Renaissance Artists , 1449-94  Related Paintings of Domenicho Ghirlandaio :. | Abendmahl | Details of Stigmatisation des Hl.Franziskus | Anbetung der Hirten | Details of Anbetung der Konige | Taufe Christ und Thronende Madonna mit den Heiligen Sebastian und julianus |
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MELeNDEZ, Luis
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Alessandro Botticelli
Florence ca.1445-1510 Italian painter and draughtsman. In his lifetime he was one of the most esteemed painters in Italy, enjoying the patronage of the leading families of Florence, in particular the Medici and their banking clients. He was summoned to take part in the decoration of the Sistine Chapel in Rome, was highly commended by diplomatic agents to Ludovico Sforza in Milan and Isabella d'Este in Mantua and also received enthusiastic praise from the famous mathematician Luca Pacioli and the humanist poet Ugolino Verino. By the time of his death, however, Botticelli's reputation was already waning. He was overshadowed first by the advent of what Vasari called the maniera devota, a new style by Perugino, Francesco Francia and the young Raphael, whose new and humanly affective sentiment, infused atmospheric effects and sweet colourism took Italy by storm;