【旷世杰作的秘密】桑德罗·波提切利《春》2

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La Primavera, whose divine beauty inspires both nature and mankind.
So just what is the meaning of the Primavera? A pageant of sexual permissiveness, an artistic mystery tour, or perhaps just a botany lesson? This is the tale of  one of the most hotly-debated works in the history of art.
The Primavera was painted in the city of Florence in the 1480s, and it has never travelled more than a few miles from home. Today, crowds flock to see it at the city's Uffizi Gallery, where it's one of the star attractions. As they enter a room devoted to the paintings of Sandro Botticelli, visitors first meet his more explicit Birth of Venus. But it is the larger, darker Primavera that commands the space. Its sheer scale makes an immediate impact. Over ten feet wide, and painted on three-inch thick wooden panels, this is not a painting to be taken lightly in any sense. "Primavera" is Italian for Spring, but that title doesn't begin to explain the picture's mysteries. Nine figures are portrayed, only slightly smaller than lifesize, and all drawn from Classical mythology.“春”其超凡脱俗的美启发了大自然和人类，“春”的意义究竟为何？一场放纵的性爱欢宴？一场艺术神秘之旅？抑或只是一堂植物课？这是艺术史上最受争议作品的故事。
“春”1480年代在佛罗伦斯诞生，从来没有过其诞生地方圆数里之外，如今它称为该市乌菲兹美术馆的重要馆藏，吸引了大批参观群众。观众进入展示波提切利作品的展区，首先映入眼帘的是他较露骨的作品——“维纳斯的诞生”。但展区的重头戏是更大，更黑暗的“春”，光是惊人的尺寸，就让人备受震撼。其宽超过十尺，绘制于三寸厚的木板上，是一幅不容忽视的作品。其名叫做“春”，但想顾名思义是不可能的。画中共有九个略小于真人尺寸的人物，而且全部取材自古典神话。