how was his later years?
He was a follower of Savonarola's, and this was why he gave up painting and then fell into considerable distress as he had no other source of income. None the less, he remained an obstinate member of the sect. As an old man, he found himself so poor that if Lorenzo de’ Medici and then his friends had not come to his assistance, he would have almost died of hunger.
Sandro Botticelli
Botticelli was a follower of Savonarola's, and this was why he gave up painting and then fell into considerable distress as he had no other source of income. None the less, he remained an obstinate member of the sect, becoming one of the "piagnoni", the snivellers, as they were called then, and abandoning his work; so finally, as an old man, he found himself so poor that if Lorenzo de' Medici ... and then his friends and ... [others] had not come to his assistance, he would have almost died of hunger.
where did the first olympic games take place It was held in Athens, Greece, from 6 to 15 April 1896. what are some of the locations it took place? "Panathenaic Stadium", "The City of Marathon” “The Bay of Zea", “Kallithea” and "Athens Lawn Tennis Club” were some of them. where is this first mentioned place located? Athens, Greece. what is the historical account behind this stadium? Originally, since the 6th century BC, a racecourse existed at the site of the stadium. It hosted the Panathenaic Games, a religious and athletic festival celebrated every 4 years in honour of the goddess Athena. where is the origin of this aforesaid goddess? She was the palace goddess of "Aegean". where did her name originate from? The name is likely of Pre-Greek origin because it contains the presumably Pre-Greek morpheme "*-ān-". where was she born? UNANSWERABLE was she part of any war? Yes, the "Trojan War". what was her role in this war? Paris had to give his decision on who was the fairest amongst Aphrodite, Hera and Athena. Since he selected Aphrodite, the other two goddesses were enraged and, as a direct result, sided with the Greeks in the war. who is this first mentioned goddess? She is an ancient Greek goddess associated with love, beauty, pleasure, passion and procreation. who did she marry? Hephaestus what is her role in the classical art? She is the central figure in Sandro Botticelli's painting "Primavera". where was this aforesaid artist from? Florence did he paint any chapel? Yes, at the "Sistine Chapel". what are some famous portrait paintings he did? There are a number of idealized portrait-like paintings of women which probably do not represent a specific person. Traditional gossip links these to the famous beauty Simonetta Vespucci, who died aged twenty-two in 1476, but this seems unlikely. These figures represent a secular link to his "Madonnas". what happened in relation to his sexual experiences? Opinion remains divided on whether this is evidence of bisexuality or homosexuality. how did he spend his early days? He was being trained as a goldsmith.
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Sandro Botticelli [SEP] Last years
[others] had not come to his assistance, he would have almost died of hunger. The extent of Savonarola's influence on Botticelli remains uncertain; his brother Simone was more clearly a follower. The story, sometimes seen, that he had destroyed his own paintings on secular subjects in the notorious ""Bonfire of the Vanities"" is not told by Vasari. Vasari's assertion that Botticelli produced nothing after coming under the influence of Savonarola is not accepted by modern art historians. "The Mystical Nativity", Botticelli's only painting to carry an actual date, if one cryptically expressed, comes from late 1500, eighteen months after Savonarola died, and the development of his style can be traced through a number of late works, as discussed below.