Botticelli

Artist and Designer

Ana DeBenedetti

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Reaktion Books
01 February 2025

Art & Architecture; Renaissance art; Individual artists, art monographs; Biography: arts & entertainment; European history; Early modern history: c 1450 to c 1700

Series: Renaissance Lives

In this vivid account Ana Debenedetti examines the life and work of Renaissance artist Sandro Botticelli, through the lens of the organisation of his workshop and the commercial strategies he devised to make his way in the very competitive art market in Florence at that time. 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 breath of the artist's oeuvre and his talent as a designer across media.

By: Ana DeBenedetti
Imprint: Reaktion Books
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 216mm, Width: 138mm, Spine: 20mm
Weight: 454g
ISBN: 9781789149289
ISBN 10: 1789149282
Series: Renaissance Lives
Pages: 232
Publication Date: 01 February 2025
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming

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 Select Bibliography Acknowledgements Photo Acknowledgements Index

Ana Debenedetti is Director of Culture and Exhibition, Culturespaces, Paris, and former Curator of Paintings at the Victoria and Albert Museum. She has published on Renaissance art, philosophy and poetry.

Reviews for Botticelli: Artist and Designer

'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)