You are not logged in so some information on this page has been withheld. To see more, please log in or sign up.
Botticelli
since
auto-detected in 8 stories
10 days ago
A Renaissance-era beauty who inspired Botticelli's Venus may have died of a rape-related brain rupture, scientists believe.
34 days ago
I challenge the Rothko naysayers to stand in front of his monumental art and not feel awe – Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett ⊕⊕
An exhibition in Florence that pairs his giant canvases with Renaissance religious art brought me to the edge of tears. It is the perfect refuge from the infinite scroll
As an unbaptised agnostic rais…
38 days ago
Why Botticelli's Birth of Venus has a wonky eye: Scientists claim the model for the world-renowned painting had a brain tumour that caused a squint ○
found
a story from The Daily Mail 💩 › The Daily Mail
According to researchers from Queen Mary, University of London, Simonetta Vespucci - the model for the world-renowned painting - had a brain tumour that caused a squint.
5 months ago
‘Not for ogling’: forget Titian, Botticelli and the male fantasists – only women can paint great female nudes ⊕⊕
From Yoko Ono to Frida Kahlo, from Louise Bourgeois way back to Artemisia Gentileschi, women have long been capturing the unvarnished truth about their own bodies – and that’s why my novel Female, Nu…
7 months ago
The Innocents of Florence by Joseph Luzzi review – how abandoned babies spurred a flowering of Renaissance art ⊕
The precarious, cruel but dazzling world of a foundling hospital is brought wonderfully to life by the author of Botticelli’s Secret
Joseph Luzzi, a professor at Bard College in New York, is a Dante s…
12 months ago
What is hair and scalp oiling, and will it make my locks long like Rapunzel? | Antiviral ○
found
a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International
While some people are just genetically blessed, many popular hair hacks are simply commonsense, say experts
• Read more in the Antiviral series
Mythical representations of women, whether Botticelli’s V…
14 months ago
Something to look up to: how Michelangelo’s love and humility could influence the Sistine Chapel conclave ○
found
a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International
The artist’s frescoes hold many lessons for the cardinals that have to decide upon the next pope
It must be hard for the College of Cardinals gathered in the Sistine Chapel not to gawp at Michelangelo…
15 months ago
Giuseppe Penone review – an ecstatic realm where trees and humans merge ○
Serpentine, London
From the moment we inhale the scent of this remarkable show – in which trees blast open and boulders perch on branches – the Italian artist intoxicates us like a shaman communing wi…
page 1 of 1