EDMUND SWINGLEHURST

Botticelli, one of the greatest painters of the renaissance, spent almost his whole life in Florence, and many of his greatest, best-known works, such as Primavera and the Birth of Venus, both reproduced here, were commissioned by the medici family, who then ruled the city-state. This volume also reproduces may of his exquisite religious works, such as his deeply-felt Pietà, the Adoration of the magi and the brilliant Annunciation, one of the best examples of his polished technique. Botticelli painted many variations on the Madonna theme: several of them are shown in this volume, including one of the most successful, the tondo Madonna of the Magnificat.

Selection of works and brief biography of the French impressionist, Paul Cezanne