Botticelli (The Library of Great Masters) [Paperback]

Bruno Santi (Author), Sandro Botticelli (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 1878351176 | ISBN-13: 978-1878351173 | Publication Date: June 1991 | Edition: Unabridged

Sixteen of the famed Florentine artist's finest works, including The Birth of Venus, Portrait of Dante, Primavera, The Annunciation, Portrait of a Lady, Madonna del Libro, and 10 more.

--This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

Editorial Reviews

Review

...late author and noted art critic Federico Zeri's engaging verve and expertise are cast easily within even a novice's grasp... -- Karen A. Wyckoff, ForeWord Magazine, October 2000

Parents wishing to instruct teen-agers about the world's great art works will find this series extremely useful -- Elisabeth Sherwin, The Davis (Calif.) Enterprise, March 4, 2001

The series offers a welcome update to older volumes... -- Sarah Raymond, Professionally Speaking: The Magazine of the Ontario College of Teachers, December 2000

This truly outstanding series, a bargain at $14.95 per book, deserves a place in any private, public, or school library -- Kimberly Hundley, Today's Librarian, November 2000 --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

Language Notes

Text: English, Romanian (translation) --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 79 pages
• Publisher: Riverside Book Co; Unabridged edition (June 1991)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1878351176
• ISBN-13: 978-1878351173
• Product Dimensions: 10.9 x 8 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,507,620 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The First Sense, April 28, 2001

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This review is from: Botticelli (The Library of Great Masters) (Paperback)

BOTTICELLI's art tells what he liked in other artists: the shaded color and light of Andrea del Verrocchio, the energy of Antonio del Pollaiolo, and the faces of Fra Filippo Lippi. From Bruno Santi's book, it becomes clear what he liked in his own work: atmosphere, in the coarse tent with the headless Assyrian King Holofernes and in the dawn alive with Judith and her lady-in-waiting; attention to detail, in the blue enamel armor and metal highlights of his Fortitude; color, in the dawn flesh tones under the cornflower- and daisy-decorated clothing on his Birth of Venus; innovation, in the clear path to the larger-than-life 16th-century art with his Calumny, in the first early Renaissance freely placed figures with his Primavera and in the first Italian inscription in a painting with his Madonna enthroned with saints; meditation, in the golden dusk of his Adoration of the Magi; tension, in the contorted acolytes at his Communion of St. Jerome. The author also shows in his Scala/Riverside published work what the Florentine art world was doing during David Landau and Peter Parshall's THE RENAISSANCE PRINT 1470-1500. Likewise, his beautifully illustrated text is a good way to understand Jill Dunkerton's DURER TO VERONESE, Sylvia Ferino-Pagden and Maria Kusche's SOFONISBA ANGUISSOLA, Mary D. Garrard's ARTEMISIA GENTILESCHI, Andreas Prater and Hermann Bauer's PAINTING OF THE BAROQUE, and Rudolf Wittkower's ART AND ARCHITECTURE IN ITALY 1600-1750.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars little jewels, May 2, 2003

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verbminx (Columbus, OH United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Botticelli: 16 Art Stickers (Dover Art Stickers) (Paperback)

These stickers are small, pretty reproductions of various pieces of artwork. Each sticker is unique in the book, no doubles of any picture. They aren't the most perfect color plates ever, but they're basically for correspondance and craft purposes, or could be used as a reference (say, by Art History students). While I wish there had been duplicates, I can't fault Dover for erring on the side of variety, and I can't argue with the wonderful value the price represents. This little book is great as stationery, but it would also make a nice stocking-stuffer or gift topper. If Botticelli isn't your favorite artist, Dover has made books of other artists' work, which Amazon also offers and which are just as nifty.

1.0 out of 5 stars Missing Two pages out of Four, June 18, 2011

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Jylle L. (Milwaukee, Wisconsin USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Botticelli: 16 Art Stickers (Dover Art Stickers) (Paperback)

I was very unhappy to find that the two middle pages were not included. I had only ordered this collection to get one sticker, The Birth of Venus (detail of Venus). It looks just like my daughter's profile picture on Facebook and I wanted to make a keychain or something using it for her.

The booklet only cost $1.50, obviously I'm not going to return it with the cost of postage and all. Besides I'd probably just get another defective booklet.

Just thought I would warn potential customers because I am pretty sure mine was not the only one made like this.