Western Civilization I / Unit 13 WC1 1224 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Botticelli, Savonarola, and the Bonfire Question
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The idea
Botticelli, fourteen forty-five to fifteen ten, painted the Medici as the Magi in fourteen seventy-five and the Birth of Venus in fourteen eighty-five, sensuality against ascetic piety. Savonarola denounced vanities from fourteen ninety and was executed in fourteen ninety-eight.
In practice
The story of burned paintings is unsupported, the anchor says.
Where people slip
The anchor dates the execution fourteen ninety-three. It was fourteen ninety-eight.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
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