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Botticelli, Rebooted? 12 Artworks That Prove the Renaissance Artist Is Relevant Today

By Artspace Editors

April 5, 2016

Botticelli, Rebooted? 12 Artworks That Prove the Renaissance Artist Is Relevant Today

The influence of Sandro Botticelli (the master of Early Renaissance painting perhaps most famously known for The Birth of Venus) extends far beyond his legacy in the cinquecento. Some things never get old, and Botticelli's influece is strongly felt even in today's contemporary artwork. With strong nods to this tradition, artists continue to employ recognizable religious iconography and motifs that hark to the biblical history potent in Botticelli’s work.

Drawn from Phaidon’s newly updated monograph Botticelli in conjunction with the Artspace archives, these six pairs of Early Renaissance masterpieces and contemporary works (now available on Artspace) illustrate the continuting relevance of this true virtuoso.

The Virgin

HEAD OF THE VIRGIN
Sandro Botticelli
1484–85

ALPHA-ATION "LINDSAY"
Walter & Zoniel
2015

Madonna and Child

MADONNA OF THE ROSE GARDEN
Sandro Botticelli
c.1470

MELINDA WITH CHILD LOMBARDI ITALY
Steven Lyon
2004

Nativity

MYSTIC NATIVITY
Sandro Botticelli
1500

ALLEGORIA SACRA, JUNGLE ELEGY (TRIPTYCH)
AES+F
2012

Annunciation

ANNUNCIATION
Sandro Botticelli
c.1489

HOW TO MEET AN ANGEL, COMMENT RECONTRER UN ANGE
Ilya Kabakov
2014

Crucifixion

MYSTIC CRUCIFIXION
Sandro Botticelli
c.1500

PER NON DIMENTICARE
Julian Schnabel
1997

Pietà

PIETÀ
Sandro Botticelli
After 1500

LAST RIOT, THE BRIDGE
AES+F
2006

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