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Book Review
Museum of Islamic Art: The Collection
04/2024 | 1453 | 166
Pages: 434
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Reviewer:
Luber, Diana (Luber, Diana)
Subjects
art literature:
Catalogues
museums and institutions:
Museum of Islamic Art, Doha, Qatar
subjects:
Islamic art
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Museum of Islamic Art: The Collection Edited by Julia Gonnella. 592 pp. incl. 350 col. ills. (Thames and Hudson London, 2022), £70. ISBN 978–0–500–48084–7. | :
Illustrations
Non-western art unattributed:
9. Fountain head (Doha hind). Madinat al- Zahra’, c.940–1010. Cast and incised copper alloy, 48.2 by 41.9 x 12 cm. including base. (Museum of Islamic Art, Doha).
Book Review
Mitteleuropäische Schulen VII (c.1400–1500): Böhmen – Mähren –Schlesien – Ungarn (Die Illuminierten Handschriften und Inkunabeln der Österreichischen Nationalbibliothek, 17)
04/2024 | 1453 | 166
Pages: 423–425
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Rischpler, Susanne (Rischpler, Susanne)
Subjects
art literature:
Catalogues
museums and institutions:
Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, Vienna, Austria
places:
Bohemia / Moravia / Silesia / Poland
subjects:
Illuminated manuscripts / Incunabula
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Mitteleuropäische Schulen VII (c.1400–1500): Böhmen – Mähren – Schlesien – Ungarn (Die Illuminierten Handschriften und Inkunabeln der Österreichischen Nationalbibliothek, 17) By Maria Theisen with Irina von Morzé, and contributions by Ulrike Jenni, Kristina Klebel, Milada Studničková, Maria Stieglecker and Edina Zsupán. 2 vols, 987 pp. incl. 780 col. + 107 b. & w. ills. (Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna, 2022), €290. ISBN 978–3–7001–8861–2. | :
Illustrations
Western art unattributed:
5. Page from the missal of Archbishop Sbinko Zajic von Hasenburg. Prague, 1409. Parchment, 23.9 by 16.1 cm. (Austrian National Library, Vienna; MS 1844; fol.11r).
Book Review
Studio Ceramics: British Studio Pottery 1900 to now
01/2024 | 1450 | 166
Pages: 102–103
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Reviewer:
Walsh, Helen (Walsh, Helen)
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art literature:
Catalogues
dates:
1900-1999 / 2000-2009
museums and institutions:
Victoria and Albert Museum, London, Great Britain
subjects:
Ceramics / British / Collections, Public / Collecting
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Studio Ceramics: British Studio Pottery 1900 to now By Alun Graves, with a foreword by Tanya Harrod. 416 pp. incl. 919 col. + b. & w. ills. (Thames and Hudson, London and New York, 2023), £65. ISBN 978–0–500–48089–2. | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
7. Optical pot, by Elizabeth Fritsch. 1980. Stoneware, height 31.1 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London).
Book Review
Mythological Subjects: Hercules to Olympus (Corpus Rubenianum Ludwig Burchard, 11.2)
12/2023 | 1449 | 165
Pages: 1369-1370
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Brown, Christopher (Brown, Christopher)
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art literature:
Catalogues
artists:
Rubens, Peter Paul
subjects:
Flemish art / Classical mythology
works:
Corpus Rubenianum
Reviewed Items
works:
Mythological Subjects: Hercules to Olympus (Corpus Rubenianum Ludwig Burchard, 11.2) By Elizabeth McGrath, Bert Schepers, Nils Büttner, Gerlinde Gruber, Fiona Healy, Eveliina Juntunen, Gregory Martin and Jeremy Wood. Two vols, 946 pp. incl. 450 b. & w. ills. (Brepols, Turnhout, 2022), €295. ISBN 978–1–912554–7. | :
Book Review
Creating Sculpture: Renaissance Drawings and Models
11/2023 | 1448 | 165
Pages: 1246-1247
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Calogero, Marcello (Calogero, Marcello)
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art literature:
Catalogues
museums and institutions:
Victoria and Albert Museum, London, Great Britain
subjects:
Renaissance sculpture / Renaissance art / Drawings / Models (representations) / Clay / Wax / Wooden / Workshops (Organisations) / Contracts
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Creating Sculpture: Renaissance Drawings and Models Edited by Michael Cole, Ana Debenedetti and Peta Motture, with Kira d’Alburquerque. 224 pp. incl. 150 col. + 5 b. & w. ills. (V&A Publishing, London, 2022), £35. ISBN 978–1–85177–998–7. | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
3. River god, by Giambologna. c.1580. Terracotta, height 31 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London).
Book Review
Architecture and Sculpture: Rubens’s House (Corpus Rubenianum Ludwig Burchard, 22.2)
10/2023 | 1447 | 165
Pages: 1158–1159
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Reviewer:
Brown, Christopher (Brown, Christopher)
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art literature:
Catalogues / Catalogues raisonnés
artists:
Rubenshuis, Antwerp, Belgium
artists:
Rubens, Peter Paul
works:
Corpus Rubenianum
Reviewed Items
works:
Architecture and Sculpture: Rubens’s House (Corpus Rubenianum Ludwig Burchard, 22.2) By Nora De Poorter and Frans Baudouin. 2 vols, 704 pp. incl. 245 col. + 199 b. & w. ills. (Brepols, Turnhout, 2022), £234. ISBN 978–1–912554–64–5. | :
Illustrations
Western art unattributed:
5. Courtyard and garden of the house of Rubens in Antwerp. c.1660s. Oil on canvas, 109.3 by 140.2 cm. (Discover Bucks Museum, Aylesbury).
Book Review
Italian Renaissance and Baroque Bronzes in the Metropolitan Museum of Art
10/2023 | 1447 | 165
Pages: 1156–1158
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Reviewer:
Ekserdjian, David (Ekserdjian, David; E., D.)
Subjects
art literature:
Catalogues
museums and institutions:
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, United States
subjects:
Italian art
subjects:
Renaissance art / Bronzes / Italian art
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Italian Renaissance and Baroque Bronzes in the Metropolitan Museum of Art Edited by Denise Allen, Linda Borsch, James David Draper, Jeffrey Fraiman and Richard E. Stone. 568 pp. incl. 590 col. + 34 b. & w. ills. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 2022). ISBN 978–1–58839–710–2. | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
4. Mars, Venus and Cupid with Vulcan at his forge (the Mantuan Roundel), attributed to Gian Marco Cavalli. c.1500. Parcel-gilt bronze with silver inlay, cast gilt frame, diameter 42 cm. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).
Book Review
Anatomical Studies (Corpus Rubenianum Ludwig Burchard, 20.1)
08/2023 | 1445 | 165
Pages: 920-922
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Reviewer:
Meier, Hans Jakob (Meier, Hans Jakob)
Subjects
art literature:
Catalogues
artists:
Rubens, Peter Paul
subjects:
Flemish art / Drawings / Anatomy / Anatomical drawings
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Anatomical Studies (Corpus Rubenianum Ludwig Burchard, 20.1) By Michael W. Kwakkelstein. 220 pp. incl. 62 col. + 94 b. & w. ills. (Brepols, Turnhout, 2022), €140. ISBN 978–0–905203–80–5. | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
4. Anatomical studies, by Peter Paul Rubens. 1600–10. Pen and brown ink on ivory laid paper, 27.1 by 18.8 cm. (Art Institute of Chicago).
Book Review
Dessins bolonais du XVIe siècle (Dessins italiens du Musée du Louvre, 12)
08/2023 | 1445 | 165
Pages: 919-920
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Reviewer:
Couilleaux, Benjamin (Couilleaux, Benjamin)
Subjects
art literature:
Catalogues
museums and institutions:
Musée du Louvre, Paris, France
styles:
Bolognese
subjects:
Italian drawings
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Dessins bolonais du XVIe siècle (Dessins italiens du Musée du Louvre, 12) Edited by Roberta Serra. 400 pp. incl. 600 col. ills. (Louvre éditions, Paris, and Silvana Editoriale, Milan, 2022), €95. ISBN 978–88–366–5048–4. | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
3. Jupiter seated on clouds, by Bartolomeo Passerotti. c.1574. Pen and brown ink and black chalk on paper, 44.2 by 38.1 cm. (Musée du Louvre, Paris; RMN-Grand Palais).
Book Review
Tin-Glaze and Image Culture: The MAK Maiolica Collection in its Wider Context
06/2023 | 1443 | 165
Pages: 660-662
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Reviewer:
Mallet, J. V. G. (Mallet, J. V. G.; Mallet, John)
Subjects
art literature:
Catalogues
museums and institutions:
Österreichisches Museum für angewandte Kunst, Vienna, Austria
subjects:
Maiolica / Ceramics / Italian art / Collections, Public
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Tin-Glaze and Image Culture: The MAK Maiolica Collection in its Wider Context Edited by Lilli Hollein, Rainald Franz and Timothy Wilson, catalogue by Timothy Wilson with contributions by Rainald Franz, Michael Göbl and Nikolaus Hofer, with the collaboration of Alena Volk. 288 pp. incl. 473 col. + 56 b. & w. ills. (Museum of Applied Arts, Vienna, and Arnoldsche, Stuttgart, 2022), £54. ISBN 978–3–89790–672–3. | :
Illustrations
Western art unattributed:
1. Plate showing Hercules and the Hydra. c.1545–46. Tin-glazed earthenware, circumference 32.8 cm. (Museum für Angewandte Kunst, Vienna).
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