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Exhibition Review
Luxury and Power: Persia to Greece
08/2023 | 1445 | 165
Pages: 895–898
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Reviewer:
Gardner-Dseagu, Christine (Gardner-Dseagu, Christine)
Subjects
dates:
2020-2030
museums and institutions:
British Museum, London, Great Britain
places:
Greece / Persia
styles:
Achaemenid / Parthian / Sassanian / Hellenistic / Greek (ancient) School
subjects:
Antiquity / Material culture (genre)
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Luxury and Power: Persia to Greece British Museum, London 4th May–13th August | :
Illustrations
Non-western art unattributed:
7. Plate showing a banqueting scene based on the triumph of Dionysos. Parthian or early Sasanian, 100– 300. Silver and gold, diameter 22.3 cm. (British Museum, London).
Western art unattributed:
8. Drinking mug in the form of a lion’s head. Greek, 500–470 BC. Pottery with redfigure decoration, height 14 cm. (British Museum, London).
Western art unattributed:
9. Rhyton terminating in a stag’s head decorated with episodes from the myths of Herakles and Theseus. Hellenistic (found in Panagyurishte, Bulgaria), c.300 BC. Gold, height 13.7 cm. (National Museum of History, Sofia; exh. British Museum, London).
Book Review
John Craxton: A Life of Gifts
08/2021 | 1421 | 163
Pages: 775
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Reviewer:
Hedley, Gill (Hedley, Gill)
Subjects
artists:
Craxton, John
places:
Greece
subjects:
British art / Twentieth-century art
Reviewed Items
subjects:
John Craxton: A Life of Gifts By Ian Collins. 384 pp. incl. 160 col. + b. & w. ills. (Yale University Press, New Haven and London, 2021), £25. ISBN 978–0–300–25529–4. | :
Exhibition Review
The Romance of Ruins: The Search for Ancient Ionia, 1764
08/2021 | 1421 | 163
Pages: 745-747
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Reviewer:
Gunn, Ann (Gunn, Ann)
Subjects
artists:
Pars, William / Chandler, Richard / Revett, Nicholas
dates:
2020-2030
media:
Watercolours / Prints
museums and institutions:
Sir John Soane's Museum, London, Great Britain
places:
Greece / Turkey
subjects:
Classical / Antiquity / Greek Revival / Society of Dilettanti
subjects:
British art / British architecture
Reviewed Items
subjects:
The Romance of Ruins: The Search for Ancient Ionia, 1764 Sir John Soane’s Museum, London 19th May–5th September | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
12. Miletus with the river over the Meander, by William Pars. 1764. Pen and black ink with watercolour and gum arabic on paper, 29.6 by 47.1 cm. (British Museum, London; exh. Sir John Soane’s Museum, London).
Attributed works:
13. Study of the Parthenon, South Metope II, by William Pars. 1765–66. Graphite, pen and ink and red-brown wash on paper, 27 by 38.1 cm. (British Museum, London; exh. Sir John Soane’s Museum, London).
Attributed works:
14. The temple at Sunium, by William Pars. 1765. Pen and brown and black ink and watercolour with some gum arabic on paper, 23.7 by 47.3 mm. (British Museum, London; exh. Sir John Soane’s Museum, London).
Exhibition Review
Sights of Wonder
10/2020 | 1411 | 162
Pages: 887-889
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Reviewer:
Stein, Lisa (Stein, Lisa)
Subjects
artists:
Bedford, Francis / Alma-Tadema, Lawrence / Lear, Edward / Blackburn, Jemima
dates:
2020-2030
media:
Photographs / Watercolours / Drawings
museums and institutions:
Barber Institute of Fine Arts, Birmingham, Great Britain
patrons:
Edward VII, King of Great Britain, 1841-1910
places:
Greece / Egypt / Middle East
subjects:
Digital technology / Exhibitions
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Sights of Wonder Barber Institute of Fine Arts, University of Birmingham 12th June–ongoing | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
11. Portion of the propylon of the Temple from the Great Court [Temple of Horus, Edfu], by Francis Bedford. 14th March 1862. Albumen print, 23.8 by 29.1 cm. (Royal Collection Trust / © Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II 2020).
Attributed works:
12. Acropolis and Temple of Jupiter Olympus [Olympieion], by Francis Bedford. 31st May 1862. Albumen print, 22 by 29.4 cm. (Royal Collection Trust / © Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II 2020).
Attributed works:
13. The Prince of Wales at Thebes, 18 March 1862, by Jemima Blackburn. 1862. Watercolour on paper, 22.7 by 28.8 cm. (Royal Collection Trust / © Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II 2020).
Book Review
The Arms of Greece and her Balkan neighbours in the Ottoman period
03/2011 | 1296 | 153
Pages: 184-185
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Reviewer:
Borg, Alan (Borg, Alan)
Subjects
dates:
1500-1799 / 1800-1849
places:
Greece / Turkey / Eastern Europe
print:
Weapons
subjects:
Weapons / Armour / Firearms / Costume / Swords / Pistols / Greek (modern) / Ottoman / Turkish / Eastern European
Reviewed Items
subjects:
The Arms of Greece and her Balkan neighbours in the Ottoman period | author: Elgood, Robert
Illustrations
Attributed works:
73. The Greek Rebellion, the standard bearer in Salona on Easter day 1821, by Louis Dupré. From L. Dupré: Voyages à Athènes et à Constantinople, Paris 1825. (Bibliotheque des Arts Decoratifs, Paris).
Book Review
Vision, Reflection, and Desire in Western Painting
12/2009 | 1281 | 151
Pages: 840
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Reviewer:
Nethersole, Scott (Nethersole, Scott)
Subjects
dates:
1400-1499 / 0499-0400 BC
places:
Europe / Greece
places:
Western Europe
print:
Western painting
subjects:
Art history / Art theory / Historical context / Historicism / Naturalism / Optics / Visual culture / Paintings / Antiquity / European
subjects:
Greek (ancient) art / Philosophy
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Vision, Reflection, and Desire in Western Painting | author: Summers, David
Publication Received
Edward Lear in Albania: Journals of a Landscape Painter in the Balkans
04/2009 | 1273 | 151
Pages: 251-252
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Reviewer:
Treuherz, Julian (Treuherz, Julian)
Subjects
artists:
Lear, Edward
dates:
1840-1849
places:
Albania / Greece
print:
Lear, Edward
subjects:
British painting / Reprints / Travel accounts / Landscapes (visual works)
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Edward Lear in Albania: Journals of a Landscape Painter in the Balkans | editor: Destani, Bejullah , editor: Elsie, Robert , introduction by: Noakes, Vivien
Exhibition Review
Rodchenko and Popova. London, Thessaloniki and Madrid
04/2009 | 1273 | 151
Pages: 253-255
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Reviewer:
Milner, John (Milner, John)
Subjects
artists:
Rodchenko, Aleksander / Popova, Liubov
dates:
2000-2009
museums and institutions:
Tate Modern, London, Great Britain / State Museum of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki, Greece / Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid, Spain
places:
Spain / Madrid / London / Greece / England
places:
Thessaloníki
print:
Rodchenko, Aleksander
print:
Popova, Liubov
subjects:
Reviews / Exhibitions
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Rodchenko and Popova: Defining Constructivism | institution: Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía , institution: State Museum of Contemporary Art , institution: Tate Modern
Illustrations
Attributed works:
57. Space–force construction, by Liubov Popova. 1921. Oil on plywood, 64 by 60 cm. (State Tretiakov Gallery, Moscow; exh. Tate, London).
Attributed works:
58. Design for an advertising poster for the department store Gum (State Universal Store), by Alexander Rodchenko. 1923. Cut-and-pasted printed papers, gelatin-silver prints, gouache and ink on paper, 54 by 35 cm. (State Mayakovsky Museum, Moscow; exh. Tate, London).
Attributed works:
59. Fabric samples, by Liubov Popova. 1923–24. Fabric mounted on cardboard, 31.5 by 12.5 cm. (State Tretiakov Museum, Moscow, gift of George Costakis; exh. Tate, London).
Attributed works:
60. Construction no.108, by Alexander Rodchenko. 1920. Canvas, 104 by 71 cm. (Victor and Marianne Langen collection; exh. Tate, London).
Article
Frederic Leighton's 'Daedalus and Icarus': antiquity, topography and idealised enlightenment.
04/2006 | 1237 | 148
Pages: 257-263
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Author:
Kilinski, Karl (Kilinski, Karl)
Subjects
artists:
Leighton, Frederic, First Baron Leighton of Stretton
dates:
1860-1869
museums and institutions:
Buscot Park, Buscot, Berkshire, Great Britain
places:
Rhodes / Greece
print:
Leighton, Frederic, First Baron Leighton of Stretton
subjects:
British painting / Daedalus / Icarus / Classical mythology / Greek iconography / Visual sources / Composition (artistic arrangement) / Landscapes (visual works) / Topographical views / Topography
Illustrations
Attributed works:
17. Daedalus and Icarus, by Frederic Leighton. c.1869. 138.2 by 106.5 cm. (Faringdon Collection Trust, Buscot Park, Oxfordshire).
Attributed works:
20. The acropolis of Lindos, by Frederic Leighton. 1867. Repr. from A. Corkran: Frederic Leighton, London 1904, pl. opp. p.55 (where wrongly entitled 'Bay of Salamis').
Western art unattributed:
16. Cameo with Daedalus and Icarus preparing for flight. Roman, early first century A.D. 3.5 by 4.4 cm. (Museo Nazionale, Naples).
Western art unattributed:
18. View of the acropolis of Lindos. Repr. from R. Ling: The Greek World, New York 1976. p.51.
Western art unattributed:
19. View from the acropolis of Lindos. 1968. (Photograph by the author).
Western art unattributed:
21. View of the town and fortified acropolis of Lindos. 1968. (Photograph by the author).
Western art unattributed:
22. View of promontory with towers on Lindos Bay. 2004. (Photograph by the author).
Book Review
Catalogue of cycladic antiquities in the Ashmolean Museum: the captive spirit
05/2002 | 1190 | 144
Pages: 294
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Reviewer:
Warren, Peter (Warren, Peter)
Subjects
museums and institutions:
Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, Great Britain
places:
Greece / England / Oxford
subjects:
Art museums / Archaeology / Antiquities / Catalogues / Greek (ancient)
subjects:
Cycladic
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Catalogue of Cycladic Antiquities in the Ashmolean Museum. The Captive Spirit | author: Sherratt, Susan
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