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Record Nr.

UNINA9910974848503321

Autore

Gebhart Emile <1839-1908.>

Titolo

Sandro Botticelli / / Emile Gebhart [& Victoria Charles]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Parkstone International, c2010

ISBN

9781283957632

1283957639

9781780429953

1780429959

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (256 p.)

Collana

Temporis

Altri autori (Persone)

CharlesVictoria

Disciplina

759.5

Soggetti

Art, Renaissance

Artists - Italy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Text originally published 1907?

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Botticelli's Youth and Education; Botticelli's First Works; The Medici and Botticelli's Pagan Initiation; Pagan, Mystical,and Oriental Visions; Botticelli's Waning Days; Bibliography; List of Illustrations

Sommario/riassunto

The Medici court painter Botticelli is one of the unequivocal artists of the Italian Renaissance alongside Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo and Raphael. Favouring feminine portraits, Botticelli stands apart through the finesse of his lines and the unbridled sensuality of his paintings. Between religious and private commissions this Florentine artist introduced the profane into art through works of complex mythological subjects, such as the incontrovertibly masterful Primavera and The Birth of Venus, and knew how to delight the erudite patrons of art. The Madonna of the Magnificat remains one of