Masaccio’s Tribute Money deciphered, and examples from masters including Duccio, Jacopo da Sellaio, Botticelli, Fra Bartolomeo and the Carraccis.
Botticelli
The tale of Nastagio Degli Onesti told in 4 panels by Botticelli, and the 6 paintings making up William Hogarth’s Marriage A-la-Mode.
Sandals worn by gods, notably Mercury, and kings, who hide them under a rock, Toman combat assault sandals, ballet slippers, and wooden working clogs.
The talaria fashioned from gold by Vulcan for Hermes as messenger of the gods, and lent to Perseus when he was sent to bring back the head of Medusa/
Greatest master in Ancient Greece, but all his works are lost. Several views of him painting Alexander the Great’s former mistress Campaspe, and an elaborate allegory of Calumny by Botticelli.
Six from the hundred stories told by the 7 women and 3 men who fled from the Black Death in Florence. With a bonus story, the most famous, at the end.
A bizarre story of a ghost who repeatedly kills the ghost of the woman who spurned his love, and how it leads to a successful marriage. Illustrated by Botticelli.
Written by Giovanni Boccaccio by 1352 and revised in 1370-71, it consists of a hundred stories told by 7 women and 3 men who fled Florence during the Black Death. Some of those tales have been extensively painted.
How Dante meets up with Virgil, and is guided by him down to the deepest circle of Hell. About the other two books, covering Purgatory and Paradise.
Half a millennium later, a British artist paints the interior of Botticelli’s studio, with members of the de’ Medici family. How accurate could that be?
