The Circular Nature of the Primavera
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SummaryBotticelli’s Primavera begs for meaning. It is a complex, large-scale masterpiece with apparent contradictions in mood, movement, theme and context. The direct gaze of its central figure instructs the viewer to look carefully, as does Botticelli’s precise hand. Every deliberate petal, every careful pattern, every pointed glance drips with significance. The trick, then, is to define that sense of significance and transform it from silent colors on a piece of tempera into a coherent body of words, hopefully coming to summation in a single idea as exquisite as the dance of the three figures in the left side of the painting. Countless scholars have attempted to find a cohesive interpretation of the Primavera using what historical sources are available including letters, political events, philosophy, celebrations and countless other hypothetical treasure maps to the Primavera’s meaning.
Table of Contents
- Mirella Levi d'Arcona wrote her Botticelli's Primavera - A Botanical Interpretation Including Astrology, Alchemy and the Medici.
- The context chosen by the interpreter directs all future declarations and conclusions.
- D'Ancona begins with the wedding of Lorenzo di Pierfrancesco de Medici to Semiramide Appiani.
- Michalski limits the focus of his article to the central figure.
- The complex and intricate garb of the central figure differs a great deal from the white robes worn by the other female figures.
- The shifting foci and source documents for each element in the painting demonstrate the incredible variety of iconographical analysis.
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