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PRIMAVERA AND THE HERMETIC OCTAVE
Interpreting the mythology of a work of art may fall under the domain of the art sleuth, and an intrepid one at that.Take for example Sandro Botticelli’s masterpiece, ”Primavera”. Those who are willing to settle for a poetical tableau and … Continue reading
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Tagged Botticelli, Chloris, E.H. Gombrich, Edgar Wind, Florence, Giorgio Vassari, Hamilton Reed Armstrong, Leonardo Da Vinci, Medici, Michael Hayes, Neo-Platonism, Pico, Pico della Mirandola, Pico Oration, Plato, Plotinus, Renaissance, Sandro Botticelli, Savonarola, The Hermetic Octave, Walter Ulmam, Zephyr
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BE SURE TO WEAR SOME FLOWERS IN YOUR HAIR
” If you’re going to San Francisco be sure to wear some flowers in your hair”. The same could be said for Florence,which, in the fifteenth century was a permissive, liberal society. The pendulum of the permissive revolution swung the … Continue reading
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Tagged Alessandro Botticelli, Botticelli, Burning of the Vanities, Florentine Italy, Fra Girolamo Savonarola, G.K. Chesterton, Italian Renaissance, Lorenzo Medici, Medici, Michelangelo, Piero Medici, Renaissance Art, Savonarola
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