Usually drawing + photo = lousy book cover.
Covers like this blot all exceptions out of my memory.
James is too kind in his choice of words.
Comparing in detail with a photo of the painting, this appears to be a redrawing from the original Sandro Botticelli painting La nascita di Venere probably made for a lithograph print. No painting was harmed in the making of this cover. However good taste was thoroughly trounced.
Ripping off a Botticelli masterpiece, then crapping on it to create a loathsome, execrable cover.
Disgusting.
Usually drawing + photo = lousy book cover.
Covers like this blot all exceptions out of my memory.
James is too kind in his choice of words.
Comparing in detail with a photo of the painting, this appears to be a redrawing from the original Sandro Botticelli painting La nascita di Venere probably made for a lithograph print. No painting was harmed in the making of this cover. However good taste was thoroughly trounced.
Wolves howl.
Hounds bay.
There is a bay whose name roughly translates as Chamber of Wolves but the lobos are lobos-marinhos wolves of the sea aka sea lions.
Garrrr. I cannot get the image of Venus on the Half-shell attended by sea lions and trout out of my mind.
Did the cover designer cut himself while putting this together?