Botticelli : Sandro (1445-1510), one of the greatest of early Renaissance Florentine painters whose “Birth of Venus” & “Primavera” express to modern viewers the spirit of the Renaissance itself.
... frescos? I loved them: the pure Page 561 fulfilment—the pure simplicity—the complete, almost perfect relations between the men and the women—the most perfect things I have ever seen. Botticelli is vulgar beside them. They are the zenith of a very lovely civilisation, the crest of a very perfect wave of human development.... [pp. 299-300] His appreciation of the Ajanta paintings must... that would express with bare simplicity and directness some reality within. It is what made people begin to prefer the primitives to the developed art of the Renaissance. That is why he depreciates Botticelli as not giving the real thing, but only an outward grace and beauty which he considers vulgar in comparison with the less formal art of old that was satisfied with bringing out the pure emotion from ...
... surrounded himself with philosophers, poets and artists. 3. The Adoration of the Magi is a popular theme of Christian mythology. Leonardo's painting should be seen in contrast with those of Sandro Botticelli (1475) and of Albrech Durer (1483). 4. Ludovico Sforza (1452-1505), an offspring of the Milanese Sforza dynasty, made Milan the most splendid court in Europe during his reign. 5. Renaissance... Florence became the leading centre for the study and translation of Platonic texts. Masilio Ficino (1433-1499) and Pico della Mirandola (1463-1494) were its major philosophical exponents, while Sandro Botticelli (1445-1510) visualised the Platonic world-view in his painting Primavera (Spring) in 1475. See Edgar Wind, Pagan Mysteries in the Renaissance (London: Faber and Faber, 1958). Hermetic literature ...
... Caiaphas, the high priest, where the scribes and the elders had gathered. [Mat 26:58] But Peter followed him at a distance, as far as Page 80 CHRIST ON THE MOUNT OP OLIVES, by Botticelli (1445-1510) Page 81 the courtyard of the high priest, and going inside he sat with the guards to see the end. [Mat 26:59] Now the chief priests and the whole council sought false ...
... A new type of metre, ayugma (open syllable), yugma (closed syllable). Cottar or Cotter : a farm-labourer or tenant occupying a cottage in return for labour as required. Botticelli Sandro, real name Alessandro di Mariano Filipepi (1447-1510), Florentine painter of the Renaissance To the book. The Letters of D. H. Lawrence, edited by Aldous Huxley. Bi ...
... the halls. He imitated it amazingly well. The paintings of Velazquez—"The Toilet of Venus (Rokeby Venus)" and "The Immaculate Conception"—were charming. Then there was an attractive painting by Botticelli—"Venus and Mars". Matteo di Giovanni expressed in painting "The Assumption of the Virgin", which was ethereal. I viewed minutely the various portraits of great, noble ladies, who had placid faces—so ...
... The Death of Vivekananda 534 The Divine 534 The Divine Denier 137 The Divine's Compassion 584 The Eternal Vast 258 The Eyes of Botticelli's Madonna 548 The Fall 109 The Finishing Touch 470 The First Fight 522 The Freed Soul 644 The Golden Hand 351 The Great Bear ...
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