Author: Cartwright [ Ady ], Julia
Title: The Life And Art Of Sandro Botticelli
Description: Duckworth & Co, 1904, 1st edition. Cloth, G+. xii+205pp, photogravure frontis, 1 photogravure plate & 40 b/w plates, 37 text illustrations, index, Ex Libris E L S Horsburgh with their Armorian bookplate & neat pencil annotations & corrections, discolouration to a small area of the upper board, endpapers foxed, edges rubbed & a little bumped. Hardback , no dustjacket. ¶ Nicely produced ( printed by the Chiswick Press ) & illustrated account of the life & legacy of Sandro Botticelli [ 1445 - 1510 ], probably best known for his 'Birth of Venus'. Julia Mary Cartwright Ady [ 1851 - 1924 ] British historian and art critic whose work focused on the Italian Renaissance, this work marked a shift from amateur writer into a professional art historian, and owes a debt to the friendly criticism of Bernard Berenson. Edward Lee Stuart Horsburgh [ 1858 - 1942 ] British historian who wrote biographies of both Savonarola & Lorenzo the Magnificent.

Keywords: art, renaissance art, italian art, old masters, venus