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Book Review
The Architecture of Steam: Waterworks and the Victorian Sanitary Crisis
09/2023 | 1446 | 165
Pages: 1045-46
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Reviewer:
Ribner, Jonathan (Ribner, Jonathan)
Subjects
subjects:
Victorian / Architecture / Water / Buildings / Engineering
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subjects:
The Architecture of Steam: Waterworks and the Victorian Sanitary Crisis By James Douet. 148 pp. incl. 78 b. & w. ills. (Historic England, Swindon, and Liverpool University Press, 2023), £36. ISBN 978–1– 80207–753–7. | :
Book Review
Engineering the Eternal City: Infrastructure, Topography, and the Culture of Knowledge in Late Sixteenth-Century Rome. By Pamela O. Long
03/2020 | 1404 | 162
Pages: 261-263
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Reviewer:
Connors, Joseph (Connors, Joseph)
Subjects
places:
Rome
subjects:
Architecture / Architects / Popes / Engineering / Rivers / Maps / Fontana, Domenico
subjects:
Aqueducts / Bridges / Obelisks
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Engineering the Eternal City: Infrastructure, Topography, and the Culture of Knowledge in Late Sixteenth-Century Rome By Pamela O. Long. 368 pp. incl. 73 b. & w. ills. (University of Chicago Press, Chicago, 2018),  34. ISBN 978–0–226–54379–6. | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
5. Lowering of the Vatican obelisk, by Natale Bonifacio, from Domenico Fontana’s Della trasportatione dell’obelisco Vaticano, Rome 1590, pl.18. Engraving, 39.2 by 24.5 cm. (Houghton Library, Harvard University, Cambridge MA).
Article
Vasily Kandinsky and the Formal method
12/2018 | 1389 | 160
Pages: 1016-1023
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Author:
Bowlt, John E. (Bowlt, John E.)
Subjects
art literature:
Punin, Nikolay / Tarabukin, Nikolay
artists:
Kandinsky, Wassily / Popova, Liubov / Rodchenko, Aleksander / Stepanova, Varvara / Malevich, Kazimir / Tatlin, Vladimir / Gan, Aleksey / Burlyuk, David / Kulbin, Nikolay
dates:
1900-1949 / 1910-1919 / 1920-1929
media:
Paintings
museums and institutions:
RAKhN (Russian Academy of Artistic Sciences), Moscow, Russia
places:
Russia
subjects:
Russian painting / Russian School / Russian Revolution, Russia / Communism / Marxism / Formalism / Formal analysis / Art theory / Criticism / Art criticism / Art critics / Artists' writings / Literature / Language / Music / Mysticism / Occultism / Spirituality / Science / Composition (artistic arrangement) / Colour / Constructivist / Abstract art / Aesthetics / Taste (aesthetics) / Perception / Study and teaching / Engineering
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Elementary life of the primary colour and its dependence on the simplest locale, by Vasily Kandinsky. Illustration to the lecture ‘On the Spiritual in Art’ delivered by Nikolai Kul’bin on Kandinsky’s behalf at the All-Russian Congress of Artists, St Petersburg, 29th and 31st December 1911. Published in Russian in I. Repin et al.: Trudy Vserossiiskogo s’ezda khudozhnikov (Transactions of the All-Russian Congress of artists), Petrograd 1914, I, pp.76–77.
Attributed works:
2. Improvisation 10, by Vasily Kandinsky. 1910. Canvas, 120 by 140 cm. (Fondation Beyeler, Basel; photograph courtesy Peter Schibli).
Attributed works:
3. Tsikl lektsii (Cycle of lectures), by Nikolay Punin. Petrograd 1920. Cover designed by Kazimir Malevich. (Photograph courtesy Museum of Modern Art, New York).
Attributed works:
5. Black lines, by Vasily Kandinsky. 1913. 129.4 by 131.1 cm. (Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York; Bridgeman Images).
Attributed works:
6. Painting with the red spot, by Vasily Kandinsky. 1914. Canvas, 130 by 130 cm. (Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris; Bridgeman Images).
Non-western art unattributed:
4. Members of RAKhN (Russian Academy of Artistic Sciences) in the building of Svomas (Free State Art Studios), Moscow, June 1921. From left to right: Robert Fal’k, Evsei Shor, Nikolai Uspensky, Vasily Kandinsky, Evgenii Pavlov and Aleksandr Shenshin. Reproduced in C. Derouet and J. Boissel, eds.: exh. cat. Œuvres de Vassily Kandinsky (1866–1944), Paris (Centre Georges Pompidou) 1984, p.156.
Exhibition Review
Space Shifters. Hayward Gallery, London
12/2018 | 1389 | 160
Pages: 1060-1063
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Reviewer:
Campbell, Anna (Campbell, Anna)
Subjects
artists:
Irwin, Robert / Kapoor, Anish / Hein, Jeppe / McElheny, Josiah / Steegmann Mangrané, Daniel / Kwade, Alicja / Eversley, Fred / Pashgian, Helen / Yayoi Kusama, b. 1929 / Sosnowska, Monika / Janssens, Ann Veronica / Horn, Roni / Antunes, Leonor / Valentine, DeWain / Gonzáles-Torres, Felix / Wilson, Richard, b.1953 / Posenenske, Charlotte
dates:
2010-2019
media:
Sculpture / Installations (visual works)
museums and institutions:
Hayward Gallery, London, Great Britain
places:
Great Britain / London
subjects:
American sculpture (United States of America) / Light / Space (form and composition concept) / Perception / Nature / Minimalism / Mirrors / Dancers / Science / Engineering
Illustrations
Attributed works:
27. Installation view of Shape Shifters at the Hayward Gallery, London. (Photograph Mark Blower).
Attributed works:
28. Installation view of WeltenLinie (2017), by Alicja Kwade, at the Hayward Gallery, London. (Photograph Mark Blower; copyright the artist).
Attributed works:
29. Installation view of 20:50 (1987), by Richard Wilson, at the Hayward Gallery, London. (Photograph Mark Blower; copyright the artist).
Publication Received
The Great Builders
07/2012 | 1312 | 154
Pages: 502
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Reviewer:
Kidd, Alex (Kidd, Alex)
Subjects
print:
Architecture
subjects:
Architecture / Architectural history / Engineering / Essays / Architects / Surveys
Reviewed Items
subjects:
The Great Builders | editor: Powell, Kenneth
Publication Received
Architetti e ingegneri a confronto. L’immagine di Roma fra Clemente XIII e Pio VII
12/2009 | 1281 | 151
Pages: 852
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Reviewer:
Dellapiana, Elena (Dellapiana, Elena)
Subjects
dates:
1750-1849
places:
Italy / Rome
print:
Italian architecture
subjects:
Architects / Engineering / Architecture / Directories / Inventories / Biographies
subjects:
Italian architecture
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Architetti e ingegneri a confronto. L’immagine di Roma fra Clemente XIII e Pio VII | editor: Debenedetti, Elisa
Article
A new contribution to the biography of Leonardo da Vinci
08/2009 | 1277 | 151
Pages: 543
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Author:
Gwynne, P.G. (Gwynne, P.G.)
Subjects
artists:
Leonardo da Vinci
dates:
1490-1519
patrons:
Borgia, Cesare
print:
Leonardo da Vinci
subjects:
Biographies / Military art and science / Engineering
Book Review
Architect and Engineer: A Study in Sibling Rivalry
03/2009 | 1272 | 151
Pages: 178-179
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Reviewer:
Amery, Colin (Amery, Colin)
Subjects
print:
Architectural history
subjects:
Engineering / Architecture / Architectural history / Military architecture / Architectural materials / Building materials / Art education
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Architect and Engineer: A Study in Sibling Rivalry | author: Saint, Andrew
Exhibition Review
Modernism. London
06/2006 | 1239 | 148
Pages: 431-433
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Reviewer:
Harrod, Tanya (Harrod, Tanya)
Subjects
dates:
2000-2009 / 1910-1919 / 1920-1929 / 1930-1939
museums and institutions:
Victoria and Albert Museum, London, Great Britain
places:
England / London
print:
Modernism
subjects:
Reviews / Exhibitions / Modernism
subjects:
Art / Architecture / Sculpture / Paintings / Engineering / Industrial design
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Modernism 1914–1939: designing a new world | institution: Victoria and Albert Museum
Illustrations
Attributed works:
62. Still life with ball bearing, by Fernand Léger. 1926. Board, 146 by 114 cm. (Kunstmuseum, Basel; exh. Victoria and Albert Museum, London).
Attributed works:
63. Model of Maison Citrohan II, by Le Corbusier. 1922. Mixed media, 135 by 81 by 82 cm. (Fondation Le Corbusier, Paris; exh. Victoria and Albert Museum, London).
Attributed works:
64. Set design for ‘The Magnanimous Cuckold’, by Lyubov Popova. 1922. Ink, pen, watercolour and collage on paper, 50 by 69 cm. (State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow; exh. Victoria and Albert Museum, London).
Attributed works:
65. Paimio armchair, by Alvar Aalto. 1930. Birch plywood and solid birch, painted seat, 63.5 by 61 by 89 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London).
Attributed works:
66. Moscow Spartakiada (postcard design), by Gustavs Klucis. 1928. Collage and gouache on paper on card, 57.8 by 36.1 cm. (State Museum of Arts, Riga; exh. Victoria and Albert Museum, London).
Book Review
Il principe difeso: vita e opere di Bernardo Puccini [and: Le cavalcate dell'ingegnero: l'opera di Gianmaria Olgiati ingegnere militare di Carlo V]
07/1992 | 1072 | 134
Pages: 448-449
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Reviewer:
Bury, John Bernard (Bury, John Bernard; Bury, John; B., J.; Bury, J. B.; B., J. B.; Bury, J. B.)
Subjects
artists:
Puccini, Bernardo
artists:
Olgiati, Gianmaria
dates:
1500-1599
places:
Italy
subjects:
Italian architecture / Engineering / Military architecture
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Il principe difeso: vita e opere di Bernardo Puccini; Le cavalcate dell'ingegnero: l'opera di Gianmaria Olgiati ingegnere militare di Carlo V | author: Lamberini, Daniela , author: Leydi, Silvio
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