following the boy's wishes, his doting father sent him to Fra Filippo ......read all related info... |
Comments at this topic - Sandro Botticelli wallpapers gallery |
| it's amazing,see this art in real,gorgeous,liked it,have it in my cellphoto background theme!(L) | | posted by FrankIeroSex at 2008-10-10 | | | great site! | | posted by Sarah at 2007-07-14 | | | Fantastic - very arty | | posted by Leanne at 2007-05-24 | | | this wallpaper rocks, but i was really interested in the more abstract Dali, and you didnt really offer muck of that. | | posted by K.Baker at 2006-10-02 | | |
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