{"id":259,"date":"2009-02-27T23:46:31","date_gmt":"2009-02-28T06:46:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/astrowin.org\/rffriends\/wpx\/?p=259"},"modified":"2009-02-28T00:30:01","modified_gmt":"2009-02-28T07:30:01","slug":"spring-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/astrowin.org\/rffriends\/wpx\/?p=259","title":{"rendered":"Spring"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=kWmg-Mr7yMs\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-260\" title=\"image001a-left1\" src=\"https:\/\/astrowin.org\/rffriends\/wpx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/image001a-left1.jpg\" alt=\"image001a-left1\" width=\"323\" height=\"347\" srcset=\"https:\/\/astrowin.org\/rffriends\/wpx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/image001a-left1.jpg 323w, https:\/\/astrowin.org\/rffriends\/wpx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/image001a-left1-279x300.jpg 279w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 323px) 100vw, 323px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nIs it spring yet?<br \/>\nPart of Botticelli\u2019s Birth of Venus and<br \/>\nSinding\u2019s Rustles of Spring link:<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=kWmg-Mr7yMs\">http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=kWmg-Mr7yMs<\/a><br \/>\nIn the complete work, classical goddess Venus emerges from the water on a shell, blown towards shore by the Zephyrs, symbols of spiritual passions. Zephyrus is known as the fructifying wind, the messenger of spring. She is joined by one of the Horae, goddesses of the seasons, who hands her a flowered cloak.<br \/>\nThe effect is distinctly pagan, considering it was made at a time and place when most artworks depicted Roman Catholic themes. It is somewhat surprising that this canvas escaped the flames of Savanarola\u2019s bonfires, where a number of Botticelli\u2019s other alleged pagan-influenced works perished.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Is it spring yet? Part of Botticelli\u2019s Birth of Venus and Sinding\u2019s Rustles of Spring link: \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=kWmg-Mr7yMs In the complete work, classical goddess Venus emerges from the water on a shell, blown towards shore by the Zephyrs, symbols of spiritual passions. Zephyrus is known as the fructifying wind, the messenger of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-259","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-art","category-music"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/astrowin.org\/rffriends\/wpx\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/259","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/astrowin.org\/rffriends\/wpx\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/astrowin.org\/rffriends\/wpx\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/astrowin.org\/rffriends\/wpx\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/astrowin.org\/rffriends\/wpx\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=259"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/astrowin.org\/rffriends\/wpx\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/259\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":266,"href":"https:\/\/astrowin.org\/rffriends\/wpx\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/259\/revisions\/266"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/astrowin.org\/rffriends\/wpx\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=259"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/astrowin.org\/rffriends\/wpx\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=259"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/astrowin.org\/rffriends\/wpx\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=259"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}