RENAISSANCE OF VENUS

BY WALTER CRANE

The image contains in the foreground left of centre a naked Venus standing on beach up to her ankles in water one hand on right shoulder left arm behind head long hair flowing behind encircled by flying white doves To her left is a small shrub To the right in the middle ground there are three naked nymphs one getting out of water one standing and drying herself one seated looking out to sea There are trees behind the nymphs The background contains a peninsula on which stands a ruined shrine with a statue within and in the distance sailing ships The image is horizontally displayed

MLA citation:

Crane, Walter. “Renaissance of Venus.” The Yellow Book, vol. 2, 1894, p. 9. Yellow Book Digital Edition, edited by Dennis Denisoff and Lorraine Janzen Kooistra, 2011-2014. The Yellow Nineties 2.0, Ryerson University Centre for Digital Humanities, 2020, https://1890s.ca/yb2-crane-renaissance/

magazine_images The Yellow Book 2 Renaissance of Venus Walter Crane 1894 Charcoal Sketch Neo Classical Scene Reproduction of Painting Antiquity Greece Boat Human Figure, Female Figure/ Woman, Nude, Mythological Figure, Person, and People Neo Classical Outdoor setting, Landscape, Nature, Ocean, Plant, and Bird