Botticelli: A Neoplatonist

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This paper looks at the life of Botticelli's, his work and Renaissance Neoplatonism. It describes in detail three of Botticelli's Neoplatonic paintings: "The Birth of Venus", "Pallas and the Centaur" and "Primavera". It describes their origins and how Botticelli interpreted the pagan themes with a hint of Christianity thrown in, which was the hallmark of Neoplatonism.

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"Born Alessandro di Mariano Filipepi in Florence, Italy in the working class rione of Ognisanti, Sandro Botticelli was an Italian painter of the Florentine school during the Early Renaissance Quattrocentro. Botticelli Sandro Botticelli was first apprenticed ..."

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