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Renaissance Venus
Presented by Mrs Watts by the wish of the late George Frederic Watts 1913
actions: postures and motions
actions: processes and functions
adults
animals: birds
Aphrodite / Venus
architecture
arm / arms raised
bathing / swimming
beach
birth
Birth of Venus
birth to death
boat, sailing
building
classical
classical myths: events, themes
classical myths: gods and heroes
column
dove
features
female
landscape
leisure and pastimes
looking / watching
nudes
people
periods and styles
recreational activities
religion and belief
ruins
sea
seascapes and coasts
society
standing
transport: water
woman
wooded
<p>Walter Crane spent his honeymoon in Italy in 1871. While he was there, he became interested in 15th-century Italian art. For this work, Crane was inspired by Botticelli’s painting <span>Birth of Venus</span> from the 1480s. The compositions are similar. Both show Venus, the Roman goddess of love, emerging from the sea after her birth as a fully-grown woman. Like Botticelli, Crane painted with tempera, a medium made from coloured pigment and egg yolk. At his wife Mary's request, rather than draw from a female model, Crane used a male model, Alessandro di Marco, for the body of Venus.</p><p><em>Gallery label, February 2020</em></p>
painting tempera canvas
7 August 2014 – 24 July 2022
2022-07-24
7 August 2014
2014-08-07
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2014-08-07
Gallery 9
Collection based display
25 September 2015 – 10 July 2016
2016-07-10
25 September 2015 – 24 January 2016
2016-01-24
2015-09-25
Gemäldegalerie (Berlin, Germany)
5 March 2016 – 10 July 2016
2016-07-10
2016-03-05
Victoria and Albert Museum (London, UK)
http://www.vam.ac.uk
2015-09-25
The Botticelli Renaissance
Loan-out
27 September 2016 – 15 January 2017
2017-01-15
27 September 2016 – 15 January 2017
2017-01-15
2016-09-27
Petit Palais, Musée des Beaux-Arts de la Ville de Paris (Paris, France)
2016-09-27
Oscar Wilde: L'impertinent absolu
Loan-out
5 April 2017 – 1 October 2017
2017-10-01
5 April 2017 – 1 October 2017
2017-10-01
2017-04-05
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2017-04-05
Queer British Art
Exhibition
The Renaissance of Venus
support: 1384 × 1841 mm
frame: 1665 × 2140 × 128 mm
Presented by Mrs Watts by the wish of the late George Frederic Watts 1913
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<p>Walter Crane spent his honeymoon in Italy in 1871. While he was there, he became interested in 15th-century Italian art. For this work, Crane was inspired by Botticelli’s painting <i>Birth of Venus</i> from the 1480s. The compositions are similar. Both show Venus, the Roman goddess of love, emerging from the sea after her birth as a fully-grown woman. Like Botticelli, Crane painted with tempera, a medium made from coloured pigment and egg yolk. At his wife Mary's request, rather than draw from a female model, Crane used a male model, Alessandro di Marco, for the body of Venus.</p>
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