@inbook{b68cf2e3dbe04a97b878ea67624b335f,
title = "The Visual Language of Botticelli's 'Primavera'",
abstract = "The Medici commission of the Primavera, the first of Botticelli{\textquoteright}s {\textquoteleft}mythologies{\textquoteright}, represented a major challenge to the artist. This paper focuses on his active engagement with the sources of the invention and the artistic ambitions that drove him to produce a work of art of unparalleled beauty. Botticelli clearly seized the opportunity to show that he was not inferior to any poet of his age when it came to bringing to life the deities of antiquity. At the same time, he set himself the task to emulate the creative force and vitality of nature. Yet another challenge consisted in improving on visual examples of classical art. All three aspects appear to be intimately connected and invite us to rethink the modes of communication between painter, patron and humanist advisor(s).",
author = "\{Van der Sman\}, \{Gerrit Jan\}",
year = "2026",
month = aug,
day = "6",
doi = "10.1163/9789004710917-010",
language = "English",
isbn = "978-90-04-71090-0",
series = "NIKI Studies in Netherlandish-Italian Art History",
publisher = "Brill",
pages = "188--207",
editor = "\{van den Doel\}, \{Marieke J.E.\} and Iovine, \{Maria Fiametta\}",
booktitle = "Visual Humanism",
address = "Netherlands",
}