Here, we see ancient gods and goddesses such as
Venus, Cupid and Chloris set against a riot of foliage.
Such a riot, in fact, that experts have identified 500
individual plants from over 200 species hidden in the
painting, representing the entire flora of springtime
Tuscany. La Primavera’s meticulous depiction of the
natural world marks the dawn of humanism in previously
dogmatic Europe: a new spring indeed.
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