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Book Review
A History of Arcadia in Art and Literature
02/2024 | 1451 | 166
Pages: 208–209
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Reviewer:
Evans, Mark (Evans, Mark)
Subjects
subjects:
Arcadia (pastoral) / Renaissance art / Poetry / Literature / Classical literature / Iconography / Sixteenth-century / Seventeenth-century / Eighteenth-century art / Nineteenth-century art
Reviewed Items
subjects:
A History of Arcadia in Art and Literature By Paul Holberton. Two vols, 497 pp. and 468 pp., incl. 322 col. ills (Ad Ilissum, London, 2022), £80. ISBN 978–1–912168–25–5 and 978–1–912168–26–2. | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Shepherd playing the flute and four shepherdesses, by Gerrit van Honthorst. 1632. Oil on canvas, 92 by 174.5 cm. (Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam).
Attributed works:
2. The chamber idyll, by Edward Calvert. 1831. Wood engraving, 4.3 by 7.7 cm. (British Museum, London).
Book Review
Alexander the Great: The Making of a Myth
09/2023 | 1446 | 165
Pages: 1022-25
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Reviewer:
Daniotti, Claudia (Daniotti, Claudia)
Subjects
art literature:
Exhibition catalogues
museums and institutions:
British Library, London, Great Britain
subjects:
Alexander the Great / Legends / History / Greek history / Manuscripts / Classical literature / Literature
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Alexander the Great: The Making of a Myth Edited by Richard Stoneman with Ursula Sims-Williams, Adrian S. Edwards and Peter Toth. 304 pp. incl. over 200 col. ills. (British Library Publishing, London, 2022), £40. ISBN 978–0–7123–5476–9. | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
4. Alexander enters the Land of Darkness from Jami’ al-tawarikh (Compendium of Chronicles), by Rashid al-Din. c.1314. Paper, 45 by 33.1 cm. (Edinburgh University Library, MS Or. 20, f.19r).
Attributed works:
5. Roman copper medallion (contorniate) showing Olympias and the serpent. Rome, late 4th–early 5th century. Copper alloy and silver, diameter 1.1 cm. (British Museum, London).
Attributed works:
6. Alexander explores the ocean depths, from the Roman d’Alexandre en Prose. Paris, 1420–25. Parchment, 28.5 by 19.5 cm. (British Library, London, MS Royal 20 B.XX, f.77v).
Exhibition Review
The Orléans Collection. New Orleans Museum of Art
01/2019 | 1390 | 161
Pages: 67-69
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Reviewer:
Zafran, Eric (Zafran, Eric)
Subjects
art literature:
Haskell, Francis / Dante Alighieri / Cervantes, Miguel de
artists:
Dieu, Antoine / Santerre, Jean-Baptiste / Coypel, Antoine / Coypel, Noël-Nicolas / Poussin, Nicolas / Le Sueur, Eustache / Sebastiano del Piombo / Veronese, Paolo / Andrea del Sarto / Giulio Romano / Vasari, Giorgio / Carracci, Lodovico / Domenichino / Albani, Francesco / Reni, Guido / Holbein, Hans the Younger, ca. 1497-1543 / Dürer, Albrecht / Rubens, Peter Paul / Dyck, Anthony van / Rembrandt van Rijn / Schalcken, Godfried / Dou, Gerrit
collectors and dealers:
Crozat, Pierre, 1661–1740
dates:
2010-2019
media:
Paintings / Sculpture / Drawings / Sketches
museums and institutions:
New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans, United States
patrons:
Philippe II, duc d'Orléans, 1674–1723 / Christina, Queen of Sweden
places:
United States / New Orleans
subjects:
Collections / Collecting / Collections, Private / Patronage / Commissions / Exhibition catalogues / Inventories / Portraits / Allegories / Taste (aesthetics) / Connoisseurship / Religious art / Iconography / Christian iconography / Classical mythology / Classical literature / Aeneid / Eroticism / Baroque / Renaissance / Northern European / Eclecticism / Study and teaching
Illustrations
Attributed works:
13. The Meeting of David and Abigail, by Guido Reni. c.1615–20, Canvas, 155.5 by 163.8 cm. (Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk VA; exh. New Orleans Museum of Art).
Attributed works:
14. Allegory of Philippe II, duc d’Orléans, Regent of the Realm, by Antoine Dieu. 1718. Canvas, 106 by 77 cm. (Musée National du Château de Versailles; exh. New Orleans Museum of Art).
Attributed works:
15. Preciosa recognised, by Godfried Schalcken. Late 1660s. Panel, 44.2 by 31.2 cm. (National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin; exh. New Orleans Museum of Art).
Book Review
Lorenzo Ghiberti’s Gates of Paradise: Humanism, History, and Artistic Philosophy in the Italian Renaissance. By Amy R. Bloch; Il Paradiso ritrovato: Il restauro della Porta del Ghiberti. Edited by Annamaria Giusti
11/2018 | 1388 | 160
Pages: 979-980
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Reviewer:
Palozzi, Luca (Palozzi, Luca)
Subjects
art literature:
Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo / Vitruvius / Pliny, the Elder, 23-79 AD
artists:
Ghiberti, Lorenzo / Bonanno Pisano
dates:
1400-1499 / 1400-1449
media:
Sculpture / Bronzes / Doorways
museums and institutions:
Opificio delle Pietre Dure, Florence, Italy / Museo dell'Opera del Duomo, Florence, Italy
places:
Italy / Florence
subjects:
Italian sculpture / Art theory / Classical literature / Literature in art / Philosophy / Theology / Aesthetics / Optics / Humanism / Cultural history / Visual sources / Iconography / Christian iconography / Creation of the World / Restoration (process) / Scientific analysis / Technical analysis
Illustrations
Attributed works:
3. Genesis, from the east door of the Baptistery, Florence, by Lorenzo Ghiberti. 1425–52. Gilded bronze, 79.4 by 79.4 cm. (Museo dell’Opera del Duomo, Florence).
Book Review
Artemisia Gentileschi in a Changing Light. Edited by Sheila Barker.
09/2018 | 1386 | 160
Pages: 796-797
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Reviewer:
Spear, Richard E. (Spear, Richard E.)
Subjects
art literature:
Garrard, Mary D., Washington DC, United States / Bissell, R. Ward / Solinas, F. / Locker, Jesse
artists:
Gentileschi, Artemisia / Caravaggio, Michelangelo Merisi da / Gentileschi, Orazio / Michelangelo / Donatello / Rembrandt van Rijn / Cesari, Giuseppe, called Il Cavaliere d'Arpino / Vouet, Simon / Sirani, Elisabetta
artists:
Vaiani, Anna Maria
dates:
1600-1649
media:
Paintings
museums and institutions:
Medici Archive Project, Florence, Italy
patrons:
Barberini, Francesco, Cardinal, 1597-1679 / Dal Pozzo, Cassiano, 1588-1657
places:
Italy / Florence
subjects:
Italian painting / Catalogues raisonnés / Attributions / Attributions, former / Attribution / Archives / Correspondence / Monographs / Conferences / Style / Dating / Study and teaching / Poetry / Music / Iconography / Christian iconography / Mary Magdalene, Saint / Medea / Literature / Literature in art / Classical literature / Influence / Portraits / Self-portraits / Barberini family / Patronage / Feminism
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Mary Magdalene in ecstasy, by Artemisia Gentileschi. c.1620–25. Canvas, 80 by 106 cm. (Private collection).
Publication Received
Ovid and the Metamorphoses of Modern Art from Botticelli to Picasso. By Paul Barolsky.
08/2015 | 1349 | 157
Pages: 553
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Reviewer:
Holberton, Paul (Holberton, Paul)
Subjects
art literature:
Ovid
subjects:
Metamorphoses / Roman iconography / Classical mythology / Visual sources
subjects:
Art history / Classical literature / Literature in art
Exhibition Review
Seicento literary painting. Ajaccio
12/2011 | 1305 | 153
Pages: 850-851
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Reviewer:
Brejon de Lavergnée, Arnauld (Brejon de Lavergnée, Arnauld; Lavergnée, Arnauld Brejon de; Brejon, Arnauld; Lavergnee, Arnaud Brejon de)
Subjects
dates:
1700-1799 / 2010-2019
museums and institutions:
Palais et musée Fesch, Ajaccio (Corsica), France
places:
Corsica
places:
Ajaccio
print:
Florence
subjects:
Reviews / Exhibitions / Literature / Literature in art / Italian painting / Classical literature / Classical mythology
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Florence au grand siècle entre peinture et littérature | institution: Palais et musée Fesch
Illustrations
Attributed works:
89. Portrait of the poet Ganaiff, by Ludovico Cigoli. c.1600. Pen and ink over traces of red chalk, 20.7 by 14.4 cm. (Musée du Louvre, Paris; exh. Palais Fesch, Musée des Beaux-arts, Ajaccio).
Attributed works:
90. Ghismonda, by Francesco Furini. c.1635? Canvas, 70 by 55 cm. (Palazzo degli Alberti, Prato; exh. Palais Fesch, Musée des Beaux-arts, Ajaccio).
Western art unattributed:
88. General view of the paintings made for Cardinal Carlo de’ Medici for his Casino in Florence. (Exh. Palais Fesch, Musée des Beaux-arts, Ajaccio).
Book Review
The Planters of the English Landscape Garden: Botany, Trees, and the Georgics
08/1994 | 1097 | 136
Pages: 561-562
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Reviewer:
Rorschach, Kimerly (Rorschach, Kimerly)
Subjects
dates:
1650-1749
places:
England
subjects:
Landscape gardening / Gardens
subjects:
Visual sources / Classical literature
Reviewed Items
subjects:
The Planters of the English Landscape Garden: Botany, Trees, and the Georgics | author: Chambers, Douglas D. C.
Book Review
The Caxton Ovid. A Complete Facsimile of William Caxton's Translation of Ovid's Metamorphoses, 1480
01/1970 | 802 | 112
Pages: 55-56
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Reviewer:
Backhouse, Janet (Backhouse, Janet)
Subjects
artists:
Caxton, William
dates:
1450-1499
places:
England / Rome (historical region)
subjects:
Ovid / Metamorphoses
subjects:
Classical literature / Translations
Reviewed Items
subjects:
The Caxton Ovid. A Complete Facsimile of William Caxton's Translation of Ovid's Metamorphoses, 1480 | author: Caxton, William
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