Botticelli by Elizabeth Ripley (Purple House Press) puffin During the First World War

During the First World War

exploring the relationship between humans

not only by critics and the vast majority of his fellow citizens but by his own conscience

we are stuck with the consequences: a national living arrangement that destroys civic life while imposing enormous social costs and economic burdens

and the insight needed to safely engage children in life-enhancing creative arts

Botticelli by Elizabeth Ripley (Purple House Press) puffin During the First World WarBotticelli's La Primavera, his Venus, his lovely pensive Madonnas are favorites all over the world. Less well known are his illustrations for Dante, his stark painting of The Outcast, and others after he came under the influence of Savonarola. Elizabeth Ripley's biography on one of the greatest Florentine painters gives us a picture of the Renaissance. The Medici, Pope Sixtus, Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, Charles VIII of France, and, above all,