What is La Primavera?
La Primavera is the name of the famous image of the Italian Renaissance master Sandra Botticelli. It shows a number of characters from Greek mythology. Many of these characters could have been modeled after Botticelli's current or benefactors, at that time with common practice. The exact importance of painting 1482 was the subject of the ongoing debate between artistic scholars and criticism. La Primavera is considered one of the masterpieces of Renaissance art. He was brought up in Florence in Italy, which was the starting point of the cultural and artistic revolution known as the Renaissance. Among the masterpieces of Florence was Masacchio's Trinity Fresco , the first image that uses perspective, creating the illusion of depths on a flat surface. Botticelli was recognized as a goldsmith before turning to painting. Until the 70s, he has established himself as a renowned painter of Portraity and religious scene.
Little is known for certain circumstances surrounding the painting la primara . Was created for the family of medics who were rich patrons orSupporters of many Florentine sculptors and painters. Guiliano de Medici and his Mrs. Simonetta Vespucci are considered to be the likely models of the Greek gods Mercury and Venus in the picture. "Primavera" is an Italian word for "spring". According to some scientists, this suggests that the image could have been commissioned as a wedding or baptismal gift.
La Primavera is more than six feet (2 m) and 10 feet (3 m) wide, which means that nine numbers shown are roughly life -size. It is assumed that the characters are Mercury, three graces, Venus, Cupid, Flora, Chloris and Zephyrus, arranged in an orange grove. It seems that the painting is inspired by the classic venet of Roman Poet Lucretius, which would be Botticelli and his audience known. The poem describes how Chloris, Nymph were kidnapped by God Zephyrus and converted into a flora, the spring goddess. This idea of the concept of image is mostly assumption because no records survive, aby described the intention of Botticelli or its patrons.
Highly detailed picture hung for years in an offense in the locks of art-spiked Medicis. It was one of the many championships of Botticelli created in the 80s of the 20th century, including the famous birth of Venus , which depicts the naked goddess standing on a giant more. Botticelli's style fell out of kindness soon after his death in 1510, and many of his paintings were forgotten or ignored outside his native Italy until the 19th century. At that time, there was a revival of interest in Renaissance art to new recognition La Primavera . Since 1919 it has been exhibited in the Uffizi Gallery in Florence.