Primavera: The Restoration of Botticelli's MasterpieceThe exciting story of how one of the world's greatest paintings was lovingly restored to its original freshness and beauty. |
Contents
Formation and Development of Botticellis | 11 |
History Meaning | 22 |
Reasons for Restoring the Primavera | 35 |
Copyright | |
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Adoration Agnolo Poliziano altarpiece analysis artist azurite beauty Biagio Birth of Venus blue botanical Botticelli brushstrokes Castello Cennini central Grace century Chloris Chloris's Church of Ognissanti cleaning coat color cornflower Cosimo the Elder Detail drapery especially face Ficino figures film flesh tints flesh tones Flora Florence Florentine fluorescence gesso gesso ground Giovanni Giuliano glazes glue goddess green hand imprimatura infrared layer of varnish Lorenzo il Popolano Lorenzo the Elder Lorenzo the Magnificent Madonna Magi malachite Marsilio Marsilio Ficino materials mavera meadow Medici family ment Mercury Mercury's Michelangelo nature nymph OPPOSITE original paint layers paint loss painter panel pentimenti picture Piero the Gouty pigments pink Poliziano portraits previous restorations Primavera quefta radiograph raking light red lakes reflectography resin revealed Sandro stylized substances surface symbolism technique tempera thick thin ticelli tion tondo transparent trees Uffizi Gallery ultraviolet light varnish Vasari Venus's villa visible white lead yellow Zephyr