Botticelli
Artist and Designer
Published on 1. November 2024
Book
Paperback/Softback
232 pages
978-1-78914-928-9 (ISBN)
Description
In this vivid account Ana Debenedetti examines the life and work of Renaissance artist Sandro Botticelli through the lens of the organization of his workshop and the commercial strategies he devised to make his way in the very competitive art market in Florence. 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 breadth of the artist's oeuvre and his talent as a designer across media.
Reviews / Votes
Debenedetti presents in compact format a capsule survey of Botticelli's entire career, from his first paintings in the 1460s to the intense and highly inventive late works of the 1490s and early 1500s . . . The study covers the shop's practices in depth, including the use of drawings, replication of motifs and compositions, and collaboration between members of the shop on individual paintings. Contemporaneous Florentine philosophical debates are brought into play in the treatment of the artist's famous series of mythological paintings. * Choice * The great merit of this book is to re-contextualise 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, art historian, director of the Casa Buonarroti Foundation and author of 'Botticelli' (2005) *More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Illustrations
74 illustrations, 73 in colour
Dimensions
Height: 138 mm
Width: 215 mm
Thickness: 17 mm
Weight
468 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-78914-928-9 (9781789149289)
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E-Book
07/2021
Reaktion Books
€27.49
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Person
Ana Debenedetti is Director of the Bemberg Foundation (Toulouse, France), and former Curator of Paintings at the Victoria and Albert Museum. She has published on Renaissance art, philosophy and poetry.
Content
1 Becoming Botticelli
2 Making an Impression: The Painter's Debut in Context
3 Building the Picture: Invention and Delegation
4 The Original Multiple and the Wandering Motif
5 Changing Style, Adapting to the Market
Chronology
References
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Acknowledgements
Photo Acknowledgements
Index
2 Making an Impression: The Painter's Debut in Context
3 Building the Picture: Invention and Delegation
4 The Original Multiple and the Wandering Motif
5 Changing Style, Adapting to the Market
Chronology
References
Select Bibliography
Acknowledgements
Photo Acknowledgements
Index