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Botticelli

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Bot·ti·cel·li  (bt-chl), Sandro Originally Alessandro di Mariano dei Filipepi. 1444?-1510.
Italian painter of the Florentine school whose flowing draftsmanship is evident in his masterpieces, Primavera (c. 1477) and Birth of Venus (c. 1485).
Botticelli (Italian) [bottiˈtʃɛlli]
n
(Biographies / Botticelli, Sandro (1444-1510) M, Italiannational of birth: Florentine, ARTS AND CRAFTS: painter, ARTS AND CRAFTS: illustrator, ARTS AND CRAFTS: engraver) Sandro (ˈsandro), original name Alessandro di Mariano Filipepi. 1444-1510, Italian (Florentine) painter, illustrator, and engraver, noted for the graceful outlines and delicate details of his mythological and religious paintings
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Noun1.BotticelliBotticelli - Italian painter of mythological and religious paintings (1444-1510)
Alessandro di Mariano dei Filipepi, Sandro Botticelli


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