Title: Flora
Artist: Norman Tellis
Company: Classical Mosaics
Website: www.classicalmosaics.com
Description:
As the name suggests, "Primavera" represents the
arrival and celebration of Spring. The poet, Ovid, in "Fasti"
portrays the beginning of Spring as the transformation of the nymph Chloris into
Flora, Goddess of Flowers. Zephyrus, who is pursuing her, was so fired with wild
passion upon catching sight of her, that he took her by force. Regretting the
violence of his actions, however, he transformed her into the Flower-Goddess of
Spring. Her robe is lavishly adorned with flowers. Her garland is composed of
innumerable flowers, identifying her as the goddess from whom flowers come.
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