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Exhibition Review
Alexander von Humboldt and the United States: Art, Nature, and Culture
12/2020 | 1413 | 162
Pages: 1095-1097
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Reviewer:
Sullivan, Edward J. (Sullivan, Edward J.; S., E. J.)
Subjects
museums and institutions:
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington DC, United States
places:
North America / Central America / South America
subjects:
Humboldt, Alexander von / Enlightenment / Environmental protection / Slavery / Colonialism / American art / Hudson River School (art movement) / Travel accounts / Social history
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subjects:
Alexander von Humboldt and the United States: Art, Nature, and Culture By Eleanor Jones Harvey. 448 pp. incl. 215 col. + 22 b. & w. ills. (Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, and Princeton University Press, Princeton NJ and Oxford, 2020), £62. ISBN 978–0–691–20080–4. | :
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Attributed works:
13. Alexander von Humboldt, by Friedrich Georg Weitsch. 1806. Oil on canvas, 126 by 92.5 cm. (Nationalgalerie, Berlin; exh. Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington).
Attributed works:
14. Géographie des plantes équinoxiales, by Alexander von Humboldt and Aimé Bonpland. 1805. Handcoloured print, 61 by 91.4 cm. (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew; exh. Smithsonian, American Art Museum, Washington).
Attributed works:
15. Heart of the Andes, by Frederic Edwin Church. 1859. Oil on canvas, 168 by 302.9 cm. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; exh. Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington).
Book Review
The Painter’s Touch: Boucher, Chardin, Fragonard. By Ewa Lajer-Burcharth
05/2020 | 1406 | 162
Pages: 454-456
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Reviewer:
Bailey, Colin B. (Bailey, Colin B.; Bailey, Colin)
Subjects
artists:
Boucher, François / Chardin, Jean-Baptiste-Siméon / Fragonard, Jean-Honoré
subjects:
French art / Enlightenment / Visual culture / Culture / Philosophy / Art market
Reviewed Items
subjects:
The Painter’s Touch: Boucher, Chardin, Fragonard By Ewa Lajer-Burcharth. 312 pp. incl. 154 col. + 104 b. & w. ills. (Princeton University Press, Princeton NJ, 2018),  54. ISBN 978–0–691–17012–1. | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Dead hare with powder flask and game bag, by Jean Baptiste Sim on Chardin. c.1726–30. Oil on canvas, 98 by 77 cm. (Mus e du Louvre, Paris; Bridgeman Images).
Exhibition Review
Peter the Great: Collector, Scholar, Artist. Moscow Kremlin Museums
03/2020 | 1404 | 162
Pages: 248-250
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Reviewer:
Kocialkowska, Kamila (Kocialkowska, Kamila)
Subjects
collectors and dealers:
Peter I, Emperor of Russia, 1672-1725
dates:
2010-2019
museums and institutions:
Moscow Kremlin Museums, Moscow, Russia
places:
Russia
subjects:
Collecting / Royalty / Propaganda / Regalia / Displays / Enlightenment / Tsars / Cultural history
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Peter the Great: Collector, Scholar, Artist Moscow Kremlin Museums 29th November 2019–8th March | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
20. Compass, by Peter the Great. 1709. Ivory, brass, paper, iron, glass, ink, paints, diameter 13.5 cm. (Dresden Armoury, Dresden State Arts Collection; exh. Moscow Kremlin Museums).
Non-western art unattributed:
22. Tracery belt plate with dragons. Siberia, 2nd–1st centuries BC. Gold cornelian, glass, black stone, casting, inlay, 9 by 15.1 cm. (State Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg; exh. Moscow Kremlin Museums).
Western art unattributed:
21. Ceremonial mace. Turkey, second half of the 17th century. Silver, copper, jade, turquoise, wood, forging, chasing, gilding, incrustation, length 73 cm. (Moscow Kremlin Museums).
Book Review
De l’expertise artistique à la vulgarisation au siècle des Lumières: Jean-Baptiste Descamps (1715–1791) et la peinture flamande, hollandaise et allemande. By Gaëtane Maës
02/2020 | 1403 | 162
Pages: 171-172
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Reviewer:
Bonfait, Olivier (Bonfait, Olivier)
Subjects
artists:
Descamps, Jean-Baptiste
subjects:
Art literature / Enlightenment / Flemish art / Academies
Reviewed Items
subjects:
De l’expertise artistique à la vulgarisation au siècle des Lumières: Jean-Baptiste Descamps (1715–1791) et la peinture flamande, hollandaise et allemande By Gaëtane Maës. 608 pp. incl. 28 col. + 89 b. & w. ills. (Brepols, Turnhout, 2016), £145. ISBN 978–2–503–56770–9. | :
Book Review
Benjamin West and the Struggle to be Modern, by L. Grossman
05/2016 | 1358 | 158
Pages: 371
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Reviewer:
Fox, Abram (Fox, Abram)
Subjects
artists:
West, Benjamin
subjects:
American painting (United States of America) / Enlightenment / Biographies
subjects:
History paintings
Book Review
The Visual Culture of Catholic Enlightenment, C.M.S. Johns
08/2015 | 1349 | 157
Pages: 548-549
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Reviewer:
Bailey, Gauvin Alexander (Bailey, Gauvin Alexander)
Subjects
dates:
1700-1799
subjects:
Visual culture / Catholicism / Enlightenment / Italian
subjects:
Visual sources
Exhibition Review
Romantic art, 1760–1860. New Haven
08/2015 | 1349 | 157
Pages: 574-576
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Reviewer:
Baumgartner, Frédérique (Baumgartner, Frédérique)
Subjects
dates:
2010-2019 / 1760-1769 / 1770-1779 / 1780-1789 / 1790-1799 / 1800-1839 / 1840-1859
museums and institutions:
Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, United States / Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, United States
places:
New Haven / United States
subjects:
Reviews / Exhibitions / Romanticism / Enlightenment / British painting
subjects:
Collections, Public
Illustrations
Attributed works:
70. Tampoco, plate 36 from Los Desastres de la Guerra, by Francisco de Goya. c.1810-20, published 1863 (Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven)
Attributed works:
71. A lion attacking a horse, by George Stubbs. 1770 (Yale Center for British Art, New Haven)
Attributed works:
72. Femmes d'Alger, by Eugène Delacroix. 1833 (Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven)
Attributed works:
73. Hadleigh Castle, The Mouth of the Thames - Morning after a Stormy Night, by John Constable. 1829 (Yale Center for British Art, New Haven; exh. Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven)
Book Review
Allan Ramsay. Portraits of the Enlightenment, M. Campbell
08/2014 | 1337 | 156
Pages: 539
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Reviewer:
Postle, Martin (Postle, Martin)
Subjects
artists:
Ramsay, Allan
dates:
2010-2019
museums and institutions:
Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, Glasgow, Great Britain
subjects:
Scottish painting / Portraits / Enlightenment / Exhibitions
Illustrations
Attributed works:
40. William Hunter, by Allan Ramsay (Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, Glasgow)
Book Review
The Culture of Architecture in Enlightenment Rome
11/2011 | 1304 | 153
Pages: 749
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Reviewer:
Manfredi, Tommaso (Manfredi, Tommaso)
Subjects
dates:
1700-1799
places:
Rome / Italy
print:
Architecture
subjects:
Architecture / Italian architecture / Roman (post-Classical) / Commissions / Enlightenment
Reviewed Items
subjects:
The Culture of Architecture in Enlightenment Rome | author: Minor, Heather Hyde
Exhibition Review
China and the Enlightenment. Beijing
06/2011 | 1299 | 153
Pages: 434-435
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Institution:
Blood, Anne (Blood, Anne)
Subjects
artists:
Gerkan, Marg and Partners (gmp) architects
dates:
2010-2019
museums and institutions:
National Museum of China, Beijing, China
places:
China / Beijing
print:
Enlightenment
print:
National Museum of China, Beijing, China
subjects:
Reviews / Exhibitions / National museums / Museums / Museum extensions / Chinese
subjects:
Architecture
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Die Kunst der Aufklärung | institution: National Museum of China
Illustrations
Attributed works:
80. Exterior view of the National Museum of China, Beijing, renovated by Gerkan, Marg and Partners (gmp) architects, 2011.
Attributed works:
81. Interior view of the National Museum of China, Beijing, renovated by Gerkan, Marg and Partners (gmp) architects, 2011.
Attributed works:
82. Gathering in the open air, by Jean-Antoine Watteau. c.1720. Canvas, 111 by 163 cm. (Staatliche Museen, Berlin; exh. National Museum of China, Beijing).
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