{"id":39956,"date":"2021-02-18T00:00:52","date_gmt":"2021-02-17T16:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hsu.edu.hk\/?p=39956"},"modified":"2024-01-16T12:06:15","modified_gmt":"2024-01-16T04:06:15","slug":"stfl-public-lecture-sandro-botticelli-a-master-of-italian-renaissance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hsu.edu.hk\/en\/stfl-public-lecture-sandro-botticelli-a-master-of-italian-renaissance\/","title":{"rendered":"STFL Public Lecture: Sandro Botticelli: A Master of Italian Renaissance"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"39956\" class=\"elementor elementor-39956\" data-elementor-settings=\"[]\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-section-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-caa5cbe elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"caa5cbe\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e1b32c6\" data-id=\"e1b32c6\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dc2bb7e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"dc2bb7e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\"><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>18 February 2021<\/strong><\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The School of Translation and Foreign Languages (STFL) conducted an online talk entitled \u2018Sandro Botticelli: A Master of Italian Renaissance\u2019 on 18 February 2021.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Sandro Botticelli (1445-1510) was one of the most accomplished painters in the Renaissance period. He expressed humanist thinking in his paintings, which have inspired numerous artists and advanced the development of Renaissance art.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In the talk, Dr Daniela Cecutti, Lecturer of the STFL, took participants back to the era of Sandro Botticelli and introduced many of his classic paintings, including <em>Adoration of the Magi, Spring<\/em>, <em>The Birth of Venus<\/em> and <em>St Augustine in His Study<\/em>.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f1f766d elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"f1f766d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hsu.edu.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/20210218_Photo-1.png\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"(Sandro Botticelli, Adoration of the Magi, 1474-1475, Florence, Gallerie degli Uffizi)\" data-elementor-lightbox-description=\"(Sandro Botticelli, Adoration of the Magi, 1474-1475, Florence, Gallerie degli Uffizi)\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"600\" height=\"358\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hsu.edu.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/20210218_Photo-1.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"(Sandro Botticelli, Adoration of the Magi, 1474-1475, Florence, Gallerie degli Uffizi)\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hsu.edu.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/20210218_Photo-1.png 885w, https:\/\/www.hsu.edu.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/20210218_Photo-1-768x458.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">(Sandro Botticelli, Adoration of the Magi, 1474-1475, Florence, Gallerie degli Uffizi)<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d0fe6a6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d0fe6a6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\"><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Botticelli used Adoration of the Magi as the theme and painted for his patron, the House of Medici. He portrayed Medici\u2019s family members as the Magi to highlight the power of their family. Botticelli also painted himself at the corner of the painting which shows his close tie with the Medici family.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-70075e9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"70075e9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hsu.edu.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/20210218_Photo-2.png\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"(Sandro Botticelli, Spring, ca. 1480, Florence, Gallerie degli Uffizi)\" data-elementor-lightbox-description=\"(Sandro Botticelli, Spring, ca. 1480, Florence, Gallerie degli Uffizi)\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"600\" height=\"391\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hsu.edu.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/20210218_Photo-2.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"(Sandro Botticelli, Spring, ca. 1480, Florence, Gallerie degli Uffizi)\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">(Sandro Botticelli, Spring, ca. 1480, Florence, Gallerie degli Uffizi)<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-37472d3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"37472d3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\"><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Botticelli used symbolic and allegorical methods to illustrate the mythological theme Spring, which is one of his most famous work. The mythical figures in the painting and the flowers on the grass in the garden show the beauty and elegance of spring, and Venus and the Three Graces represent chastity, beauty, and love, manifesting the important status of human in humanism.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"18 February 2021 The School of Translation and Foreign Languages (STFL) conducted an online talk entitled \u2018Sandro Botticelli: A Master of Italian Renaissance\u2019 on 18 February 2021. Sandro Botticelli (1445-1510) was one of the most accomplished painters in the Renaissance period. 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