【旷世杰作的秘密】桑德罗·波提切利《春》10

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I think they are allowed to do this because they are not real women. They would not be perceived as real women. They're nymphs, and the nymph was a specific category of being in the Renaissance imagination, and a category of being, that's meant to give you pleasure in thinking about their beauty without thinking about anything particularly naughty. So they're to be viewed as these nymphs, who accompany Venus who are an expression of her particular grace and beauty.

Painting the Primavera was a huge undertaking. Even a skilled master like Botticelli must have spent well over a year perfecting it. So where, after the long wait, would this enormous painting have been displayed? A Renaissance writer saw it hanging in one of the Medici family's beautiful country villas.她们可以这么做是因为她们不是真正的女人，人们不认为她们是真正的女人，而是女神。女神是文艺复兴时期想象力的独特产物。女神给人欢愉，让人不带邪念地渴望她们的美，所以这三名少女被人们解读为维纳斯身边的女神，而维纳斯更体现了独特的美与优雅。

绘制“春”是一件浩大工程，就连波提切利这样的绘画大师都至少花了一年精雕细琢。在漫长的等待结束之后，这幅旷世杰作又在哪里展出呢？一名文艺复兴作家曾看到过它悬挂在梅迪奇家族美轮美奂的乡间别墅中。