La Primavera

La Primavera was painted by Sandro Boticelli and is now located in Florence, Italy. The size of the painting is 315 cm x 205 cm. My first impression of Primavera was that the painting looks very greek and symbolic to some type of important figures or events. The artist uses the values to emphasize dark personalities in the painting, Zephyrus who is symbolic to the cold winter changing into the early part of Spring, Chloris. Also the use of perspective; how some figures are more forward and some are standing in the background. The painting is balanced with the eight figures, and the ninth (Cupid) balance the center where Venus is represented. Some of the figures are wearing loose, thin clothing, where the others are wearing thick, heavy clothing. The main focus of the painting is Venus, standing in the middle of the painting. She looks like The Virgin Mary by the way she is standing. The theme is the transformation of the seasons, "to spring." The painting is about the coming of spring and the artists uses there symbolic figures to symbolize different parts of spring. An example is Flora, who is the mother of the flowers. Chloris turns into Flora. I believe Sandro Boticelli's view of the world is spiritual because of her use of symbolic figures to explain the transformation of spring. My thoughts and feelings have changed after learning about the background and symbolic history. The most important part of the painting that I observed was the symbols. To make my art more meaningful, I need to think deep and come up with objects or people to symbolize a type of feeling or emotion.