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...... His fresco of St. Augustine in his Study was painted in 1480 for the Florentine church in Ognissanti. We can perceive a change of style, more monumental, paying more attention to the naturalistic aspect
Most of Botticellis life was spent in Florence, at his workshop. However, during 1481 and 1482 he agreed to cooperate with Perugino, Ghirlandaio and Rosselli to paint frescoes in the Sistine Chapel. The themes that he chose were inspired by both the Old and the New Testament and were called: "The trials of Moses", "The temptation of Christ" and "The punishment of Korah, Dathan and Abiram". Initially, the painters were given the assignment to create sample frescoes which were to be evaluated. On the basis of the evaluation, they were to be employed or not. However, their talent was rapidly acknowledged and they were commissioned to continue the work without any other testing. The individual scenes constitute a whole because they comprise typological references to one another. They present Moses as prefiguring Christ. We must mention, however, that, only after Michelangelos later work (1508-1512) did the Chapel become famous......

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