Botticelli's Secret: The Lost Drawings and the Rediscovery of the Renaissance

by Joseph Luzzi

Book Overview

Some 500 years ago, Sandro Botticelli, a painter of humble origin, created work of unearthly beauty. An intimate associate of Florence's unofficial rulers, the Medici, he was commissioned by a member of their family to execute a near-impossible project: to illustrate all 100 cantos of The Divine Comedy by the city's greatest poet, Dante Alighieri. A powerful encounter between poet and artist, sacred and secular, earthly and evanescent, these drawings...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1324004010
• ISBN13: 9781324004011
• Release Date: October 2022
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 5.9" x 8.4"