Descrizione della primavera di sandro botticelli biography

This painting, usually known as the Primavera [or ‘Spring’] shows nine figures from classic mythology advancing over a flowery lawn in a grove of orange and laurel trees. In the foreground, to the right, Zephyrus embraces a nymph named Chloris before taking her; she is then portrayed after her transformation into Flora, the spring goddess. The centre of the painting is dominated by the goddess of love and beauty, Venus, chastely dressed and set slightly back from the others, and by a blindfolded Cupid, firing his arrow of love.

On the left, the three Graces, minor goddesses with virtues like those of Venus, are shown dancing in a circle. The composition is closed by Mercury, messenger of the Gods, recognisable from his helmet and winged sandals, as he touches a cloud with his staff.

Although the complex meaning of the composition remains a mystery, the painting is a celebration of love, peace, and prosperity.  The dark colour of the vegetation is in part due to the ageing process of the original pigment, but is lightened by the abundance of fruits and flowers. At least species of different plants have been identified, all accurately portrayed by Botticelli, perhaps using herbaria. The attention to detail confirms the artist’s commitment to this piece, which is also

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Primavera (Botticelli)

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Primavera
Artist	Sandro Botticelli
Year	late s or precisely s
Medium	Tempera suggestion panel
Dimensions	&#;cm ×&#;&#;cm (80&#;in ×&#;&#;in)
Location	Uffizi, Florence

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Sandro Botticelli

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Crowe, Joseph Archer, and Giovanni Batista Cavalcaselle. A New History of Painting in Italy from the Second to the Sixteenth Century. Vol. 2. London: John Murray,

The authors’ chapter on Botticelli is brief and most significant, perhaps, as a representation of the 19th-century view of the nature of the artist and his work. The authors include a list of known or attributed works by location.

Horne, Herbert. Alessandro Filipeppi Commonly Called Sandro Botticelli, Painter of Florence. London: George Bell & Sons,

An early publication on Botticelli, Horne’s volume remains a valuable resource for its discovery of archival materials, biography, and attribution of paintings.

Körner, Hans. Botticelli. Cologne: DuMont Literatur und Kunst Verlag,

Arguing that one can know the artist’s bibliography only through his works, Körner presents a monograph on the artist organized by works of art, grouped chronologically and then by type or subject, interspersed with significant commentary on a wide range of related topics. A significant resource for the study of Botticelli and his work, as yet available only in German.

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