UNIT 2
Primavera
(Allegory of spring)
Subject -
gods and a complex philosophical symbolism
Composition -
significantly illustrative of the Renaissance classicistic iconography and form, great skill at composing, ordering particular motifs into larger compositional patterns, Venus, Cupid, three Graces, Mercury, Zephyrus, Chloris, Flora
Technique -
the effect of transparency, fluidity, harmony and luminosity, fluid brush strokes, the elegance of the pose and the decoration of the characters.