Book Description
This catalogue is published in conjunction with the major Fall 2003 exhibition organized by the Musée du Luxembourg in Paris. This important and unprecedented exhibition covers the entire career of the Florentine master with over 40 exceptional masterpieces gathered from major museums around the world.
Sandro Botticelli was one of the leading painters of the Florentine Renaissance who developed a highly personal style characterized by elegant execution, sense of melancholy and strong emphasis on line. This monograph presents a selection of Botticelli's paintings and drawings, including extraordinary masterpieces such as the Mystic Nativity, St. Augustine in his Studio, Pallade and the Centaur, Annunciation and Madonna and Child, as well as a selection of works by other Renaissance painters like Leonardo da Vinci, Piero di Cosimo, Filippo and Filippino Lippi.
About the Author
Pier Luigi De Vecchi is an art historian who is presently the dean of philosophy and letters at the University of Macerata.
Daniel Arasse, historian and art theorist, is an expert in Italian Renaissance painting.
Botticelli FROM THE PUBLISHER
This catalogue is published in conjunction with the major Fall 2003 exhibition organized by the Musée du Luxembourg in Paris. This important and unprecedented exhibition covers the entire career of the Florentine master with over 40 exceptional masterpieces gathered from major museums around the world.
Sandro Botticelli was one of the leading painters of the Florentine Renaissance who developed a highly personal style characterized by elegant execution, sense of melancholy and strong emphasis on line. This monograph presents a selection of Botticelli's paintings and drawings, including extraordinary masterpieces such as the Mystic Nativity, St. Augustine in his Studio, Pallade and the Centaur, Annunciation and Madonna and Child, as well as a selection of works by other Renaissance painters like Leonardo da Vinci, Piero di Cosimo, Filippo and Filippino Lippi.
FROM THE CRITICS
Library Journal
Published for an exhibition at the Mus e Luxembourg in Paris, this catalog focuses on Botticelli's paintings from the Golden Age of Lorenzo to the zealotry of Savonarola. In the six essays by noted scholars, Botticelli's paintings are analyzed as a reflection of 15th-century Florence, with its development of humanism as opposed to striving for the classical ideal. Botticelli worked within the context of Renaissance society, and his women are derived from popular pageants for which he and other artists designed banners. Much of Botticelli's imagery was influenced by writers of his day, including Dante, Alberti, Petrarch, Ficino, and the Neoplatonic academy that surrounded the Medici court. A two-part catalog with 120 illustrations follows the essays. Part 1 contains Botticelli's oeuvre exclusively, showing many major masterpieces in beautiful full-page, color reproductions. The second part consists of works by his contemporaries, mostly Filippo Lippi, emphasizing their close relationship. The fully footnoted book includes a detailed chronology and comprehensive bibliography. With its recent scholarship, and with works drawn from collections worldwide, it will be an essential complement for art historians to Ronald Lightbown's authoritative biography, Botticelli. Recommended for all collections.-Ellen Bates, New York Copyright 2004 Reed Business Information.
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