Bio- Sandro Botticelli- 1445-1510

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Sandro Mastering his skill of painting, diligent to detail, color, and Frescos (Sistine Chapel) Born in Florence, Italy, apprenticed as a goldsmith, then later with a master painter By 1472, he had his own workshop where he created most of his works Painting his Early Renaissance and Gothic Realism art plus doing church Frescos He feared marriage saying it gave him nightmares, so he never married or had children However he did love a married noblewoman and asked to be buried at her feet and was In his later life, he was accused of "keeping a boy" but he was dismissed of charges Yet he died in disgrace. His art remains in churches and galleries forever beloved Botticelli ________________________ April 3, 2016 Poetry/Bio/Sandro Botticello Copyright Protected, ID 16-774-483-0 All Rights Reserved. Written under Pseudonym. (Real name - Alessandro di Mariano Filipepe)

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