Botticelli was one of a remarkable clutch of painters working in Florence, Italy, around the end of the 15th and beginning of the 16th century. Anyone who is at all interested in painting can hardly resist Botticelli. He doesn't easily fit any category. You can't say he just promotes religion or is an example of poor guy makes good. He was amazingly lucky to find a world which could recognise and value his work and throughout his working life he followed his own bent. Without the extraordinary spirit of the renaissance ideas which infused his times he might never have emerged as he did. This film by Malcolm Hossick explores his methods and his wide ranging work and hopes only to make his delightful paintings open to the widest possible audience. The inquisitive soul will not be disappointed. AM114SB21 Botticelli 2022 dur:50’48” More at https://academymedia.uk