Botticelli

Name: Botticelli
Brand: Phaidon
Price: 203.75 AUD

By: Lionello Venturi

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Hardcover | 11 April 2016 | Edition Number 1

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180 Pages

Dimensions(cm)
2.5 x 35.2 x 26.9

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The Phaidon Classics series revives a much beloved group of artist monographs from the Phaidon archive, breathing new life into the timeless work of art history's finest scholars in beautifully updated editions.

Building on the authority of the classic texts, each volume features a newly commissioned essay by a leading contemporary scholar that examines and summarizes the influence of the original scholarship and the critical discourse that has developed since its original publication. Complemented by a new, contemporary design and luxurious full colour images, with hand-worked tip-ins throughout, each elegantly crafted Phaidon Classic enhances the features of the original volumes with all the benefits of 21st-century production advances, continuing the legacy of fine craftsmanship and design for which Phaidon is world-renowned.

Celebrates one of the greatest and most loved painters of the Early Renaissance with luxurious, large-format images, showcasing Botticelli's exquisitely luminous portraits, mythological and religious scenes including Primavera, the Birth of Venus and the Adoration of the Magi.

The classic essay by Lionello Venturi is complemented by a new preface from Botticelli specialist Alessandro Cecchi that comments on current scholarship and puts the artist into a contemporary context.

Industry Reviews

"This stunning monograph celebrates one of the most influential artists of the entire Renaissance period." -Interview Online

"It wasn't until we saw these books in person that we were able to appreciate how sumptuous, smartly designed, and just plain sexy they are. Best of all are the illustrations. Each volume has 125 crisp and meticulous reproductions - the Van Gogh colors are ripe to the point of bursting." -Elle Decor

"We forget, in our image-laden era, just how recent a phenomenon art books are, with their true-colour reproductions of both old and contemporary works of art. We also forget just how essential they are, not just for the pleasure of the general public, but as a source of inspiration for artists and to encourage new generations of collectors and art historians. One key factor in this progress was the founding of Phaidon Press in 1923... Last year Phaidon embarked on a major project to produce a new series of 'Phaidon Classics'... A major decision has been to update the selection of images and the catalogue notes, but to retain the original essays, adding instead a preface by a contemporary scholar. What you get, therefore, besides a beautiful book, is a fascinating dialogue between quite different styles of address to the art-loving audience. This is an astute move." -Apollo-magazine.com

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