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Book Review
Pierpont Morgan’s Library: Building the Bookman’s Paradise
07/2024 | 1456 | 166
Pages: 759–80
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Reviewer:
Campbell, James (Campbell, James)
Subjects
museums and institutions:
Morgan Library and Museum, New York, United States
patrons:
Morgan, J. Pierpont
subjects:
Book collecting / Libraries / American architecture (United States of America)
Reviewed Items
subjects:
J. Pierpont Morgan’s Library: Building the Bookman’s Paradise By Colin B. Bailey, Daria Rose Foner, Barry Bergdoll, Andrew Dolkart, Christine Nelson and Brian Regan. 256 pp. incl. numerous col. + b. & w. ills. (Scala Arts and the Morgan Library and Museum, New York), £34. ISBN 978–1– 78551–399–2. | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
9. Façade of the Morgan Library and Museum, designed by Charles McKim. Completed 1906.
Exhibition Review
Resplendent Illuminations: Books of Hours from the 13th to the 16th Century in Quebec Collections. Montreal Museum of Fine Arts
12/2018 | 1389 | 160
Pages: 1045-1047
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Reviewer:
Herman, Nicholas (Herman, Nicholas)
Subjects
art literature:
Ricci, Seymour de
dates:
2010-2019
media:
Illuminated manuscripts
museums and institutions:
Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Montreal, Canada
places:
Canada / Montreal
subjects:
Books of hours / Prayer books / Psalters / Catalogues raisonnés / Literature / Collecting / Book collecting / Collections / Collections, Private / Religious art / Catholicism / Jesuits
Illustrations
Western art unattributed:
10. St Helena and the invention of the True Cross, Southern Germany. c.1520. Parchment, 11 by 8 cm. (McGill University Library, Montreal, MS 162; exh. Montreal Museum of Fine Arts; photograph Gregory Houston).
Western art unattributed:
11. Woman reading in a studiolo, leaf from a book of hours, Venice or Padua (?). c.1375. Parchment, tempera, gold leaf and ink on six pieces of parchment mounted on paper, 14 by 9.5 cm. (Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, inv. no.1957.1368; photograph MMFA, Christine Guest).
Western art unattributed:
9. Arrest of Christ and the kiss of Judas, Augsburg. c.1235–50. Parchment, 13.5 by 9 cm. (McGill University Library, Montreal, MS 161; exh. Montreal Museum of Fine Arts).
Book Review
Rembrandt's reading. The artist's book-shelf of ancient poetry and history
02/2005 | 1223 | 147
Pages: 122-23
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Reviewer:
Seifert, Tico (Seifert, Tico )
Subjects
artists:
Rembrandt van Rijn
dates:
1620-1629 / 1630-1669
print:
Rembrandt van Rijn
subjects:
Inventories / Books / Book collecting / Book illustrations / Visual sources / Sources
subjects:
Dutch painting
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Rembrandt's reading. The artist's book-shelf of ancient poetry and history | author: Golahny, Amy
Illustrations
Attributed works:
54. The judgment of Midas, by Pieter Lastman. c.1618. Panel, 83.8 by 99.6 cm. (Christie's, New York, 24th January 2003, lot 11).
Publication Received
Domenico della Rovere e il Duomo Nuovo di Torino. Rinascimento a Roma e in Piemonte
10/1992 | 1075 | 134
Pages: 676
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Reviewer:
Davies, Paul (Davies, Paul)
Subjects
patrons:
Della Rovere, Domenico, 1442-1501
places:
Piedmont / Rome / Turin
subjects:
Patronage / Illuminated manuscripts / Italian architecture
subjects:
Book collecting
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Domenico della Rovere e il Duomo Nuovo di Torino. Rinascimento a Roma e in Piemonte | author: Romano, Giovanni
Letter
William Morris's Library
12/1978 | 909 | 120
Pages: 850
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Author:
Roberts, R. J. (Roberts, R. J.)
Subjects
artists:
Morris, William
dates:
1850-1899
places:
England
subjects:
Arthurian legends / Book collecting
Book Review
William Morris and the Art of the Book
09/1978 | 906 | 120
Pages: 613-614+617
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Reviewer:
Christian, John (Christian, John)
Subjects
artists:
Morris, William
dates:
1800-1899
museums and institutions:
Morgan Library and Museum, New York, United States
places:
England
subjects:
British painting / Arts and Crafts movement / Bookbindings / Books / Typography
subjects:
Exhibitions / Catalogues
subjects:
Book collecting
Reviewed Items
subjects:
William Morris and the Art of the Book | author: Dreyfus, John , author: Dunlap, Joseph R. , author: Needham, Paul
Book Review
The Bargain Book
11/1912 | 116 | 22
Pages: 124
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Reviewer:
S., L. G. (S., L. G.)
Subjects
subjects:
Book collecting / Guidebooks
Reviewed Items
subjects:
The Bargain Book | author: Bettany, Lewis , author: Jerningham, Charles Edward
Book Review
English Heraldic Bookstamps
10/1909 | 79 | 16
Pages: 52-53
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Reviewer:
P., A. W. (P., A. W.)
Subjects
dates:
1700-1899
places:
England
subjects:
Book collecting / Stamps (marks) / Heraldry
Reviewed Items
subjects:
English Heraldic Bookstamps | author: Davenport, Cyril
Article
Quattrocento Book Collecting-I
09/1908 | 66 | 13
Pages: 359-362
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Author:
Clough, G. T. (Clough, G. T.; Clough, George Thomas)
Subjects
dates:
1400-1499
places:
Italy / Florence
subjects:
Book collecting / Humanism / Literature / Iconography / Classical mythology
subjects:
Vespasiano da Bisticci / Bracciolini, Poggio / Niccoli, Niccolò
subjects:
Renaissance / Illuminated manuscripts
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