Botticelli and the search for the Divine
Subtitle: Florentine painting between the Medici and the bonfires of the vanities
By: John T. Spike and Alessandro Cecchi ; introductions by Aaron H. De Groft, Matthew Teitelbaum and the Hon. Armando Varricchio ; with an essay by Frederick Ilchman and Victoria S. Reed
Contributors: Spike, John T., author; Cecchi, Alessandro, author; Joseph and Margaret Muscarelle Museum of Art; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Publisher: CENTRO DI
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 228
ISBN-13: 9788870385441; 9780996804127; 9780996804134
Copyright date: 2017
Subjects: Renaissance Painting; Italian Painting; Exhibitions
Other titles: Florentine painting between the Medici and the bonfires of the vanities
Description: "Perhaps more than any other painter, Sandro Botticelli (about 1445-1510) exemplifies the artistic achievement of Renaissance Florence in the 15th century. "Botticelli and the Search for the Divine," organized by the Muscarelle Museum of Art at the College of William & Mary and Italy's Metamorfosi Associazione Culturale, explores the dramatic changes in the artist's style and subject matter--from poetic depictions of classical gods and goddesses to austere sacred themes--reflecting the shifting political and religious climate of Florence during his lifetime."--Exhibition website.
Notes: Catalog of an exhibition held at the Muscarelle Museum of Art at the College of William & Mary, Williamsburg, February 11-April 5, 2017 and at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, April 18-July 9, 2017.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [205]-228).
Table of contents: title: Botticelli and the search for the Divine / John T. Spike; title: Botticelli and his time / Alessandro Cecchi; title: Botticelli and San Giovannino Battista / Frederick Ilchman and Victoria S. Reed; title: Paintings and works by Filippo Lippi, Sandro Botticelli, Antonio del Pollaiuolo, and Filippino Lippi.