An exhibition at London's Royal Academy of Arts, opening March 2001, assembles the 91 extant drawings, executed some time during the 1480s, by Sandro Botticelli to illustrate Dante Alighieri's The Divine Comedy. This is the accompanying catalogue, including a commentary and seven essays.
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An exhibition at London's Royal Academy of Arts, opening March 2001, assembles the 91 extant drawings, executed some time during the 1480s, by Sandro Botticelli to illustrate Dante Alighieri's The Divine Comedy. This is the accompanying catalogue, including a commentary and seven essays.
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Good Condition. Two or three minor stains on front cover. Contents fresh and unmarked. Sound and presentable overall. Publisher's note: "Over 500 years after their creation, all the extant drawings will be shown together for the first time at the Kulturforum, Berlin, the Scuderie Papali at Quirinale, Rome, and the Royal Academy of Arts, London. Each is illustrated in full colour in the catalogue and accompanied by a commentary on Botticelli's response to Dante's poem. They are followed by seven authoritative essays on aspects of Botticelli's and Dante's work, on Divine Comedy illustration in general and on the technique of Botticelli's drawings, illustrated in full colour throughout."--Jacket. Size: 30.5 x 24.9 x 4.4 cm. 357 pp. Shipped Weight: 2-3 kilos. Category: Art & Design; Botticelli, Sandro, 1444 or 1445-1510--Exhibitions; Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321 Divina commedia--Illustrations--Exhibitions; Kulturforum (Berlin, Germany); ISBN: 0900946857. ISBN/EAN: 9780900946851. Add. Inventory No: 241130LF6520.
