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Book Review
China’s Porcelain Capital: The Rise, Fall and Reinvention of Ceramics in Jingdezhen. By Maris Boyd Gillette
10/2018 | 1387 | 160
Pages: 871
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Reviewer:
Kerr, Rose (Kerr, Rose; K., R.)
Subjects
dates:
1000-1099 / 1100-1199 / 1200-1299 / 1300-1399 / 1400-1499 / 1500-1599 / 1600-1699 / 1700-1799 / 1800-1899 / 1900-1999
media:
Ceramics / Porcelain
places:
China / Jingdezhen
subjects:
Chinese / Chinese Art / Decorative arts / Manufactories / Patronage / Communism / Capitalism / Anthropology
Book Review
Chinese Wallpaper in Britain and Ireland. By Emile de Bruijn
10/2018 | 1387 | 160
Pages: 868-869
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Reviewer:
Wells-Cole, Anthony (Wells-Cole, Anthony; Cole, Anthony Wells-)
Subjects
artists:
Chippendale, Thomas I, 1718-1779
buildings:
Saltram Park, Nr Plympton, Devon, Great Britain / Temple Newsam House, Leeds, Great Britain / Drayton House, Kettering, Great Britain / Harewood House, Harewood, Leeds, Great Britain / Wentworth Woodhouse, Wentworh, South Yorkshire, Great Britain
dates:
1700-1799 / 1800-1899
media:
Wallpaper / Interiors
museums and institutions:
National Trust
places:
Great Britain / Ireland / China / Guangzhou
subjects:
Interior design / Decorative arts / Chinese painting / Chinese export / Chinese / East-West trade / East India Company / Country houses / Iconography / Conservation
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Detail of a wallpaper, by Wang Zhengyue. Probably 1877. Ink and watercolour on thirty-two rolls of paper, largest roll 322.6 by 113 cm. (Temple Newsam, Leeds).
Exhibition Review
Thomas Chippendale studies 1968–2018: reflections on his 300th anniversary
09/2018 | 1386 | 160
Pages: 734-739
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Reviewer:
Goodison, Nicholas (Goodison, Nicholas)
Subjects
art literature:
Coleridge, Anthony / Nicholson, Ben / Gilbert, Christopher / Goodison, Judith / Heckscher, Morrison H.
artists:
Chippendale, Thomas I, 1718-1779 / Webb, Aston / Hodge, Albert / Brown, Capability / Adam, Robert, 1728-1792
artists:
Linnell, William, cabinetmaker, d. 1763 / Linnell, John, cabinetmaker, ca.1729-1796 / Gillows / Ince, William / Mayhew, John
buildings:
Dumfries House, Cumnock, Great Britain / Nostell Priory, Nostell, West Yorkshire, Great Britain / Harewood House, Harewood, Leeds, Great Britain / Newby Hall, Ripon, Great Britain
buildings:
Burton Constable, Yorkshire, Great Britain / Aske Hall, Richmond, Great Britain / Paxton House, Berwick-upon-Tweed, Great Britain / Weston Park, Shropshire, Great Britain / Wedderburn Castle, Berwickshire, Great Britain
dates:
1700-1799 / 1950-1999 / 2000-2009 / 2010-2019
media:
Furniture / Drawings / Architecture / Inlays / Marquetry / Lacquerware / Metalwork / Interiors / Textiles / Wallpaper / Carpets
museums and institutions:
Temple Newsam House, Leeds, Great Britain / Furniture History Society / University of London, London, Great Britain / Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, United States / Victoria and Albert Museum, London, Great Britain
museums and institutions:
Leeds City Museum, Leeds, Great Britain
patrons:
Winn, Rowland, Fifth Baronet of Nostell, 1739–1785 / Dalrymple-Crichton, William, Fifth Earl of Dumfries, 1699-1768 / Constable, William, 1721-1791 / Dundas, Laurence, 1st Baronet / Garrick, David, 1717-1779 / Home, Ninian / Home, Patrick / Lamb, Peniston, 1st Viscount Melbourne / Lascelles, Edwin, 1st Baron Harewood / Weddell, William
places:
Great Britain
subjects:
Cabinetmakers / Cabinets (furniture) / The gentleman and cabinet-maker's director (1754) / Chippendale / Rococo / Chinese / Gothic Revival / Neo-classicism / Workshops (Organisations) / Country houses / Periodicals / Inventories / Monographs / Correspondence / Archives / Burlington Magazine / Identification / Exhibitions / Patronage / Lectures / Restoration (process) / Upholsterers / Scientific analysis / Technical analysis / Taste (aesthetics) / Influence
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Opposite Secretaire, by Thomas Chippendale. 1773. Mahogany with Chinese lacquer and English japanning, 86 by 136 by 43 cm. (Leeds Museums and Galleries, Temple Newsam House).
Attributed works:
2. Drawing for three chairs by Thomas Chippendale. 1753. Pen and grey wash on paper, 20.3 by 33 cm. (The Chippendale Society).
Attributed works:
3. Card table, by Thomas Chippendale. 1759. Mahogany and oak, 75 by 89 by 46 cm. (closed). (Dumfries House Trust).
Attributed works:
4. Armchair, by Thomas Chippendale. 1767. Mahogany, 96 by 63.5 by 65 cm. (Nostell Priory, The National Trust).
Attributed works:
5. Armchair, by Thomas Chippendale. c.1774. Gilt limewood with tapestry covers. 105 by 70 by 74 cm. (Newby Hall, Yorkshire).
Attributed works:
6. Armchair, attributed to Gillows, based on a plate XVII of The Gentleman and Cabinet-Maker’s Director by Thomas Chippendale, London 1762. 1784. Mahogany, 101.6 by 58.4 by 47.5 cm. (Birmingham Museums Trust, Soho House).
Attributed works:
7. Digital reconstruction of Fig.8, to show the original appearance of the marquetry.
Attributed works:
8. Top of a pier table, by Thomas Chippendale. c.1772. Veneered mahogany, 60 by 196 cm. (The Chippendale Society).
Attributed works:
9. Commode, by Thomas Chippendale. c.1773. Veneered mahogany with gilt-brass mounts, 94 by 228.6 by 63.5 cm. (Renishaw Hall, Derbyshire).
Exhibition Review
Asia in Amsterdam
02/2016 | 1355 | 158
Pages: 150-151
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Reviewer:
Kerr, Rose (Kerr, Rose; K., R.)
Subjects
dates:
2010-2019
museums and institutions:
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, Netherlands / Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, United States
places:
United States / Salem / Netherlands / Amsterdam
subjects:
Reviews / Exhibitions / Asian / Art objects / East-West trade / Chinese / Indian / Japanese / Collectors / Dutch (people) / Dutch painting / Still lifes
Illustrations
Attributed works:
86. Still life with turkey pie, by Pieter Claesz. 1627 (Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam)
Attributed works:
87. Panel with a vase of flowers, a parrot and insects, by Dirck van Rijswijck. 1654 (Staatliche Kunstsammlungen, Dresden; exh. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam)
Non-western art unattributed:
85. Chest belonging to Cornelis van der Lijn. Japan, c.1635-45 (State Historical Museum, Moscow; exh. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam)
Book Review
The Mongol Century: visual cultures of Yuan China, 1271–1368, S. McCausland
09/2015 | 1350 | 157
Pages: 633
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Reviewer:
Wood, Frances (Wood, Frances)
Subjects
dates:
1250-1299 / 1300-1399
subjects:
Visual culture / Chinese / Mongolian / Yuan Dynasty
Book Review
Contemporary Chinese Art: A Critical History, P. Gladston Contemporary Chinese Art. A History: 1970s to 2000s, W. Hung
06/2015 | 1347 | 157
Pages: 422-423
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Reviewer:
Hill, Katie (Hill, Katie)
Subjects
dates:
1970-1979 / 1980-1989 / 1990-2009 / 2010-2019
subjects:
Chinese painting / Chinese sculpture / Art theory / Cultural history / Conceptual art / Visual sources / Chinese Art / Chinese
Illustrations
Attributed works:
43. Portable city: Madrid, by Yin Xiuzhen (Alexander Ochs, Berlin)
Exhibition Review
Post Pop: East meets West
03/2015 | 1344 | 157
Pages: 204-206
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Reviewer:
Barratt, Martha (Barratt, Martha)
Subjects
dates:
2010-2019
places:
London / England
private galleries:
Saatchi Gallery, London, Great Britain
subjects:
Reviews / Exhibitions / Pop art / Russian / Chinese / Modern Art / Post-Modern / Modernism / Advertising / Art history / British / American (United States of America)
Illustrations
Attributed works:
60. Hero, Leader, God, by Alexander Kosolapov (Courtesy of the artist; exh. Saatchi Gallery, London)
Attributed works:
61. Hardware, by Lisa Milroy (Courtesy of the artist; exh. Saatchi Gallery, London)
Attributed works:
62. The lowly are the most intelligent, the elite are the most ignorant, by Yu Youhan (Private collection, Hong Kong; exh. Saatchi Gallery, London)
Exhibition Review
Ming
01/2015 | 1342 | 157
Pages: 46-48
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Reviewer:
Pierson, Stacey (Pierson, Stacey)
Subjects
dates:
2010-2019
museums and institutions:
Royal Scottish Museum, Edinburgh, Great Britain / British Museum, London, Great Britain
places:
Scotland / London / Edinburgh / England
subjects:
Reviews / Exhibitions / Ceramics / Chinese / Porcelain / Ming
Illustrations
Attributed works:
51. Idly fishing on an autumn river, by Shen Zhou (Nanjing Museum; exh. National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh)
Non-western art unattributed:
48. Meiping jar with cover and underglaze red floral decoration. Ming dynasty, Zhengtong period (Nanjing Museum; exh. National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh)
Non-western art unattributed:
49. Cloisonné enamel jar and cover with dragns. Beijing, Xuande mark and period (British Museum, London)
Non-western art unattributed:
50. Detail from Amusements in the Xuande emperor's palace, showing the emperor playing an arrow-throwing game. Anonymous, Xuande period (Palace Museum, Beijing; exh. British Museum, London)
Article
The Este and the East: unpublished Chinese and Mughal objects from the Wunderkammer in Modena
12/2014 | 1341 | 156
Pages: 792-796
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Author:
Morena, Francesco (Morena, Francesco)
Subjects
dates:
1400-1599
patrons:
Este family
subjects:
Patronage / Collections, Private / Porcelain / Ceramics / Chinese / Mughal / Art objects / Lost works / Inventories / Jades / Kunstkammer
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Detail of a Chinese bowl from The feast of the gods, by Giovanni Bellini (National Gallery of Art, Washington)
Attributed works:
2. Detail of two Chinese bowls from The feast of the gods, by Giovanni Bellini (National Gallery of Art, Washington)
Non-western art unattributed:
4. Water container. Chinese. Twelfth to fourteenth centuries (Galleria Estense, Modena)
Non-western art unattributed:
5. Belt buckle. Chinese. Yuan dynasty (1279-1368). (Galleria Estense, Modena)
Non-western art unattributed:
6. Cup with silver handle. The cup, Mughal, late sixteenth-early seventeenth century; the handle, European, first half of the seventeenth century (Galleria Estense, Modena)
Non-western art unattributed:
7. Lacquer box with lid. Chinese. Ming dynasty, sixteenth-seventeenth centuries (Galleria Estense, Modena)
Western art unattributed:
3. The Cantino world map. Portuguese, 1502 (Biblioteca Estense Universitaria, Modena)
Book Review
Screen of Kings: Royal art and power in Ming China, C. Clunas
07/2014 | 1336 | 156
Pages: 466
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Subjects
dates:
1350-1549 / 1550-1649
subjects:
Monographs / Ming / Art history / Cultural history / Chinese / Royalty
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