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Botticelli: Artist and Designer

Hardback

Main Details

Title Botticelli: Artist and Designer
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Ana Debenedetti
SeriesRenaissance Lives
Physical Properties
Format:Hardback
Pages:232
Dimensions(mm): Height 216,Width 138
Category/GenreRenaissance art
Individual artists and art monographs
ISBN/Barcode 9781789144383
ClassificationsDewey:759.5
Audience
General
Illustrations 75 illustrations, 73 in colour

Publishing Details

Publisher Reaktion Books
Imprint Reaktion Books
Publication Date 11 October 2021
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

In this vivid account Ana Debenedetti examines the life and work of Renaissance artist Sandro Botticelli, through the lens of the organisation of his workshop and the commercial strategies he devised to make his way in the very competitive art market in Florence at that time. She looks at the remarkable career of this pivotal artist and his production with fresh eyes, presenting the analysis within the wider context of Florentine society and culture. Many of Botticelli's most celebrated works such as The Birth of Venus are evaluated alongside less familiar forms such as tapestry and embroidery, showing the wide breath of the artist's oeuvre and his talent as a designer across media.

Author Biography

Ana Debenedetti is Curator of Paintings at the Victoria and Albert Museum, where she curated the recent exhibition on Botticelli as well as the current exhibition on Raphael, and has published on Renaissance art, philosophy and poetry.

Reviews

"The great merit of this book is to recontextualize Botticelli's personality and oeuvre in his social and cultural milieu in a lively and captivating narrative, providing the reader with a detailed account of the latest scholarship on the subject with ease and clarity." -- Alessandro Cecchi, author of "Botticelli"