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Book Review
Die Kunst der Außenseiter: Ausstellungen und Künstlerkarrieren im absolutistischen Paris jenseits der Akademie der Akademie
11/2022 | 1436 | 164
Pages: 1167-1168
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Reviewer:
Vogtherr, Christoph Martin (Vogtherr, Christoph Martin)
Subjects
places:
Paris
subjects:
Exhibitions / Salons (art exhibitions) / Academies / French art / Eighteenth-century art
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subjects:
Die Kunst der Außenseiter: Ausstellungen und Künstlerkarrieren im absolutistischen Paris jenseits der Akademie By Sarah Salomon. 408 pp. incl. 35 b. & w. ills. (Wallstein Verlag, Göttingen, 2021), €42. ISBN 978–3–8353–3907–1. | :
Exhibition Review
Louis Chéron (Paris, 1655–Londres, 1725): L’ambition du dessin parfait
07/2022 | 1432 | 164
Pages: 702-704
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Reviewer:
Murdoch, Tessa (Murdoch, Tessa)
Subjects
art literature:
Exhibition catalogues
artists:
Chéron, Louis
museums and institutions:
Musée des Beaux-Arts, Caen, France
places:
Paris / London
subjects:
French painting / Drawings / Altarpieces / Huguenot / Attributions / Academies / Book illustrations
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Louis Chéron (Paris, 1655– Londres, 1725): L’ambition du dessin parfait By François Marandet. 288 pp. incl. 299 col. + 9 b. & w. ills. (Musée des Beaux- Arts, Caen, and Illustria – La Librairie des Musées, Deauville, 2021), €30. ISBN 978–2–35404–095–6. | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Sketch for The prophet Agabus predicting the fate of St Paul, by Louis Chéron. 1686. Oil on canvas, 61 by 46 cm. (Musée des Beaux Arts, Caen).
Attributed works:
2. Standing female nude, by Louis Chéron. c.1722. Black chalk with white highlights on cream paper, 61.1 by 44.6 cm. (British Museum, London; exh. Musée des Beaux Arts, Caen).
Attributed works:
3. Cupid and Psyche, by François II Chéreau after Louis Chéron. 1735–55. Engraving, 24.2 by 30.5 cm. (British Museum, London; exh. Musée des Beaux Arts, Caen).
Book Review
Las mujeres y las artes: Mecenas, artistas, emprendedoras y coleccionistas
03/2022 | 1428 | 164
Pages: 316-317
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de Carlos Varona, María Cruz (de Carlos Varona, María Cruz)
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dates:
1500-1899
places:
Madrid / Seville
subjects:
Women artists / Spanish art / Curators / Academies / Courts (social groups)
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Las mujeres y las artes: Mecenas, artistas, emprendedoras y coleccionistas Edited by Beatriz Blasco Esquivias, Jonatan Jair López Muñoz and Sergio Ramiro Ramírez. 848 pp. incl. 138 b. & w. ills. (Abada Editores, Madrid, 2021), €33. ISBN 978–84–17301–64–4. | :
Exhibition Review
Une antiquité moderne
12/2020 | 1413 | 162
Pages: 1097-1098
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Varela Braga, Ariane (Varela Braga, Ariane)
Subjects
art literature:
Exhibition catalogues
museums and institutions:
French Academy in Rome, Rome, Italy / Villa Medici, Rome, Italy
subjects:
French art / Antiquity / Greek (ancient) School / Roman art / Plaster / Casts (sculpture) / Sculpture / Collections / Academies
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Une antiquité moderne Edited by Jean-Luc Martinez and Elisabeth Le Breton. 272 pp. incl. 62 col. + 57 b. & w. ills. (Oficina Libraria, Milan, 2019), €39. ISBN 978–88–336–7077–5. | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
16. The older son from the Niobe Group, moulded by Giovanni Arnaldi. 1686–87. Plaster cast, 120 by 125 by 60 cm. (Villa Medici, Rome; photograph Daniele Molajoli, Académie de France à Rome– Villa Médicis, 2019).
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17. Commodus as Hercules. c.1673– 84. Plaster cast, 237 by 62 by 82 cm. (Villa Medici, Rome; photograph Daniele Molajoli, Académie de France à Rome – Villa Médicis, 2019).
Book Review
Die Büchersammlung Friedrich Gillys (1772–1800): Provenienz und Schicksal einer Architektenbibliothek im theoretischen Kontext des 18. Jahrhunderts
12/2020 | 1413 | 162
Pages: 1112
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Reviewer:
Bergdoll, Barry (Bergdoll, Barry)
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artists:
Gilly, Friedrich
places:
Berlin
subjects:
German architecture / Libraries / Academies / Bibliographies
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Die Büchersammlung Friedrich Gillys (1772–1800): Provenienz und Schicksal einer Architektenbibliothek im theoretischen Kontext des 18. Jahrhunderts By Michael Bollé and Maria Ocón Fernández. 592 pp. incl. 160 b. & w. ills. (Gebr. Mann Verlag, Berlin, 2019), €79. ISBN 978–3–7861–2791–8. | :
Exhibition Review
Near Life: The Gipsformerei – 200 Years of Casting Plaster. James-Simon-Galerie, Berlin
03/2020 | 1404 | 162
Pages: 250-251
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Reviewer:
Marchand, Eckart (Marchand, Eckart)
Subjects
dates:
2010-2019
museums and institutions:
James-Simon-Galerie, Berlin, Germany
subjects:
Chipperfield, David / Gipsformerei (plaster cast workshop), Berlin, Germany / Plaster casts / Copies / Human figure / Drawings / Paintings / Academies / Sculpture / Reproductions
Reviewed Items
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Near Life: The Gipsformerei – 200 Years of Casting Plaster James-Simon-Galerie, Berlin 30th August 2019–1st March | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
23. Installation view of Near Life: The Gipsformerei – 200 Years Gipsformerei at James- Simon-Galerie, Berlin, 2019–20 (photograph David von Becker).
Attributed works:
24. Wall in the studio, by Adolph Menzel. 1852. Oil on paper on panel, 61 by 44 cm. (Alte Nationalgalerie, Berlin; photograph J rg P. Anders).
Book Review
De l’expertise artistique à la vulgarisation au siècle des Lumières: Jean-Baptiste Descamps (1715–1791) et la peinture flamande, hollandaise et allemande. By Gaëtane Maës
02/2020 | 1403 | 162
Pages: 171-172
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Reviewer:
Bonfait, Olivier (Bonfait, Olivier)
Subjects
artists:
Descamps, Jean-Baptiste
subjects:
Art literature / Enlightenment / Flemish art / Academies
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subjects:
De l’expertise artistique à la vulgarisation au siècle des Lumières: Jean-Baptiste Descamps (1715–1791) et la peinture flamande, hollandaise et allemande By Gaëtane Maës. 608 pp. incl. 28 col. + 89 b. & w. ills. (Brepols, Turnhout, 2016), £145. ISBN 978–2–503–56770–9. | :
Book Review
The Royal Academy of Arts: History and Collections. Edited by Robin Simon and MaryAnne Stevens; and Burlington House: Home of the Royal Academy of Arts. By Nicholas Savage
12/2019 | 1401 | 161
Pages: 1060-1061
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Reviewer:
Hornsby, Clare (Hornsby, Clare)
Subjects
buildings:
Burlington House, London, Great Britain
museums and institutions:
Royal Academy of Arts, London, Great Britain
subjects:
Academies / Architecture / Art history / Architectural history
subjects:
British art
Reviewed Items
subjects:
The Royal Academy of Arts: History and Collections Edited by Robin Simon and MaryAnne Stevens. 676 pp. incl. 554 col. + b. & w. ills. (Royal Academy of Arts and Paul Mellon Centre for British Art, London, and Yale University Press, New Haven and London, 2018), £75. ISBN 978–0–300–23207–3. Burlington House: Home of the Royal Academy of Arts By Nicholas Savage. 368 pp. incl. 295 col. + b. & w. ills. (Royal Academy of Arts, London, 2018), £60. ISBN 978–1–910350–80–5. | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Standing headless male ecorché figure, after Edmé Bouchardon. Mid-18th century. Plaster, 147 by 68 by 60 cm. (Royal Academy of Arts, London).
Attributed works:
2. The Great Staircase, Burlington House, as executed, elevation looking west, by Samuel Ware. 27th March 1817. Pencil, pen and black ink and grey, light brown and dark brown washes, 77.5 by 68.5 cm. (Royal Academy of Arts, London).
Book Review
Seen from Behind: Perspectives on the Male Body and Renaissance Art. By Patricia Lee Rubin
09/2019 | 1398 | 161
Pages: 783-785
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Reviewer:
Betzer, Sarah (Betzer, Sarah )
Subjects
artists:
Michelangelo / Pollaiolo, Antonio del / Signorelli, Luca / Donatello / Leonardo da Vinci / Caillebotte, Gustave / Cézanne, Paul / Degas, Edgar / Ingres, Jean-Auguste-Dominique / Puvis de Chavannes, Pierre / Bronzino, Agnolo / Bazille, Frédéric
dates:
1400-1899
media:
Sculpture / Drawings / Prints / Paintings
subjects:
Italian art / French art / Renaissance art / Renaissance Italy / Renaissance sculpture / Iconography / Gender / Paragone (concept) / Nudes / Academies / Collecting
Illustrations
Attributed works:
2. Bathers at San Niccolò, by Domenico Cresti, called Passignano. 1600. Oil on canvas, 142.2 by 180.3 cm. (Private collection).
Book Review
History of the Royal Hibernian Academy of Arts. By John Turpin
09/2019 | 1398 | 161
Pages: 789-790
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Reviewer:
McEvansoneya, Philip (McEvansoneya, Philip)
Subjects
dates:
1820-1869 / 1870-1909 / 1910-1919 / 1920-1929 / 1930-1939 / 1940-1959 / 1960-1979 / 1980-1989 / 1990-1999 / 2000-2009 / 2010-2019
museums and institutions:
Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin, Ireland
places:
Dublin
subjects:
Irish art / Academies / Exhibitions
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