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Botticelli / Isabella Alston.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Alston, Isabella, author.
- Series:
- TAJ Mini Books
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Botticelli, Sandro, 1444 or 1445-1510.
- Botticelli, Sandro.
- Botticelli, Sandro, 1444 or 1445-1510--Pictorial works.
- Painters--Italy--Biography.
- Painters.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (98 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Charlotte, North Carolina : T&J, 2014.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Alessandro di Mariano di Vanni Filipepi, better known as simply Sandro Botticelli, was born in Florence, Italy, probably in or around 1445. Serendipitously winning a high-profile commission from the Florentine court, he was catapulted to notoriety as wealthy patrons, in particular the Medici family, hired him to create works that celebrated their lives and their family's lives and marked important events such as weddings. Botticelli's range was wide: he embellished the walls of the Sistine Chapel with three frescoes, illustrated Dante's The Divine Comedy (just under100 drawings still exist), a
- Contents:
- Cover; Copyright Page; Title Page; Botticelli; Index
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed April 9, 2015).
- ISBN:
- 9781844063925
- 1844063925
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