botticelli
botticelli Lexical Profile
• noun
Sandro Botticelli (c. 1445–1510), an Italian painter of the Florentine school during the Early Renaissance, celebrated for mythological and religious masterpieces such as 'The Birth of Venus' and 'Primavera'.
"During their visit to the Uffizi Gallery in Florence, the art history students spent an hour studying the compositions of Botticelli."
A painting, drawing, or artwork created by Sandro Botticelli.
"The museum recently acquired a rare Botticelli for its permanent Renaissance collection."
A parlour guessing game in which one player thinks of a famous person starting with a given letter and others attempt to identify the figure by asking indirect biographical questions.
"To pass the time on the long train journey, the passengers played several rounds of Botticelli."
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Word Origin & Etymology
Named after Sandro Botticelli (c. 1445–1510), born Alessandro di Mariano di Vanni Filipepi, a renowned Italian painter of the Early Renaissance whose nickname 'Botticelli' means 'little barrels' in Italian.
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