Sandro Botticelli

renaissance

Botticelli Paintings 1445 - 1510 Italy, Early Renaissance Painter

La Primavera [Allegory of Spring], 1477-1478

Oil on panel, 80.71 x 124.02 inches [205 x 315 cm]

Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence

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OIL PAINTING: La Primavera [Allegory of Spring], 1477-1478
Such large format paintings like La Primavera [Allegory of Spring] by Botticelli were nothing new in high-ranking private residences. The Primavera is, however, special in that it is one of the first surviving paintings from the post-classical period which depicts classical gods almost naked and life-size. Some of the figures are based on ancient sculptures. These are, however, not direct copies but are translated into Botticelli's own unconventional formal language: slender figures whose bodies at times seem slightly too long. Above all it is the women's domed stomachs that demonstrate the contemporary ideal of beauty.
Botticelli depicts Venus , standing in the centre of the painting, set slightly back from the other figures. Above her, Cupid is aiming one of his arrows of love at the Three Graces, who are elegantly dancing a roundel. The garden of the goddess of love is guarded by Mercury on the left. Mercury, who is lightly clad in a red cloak covered with flames, is wearing a helmet and carrying a sword, clearly characterizing him as the guardian of the garden. The messenger of the gods is also identified by means of his winged shoes and the caduceus staff which he used to drive two snakes apart and make peace; Botticelli has depicted the snakes as winged dragons. From the right, Zephyr, the god of the winds, is forcefully pushing his way in, in pursuit of the nymph Chloris. Next to her walks Flora, the goddess of spring, who is scattering flowers.