botticelli, sandro

Presents a brief biography of fifteenth-century Italian Renaissance painter, Sandro Botticelli, and describes his life and his many works of art.

Presents a collection of full-color illustrated reproductions of the works of fifteenth-century artist, Sandro Botticelli, depicting his mastery of religious and allegorical paintings of the European Renaissance.

Mark Manship, chief curator of European art at New York's Metropolitan Museum, is mounting a major exhibition of the works of Botticelli, but he is thwarted in his attempts to collect the paintings he needs by a deranged nationalist who has vowed to either recapture or destroy all Italian art treasures.

Examines the life and work of the Italian painter of the early Renaissance, describing and giving examples of his art.