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Exhibition Review
Africa & Byzantium
02/2024 | 1451 | 166
Pages: 182–184
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Reviewer:
Barber, Charles (Barber, Charles)
Subjects
dates:
2020-2030
museums and institutions:
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, United States
styles:
Ethiopian School / Coptic art / Syrian / Armenian / Arabian
subjects:
Africa / Byzantine Empire / Visual culture / Manuscripts / Icons / Ceramics / Textiles
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Africa & Byzantium Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York 19th November 2023–3rd March 2024 | :
Illustrations
Non-western art unattributed:
5. Pentaglot Psalter. 12th– 14th century, restored and rebound 1636. Ink on parchment, 36.8 by 28 cm. (Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Vatican City, MS Barberini or.2, fol.3r; Bridgeman Images; exh. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).
Non-western art unattributed:
6. Textile fragment with Artemis and Actaeon(?). 5th–7th century. Linen and wool, 147.3 by 183 cm. (British Museum, London; exh. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).
Non-western art unattributed:
7. Diptych with St George and the Virgin Eleousa. c.1500 (left) and c.1480– 90 (right). Tempera and gold on wood, open: 12.2 by 20 cm. (Private collection; exh. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).
Book Review
Art and Architecture of the Middle Ages: Exploring a Connected World
11/2023 | 1448 | 165
Pages: 1253-1254
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Reviewer:
Nickson, Tom (Nickson, Tom)
Subjects
subjects:
Europe / Byzantine Empire / Islamic art / Medieval art / Medieval architecture
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Art and Architecture of the Middle Ages: Exploring a Connected World By Jill Caskey, Adam S. Cohen and Linda Safran. 400 pp. incl. 426 col. ills. (Cornell University Press, Ithaca, 2023), $189.95 (HB). ISBN 978–1–5017–6610–7. $69.95 (PB). ISBN 978–1–5017–0282–2. | :
Book Review
Eastern Medieval Architecture: The Building Traditions of Byzantium and Neighboring Lands
08/2020 | 1409 | 162
Pages: 716-717
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Reviewer:
Cormack, Robin (Cormack, Robin)
Subjects
buildings:
Hagia Sophia, Istanbul, Turkey / Kariye Mosque and Museum, Istanbul, Turkey
styles:
Byzantine
subjects:
Byzantine Empire / Architecture
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Eastern Medieval Architecture: The Building Traditions of Byzantium and Neighboring Lands By Robert G. Ousterhout. 768 pp. incl. 445 col. + 368 b. & w. ills. (Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2019), £41.99. ISBN 978–0–19–027273–9. | :
Book Review
Romanesque and the Mediterranean. Edited by Rosa Bacile and John McNeill
09/2018 | 1386 | 160
Pages: 798-799
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Reviewer:
Vernon, Clare (Vernon, Clare)
Subjects
buildings:
Cattedrale di San Sabino, Canosa di Puglia, Italy / Angoulême Cathedral, Angoulême, France
dates:
0900-0999 / 1000-1099 / 1100-1199
media:
Paintings / Sculpture / Stone / Ivories / Architecture / Illuminated manuscripts
places:
Italy / Spain / France / Hungary / Palermo
subjects:
Romanesque / Churches / Cathedrals / Byzantine Empire / Fatimid School / Crusades / Franciscans / French architecture / French sculpture / Italian architecture / Italian sculpture / Spanish architecture / Spanish sculpture / Patronage / Oliphants / Conferences / Essays
Illustrations
Western art unattributed:
2. Oliphant, Italy. Eleventh to twelfth century. Ivory, length 66 cm. (National Museums of Scotland, Edinburgh).