stackyFACTSEven the greatest artists are highly susceptible to terrifying cults of personality.
Even the greatest artists are highly susceptible to terrifying cults of personality. Sandro Botticelli, famous for painting the gorgeous 'Birth of Venus,' fell deeply under the spell of Girolamo Savonarola, a fanatical friar who absolutely hated secular art and luxury. Botticelli reportedly threw several of his own priceless, mythological masterpieces directly into the 'Bonfire of the Vanities' out of sheer religious guilt.
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