A review by alisonjfields
The Birth of Venus by Sarah Dunant

2.0

Renaissance Florence was an amazing place. The art, the architecture, the economy, the politics, the thinkers, the Medici. And Savanarola? Fascinating and completely terrifying. The Birth of Venus? An extraordinary painting. Sarah Dunant's "Birth of Venus?" Lukewarm, anachronistic treacle draped in reproduction silk.