Botticelli's Study Of "Judith's Return To Betulia" And "The Discovery Of The Body Of Holofernes"

Since the middle ages,the old testament' book about Judith has inspired a variety of interpretations,leading to a series of portraits of Judith in Renaissance Italy.During that time,the artist who created Judith's portrait included sandro botticelli,who had painted Judith six times during his nearly 40 years of career.This article to study the uffizi gallery in Florence botticelli works of two pairs of Judith regression Mr The ends and found the body of holofernes,focuses on the function,the problem such as date and sponsorship.Like the portrait of Judith in the fifteenth century,the two paintings are a response to the various interpretations of the books of Judith and Judith.I think these paintings also operate in a political context,they to the events of the plot in Florence in 1466 has carried on the review and reflection,then a set of Florentine aristocrat to alessandro del piero DE Medici and its status in Florence,government,and the consequences of these events has been questioned.From botticelli's growing environment,this paper analysis on botticelli painting development and decline,and thus lead botticelli about Judith and parsing of holofernes works,and then works from the picture,time,function,sponsorship,etc were analyzed.Through these analyses,we further explore the comments and related recollections of the year of the conspiracy against pilo DE Medici(1466),which were included in the works by Judith and holofernes.