Botticelli Magnifico

Thanks to the author’s words we can therefore live the rise of the ‘magnificent’ Botticelli who becomes, starting from the beginning at the Filippo Lippi workshop and the influences of the major Florentine workshops, ‘the most exemplary interpreter of the Renaissance in the time of Lorenzo the Magnificent, the second half of the fifteenth century’. The new images by Scripta Maneant that display the masterpieces on the side walls of the Sistine Chapel compose spectacular sections, deepening also contexts traditionally less celebrated but emotionally overwhelming.

Characteristics of the work

• Text by Giancarlo Benevolo

• Size cm 31x40

• Hardcover in hand-tanned parchment, spatulated with cork according to sixteenth-century procedures.

• Pages 384 printed in 4+4 colours

• Images 260

• Handcrafted spine in leather, with six nerves and golden impressions. 4/4 colours printing on Symbol Tatami White of 170 gr

• Insert of 16-pages on parchment paper.

• Elegant slipcase made with matt paper of 200 gr and Cialux tissue on the top and bottom edge.

• Limited edition of 1999 copies

• ISBN 978-88-95847-93-1

Author

Giancarlo Benevolo He is Curator of the Textile and Tapestry Museum “Vittorio Zironi” and Responsible for the Historical Archive of the Museum of Ancient Art of Bologna. He carries out research on the Middle Ages and Renaissance with a special attention to Italian history and art. He collaborated on some exhibitions including “Giotto and arts” in Bologna (2005). He is the author of many essays and books dedicated to the history of society and culture between the Middle Ages and Renaissance.

Index

• Editor’s note
• Introduction
• Life and Training
• The Workshop in the
• City of the Medici
• The Season of Masterpieces
• The Drawings for the Divine Comedy
• Liturgical Vestments: Designsfor Embroidery
• The Artistic Personal Crossroads
• Note on Bibliography

Volume Datasheet

Botticelli Magnifico