Comments on: Botticelli Illustrates Dante. http://www.neatorama.com/2007/04/08/botticelli-illustrates-dante/ The Neat Side of the Web Mon, 09 Nov 2009 23:26:02 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: fatbear http://www.neatorama.com/2007/04/08/botticelli-illustrates-dante/comment-page-1/#comment-96627 fatbear Tue, 10 Apr 2007 00:05:16 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/04/08/botticelli-illustrates-dante/#comment-96627 Dating is slightly iffy - Looks to me (and others) that Sandro did these at the point in his career when Savonarola was rising in Florence, pushing Sandro away from his more secular work (Venus, Spring, etc.) - probably more like early 1490s rather than 1480s - Sandro definitely stopped 1494-5, after Lorenzo's death and the banishment of the Medici from Florence (they were most likely his patron for these works, and would have been paying for them as protection from the Savonarola fundamentalism - and also, as Lorenzo was really sick, in hopes of grace in the next world) But I should not forget that Sandro was probably moved by the murder of Guiliano de' Medici (Lorenzo's brother) by the Pazzi conspirators in 1478, as they were best buds (per not such factual sources) and it's widely argued that the model for Venus (and the lady in Spring) was Guiliano's girl friend - so maybe 1480s works ahh, Florence - to be there in the Spring.... P.S. - the bodies that da Vinci drew on the long gallows ropes are the Pazzi conspirators hanging high off the Palazzo della Signoria - he was "using" them to study pendulum motion and anatomy (he had nothing to do with the hanging, just watching) - at least that's the story handed down.... Dating is slightly iffy - Looks to me (and others) that Sandro did these at the point in his career when Savonarola was rising in Florence, pushing Sandro away from his more secular work (Venus, Spring, etc.) - probably more like early 1490s rather than 1480s - Sandro definitely stopped 1494-5, after Lorenzo's death and the banishment of the Medici from Florence (they were most likely his patron for these works, and would have been paying for them as protection from the Savonarola fundamentalism - and also, as Lorenzo was really sick, in hopes of grace in the next world)

But I should not forget that Sandro was probably moved by the murder of Guiliano de' Medici (Lorenzo's brother) by the Pazzi conspirators in 1478, as they were best buds (per not such factual sources) and it's widely argued that the model for Venus (and the lady in Spring) was Guiliano's girl friend - so maybe 1480s works

ahh, Florence - to be there in the Spring....

P.S. - the bodies that da Vinci drew on the long gallows ropes are the Pazzi conspirators hanging high off the Palazzo della Signoria - he was "using" them to study pendulum motion and anatomy (he had nothing to do with the hanging, just watching) - at least that's the story handed down....

]]> By: Alex http://www.neatorama.com/2007/04/08/botticelli-illustrates-dante/comment-page-1/#comment-96503 Alex Mon, 09 Apr 2007 17:44:27 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/04/08/botticelli-illustrates-dante/#comment-96503 Hm, that reminds me of <a href="http://www.cubby-hole.com/favourite-jokes.htm" rel="nofollow">this joke</a> (see no. 5) Hm, that reminds me of this joke (see no. 5)

]]> By: gail http://www.neatorama.com/2007/04/08/botticelli-illustrates-dante/comment-page-1/#comment-96448 gail Mon, 09 Apr 2007 14:19:00 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/04/08/botticelli-illustrates-dante/#comment-96448 But Dore was basically an illustrator. I have an edition of his Paradise Lost and it's fantastic. It surprised me that Botticelli did a set. But Dore was basically an illustrator. I have an edition of his Paradise Lost and it's fantastic. It surprised me that Botticelli did a set.

]]> By: L.B. Jeffries http://www.neatorama.com/2007/04/08/botticelli-illustrates-dante/comment-page-1/#comment-96442 L.B. Jeffries Mon, 09 Apr 2007 14:02:22 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/04/08/botticelli-illustrates-dante/#comment-96442 Pffft, this stuff nothing compared to Gustave Dore's illustrations. You want to see Hell? Check out this guy's version: http://www.artpassions.net/cgi-bin/dore_image.pl?../galleries/dore/inferno1.jpg Pffft, this stuff nothing compared to Gustave Dore's illustrations. You want to see Hell? Check out this guy's version:

http://www.artpassions.net/cgi-bin/dore_image.pl?../galleries/dore/inf erno1.jpg

]]> By: Sandy http://www.neatorama.com/2007/04/08/botticelli-illustrates-dante/comment-page-1/#comment-96423 Sandy Mon, 09 Apr 2007 12:54:35 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/04/08/botticelli-illustrates-dante/#comment-96423 Ovation TV (a really cool TV channel) had an hour-long documentary on these drawings that was really quite spectacular. Ovation TV (a really cool TV channel) had an hour-long documentary on these drawings that was really quite spectacular.

]]> By: gail http://www.neatorama.com/2007/04/08/botticelli-illustrates-dante/comment-page-1/#comment-96412 gail Mon, 09 Apr 2007 11:51:55 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/04/08/botticelli-illustrates-dante/#comment-96412 C'm on in, the excrement's fine. C'm on in, the excrement's fine.

]]> By: Mzungu54 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/04/08/botticelli-illustrates-dante/comment-page-1/#comment-96372 Mzungu54 Mon, 09 Apr 2007 08:55:05 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/04/08/botticelli-illustrates-dante/#comment-96372 Doesn't look that bad, want me to go first? Doesn't look that bad, want me to go first?

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