Portrayal of Love Botticelli's Primavera and Humanist Culture at the Time of Lorenzo the Magnificent

"The suggestion that the Primavera does not merely illustrate texts but is itself the material equivalent of a poem guides the study and deepens our understanding of ut pictura poesis in Quattrocento aesthetics....This book forms the necessary point of departure for all future readings of this most elusive and challenging of Florentine pictures.Dempsey, Charles is the author of 'Portrayal of Love Botticelli's Primavera and Humanist Culture at the Time of Lorenzo the Magnificent' with ISBN 9780691015736 and ISBN 0691015732.