Chapter 1
The goldsmith's apprentice who found his color
Chapter 2
The Medici court and the pagan rebirth
Chapter 3
Rivalries and the battle of Florentine styles
Chapter 4
The bonfire of his own vanities
YOUR GOAL
Master of How Botticelli painted the soul of Florence
Ch 3 · Rivalries and the battle of Florentine styles
andy Florentine Art Style Rivalry
Just throw a paint sponge at the wall! (Throw it at the wall!) Leonardo says your landscapes fall! (Yeah, they really fall!)
andy While Leonardo developed sfumato to blend edges, Botticelli used clear outlines to give his figures a flat, calligraphic
andy Luminous Renaissance lighting reveals the detailed figures in Botticelli's Temptations of Christ fresco.
Fun Fact
Sponge insult: Leonardo wrote that Botticelli's landscapes were so bad you could paint them by throwing a wet sponge.
Glossary
disegno (noun)
Drawing or design, regarded in art theory as the essential foundation of visual creation. Sandro Botticelli championed this linear approach in 1470 to win commissions over his rival, Piero del Pollaiuolo.
Drawing or design, regarded in art theory as the essential foundation of visual creation. Sandro Botticelli championed this linear approach in 1470 to win commissions over his rival, Piero del Pollaiuolo.