Category: Art >> Painting and Calligraphy Art
Problem description:
What gods are there? What's the story?
Analysis:
Sandro botticelli (1445- 15 10) was an Italian painter during the Renaissance. "Spring" was written in 1478, at the peak of his 37-year-old artistic career.
The work is based on the fable poem of the famous poet Polly Tian at that time-one morning in early spring, in the beautiful and quiet fruit forest, Venus, the dignified and charming goddess of love and beauty, is in the center, waiting for a grand ceremony of spring with a leisurely and elegant expression. On her right, the touching three goddesses of Hui Mei, dressed in gauze skirts as thin as cicadas' wings, bathed in sunshine and danced hand in hand-"Beauty" was adorned with pearls, "Youth" turned away shyly, and "Happiness" twisted her waist happily, bringing joy to the world. Next to them was Mercury, the messenger of the gods, dressed in red and holding a sword. He waved his wand to disperse the dark clouds in winter. On the left of Venus are the goddess of flowers, the goddess of spring and the goddess of wind. Flora, dressed in garlands and costumes, came with graceful steps, scattering flowers on the earth, symbolizing that the natural season of "Spring comes back to the earth and all trees win glory" is coming soon. Little love god flew over Venus, blindfolded and shot his golden arrow of love. The work shows the image of the gods full of spring joy. This kind of praise for human nature has an extraordinary aesthetic feeling. But in those solemn and confident images, there is always a nameless sadness buried in the painter's heart.
Botticelli's artistic achievements are embodied in his elegant style, bright and dazzling colors, smooth and light lines, and delicate and tranquil poetic style, which has influenced several generations of artists and still exudes charming brilliance.
In terms of painting techniques, the traditional egg white painting was adopted in spring, instead of the oil painting techniques popular in Flanders at that time. The gorgeous decoration effect on the screen is more intense. Because dried egg white will make the color form a hard layer, which is transparent, so we can feel the pure and transparent effect close to watercolor painting in this painting.
In the history of painting, there are many works depicting spring, but none of them can be compared with Botticelli's Spring. It can be said that this painting perfectly shows the beauty and elegance of spring. In this painting, Botticelli adopted a flat decorative technique in composition, and arranged many characters in proper positions. On the screen, nine people are arranged in a row from left to right, without overlapping and interspersed, and appropriate actions are arranged according to their different roles in the painting. Venus, as the goddess of the protagonist, is positioned a little later than others. The picture is like a stage play with a golden brown grove in the background. Botticelli's performance here is the scene of spring described in the long poem "Calendar" by the Roman poet Otis.
We look from the right of the picture to the left: Saif Juras, a passionate westerly wind, fluttered in and chased the earth fairy Gloria. When he arrived, the rightmost tree had been bent. Gloria, the fairy, tried to get rid of the pursuit of Zephyr, but in the end she didn't escape the arms of Zephyr. Brilliant flowers overflowed from Caroline's mouth and fell in succession. Floating on Flora, the goddess of flowers, formed a beautiful coat. Like nature, it used to be a white land, and in a blink of an eye, it was full of flowers and vitality. The Calendar has this description: "I, formerly Gloria, now people call me Ferola." Botticelli described the poems of Ovatios in the form of painting here. Caroline is the fairy of the earth, and the god of the west wind is the spring breeze. When the spring breeze blows, the beautiful flower god is born in full bloom. This process also shows the richness of spring on the road of life
The three beautiful gods depicted at the left end of the picture are dancing hand in hand with tulle like rosy clouds in spring. This can be said to be a typical example of female beauty in the Renaissance. Botticelli described their images as very similar, with slight differences. Among the three, the first beauty from left to right has the largest dynamic range, loose hair and a unique brooch on her chest. Her clothes are particularly gorgeous, undulating inside and outside. The whole posture shows her strong inner impulse. These characteristics show that she is the embodiment of "love desire". On the contrary, the one in the middle, without any ornaments, is extremely simple and has a serious expression. There is no doubt that she is the embodiment of purity. Beauty is born in the contact between simple and quiet "purity" and gorgeous and passionate "love desire" Among the three beauties, the confrontation between "purity" and "lust for love", and the clothes on "purity" left shoulder fall off the lower body, suggesting the temptation of love, and the author shows the awakening of love and the pursuit of beauty here. This naturally leads to the protagonist of the work-Venus, the incarnation goddess of beauty and love. She is a little taller among the two groups of characters. Cupid's arrow flying above just points to the god of purity. A work in spring, at the same time, it is a battle song that eulogizes Venus' love victory.
The work "Spring" is also called "The Prosperity of Venus". In medieval religious paintings, only the Virgin Mary was generally arranged under the arch. Botticelli borrowed this form here. Behind Venus, Botticelli used branches and the background sky to consciously leave such an arch in the tree. The dark background Woods suddenly opened around her, highlighting Venus' leading role. She is carrying a dress in her left hand, and her right hand is slightly raised, so she is dignified and elegant.
Botticelli is a slightly sad lyric poet who yearns for and pursues ideal beauty.