Varriano, JohnMcGinness, FrederickDavis, MichaelGomez, Ximena2011-02-162011-02-162011-02-162009-06-28http://hdl.handle.net/10166/746I seek to argue that Alessandro Botticelli s unique critical fortunes that is, his success as an artist in late-fifteenth century Florence, his dismissal by Giorgio Vasari and subsequent obscurity, and his rehabilitation in the nineteenth century offer a historiographical case study of art history itself.en-USArt HistoryAlessandro BotticelliItalian RenaissancePaintingHistoriographyPre RaphaelitesRaphaelArt CriticismThesispublic