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At the end of the 1480s, the power of the Medici was shaken by the growing audience of the monk Savonarola (1452 - 1498), whose apocalyptic sermons had a violent impact on the Florentine population.
The question of Botticelli’s membership in the Soaparol movement is still deba- ted.
His creative mind reacts keenly to the prophetic visions and the tormented eloquence of the monk. At the end of the 15th century, his work reflected a real aesthetic questioning giving rise to more compact, more modest forms but nevertheless retained its softness.
Aging, Botticelli could not contribute as much to the creations of his workshop and, after having embodied a resolutely modern art, he fell into oblivion before being rediscovered in the 19th century, never to leave the rank of the eternal stars of the illustrious artists on the international scene.
Botticelli gave birth to Venus and Spring,
he remains forever famous thanks to the immortal attractions of this luminous and youthful beauty.
Alessandro Filipepi dit Botticelli (vers 1445 – 1510), Venus pudica, c. 1485-1490, oil on canvas, 158.1 x 68.5 cm, Berlin, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Gemäldegalerie, Photo © BPK, Berlin, Dist. RMN-Grand Palais / Jörg P. Anders