Talk:Sandro Botticelli

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Now removed, but you could have done that yourself.... Lee M 01:20, 16 Feb 2005 (UTC)

Is there anything in the article to suggest why the marker "gay, lesbian, or bisexual' has been added to Botticelli's article?

The addition was made by User:Bearcat, 23:04, 22 Jan 2005. --Wetman 23:10, 13 May 2005 (UTC)

I bugged Bearcat about this, politely, and we had this exchange:

"The bottom line is that I added the category tag because he was on the List of famous gay, lesbian or bisexual people; I really don't know enough about him to add anything biographical." Bearcat 22:54, 20 Jun 2005 (UTC)
"Let's "de-Out" him. The list loses any interest if it gets fuzzy edges." --Wetman 23:21, 20 Jun 2005 (UTC)

So Sandy's not gay any more. --Wetman 23:21, 20 Jun 2005 (UTC)

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[edit] Regarding Savonarola

The article says that Botticelli had given up painting in accordance to the preachings of Savonarola. Another biography, [1], suggests otherwise. Can anyone clear this up? i think this is a gr8 artical and it realy heped me with my art assinbment u are gay mis haig yeeeeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

[edit] hey hey

hey hey guys, i just wanna say that wikipedia rocks for school assignments and the dish ran away with the spoon. xoxo

[edit] Comment by anon.-possible problem with the article?

I'm not an art person, can anyone who is comment on this edit? JoshuaZ 04:54, 6 December 2006 (UTC)

Only very simple folk might think that there is one painting titled "Adoration of the Magi". --Wetman 08:21, 6 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Botticelli's Last years.

I was going to edit the page outright, but I wanted to give the Wiki people a heads up that Botticelli did not die so much in obscurity, as there are records that prove that he did work beyond what the article states. I just think it's too vague and needs to be revised.

Thanks people —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 66.31.65.60 (talk) 02:15, 7 December 2006 (UTC).

[edit] Addition of content

I've added some bio and paintings info, moved 'religion', and removed the warning tag for expansion, though the article could use more content on life and works. JNW 00:33, 11 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Question

Hello, I miss a great work of Botticelli: The Chart of Hell (drawing in Divine Comedy).

You can find more information about it via The European Library. For instance, it is the 11th treasure on http://libraries.theeuropeanlibrary.org/VaticanCity/treasures_en.xml

What shall I do? Should I link to it, create a page or mention it somewhere else, e.g. possibly wiki on Divine Comedy?

Thanks, Fleurstigter 16:46, 10 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] The Primavera and Birth of Venus were not painted for Castello

The article states that "The masterworks Primavera (c. 1478) and The Birth of Venus (c. 1485) were both painted for the villa of Lorenzo di Pierfrancesco de' Medici at Castello". This is not actually true. Inventories published by Shearman have shown that the Primavera was actually painted for the town house of Lorenzo di Pierfrancesco de'Medici in Via Larga Florence and that it was moved to/hung in Castello at a later date. The same inventories also suggest that the Birth of Venus was not actually a Medici commission at all but was originally painted for someone, somewhere else - the painting, like the Primavera, was however, hanging in Castello by the time of the inventory of 1499.137.205.251.1 14:17, 14 April 2007 (UTC)

Would you mind revising this information in the article itself, especially if you can cite the source of scholarship? Thanks, JNW 18:53, 14 April 2007 (UTC)

Done. Found a link with the scholarship you referred to. JNW 14:09, 16 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] "Lamentation Over The Dead Christ" - links reversed in Anthology

There are two of these, one dated c. 1490 (Munich) and one dated c. 1495 (Milan). The links in the article are reversed, and should be corrected. This is my first Wikipedia posting, so have no idea how to do it. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Danby16 (talk • contribs) 22:47, July 4, 2007

Thanks--done. A little cut and paste. JNW 03:15, 5 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Template

Is there a need for both a fairly exhaustive list of works, and an equally comprehensive template as well? Even one, in full extent, is more than enough here. JNW 22:04, 13 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Lorenzo de' Medici

The paragraph `Less than a hundred years later, this movement, under the patronage of Lorenzo de' Medici, was characterized by Giorgio Vasari as a "golden age"' is not clear. The upshot is that Vasari said that less than 100 years later than the time of Lorenzo de' medici; can anyone find a better wording for the paragraph? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 129.74.156.70 (talk) 16:02, 18 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Birth Year

In the aritcle it says the date of his birth including the year/s '1444/45'. What does this mean? Which year was he born in? Could someone clarify this soon please unless it is not a mistake in which case please explain. I'm going to change it to 1445 as that is what it seems to be according to other sources. If there is a reason not change it please inform me of it.Heytaytay99 (talk) 07:23, 11 March 2008 (UTC)