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Book Review
Scotland and the Origins of Modern Art
01/2024 | 1450 | 166
Pages: 104
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Reviewer:
Thompson, Susannah (Thompson, Susannah)
Subjects
subjects:
Scottish art / Modern art / Philosophy / French art
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subjects:
Scotland and the Origins of Modern Art By Duncan Macmillan. 256 pp. incl. 100 col. + 25 b. & w. ills. (Lund Humphries, London, 2023), £50. ISBN 978–1–84822–633–3. | :
Book Review
Writing After Art: Essays on Modern and Contemporary Artists
12/2023 | 1449 | 165
Pages: 1373–1374
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Reviewer:
Schreyach, Michael (Schreyach, Michael)
Subjects
art literature:
Essays
subjects:
Art criticism / Contemporary art / Modern art / Philosophy / Perception
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subjects:
Writing After Art: Essays on Modern and Contemporary Artists By Richard Shiff. 696 pp. incl. 64 col. ills. (David Zwirner Books, New York, 2023), £40. ISBN 978–1–64423–048–0. | :
Book Review
Johann Joachim Winckelmann (1717–1768): Ein Europ isches Rezeptionsph nomen / Fenomeno Europeo della Ricezione
02/2022 | 1427 | 164
Pages: 217-218
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Reviewer:
Hornsby, Clare (Hornsby, Clare)
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art literature:
Essays / Conferences
subjects:
Winckelmann, Johann Joachim / Critical Reception
subjects:
Philosophy / Aesthetics
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Johann Joachim Winckelmann (1717–1768): Ein Europäisches Rezeptionsphänomen / Fenomeno Europeo della Ricezione Edited by Ortwin Dally, Maria Gazzetti and Arnold Nesselrath. 200 pp. incl. 39 col. + 2 b. & w. ills. (Michael Imhof Verlag, Petersberg, 2021), €42. ISBN 978–3–7319–1115–9. | :
Book Review
A Mediated Magic: The Indian Presence in Modernism 1880–1930
10/2021 | 1423 | 163
Pages: 977
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Reviewer:
Sarker, Archishman (Sarker, Archishman)
Subjects
subjects:
Indian / Philosophy / Influence / Modernism
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A Mediated Magic: The Indian Presence in Modernism 1880–1930 Edited by Naman P. Ahuja and Louise Belfrage. 184 pp. incl. 91 col.+ b. & w. ills. (Marg Foundation, Mumbai, and the Axel and Margaret Ax:son Johnson Foundation, Stockholm, 2019), $70. ISBN 978–9–383243–28–0. | :
Book Review
The Painter’s Touch: Boucher, Chardin, Fragonard. By Ewa Lajer-Burcharth
05/2020 | 1406 | 162
Pages: 454-456
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Reviewer:
Bailey, Colin B. (Bailey, Colin B.; Bailey, Colin)
Subjects
artists:
Boucher, François / Chardin, Jean-Baptiste-Siméon / Fragonard, Jean-Honoré
subjects:
French art / Enlightenment / Visual culture / Culture / Philosophy / Art market
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The Painter’s Touch: Boucher, Chardin, Fragonard By Ewa Lajer-Burcharth. 312 pp. incl. 154 col. + 104 b. & w. ills. (Princeton University Press, Princeton NJ, 2018),  54. ISBN 978–0–691–17012–1. | :
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1. Dead hare with powder flask and game bag, by Jean Baptiste Sim on Chardin. c.1726–30. Oil on canvas, 98 by 77 cm. (Mus e du Louvre, Paris; Bridgeman Images).
Book Review
L’arte del dissenso: Pittura e libertinismi nell’Italia del Seicento. By Dalma Frascarelli
07/2019 | 1396 | 161
Pages: 604-605
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Lo Bianco, Anna (Lo Bianco, Anna )
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dates:
1600-1699
patrons:
Dal Pozzo, Cassiano, 1588-1657 / Barberini family
subjects:
Collectors / Patrons / Academies / Art market / Philosophy / Science / Nature / Animals / Galilei, Galileo, 1564-1642 / Italian art
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L’arte del dissenso: Pittura e libertinismi nell’Italia del Seicento By Dalma Frascarelli. 280 pp. incl. 50 col. ills. (Giulio Einaudi Editore, Turin, 2016), | :
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1. Flight into Egypt, by Adam Elsheimer. 1609. Copper, 31 by 41 cm. (Alte Pinakothek, Munich; Bridgeman Images).
Book Review
Schinkel: A Meander through his Life and Work
04/2019 | 1393 | 161
Pages: 352-353
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Bergdoll, Barry (Bergdoll, Barry)
Subjects
artists:
Schinkel, Karl Friedrich
places:
Berlin
subjects:
Architectural history / Philosophy / Romanticism / Science / Cultural history
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Schinkel: A Meander through his Life and Work By Kurt W. Forster. | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
6. Polishing the granite basin for the Lustgarten, by Johann Erdmann Hummel. 1831. Cardboard, 46 by 75 cm. (Alte Nationalgalerie, Berlin).
Exhibition Review
Bruce Nauman: Disappearing Acts. Museum of Modern Art and MoMA PS1, New York
02/2019 | 1391 | 161
Pages: 140-143
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Reviewer:
Cooke, Lynne (Cooke, Lynne)
Subjects
art literature:
Riley, Bridget, London , Great Britain
artists:
Nauman, Bruce
dates:
2010-2019
media:
Videos / Photographs / Ceramics / Assemblages / Drawings / Sculpture / Installations (visual works)
museums and institutions:
Museum of Modern Art, New York, United States / MoMA PS1, New York, United States
places:
United States / New York
subjects:
Exhibitions / Critical Reception / Art literature / Psychology / Philosophy / Literature / Music
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Contrapposto studies, i through vii, by Bruce Nauman. 2015–16. Seven-channel video (© 2018 Bruce Nauman; Museum of Modern Art, New York, and Emanuel Hoffmann Foundation, on permanent loan to the Öffentliche Kunstsammlung Basel; exh. MoMA PS1, New York).
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2. Still from Green horses, by Bruce Nauman. 1988. Video installation (© 2018 Bruce Nauman; Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo NY, and the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; exh. MoMA PS1, New York).
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3. Sheet lead, by Bruce Nauman. 1966. Pencil, 27.9 by 21.6 cm. (© 2018 Bruce Nauman; Emanuel Hoffmann Foundation, on permanent loan to the Öffentliche Kunstsammlung Basel; exh. MoMA PS1, New York).
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4. Wax impressions of the knees of five famous artists, by Bruce Nauman. 1966. Fibreglass and polyester resin, 39.7 by 216.5 by 7 cm. (© 2018 Bruce Nauman; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; exh. Museum of Modern Art, New York).
Exhibition Review
Siah Armajani: Follow This Line. Walker Art Center, Minneapolis
12/2018 | 1389 | 160
Pages: 1055-1058
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Reviewer:
Silberman, Robert (Silberman, Robert; Silberman, Robert B.)
Subjects
art literature:
Ashbery, John / Heidegger, Martin, 1889-1976
artists:
Armajani, Siah
dates:
2010-2019
media:
Architecture / Sculpture / Installations (visual works) / Drawings
museums and institutions:
Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, United States / Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, United States
places:
United States / Minneapolis / New York
subjects:
Iranian / Conceptual art / Constructivist / Digital technology / Computers / Public sculpture / Design / Bridges / Space (form and composition concept) / Perception / Politics / Philosophy / Poetry / Mathematics / Immigration / Sports / Ceremonies
Illustrations
Attributed works:
21. Seven rooms of hospitality: Room for deportees, by Siah Armajani. 2017. Metal, wood, barbed wire, mailbox, hat and handbag, 243.8 by 305.4 by 111.1 cm. (Courtesy the artist and Rossi & Rossi; exh. Walker Art Center, Minneapolis).
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22. Dictionary for building: The garden gate, by Siah Armajani. 1982–1983. Wood, paint and book, 241.6 by 81.9 by 188 cm. (Walker Art Center, Minneapolis).
Attributed works:
23. Irene Hixon Whitney Bridge, Minneapolis. Designed by Siah Armajani. 1988. (Photograph Barbara Economon; courtesy Walker Art Center, Minneapolis).
Book Review
Theophilus and the Theory and Practice of Medieval Art. By Heidi C. Gearhart
11/2018 | 1388 | 160
Pages: 975-976
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Reviewer:
Kaufmann, Daniela (Kaufmann, Daniela)
Subjects
art literature:
Theophilus, act. first half 12th century / Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo
dates:
1100-1199
media:
Manuscripts / Paintings / Glassware / Metalwork
places:
Germany
subjects:
Treatises / Manuals / Philosophy / Theology / Art theory / Art literature / Study and teaching / Historical context / Monks / Workshops (Organisations) / Attribution / Medieval / Electronic publishing
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