Now available in a new edition, this celebration of the life and art of the Renaissance genius presents Sandro Botticellis complete paintings and offers a comprehensive and thoroughly up-to-date study of his work. Botticelli is one of the most admired artists of the Renaissance period and his seductive Venus and graceful Primavera are among the worlds most recognizable works of artThis catalogue raisonné of Botticellis paintings offers more than two hundred full-color illustrations and meticulous scholarship by the distinguished Renaissance art historian Frank Zöllner, described by The Financial Times, when reviewing this books previous edition, as "a fabulous, accessible scholar; his book has luscious reproductions and exquisite detail." Presented in chronological order, the facts of Botticellis life and career are insightfully discussed against the background of the artistic upheaval that marked the Renaissance periodThe artists reinterpretations of ancient myths as well as his