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The strange poetry and subtle grace peculiar to Botticelli reach their peak in his "Allegory of Spring".
The true meaning of this most famous of all works has never been fully discovered.
Botticelli, enamoured of Latin literature like all men of his time, may have been inspired by two lines in Lucrezio and a verse by Orazio.
It is likely that he wanted to evoke an event in the reign of Lorenzo il Magnifico.
In any case, Botticelli has caught a little of the spirit that animated Lorenzo's circle of friends, occupied with genteel festivities and the cult of beauty in all its forms.
In contrast to other artists of his day, Botticelli's main concern was NOT for perspective.
His art is distinguished by its graphic qualities and by an unrivalled handling of the arabesque.
In him, the old international Gothic current, born with the first school of Siena, is given new life in an unexpected way.
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