John Ruskin was one of the first to rediscover Botticelli. From this page, you can download all or part of The Library Edition of the works of John Ruskin (1903-1912, eds. E.T Cook & A. Wedderburn) in PDF format.
This dissertation investigates the construction of the figure of Botticelli in European culture, c. 1860-1915, and its unexpected impact on understandings of art as historical.