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Book Review
From Darkness to Light: Writers in Museums 1798–1898. Edited by Rosella Mamoli Zorzi and Katherine Manthorne
11/2019 | 1400 | 161
Pages: 978-979
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Reviewer:
Wildman, Stephen (Wildman, Stephen)
Subjects
art literature:
Conferences / Essays
places:
Europe / United Kingdom / United States
subjects:
Art museums / Lighting
Reviewed Items
subjects:
From Darkness to Light: Writers in Museums 1798–1898 Edited by Rosella Mamoli Zorzi and Katherine Manthorne. 394 pp. incl. 44 col. ills. (Open Book Publishers, Cambridge, 2019), £24.95. ISBN 978–1–78374–549–4. | :
Article
‘Sunbeams and shadows’: exhibiting the collection at Westminster Abbey
01/2019 | 1390 | 161
Pages: 4-8
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Author:
Jenkins, Susan (Jenkins, Susan)
Subjects
artists:
McInnes Usher McKnight Architects (MUMA) / Wren, Christopher / Read, Nicholas / Rysbrack, Michael
dates:
2000-2099 / 2010-2019
media:
Architecture / Architectural drawings / Architectural models / Displays / Effigies / Sculpture / Wax sculpture / Wood sculpture / Stained glass / Stone
museums and institutions:
Westminster Abbey, London, Great Britain
patrons:
Henry III, King of England, 1207-1272
places:
Great Britain / London
subjects:
British architecture / Architectural history / Architectural materials / Galleries (display spaces) / Art museums / Museums / Churches / Cathedrals / Abbeys / Commemorative monuments / Lighting / Restoration (process) / Conservation / Damage to works of art / Religious architecture / Religious art
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Galleries, showing part of the section Building Westminster Abbey. 2018. (© The Dean and Chapter of Westminster).
Attributed works:
2. The gallery before the installation of the displays. 2017. (© The Dean and Chapter of Westminster).
Attributed works:
3. Floorplan of The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Galleries and the Weston Tower, showing the themed sections: Westminster Abbey & the Monarchy (orange); Worship & Daily Life (pale blue); Building Westminster Abbey (pink); and The Abbey and National Memory (dark blue). (© MUMA).
Attributed works:
4. Part of the Building Westminster Abbey and Worship and Daily Life sections of The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Galleries. The case on the right contains the Westminster Retable, the high altarpiece of Henry III’s Abbey (1259–69). (© The Dean and Chapter of Westminster).
Attributed works:
7. View of the Abbey’s interior from The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Galleries. 2018. (© The Dean and Chapter of Westminster).
Western art unattributed:
5. The Undercroft Museum, Westminster Abbey. Photograph c.1930s. (© The Dean and Chapter of Westminster).
Western art unattributed:
6. The wax funeral effigy of Charles II, photographed in the Upper Islip Chapel in 1896. (© The Dean and Chapter of Westminster).
Article
Georges de la Tour’s earliest painting?
07/2018 | 1384 | 160
Pages: 554-557
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Author:
Cuzin, Jean-Pierre (Cuzin, Jean-Pierre)
Subjects
art literature:
Rosenberg, Pierre, Paris, France
artists:
La Tour, Georges de / Ribera, Jusepe de / Pietro della Vecchia / Rosa, Salvator / Bellotti, Pietro, 1627-1700 / Manfredi, Bartolomeo / Stomer, Matthias / Bellange, Jacques
dates:
1600-1649
media:
Paintings
places:
France / Lorraine / Paris / Italy
subjects:
French painting / Italian painting / Copies / Chiaroscuro / Brushwork / Colour / Lighting / Mannerism / Caravaggism / Style / Diogenes / Greek iconography / Iconography / Cook collection / Collections, Private / Lost works / Attributions / Attributions, former / Attribution / Dating / Technical analysis / Scientific analysis
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Diogenes, here attributed to Georges de La Tour. c.1615–20. Canvas, 99.9 by 121.4 cm. (Private collection).
Attributed works:
2. Peasant couple eating, by Georges de La Tour. c.1620. Canvas, 74 by 87 cm. (Gemäldegalerie, Berlin; Bridgeman Images).
Attributed works:
3. Hurdy-gurdy player and his dog, by Georges de La Tour. c.1620s. Canvas, 186 by 120 cm. (Musée Municipal, Bergues; Bridgeman Images).
Attributed works:
4. St James the Less, by Georges de La Tour. c.1615–20. Canvas, 65 by 54 cm. (Musée Toulouse-Lautrec, Albi; Bridgeman Images).
Exhibition Review
‘Haute lecture’ by Colard Mansion. Groeningemuseum, Bruges
06/2018 | 1383 | 160
Pages: 492-495
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Reviewer:
Legaré, Anne-Marie (Legaré, Anne-Marie)
Subjects
art literature:
Boccaccio, Giovanni / Ovid / Caxton, William
artists:
Mansion, Colard
dates:
2010-2019
media:
Engravings / Books / Illuminated manuscripts
museums and institutions:
Groeningemuseum, Bruges, Belgium
patrons:
Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy, 1396-1467
places:
Belgium / Bruges
subjects:
Printmaking / Printmakers / Bookmakers / Literature / Iconography / Lighting
Illustrations
Attributed works:
5. Combat between Lady Fortune and Poverty, attributed to the Master of the Boccaccio Illustrations, Bruges (?). 1476. Engraving on paper, 20.7 by 16.7 cm. (Musée du Louvre, Paris, MS 80 LR; exh. Groeningemuseum, Bruges).
Attributed works:
6. Colard Mansion depicted in his workshop, from Dialogue des créatures by Maynus de Mayneriis, illuminated by the Bruges Master of 1482 and the Master of Philip of Cleves’s Livre de la Chasse. c.1482. Parchment, 37.5 by 26.5 cm. (Private collection, f.7r; exh. Groeningemuseum, Bruges).
Attributed works:
7. Legend of the fallen oak, from Metamorphose by Colard Mansion (Bruges 1484). Woodcut on paper. (Openbare Bibliotheek, Bruges, MS Inc.3877, f.41r; exh. Groeningemuseum, Bruges).
Exhibition Review
Charles I: King and Collector
04/2018 | 1381 | 160
Pages: 277-282
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Reviewer:
Penny, Nicholas (Penny, Nicholas)
Subjects
art literature:
Doort, Abraham van der / Haskell, Francis
artists:
Raphael / Cleyn, Francis / Fanelli, Francesco, sculptor, act. ca. 1608-1661 / Oliver, Peter / Correggio / Veronese, Paolo / Titian / Dyck, Anthony van / Steenwyck, Hendrick II van / Gentileschi, Orazio / Bassano, Jacopo, il vecchio, 1510-1592 / Tintoretto, Jacopo / Tintoretto, Domenico / Palma, Jacopo, il giovane, ca. 1548 - 1628 / Caravaggio, Michelangelo Merisi da / Reni, Guido / Vianen, Paulus van / Rubens, Peter Paul / Mantegna, Andrea / Cordier, Nicolas / Stone, Nicholas, the Elder / Bernini, Gian Lorenzo
dates:
2010-2019
media:
Paintings / Sculpture / Drawings / Engravings / Miniatures (paintings) / Tapestries / Medals
museums and institutions:
Royal Academy of Arts, London, Great Britain
patrons:
Charles I, King of England, 1600-1649 / Philip IV, King of Spain, 1605-1665 / Henrietta Maria, Queen, Consort of Charles I, King of England, 1609-1669 / Christina, Queen of Sweden / Francis I, King of France, 1494-1547 / House of Gonzaga
places:
Great Britain / London
subjects:
Exhibition reviews / Italian painting / Netherlandish painting / German painting / British painting / Collecting / Patronage / Inventories / Provenance / Lighting / Galleries (display spaces) / Allegory / Mythology / Copies / Posthumous casts (sculpture) / Natural disasters
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Charles I in the hunting field, by Anthony van Dyck. c.1636. Canvas, 266 by 207 cm. (Musée du Louvre, Paris).
Attributed works:
3. The miraculous draft of fi shes, Mortlake tapestry after Raphael, with borders designed by Francis Cleyn. c.1639–40. Wool, silk and gilt thread, 530 by 580 cm. (Mobilier national, Paris).
Attributed works:
4. Detail of Fig.3.
Attributed works:
5. The conversion of St Paul, by Palma Giovane. c.1590–95. Canvas, 207 by 337 cm. (Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid).
Attributed works:
6. St George and the Dragon, by Peter Oliver (after Raphael). 1628. Bodycolour and gold paint on vellum, 22 by 16.5 cm. (Royal Collection / © HM Queen Elizabeth II).
Attributed works:
7. The toilet of Venus, by Guido Reni. c.1620–25. Canvas, 281.9 by 205.7 cm. (National Gallery, London).
Attributed works:
9. Installation view of Charles I: King and Collector at the Royal Academy of Arts, London, showing Charles I, by François Dieussart (1636; Arundel Castle) and Charles I in three positions, by Anthony van Dyck (1635–36; The Royal Collection; photograph Royal Academy of Arts, London).
Western art unattributed:
2. Claudius, Roman, AD43–45. Sardonyx cameo, 20.5 by 16 cm. (Royal Collection / © HM Queen Elizabeth II).
Western art unattributed:
8. Aphrodite (‘The crouching Venus’). Roman, second century AD. Marble, height 119 cm. (The Royal Collection / © HM Queen Elizabeth II.)
Article
Raeburn: a decade of experiment
03/2016 | 1356 | 158
Pages: 194-199
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Author:
Thomson, Duncan (Thomson, Duncan)
Subjects
artists:
Raeburn, Henry
dates:
1790-1799
subjects:
Portraits / British painting / Scottish painting / Composition (artistic arrangement) / Influence / Critical Reception / Light / Lighting
Illustrations
Attributed works:
38. Sir John and Lady Clerk of Penicuik, by Henry Raeburn. 1791 (National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin)
Attributed works:
39. The Revd D'Ewes Coke, his wife, Hannah, and Daniel Parker Coke, by Joseph Wright of Derby. 1782-83 (Derby Art Gallery)
Attributed works:
40. David with the head of Goliath, copy after Giovanni Francesco Romanelli, by Henry Raeburn. c.1784-86 (Present whereabouts unknown)
Attributed works:
41. David with the head of Goliath, by Giovanni Francesco Romanelli. 1635-40 (Musei Capitolini, Rome)
Attributed works:
42. The chicken vendor, by Pensionante del Saraceni. c.1618 (Museo del Prado, Madrid)
Attributed works:
43. Self-portrait of Rembrandt with Saskia, by Rembrandt van Rijn. 1636 (British Museum, London)
Attributed works:
44. William Ferguson of Kilrie, by Henry Raeburn. Early 1790s (Private collection)
Attributed works:
45. The Allen brothers (Portrait of James and John Lee Allen), by Henry Raeburn. Early 1790s (Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth)
Attributed works:
46. William Forbes of Callander, by Henry Raeburn. 1798 (Scottish National Portrait Gallery, Edinburgh)
Publication Received
Dan Flavin: Icons
03/2010 | 1284 | 152
Pages: 192
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Reviewer:
Lovatt, Anna (Lovatt, Anna)
Subjects
artists:
Flavin, Dan
dates:
1960-1969
print:
Flavin, Dan
subjects:
Minimalism / Assemblages / Lighting / Sculpture / Installations (visual works)
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Dan Flavin: Icons | editor: Thierolf, Corinna , editor: Vogt, Johannes
Exhibition Review
More Light. Amsterdam and Pittsburgh
02/2001 | 1175 | 143
Pages: 107-108
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Reviewer:
Gage, John (Gage, John)
Subjects
dates:
2000-2009
museums and institutions:
Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands
places:
Amsterdam / Netherlands
subjects:
Exhibitions / Reviews / Science / Lighting
Illustrations
Attributed works:
49. A Tobacco Party: Justitsrad Juergensen's Sunday Gathering, by Wilhelm Bendz. 1828. 98.5 by 85 cm. (Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek; Exh. Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam).
Attributed works:
50. Illumination of the Eiffel Tower during the Exposition Universelle, Paris, 1889, by Georges Garen. 1889. Coloured Wood-Engraving, 65 by 45.3 cm. (Musée d'Orsay, Paris, Fonds Eiffel; Exh. Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam).
Attributed works:
51. Gauguin's Chair, by Vincent van Gogh. 1888. 90.5 by 72 cm. (Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam).
Western art unattributed:
52. Gas Bracket, French. c.1880-90, Brass, 17 cm. (Lumiere de l'œil, Paris; Exh. Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam).
Western art unattributed:
53. Arc Lamp, by L. Sautter, Lemonnier & Cie. c.1882. Brass, 81 cm. (EnergeticA, Museum voor Energietechnik, Amsterdam; Exh. Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam).
Article
The Display of Paintings in Public Galleries
03/1992 | 1068 | 134
Pages: 165-171
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Author:
Lank, Herbert (Lank, Herbert; L., H.)
Subjects
dates:
1800-1899 / 1900-1999
places:
England
subjects:
Art museums / Displays / Museum techniques / Techniques
subjects:
Paintings / Lighting
Illustrations
Attributed works:
17. The Turner Gallery at the National Gallery 1883, by Bertha Garnett. 25.5 by 36 cm. (National Gallery, London).
Attributed works:
19. View of the Interior of the Clore Gallery, Tate Gallery, London.
Attributed works:
20. View of a Gallery in the Sainsbury Wing, National Gallery, London.
Western art unattributed:
18. Interior View of the National Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh, after Refurbishment, Showing Three of the Seven Sacraments by Nicolas Poussin.
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