Fun with "SPRNG" on the web

Sandro Botticelli, Primavera

Sometimes called the Allegory of Spring, Botticelli painted the Primavera for Lorenzo di
Pierfrancesco de'Medici to decorate his villa on the outskirts of Florence. This painting is
now in the Galleria degli Uffizi in Florence.

Primavera Links:

http://www.loggia.com/art/renaissance/botticelli06.html
Visit Loggia for detailed descriptions of each of the characters in the Primavera.
http://www.uffizi.firenze.it/Dipinti/botprimE10.html
The Galleria delgi Uffizi's short description of the Primavera. (The image above copied from this site.)
http://www.mystudios.com/treasure/botticelli/primavera-review.html
A site with a brief description.
http://www.st-and.ac.uk/~histweb/modhist/gordon/florence/primavera.html
Another site with a brief description.
http://www.televisual.net/uffizi/spring.html
This site has a more detailed description.
http://members.tripod.com/~Epona_Seaborn/prima.html
Another site with more details.
http://history.hanover.edu/courses/art/botpri.html
This site has no description, but has a huge image of the painting instead. Great for viewing the details.

Antonio Vivaldi, The Four Seasons

Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741) was an Italian music composer. His most famous work is The Four Seasons, which is a collection of four concertos that musically depicts the four seasons. The Four Seasons has become one of classical music's most popular pieces. Below are links to the first concerto, titled Spring.

Spring 1st Movement Allegro mp3 3:25

Spring 2nd Movement Largo E Pianissimo Sempre mp3 2:15

Spring 3rd Movement Allegro mp3 4:00

Spring, all three movements midi 10:21

The Four Seasons Links:

http://inkpot.com/classical/vi4sonnets.html
The Four Seasons sonnets, both in Italian and the English translation.
http://www.bright.net/~hhelser/vivaldi.html
This site puts the music together with the sonnet.
http://www.music.upm.edu.my/~tzeming/Spring.htm
This site explains each movement, piece by piece, while the part being described plays in the background.
http://www.8notes.com/school/score_composers.asp?style_type_id=1&artist_id=239
The Four Seasons, Spring sheet music (easy level) for all sorts of instruments.
http://home.kc.rr.com/vivaldi/
Learn all about Vivaldi and a little about The Four Seasons.
http://utopia.knoware.nl/~jsmeets/cgi-bin/ccd.cgi?comp=vivaldi
Read about Vivaldi's music and life.
http://www.islandnet.com/~arton/bqxvivaldi.html
This site is a long article about Vivaldi.

Spring Has Sprung

http://www.riverdeep.net/teaching_the_news/news_2000/march/front.220300.spring.jhtml
This site talks about the spring season, spring myths and legends, spring celebrations, and much more.