Witness the birth of beauty! "Botticelli, Florence and the Medici Family" releases December 13

Today, the official release of the Italian documentary Botticelli, Florence and the Medici will be released online on December 13, inviting audiences to travel through time and space to witness the birth of beauty on the big screen. The film was directed by Marco Piannijani, and Stephen Mangen was invited to explain it. The poster and trailer for the release of the film today is taken from the image of Flora, the goddess full of flowers in one of Botticelli's most famous masterpieces, Spring.

The ups and downs of Botticelli, the Last Painter of Florence School

This film is concatenated by the chapters of Lorenzo, Botticelli, Patch conspiracy, vain bonfire, spring, hell, slander and rebirth, and takes the rise and fall of the Medici family "the Great Lorenzo", that is, the rise and fall of the Lorenzo de Medici family as a clue. It depicts the ups and downs of Alexandro Philippe-Botticelli, the last painter of the Florentine school of painting in the Italian Renaissance.

When Botticelli was in power of the Medici family, he was protected by his political, economic, cultural and other aspects, so his great paintings full of religious humanism and secular spirit came into being. Botticelli's creation has a wide range of themes and horizons, and two works commissioned by the Medici family, Spring and the birth of Venus, have also become the masterpieces of his painting style in later generations, and have become the artistic treasures of mankind in the long river of history.

However, with the death of Lorenzo, great political changes took place in Florence, and the Medici family was replaced by Savonarola, who advocated religious extremism. Under the influence of politics and religionism, Botticelli personally torched works of art belonging to the last era in the infamous "bonfire of vanity". The great changes of the Renaissance led to the transformation of popular aesthetics, the era of Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo and Raphael, and the great painter Botticelli became destitute and unattended for the rest of his life. and remained unknown for 300 years after his death, and it was not until the 19th century that his works were rediscovered by Ruskin and the pre-Raphaelites.

Under the leadership of Stephen Mangan, the invited commentator, the documentary makes the audience return to the Renaissance Florence under the Medici family, and allows the audience to observe and understand it through Botticelli's eyes. and through the creative experience and transformation of this great painter, let the audience construct in mind the historical turning point of the surging era subordinate to the Renaissance city of Florence.

Douban 8.1 documentary bears witness to the interweaving of "the beauty of art" and "the beauty of history"

Botticelli, Florence and Medici scored a high score of 8.1 on Douban. "Beauty" is the theme of the film and a key word for audiences to evaluate the film. In the documentary, in the form of dynamic restoration, UHD presents the detailed color, light and texture of Botticelli's paintings, giving the audience a real sense of the immortal charm of the masterpieces of the 14th century and the "fourth wall" that breaks the audience and historical records. At the same time, it also takes the beauty of art as the center, showing the treacherous historical changes, giving birth to a unique "beauty of history".

Art has always been accompanied by history. As one of the three ideological liberation movements in modern Europe, the Renaissance opened the prelude of modern European history. In the documentary, this great change deeply affected the political, religious, economic and artistic environment of Florence and even Italy. At the same time, Botticelli's works are all influenced by the political and cultural background of Florence, and his writing style is constantly changing. For Botticelli, his art will be influenced and controlled by politics, even as a propaganda tool of politics. it is the change of history that makes Botticelli stand on top, and it is precisely the change of history that makes this great artist fall off the altar and no one cares.

Through the outer shell of documentary art, the audience can feel the continuous entanglement of politics and religion. However, no matter how the times change, the great art will be washed and reborn in the long river of history, and the true "beauty" will last forever.

The film is directed by Marco Pianni and explained by Stephen Mangen. It is imported by China Film Group Corporation and translated and distributed by China Film Co., Ltd. It was released on December 13 to witness the birth of beauty!