BOTTICELLI'S MUSE - Tecno-Libro

Sensuous and provocative as well as mysterious, Blume s interpretation of master painter Sandro Botticelli is at once a florid love story and a chilling political drama. Publisher s Weekly. Botticelli s Muse .is an historical novel about a love quadrangle: Botticelli s troubled life as he is forced to choose among his three loves: art, romance, and prestige. in 1477, Botticelli is suddenly fired by his prestigious patron and friend Lorenzo de Medici. in the villa of his irritating new patron, the artist s creative well runs dry until the day he sees Floriana, a Jewish weaver imprisoned in his sister s convent. But events threaten to keep his unlikely muse out of reach. So begins a tale of one of the art world s most beloved paintings, La Primavera , as Sandro, a confirmed bachelor, and Floriana, a headstrong artist in her own right, enter into a turbulent relationship. Book One: BOTTiCELLi'S