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"Botticelli’s Secret" shows how the Renaissance came to life

By Joe Donahue
Published November 15, 2022 at 12:08 PM EST
Book cover for Botticelli's Secret by Joseph Luzzi
W.W. Norton

Joseph Luzzi joins us to discuss new book "Botticelli's Secret: The Lost Drawings and the Rediscovery of the Renaissance" which shows not only how the Renaissance came to life, but also how Sandro Botticelli’s art helped bring it about and, why we need the Renaissance and all that it stands for today.

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