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Joseph Luzzi
Joseph Luzzi
Awards
Shortlisted — Phi Beta Kappa Ralph Waldo Emerson Award, 2023
Books by Joseph Luzzi
Botticelli's Secret: The Lost Drawings and the Rediscovery of the Renaissance
Hardback, 2022
A Guardian Book of the Day
A true historical “detective story” full of insight about how we look at art—and the artists and eras that produced it
Botticelli's Secret: The Lost Drawings and the Rediscovery of the Renaissance
E Book
A Guardian Book of the Day
A true historical “detective story” full of insight about how we look at art—and the artists and eras that produced it
Botticelli's Secret: The Lost Drawings and the Rediscovery of the Renaissance
Paperback, 2023
A New Yorker Best Book of 2022
A Guardian Book of the Day
“Brilliantly conceived and executed, Botticelli's Secret is a riveting search for buried treasure.”—Stephen Greenblatt, author of The...
The Innocents of Florence: The Renaissance Discovery of Childhood
Hardback, 2025
How a Florentine orphanage rescued thousands of children and revolutionised childhood education amid the splendour of Renaissance art
The Innocents of Florence: The Renaissance Discovery of Childhood
E Book
How a Florentine orphanage rescued thousands of children and revolutionised childhood education amid the splendour of Renaissance art
Vita Nuova
Hardback, 2025
Dante's first masterpiece in an enticing new translation by a beloved teacher of Italian literature and culture
Vita Nuova
E Book
Dante's first masterpiece in an enticing new translation by a beloved teacher of Italian literature and culture