When Beauty Burned: The Bonfire of the Vanities and Botticelli's Crisis of Faith

What happens when art, religion, and politics collide? In 15th-century Florence, the fiery sermons of Savonarola sparked the infamous Bonfire of the Vanities—an event that changed the course of Renaissance art. This post explores Botticelli’s haunting Mystic Nativity and how it reflects a city gripped by spiritual upheaval.