L’altro tema riguarda i personaggi, i possibili motivi della loro compresenza e la narrazione che mettono in scena. Il testo approfondisce quindi il discorso sulle varie interpretazioni (allegoriche, celebrative, mitologiche, letterarie) proposte per la comprensione di questo quadro, che è sempre stato una sfida – molto appagante – per chi lo osserva.
Primavera is a work of great complexity, filled with people and
strewn with flowers.
Painstakingly, experts have
patiently quantified the plant
species present in the painting
and the numbers are staggering:
around 500 species, of which 190
are flowering; 138 of these have
been identified, while the
others are of dubious
classification or unrecognisable.
This eBook is interactive and
multi-touch, which – thanks to
links that go from the overall
picture to the detailed,
magnified minutiae, and precise
specifications – allows one to
appreciate the variety of
flowers and plants depicted by
Botticelli. The factsheets for
the various species come with
herbarium illustrations and
offer a valuable botanical study.
The other subject concerns the
characters, the possible motives
for their gathering, and the
narrative they are staging. This
text thus explores the
discussion on the various
interpretations (whether
allegorical, celebratory,
mythological or literary)
suggested for understanding this
painting, which has always been
a challenge – and a very
rewarding one – for those who
behold it



