Botticelli's "Return of Persephone": On the Source and Subject of the "Primavera"

Most scholars, like Giorgio Vasari in the sixteenth century, have believed the central figure of Botticelli's celebrated Primavera to be a manifestation of Venus, appearing as a goddess of spring. Careful studies of the history of Primavera scholarship and of the classical and Renaissance texts...

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Main Author: Kline, Jonathan (Author)
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Language:English
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Published: Sixteenth Century Journal Publishers, Inc. 2011
In: The sixteenth century journal
Year: 2011, Volume: 42, Issue: 3, Pages: 665-688
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