botticelli tondo

Sandro Botticelli

Italian renaissance artist (1445–1510)

A famous artist from Florence, Italy, who is considered one of the most important artists of his era.

His most famous works include The Birth of Venus and Primavera, both in the Uffizi Gallery today.

In renaissance Italy, a tondo was a round painting or sculpture often displayed in a private setting. The video introduces these circular works by looking closely at Sandro Botticelli’s elegant fifteenth-century tondo depicting the Virgin Mary and Christ.

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