Book Description
Botticelli’s Primavera and The Birth of Venus In these two lectures about Sandro Botticelli (1444-1510) and the meaning behind two of his best loved paintings, Angela introduces you to the esoteric worldview which flourished in the early centuries CE in cultural centres such as Alexandria in Egypt, and was reborn in Renaissance Europe. In fifteenth century Florence, a group of intellectuals centred around the great Platonic philosopher Marsilio Ficino (1433-99) instigated a revival of what was then called ‘the ancient wisdom’, now often referred to as the Western esoteric tradition, or the Perennial Wisdom. divine feminine energy the divine feminine book platonic philosophy who is the greek goddess of love art history textbook book Europe for college paintings masterpieces renaissance famous artist birth of venus primavera meaning translation