... in about 1250 and had progressed through "childhood" and "youth" to its 16th century maturity" (Britannica 7). "In the 19th century, Jules Michelet and Jakob Burckhardt popularized the idea of the Renaissance as "a distinct historical period heralding the modern age, characterized by the rise of the individual, scientific inquiry and geographical exploration, and the growth of secular value""(Cole, 1994, 13). Today ... a number of works for the Medici villas, among them the famous Birth of Venus inspired by a poem by Politian on that theme (Art through..., 1970, 442-3) Sandro Botticelli...

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Sandro Botticelli was an Italian painter who was very successful at the peak of his career. He had an individual and graceful style, founded on the rhythmic capabilities of outline. He created his own, instantly ... liberties with nature in order to achieve a more graceful outline and add beauty to the harmony of the design. Botticelli fell out of fashion with the emergence of the high renaissance style at the turn of the 16th century. He died in obscurity and was only returned to his position as one of the best-loved quattrocento (fifteenth century) painters through ... ...

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