Sandro Botticelli or Il Botticello ("The Little Barrel") was an Italian painter of the Florentine school during the Early Renaissance. Less than a hundred years later, this movement, under the patronage of Lorenzo de' Medici, was characterized by Giorgio Vasari as a "golden age". His posthumous reputation suffered until the late 19th century; since then his work has been seen to represent the linear grace of Early Renaissance painting, and The Birth of Venus and Primavera rank now among the most familiar masterpieces of Florentine art.

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Renaissance, is a French word meaning ‘rebirth’, which is the time period in European history where the revival of art and culture took place. It is the golden era that completely transformed the perception of art in any form. Florence, the cradle of Renaissance acted as a buffer zone to all the architects, artists, writers, painters, sculptors, scientists and all the Italian polymaths born at that time.