Botticelli

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A jewel of the Fontana Pocket Library of Great Art series, this compact volume presents the life and masterworks of Sandro Botticelli, one of the most celebrated painters of the Italian Renaissance. Born in Florence in 1445, Botticelli produced some of the most iconic images in Western art history, including The Birth of Venus and Primavera, works that defined the elegance and mythological richness of Florentine painting. The book chronicles his development as an artist under the patronage of the powerful Medici family and details the spiritual transformation that marked his later career under the influence of the fiery friar Savonarola. Richly illustrated with colour and black-and-white reproductions, it serves as an authoritative yet accessible introduction to one of the Renaissance's most luminous artistic legacies.