Sandro Botticelli

Sandro Botticelli's paintings give line a central role in Florentine Renaissance figures, drapery, and movement. His Madonnas and altarpieces use precise drawing to organize sacred encounters. Primavera and The Birth of Venus bring classical subjects into large compositions associated with private patronage. He trained with Fra Filippo Lippi and later established a workshop where Filippino Lippi was an apprentice. Commissions from the Medici and their circle linked his workshop to Florentine patrons.