Gardner's Art through the Ages: The Western Perspective, Volume II: The Western Perspective, Volume II (with CourseMate Printed Access Card)

by Fred S. Kleiner

Indeed, Botticelli’s elegant and beautiful linear style (he was a pupil of Fra Filippo Lippi, fig. 16-24) seems removed from all the scientific knowledge 15th-century artists had gained in the areas of perspective and anatomy.