While driving to my grandmother’s house, I listened to an audio recording (Courtesy of Librivox) of a science fiction story called The Tree of Life by C.L. Moore. The story revolves around a human exploring Mars and fighting its dwellers. However, I noticed that throughout the story Moore used words that had connotations with art such as “mosaic” and “sketch”. Early in the story, I heard this passage.
“Slowly he crossed the dark grass toward her. That grass was soft under-foot, and thick with small, low-blooming flowers of a shining pallor. Botticelli painted such spangled swards for the feet of his angels. Upon it the girl’s bare feet gleamed whiter than the blossoms.”
Wonder if Moore had the Allegory of Spring in mind when she made the Botticelli reference.
Art History Ramblings 