In this article I will discuss whether or not Sandro Botticelli was a true Renaissance artist or not. I will explore his past to learn more about his beginnings to becoming the great famous artist he is today. I will travel through his work and try to understand his essence and how all the wonders he created came to be. Also go back in time and see what life was like during the Renaissance era, to know the struggles and difficulties that Sandro Botticelli went through just to become an artist. The life or bibliography of Sandro Botticelli. Sandro Botticelli, born as Alessandro Filipepi, was born in Florence, Italy in 1445 and lived there until his death. Sandro began his career during the Italian Renaissance period, and even as a child he was always creative. Being the youngest of 5 children, his father allowed him to become an apprentice to one of the local goldsmiths. During his collaboration with this goldsmith, he gave Sandro the nickname Botticelli which means “Little Barrel”. After a while, he managed to convince his father to let him study painting. He did this by becoming an apprentice to the famous painter Fra Filippo Lippi. Fra Filippo Lippi was a well-known painter and he was known for the way he used color on church altarpieces and helped Sandro discover his own style of art which is equally famous. Botticelli quickly gained recognition and quickly became a very gifted artist in his own right. At the age of 15, he opened his workshop and devoted himself to his own work. Sandro Botticelli became what he is known for through his apprenticeships, so in his workshop he wanted to be able to pass on this experience to someone else. He therefore had many ap...... middle of paper...... which fell out of fashion and was forgotten at the time of his death. In this article I discussed whether or not Sandro Botticelli was a true Renaissance artist. I explored his past to learn more about how he started to become the great, famous artist he is today. I traveled through his work and tried to understand the essence of his being and how all the wonders he created came to be. I also went back in time and discovered what life was like during the Renaissance era, to know the struggles and difficulties that Sandro Botticelli went through just to become an artist. Works Cited http://www.artble.com/ artists/sandro_botticelli http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/botticelli http://historylink101.com/art/Sandro_Botticelli/bio_Botticelli.htm http://www.artchive.com/artchive/B/botticelli .html http https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/artists/sandro-botticelli