Summaries and Customer Reviews are supplied by Amazon.com
Summary:
Featuring more than two hundred full-color illustrations, this opulent celebration of the life and art of the Renaissance genius covers Sandro Botticelli’s complete paintings.
Botticelli is one of the most beloved figures of the Renaissance period and his seductive Venus and graceful Primavera are among the world’s most recognizable works of art. This large-format catalogue raisonné of Botticelli’s paintings by the distinguished Renaissance art historian Frank Zöllner is highlighted by meticulous scholarship and breathtaking illustrations. Presented in chronological order, the facts of Botticelli’s life and career are insightfully discussed against the background of the artistic upheaval that marked the Renaissance period. The artist’s reinterpretations of ancient myths as well as his religious paintings are thoughtfully explored in this sumptuously illustrated volume, which make this a comprehensive and thoroughly up-to-date study that will please scholars and delight lovers of fine books everywhere.
Customer Reviews:
Average Customer Rating:
Gret masterpieces of a great artist
Customer Rating:
This book is just great, I always loved the works of Boticelli and will always adore this book form now on. Probably it's too big some may say, but the prints look perfect, with the best quality I could ever imagine. The paper needless to say is just fabulous too. For true collectors of painting art this is highly recommended! Enjoy!
Poor
Customer Rating:
I must disagree with one of the previous reviewers who said that the quality of the photographs were good. For a book of this size and hence, I assume, quality, they are really terribly poor. If you are not sure what I am talking about, just compare it to the gigantic tome on Leonardo Da Vinci from Taschen, which comes at about the same price, is about three times as thick, and has truly incredible reproductions where every crackle in the paint is visible. On the other hand, the Botticellis seems slightly out of focus so that you do not get a feel of the quality of the paint. Look before you buy.
Absolutly great book
Customer Rating:
The quality of photos of the paintings is very good. The book is a bit oversized so it may not fit most bookshelfs but for art lovers it is a must have.
Wondorous Pictures
Customer Rating:
Turgid German scholarship locked into tracing classical sources cannot conceive the creative brilliance which is such a feature of Florentine Renaissance art, surpassing all others. Moreover, thoroughness is a means, not a virtue. The illustrations, by contrast, are brilliant.
Select button not working? 
