Sandro Botticelli

What was his style of painting?

Was known for his work with tempera, oil painting, and frescoes

What was the piece he worked on in the Sistine Chapel?

The Trials of Moses

Depicts the goddess Venus emerging from the ocean as an adult woman

The Birth of Venus

Showing Mars & Venus together representing beauty and valor

Mars and Venus

A group of mythological figures in a garden - allegorical for the lush growth of spring. Also could depicts the ideal of Neoplatonic love

Primavera

Comes from the poem "Inferno" by Dante

The Abyss of Hell

Featured Botticelli's self-portrait

Adoration of the Magi

Last Judgment painting. Only signed piece.

The Mystical Nativity

Shows the inert body of Christ surrounded by the Virgin, St. Peter and Mary Magdalene, St. John the Evangelist, St. Jerome and St. Paul

Lamentation Over the Dead Christ

This painting symbolizes the death of Christ

The Virgin Adoring the Sleeping Christ Child

This was meant for the funeral of a friend who was assassinated

Portrait of Giuliano de' Medici

Intended to decorate the Tribunal Hall of Piazza della Signoria in Florence. First recorded work of Botticelli.

Fortitude