BOTICELLI - Primavera
Primavera means SPRING
Finished in 1482 (before the Birth of Venus)
For Lorenzo di Pierfrancesco de’ Medici during the time of his wedding
In both, Venus stands in the center - goddess of LOVE
In a pose of Benediction/controposto
Zephyrus on the right - wind god
Virgin nymph Chloris next
He rapes Chloris then marries her (legend)
Transforms into Flora, goddess of Spring
Three figures dancing - The Graces
Mercury and Cupid “protect”
Other interpretations...
Other interpretations…
Venus - prima vera - SPRING
Flora - summer
Chloris - Autumn
Zephyrus - Winter
Connects to Birth of Venus…
Symbolism
Venus represented moral qualities a Florentine woman should possess
Modesty, goodness, poetry
3 Graces symbolize beauty and grace that Venus offers to the world
Intertwining hands - an oddity
Loose, flowing hair - unmarried virgins
Mercury - inspired by Donatello and Verraccio
Boticelli's Mythologies
They revive antiquity on a new scale - more for private delight rather than for moral lessons
Boticelli raised these paintings to a level of poetry
Dark green shuts out the world to a world of grace and weightlessness
Nothing is hesitant about Boticelli’s style
Sculpture-like lighting from the side
-Kelsey Masuda
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