The Life and Art of Sandro Botticelli The age of the Renaissance in Italy was graced with many extraordinary artists, one of which was the painter Sandro Botticelli. He is believed to be born between the years 1444 and 1445 (there is no official birth date recorded), to Mariano Filipepi of Florence, Italy. His surname was changed to Botticelli because of the nickname ‘Il Botticello’ given to him as a young boy, which means ‘Little Barrel.’(Ettlinger 7) …showed first 75 words of 1976 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1976 total…Christianity with pagan tales and Greek myth. Vasari gives him due credit in his Lives, which was the first book published in 1550 on the lives of Renaissance artists. Hoffman 9 Works Cited Ettlinger, L.D. and Helen S. Botticelli. New York: Oxford University Press, 1977. Lightbown, Ronald. Sandro Botticelli: Life and Work vol.1. Los Angeles: Univ. of California Press, 1978. metalab.unc.edu/cjackson/botticel/botticelli_bio.htm. 12/11/98 Venturi,Lionello. Botticelli. New York:Oxford Univ. Press, 1937. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**