Sandro Botticelli (Two-Volume Set)
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Author: Ronald Lightbown
Binding: Hardback
Published: Paul Elek London, 1978
Condition:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
Markings: No markings
This monumental two-volume set presents the most comprehensive study of Sandro Botticelli’s life and oeuvre available in English. Volume I reconstructs Botticelli’s biography and artistic trajectory within the political and religious upheavals of late fifteenth-century Florence, arguing for his central role in the visual culture of the Medici court and Savonarolan reform. Lightbown examines Botticelli’s stylistic evolution, workshop practices, and intellectual milieu with scholarly precision and narrative clarity. Volume II offers a complete catalogue raisonné, documenting every known painting, drawing, and lost work with detailed provenance, technical notes, and critical commentary. The set commands enduring respect among art historians and collectors for its depth, authority, and elegant production. It remains essential for any serious library on Renaissance art.
Author: Ronald Lightbown
Binding: Hardback
Published: Paul Elek London, 1978
Condition:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
Markings: No markings
This monumental two-volume set presents the most comprehensive study of Sandro Botticelli’s life and oeuvre available in English. Volume I reconstructs Botticelli’s biography and artistic trajectory within the political and religious upheavals of late fifteenth-century Florence, arguing for his central role in the visual culture of the Medici court and Savonarolan reform. Lightbown examines Botticelli’s stylistic evolution, workshop practices, and intellectual milieu with scholarly precision and narrative clarity. Volume II offers a complete catalogue raisonné, documenting every known painting, drawing, and lost work with detailed provenance, technical notes, and critical commentary. The set commands enduring respect among art historians and collectors for its depth, authority, and elegant production. It remains essential for any serious library on Renaissance art.