Donika Lici - Kongresi i Manastirit

1. Primavera di Sandro Botticelli

3. In the centre (but not exactly so) and somewhat
set back from the other figures stands Venus, a
red-draped woman in blue. Like the flower-
gatherer, she returns the viewer's gaze. The
trees behind her form a broken arch to draw the
eye. In the air above her a blindfolded Cupid
aims his bow to the left.On the left of the painting
the Thrre graces, a group of three females also
in diaphanous white, join hands in a dance. At
the extreme leftMercury , clothed in red with a
sword and a helmet, raises his cadueus or
wooden rod towards some wispy gray clouds.
The interactions between the figures are
enigmatic. Zephyrus and Chloris are looking at
each other. Flora and Venus look out at the
viewer, the Cupid is blindfolded, and Mercury has
turned his back on the others, and looks up at
the clouds. The central Grace looks towards him,
while the other two seem to look at each other.
Flora's smile was very unusual in painting at this
date.

4. Cupid's arrow is aimed at the middle
Grace, Chastity according to Wind, and the
impact of love on chastity, leading to a
marriage, features in many
interpretations. Chastity looks towards
Mercury, and some interpretations,
especially those identifying the figures as
modelled on actual individuals, see this
couple as one to match Chloris and
Zephyrus on the other side of the painting.

8. Self-portrait,