【旷世杰作的秘密】桑德罗·波提切利《春》23
1477年他以诗人波利蒂安歌颂爱神维纳斯的长诗为主题，为美第奇别墅所画《春》。这幅画已经和《维纳斯的诞生》一起，成为波提切利一生中最著名的两幅画作。在这幅画中，波提切利运用自己的想像力对古代神话故事重新演绎，人物线条流畅，色彩明亮灿烂，却又在充满着欢乐详和的气氛中，带有一丝忧愁。HITNS:
Florentines
Platonists
Plato
Zephyr
Mercury
Primavera
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http://t1.g.hjfile.cn/listen/201304/201304051048035679430.mp3Not surprisingly, the sensual Florentines seized upon the philosopher's least scientific topic of discussion.
The interest of the Florentine neo-Platonists in particualry was primarily in Plato's philosophy of love. Love is the impulse as it were, divine love is the most important of the divine impulses which stimulate humanity and it's development which could have the affect of directing the soul back towards unity with God.
You could read into the painting a progression of the human soul, moving from base, carnal love, through civilised, human love, to divine love. The extremes represented Zephyr, descending on the one side and Mercury, reascending on the other.
The sense that we've been invited to decipher a riddle or to reflect upon an enigma is, I think, one of the most powerful aspects of the Primavera's enduring appeal it's, in a sense, offering us a work not just of aesthetic beauty, but also an intellectual beauty.
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