Botticelli

American

[bot-i-chel-ee, bawt-tee-chel-lee] / ˌbɒt ɪˈtʃɛl i, ˌbɔt tiˈtʃɛl li /

noun

Sandro Alessandro di Mariano dei Filipepi, 1444?–1510, Italian painter.

Botticelli British

/ bottiˈtʃɛlli /

noun

Sandro (ˈsandro), original name Alessandro di Mariano Filipepi . 1444–1510, Italian (Florentine) painter, illustrator, and engraver, noted for the graceful outlines and delicate details of his mythological and religious paintings

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Botticellian adjective

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A contemporary of Italian masters Leonardo da Vinci and Sandro Botticelli, Behzad brought a new style to Herat before settling in Tabriz, in modern-day Iran.

From Barron's

He was a favorite of Lorenzo de’ Medici, and his paintings have a superficial resemblance both to those of his teacher, Botticelli, and those of his father, Fra Filippo Lippi.

From The Wall Street Journal

They glued themselves to an art-history survey course’s worth of priceless works, from Picasso to Raphael to Botticelli.

From Los Angeles Times

There’s bound to be a lot of looks inspired by Botticelli’s “The Birth of Venus” as well.

From Los Angeles Times

Legal action has followed to protect masterpieces at other museums, not without debate, including Leonardo’s “Vitruvian Man,” Donatello’s David and Botticelli’s “Birth of Venus.”

From Seattle Times

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