Botticelli reimagined

Title:

Author:

Evans, Mark, 1954- editor.

ISBN:

9781851778706

Physical Description:

359 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), portraits ; 30 cm

General Note:

Catalog of an exhibition held at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 5 March 2016 - 3 July 2016.

Contents:

Sandro Botticelli / Botticelli and the Bottega / Botticelli : between neoplatonism and Savonarola / The portrait of a lady known as Smeralda Bandinelli / The story of Botticelli's drawings for Dante's Divine Comedy / The critical fortunes of "Vasari's Botticelli" in the nineteenth century / Botticelli enters the museum : the rediscovery of a painter and the invention of the public art museum / Botticelli and the Georgians / The love affair with Florence / Botticelli and Victorian art collecting / Botticelli and the pre-Raphaelites / Beardsley and Botticelli / Botticelli's path to modernity : continental reception 1850-1930 / Herbert Horne's Botticelli / Warburg's Botticelli and Botticelli's nymph / Bernard Berenson and America's discovery of Sandro Botticelli / Botticelli, Yukio Yashiro and scholarship on Western art in Japan / Botticelli and fashion / Filming Botticelli in post-war Italy / Branding Venus : Botticelli as mirrored in American art since 1940 / The lessons of a new picture hang

Abstract:

"The Florentine painter Sandro Botticelli (1445-1510) is one of the greatest artists of all time. Renowned for the iconic Birth of Venus and Primavera, his work has become part of our collective visual memory, influencing product development, fashion design and artists as diverse as Andy Warhol, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, René Magritte and Jeff Koons. But Botticelli's fame today was by no means a foregone conclusion. Quickly forgotten after his death, he was only rediscovered as an artist in the nineteenth century -- and much of what we know of his work has been pieced together from fragmentary evidence; only three of his works are signed or documented. Since then, ''Botticelli'' has been interpreted in many different ways, and has led to many questions. How does a painter acquire international fame? What made Botticelli a pop icon? Why are his works considered timeless? What is it that makes him so ''European'' that his Venus appears on the 10 cent coin? What we can say -- safely -- is that Botticelli, more than any other Old Master, inspired and continues to inspire modern and contemporary art." -- Publisher's description

Personal Subject:

Botticelli, Sandro, 1444 or 1445-1510.

Botticelli, Sandro, 1444 or 1445-1510-Influence-Exhibitions.

BISAC Subject:

Art / History

Subject Term:

Painting, Renaissance -- Exhibitions.

Art, Modern -- Exhibitions.

Added Author:

Botticelli, Sandro, 1444 or 1445-1510. Paintings. Selections.

Added Corporate Author:

Victoria and Albert Museum

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Summary

The Florentine painter Sandro Botticelli (1445-1510) is one of the greatest artists of all time. Renowned of the iconic Birth of Venus and Primavera, his work has become part of our collective visual memory, influencing product development, fashion design and artists as diverse as Andy Warhol, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Rene Magritte and Jeff Koons. But Botticelli's fame today was by no means a foregone conclusion. Quickly forgotten after his death, he was only rediscovered as an artist in the nineteenth-century - and much of what we know of his work has been pieced together from fragmentary evidence; only three of his works are signed or documented. Since then, 'Botticelli' has been interpreted in many different ways and has led to many questions.How does a painter acquire international fame? What made Botticelli a pop icon? Why are his works considered timeless? What is it that makes him so 'European' that his Venus appears on the 10 cent coin? What we can say-safely-is that Botticelli, more than any other Old Master, inspired and continues to inspire modern and contemporary art.This book traces the fascinating history of these shifting appropriations and re-evaluations right up to the present, and is the first to present the artist's work-a selection of more than forty originals by Botticelli-in the context of these adaptations and interpretations in a range of media that spans painting, drawing, sculpture, photography, video, fashion and design.

Author Notes

Mark Evans is Senior Curator of Paintings at the V&A. Stefan Weppelmann is Director of the Gemaldegalerie at the Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna.

Reviews (1)

Library Journal Review

Sandro Botticelli (1445-1510) is one of the most iconic artists of the Italian Renaissance, whose visual imagery has in turn influenced and been appropriated and reinvented by other artists as well as by popular culture. This is the subject of this catalog of the exhibition of the same title held at London's -Victoria and Albert Museum. The first chapters explore Botticelli's work during his own time, looking at his workshop in Florence, the philosophical strain of Neoplatonism that permeated his art, and his drawings for Dante's Divine Comedy. Next is a discussion of the artist's rediscovery in the 19th century, especially by the Pre-Raphaelites in England such as Dante Gabriel -Rossetti and Edward Burne-Jones, who were inspired by him, as well as how the collecting of -Botticelli's art in England was also precipitated during this period. Entering into the 20th century, the critical reception and collecting of Botticelli in America is examined in essays by art historians Herbert Horne, Aby Warburg, and Bernard Berenson. Lastly, the impact and absorption of Botticelli imagery into later 20th-century art and culture is explored. VERDICT With short, accessible essays by art curators and scholars and abundant color reproductions, this book is highly recommended to anyone interested in Botticelli.-Sandra Rothenberg, Framingham State Univ. Lib., MA © Copyright 2016. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.