Was The piece Controversial? - answer the Primavera was not controversial in any way
it was picture showing love and compassion and no one really had anything negative to
protest the picture that stood for love and compassion
Who paid for it - answer Botticelli’s Primavera was financed by the Medici organization
who patroned many artists but the medici organization was actually a family who stole
there way to there government position and had a very high power stool
Where it is - answer Since 1919, it has hung in the Uffizi Gallery in Florence. During the
Italian campaign of World War Two, the picture was moved to Montegonian Castle
about ten miles south west of Florence to protect it from wartime bombing. It was
returned to the Uffizi Gallery where it remains to the present day. In 1982, the painting
was restored. The work has darkened considerably over the course of time.
what was the inspiration - answerIt is unlcear but some of the possibilities were Lorenzo
De' Medici wanted it as a celebration of the birth of his nephew. Giullio di Giliiano de'
Medici ( he becomes the pope)
Another theory is the painting was inspired by a description the poet Ovid wrote for the
Arrival of spring.
there are many more theories but none of them are know to be correct but those 2 are
the most accepted.
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