Sandro Botticelli at its most effective, emphasized by the soft continual contours and pastel colors. The "Primavera" and the "Birth" were both seen by Vasari in the mid-16th century at the Villa di Castello, owned from 1477 by Lorenzo di Pierfrancesco de' Medici, and until the publication in 1975 of a Medici inventory of 1499, it was assumed that both works were painted specifically for the villa. Recent scholarship suggests otherwise: the "Primavera" was painted for Lorenzo di Pierfrancesco's townhouse in Florence, and "The Birth of Venus" was commissioned by someone else for a different site. Botticelli painted only a small number
Botticelli Inferno Botticelli Inferno Botticelli Inferno is a 2016 Italian-German documentary film directed by Ralph Loop. The film is part of the project "Great Art Cinema" and analyses one of the most mysterious works of Sandro Botticelli, the "Map of Hell" in the "Divine Comedy Illustrated by Botticelli" in the Vatican Library. The map was originally part of an illustrated manuscript of Dante's "Divine Comedy", featuring artwork by Botticcelli. The film was edited in the facilities of TV Plus, Medea Film, and Nexo Digital. It attempts to shed light on Botticelli's motivation for drawing his "Map of Hell", and, in the process,