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Stanley Spencer’s postcards of Vézelay
03/2024 | 1452 | 166
Pages: 224
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Author:
Martineau, Jane (Martineau, Jane; Martineau, Jane; M., J.T.)
Subjects
artists:
Spencer, Stanley / Raverat, Gwen / Raverat, Jacques
buildings:
Vézelay Abbey, Vézelay, France
media:
Postcards
subjects:
Romanesque / Carvings
Illustrations
Attributed works:
Postcard of Jacob fighting with the angel, Vézelay Abbey, sent by Gwen and Jacques Raverat to Stanley Spencer. 1911. (Stanley Spencer Gallery, Cookham).
Book Review
Barbarossa: Die Kunst der Herrschaft
09/2023 | 1446 | 165
Pages: 1025-27
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Reviewer:
Schwarzer, Isabella (Schwarzer, Isabella)
Subjects
art literature:
Exhibition catalogues
museums and institutions:
Westfälisches Landesmuseum, Münster, Germany
museums and institutions:
Schloss Cappenberg, Cappenberg, Germany
places:
Westphalia
styles:
Medieval art / Medieval sculpture / Romanesque / Gothic art
subjects:
Frederick I (Barbarossa), Emperor (1122–90) / German art
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Barbarossa: Die Kunst der Herrschaft Edited by Petra Marx. 304 pp. incl. 278 col. + 9 b. & w. ills. (LWL-Landesmuseum für Kunst und Kultur, Münster, and Michael Imhof Verlag, Petersberg, 2022), €39.95. ISBN 978–3–7319–1260–6. | :
Illustrations
Western art unattributed:
7. So-called baptismal basin of Emperor Frederick I Barbarossa. Western Germany or Rhineland (Cologne), mid- 12th century. Gilded silver, diameter 24.2 cm. (Kunstgewerbemuseum, Berlin).
Western art unattributed:
8. Cappenberg emphasise the cosmopolitan character head. Western Germany, perhaps Hildesheim, c.1160. Gilded bronze and niello, height 31.4 cm. (St John the Evangelist, Cappenberg).
Western art unattributed:
9. Copy of the effigy of Count Gottfried of Cappenberg with the Cappenberg Head. Sandstone, 222 by 109 cm. (St John the Evangelist, Cappenberg).
Book Review
Nogent-le-Rotrou roman et gothique
03/2023 | 1440 | 165
Pages: 338-339
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Reviewer:
Grant, Lindy (Grant, Lindy)
Subjects
places:
Nogent-le-Rotrou
subjects:
Architecture / Medieval architecture / Renaissance / Romanesque / Gothic architecture / Castles / Abbeys
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Nogent-le-Rotrou roman et gothique Edited by Éliane Vergnolle. 272 pp. incl. 320 col. + b. & w. ills. (Bibliothèque de la Société Française d’Archéologie, Paris, 2022), €30. ISBN 978–2–901837–94–7. | :
Book Review
Romanesque Effigies: Death and Redemption in Medieval Europe, 1000–1200
08/2022 | 1433 | 164
Pages: 815-817
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Reviewer:
Valdez del Alamo, Elizabeth (Valdez del Alamo, Elizabeth)
Subjects
places:
Northern Europe
subjects:
Effigies / Romanesque
subjects:
Medieval sculpture
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Romanesque Effigies: Death and Redemption in Medieval Europe, 1000–1200 By Shirin Fozi. 264 pp. incl. 16 col. + 80 b. & w. ills. (Pennsylvania State University Press, University Park PA, 2021), $89.95. ISBN 978–0–271–08719–1. | :
Illustrations
Western art unattributed:
2. Effigies of Abbesses Adelheid, Beatrix and Adelheid II, St Servatius, Quedlingburg. (Archiv der Bau- und Kunstdenkmalpflege, Landesamt für Denkmalpflege und Archäologie Sachsen-Anhalt, Halle).
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Medieval and Renaissance enamels and other works of art in the Wyvern Collection
04/2022 | 1429 | 164
Pages: 374-379
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Author:
Westermann-Angerhausen, Hiltrud (Westermann-Angerhausen, Hiltrud; Angerhausen, Hiltrud Westermann-)
Subjects
museums and institutions:
Wyvern Collection
places:
Limoges
styles:
Romanesque / Gothic art
subjects:
Medieval art / Renaissance art
subjects:
Enamels / Gilding / Goldsmiths / Crystals / Stained glass / Ivory / Bronzes / Tapestry (process)
subjects:
Chalices / Caskets / Drinking horns / Jewellery / Paxes
Illustrations
Attributed works:
4. Badge of St Margaret. Probably eastern France, second half of the fifteenth century. Alloy of gold and copper, 5.9 by 4 cm. (The Wyvern Collection).
Attributed works:
6. Horn, by Léonard Limosin. Limoges, 1538. Enamel painted on copper with silver fittings, mounted on a cow’s horn, length 30.5 cm. (The Wyvern Collection).
Attributed works:
7. Head of the Virgin. Northern Spain, c.1270–1300. Wood, paint, gilding and gesso, height 59 cm. (The Wyvern Collection).
Attributed works:
8. Head of the mourning Virgin. France (Paris or Normandy), c.1530–40. Clear glass painted with stipple shading, leaded in a later setting, 13.5 by 11.5 cm. (The Wyvern Collection).
Western art unattributed:
1. Phylactery. Mosan, c.1160–70. Champlevé enamel on copper with gilding, vernis brun, rock crystal and gems on a wooden core, 22.5 by 22 cm. (The Wyvern Collection).
Western art unattributed:
2. Chrismatory. Anglo-Saxon, c.800, and Carolingian, late 9th century. Repoussé copper-alloy sheets with gilding and silver on an oak core, height 15.6 cm. (The Wyvern Collection).
Western art unattributed:
3. Plaque. England, c.1180–1200. Champlevé enamel on copper with gilding, height 5.7 cm. (The Wyvern Collection).
Western art unattributed:
5. Travelling chalice. Lower Rhine (probably Cologne), c.1240–50. Silver, parcel-gilt, with filigree, pearls and semi-precious stones, height 8.2 cm. (The Wyvern Collection).
Book Review
Pygmalion’s Power: Romanesque Sculpture, the Senses, and Religious Experience
11/2021 | 1424 | 163
Pages: 1083-1084
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Reviewer:
Gomolka, Agata (Gomolka, Agata)
Reviewer:
Heslop, Sandy (Heslop, Sandy)
Subjects
subjects:
Sculpture / Romanesque
subjects:
Religious art / Christianity
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Pygmalion’s Power: Romanesque Sculpture, the Senses, and Religious Experience By Thomas E.A. Dale. 304 pp. incl. 21 col. + 113 b. & w. ills. (Pennsylvania State University Press, University Park PA, 2019), £79.95. ISBN 978–0–271–08345–2. | :
Book Review
Christ on the Cross: The Boston Crucifix and the Rise of Monumental Wood Sculpture, 970–1200
04/2021 | 1417 | 163
Pages: 374-376
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Reviewer:
Luxford, Julian (Luxford, Julian)
Subjects
museums and institutions:
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, United States
styles:
Ottonian / Romanesque
subjects:
Jesus Christ: Crucifixion / Wooden / Sculpture
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Christ on the Cross: The Boston Crucifix and the Rise of Monumental Wood Sculpture, 970–1200 Edited by Shirin Fozi and Gerhard Lutz. 456 pp. incl. 309 col. + 61 b. & w. ills. (Brepols, Turnhout, 2020),  127.50. ISBN 978–2–503–57967–2. | :
Illustrations
Western art unattributed:
3. Crucified Christ. Southern German or Austrian, late 10th or early 11th century, with subsequent alterations. Willow wood and polychromy, 202 by 154 cm. (Photograph Museum of Fine Arts, Boston).
Book Review
Saint-Philibert de Tournus: La société, les moines, l’abbatiale,
01/2021 | 1414 | 163
Pages: 81-82
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Reviewer:
McNeill, John (McNeill, John)
Subjects
buildings:
Saint-Philibert de Tournus, Tournus, France
styles:
Burgundian / Romanesque
subjects:
Abbeys / Churches / French architecture / Dating / Archaeology / Architectural history
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Saint-Philibert de Tournus: La société, les moines, l’abbatiale By Alain Guerreau. 215 pp. incl. 226 col. and b. & w. ills. (Association pour l’inscription de l’Abbaye Saint-Philibert de Tournus et de son environnement au Patrimoine mondiale de l’UNESCO, Tournus, 2019), £35. ISBN 978–2–9568122–0–3. | :
Illustrations
Western art unattributed:
2. Crypt ambulatory, Saint-Philibert de Tournus. 9th–11th(?) century. (Photograph Alain Guerreau).
Book Review
La scultura nella Sicilia normanna
11/2020 | 1412 | 162
Pages: 999-1000
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Reviewer:
Capitummino, Francesco (Capitummino, Francesco)
Subjects
places:
Cefalù / Monreale / Sicily
styles:
Romanesque / Norman
subjects:
Sculpture / Architecture
Reviewed Items
subjects:
La scultura nella Sicilia normanna By Francesco Gandolfo. 2 vols, 576 pp. incl. 770 col. + b. & w. ills. (Tored, Tivoli, 2019), £240. ISBN 978–88–99846–26–8. | :
Illustrations
Western art unattributed:
3. Capital from cloister, Cefalù Cathedral. 1154–66. Marble, 29 by 36 by 37 cm.
Publication Received
Saint-Benoît-sur-Loire: L’abbatiale romane (Bibliothèque de la Société Française d’Archéologie. Nouvelle série, 1). By Eliane Vergnolle
12/2019 | 1401 | 161
Pages: 1072
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Reviewer:
McNeill, John (McNeill, John)
Subjects
buildings:
Abbey of Fleury, Saint-Benoît-sur-Loire, France
dates:
1000-1099 BC / 1100-1199
styles:
Romanesque
subjects:
Religious architecture / Monasteries / Benedictines / Benedict of Nursia, Saint
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Saint-Benoît-sur-Loire: L’abbatiale romane (Bibliothèque de la Société Française d’Archéologie. Nouvelle série, 1) By Eliane Vergnolle. 272 pp. incl. 433 col. + b. & w. ills. (Société Française d’Archéologie, Paris, 2018), €35. ISBN 978–2–901837–75–6. | :
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