"Primavera"
1482 Florence
Tempera on wood
6'8"x 10'4"
Commissioned by the Medici family, "Primavera" was the first large scale mythological painting in the Early Renaissance. I enjoyed the painting because, for a change, it had no religious basis. The fruits of fertility surround Venus, goddess of beauty and love, and there seems to be a renewed sense of happiness. To the right of Venus is Flora, goddess of flowers, and her former self, Chlora, with Zephyr the God of wind. Above Venus is the mischievous cupid, and to the left of her are the three Graces and Mercury.
(Ch. 21)
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