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Exhibition Review
L’enigma del Maestro di San Francesco: Lo ‘stil novo’ del Duecento umbro
06/2024 | 1455 | 166
Pages: 623–626
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Reviewer:
Renner, John (Renner, John )
Subjects
artists:
Master of Saint Francis of Assisi
dates:
2020-2030
museums and institutions:
Galleria Nazionale dell'Umbria, Perugia, Italy
subjects:
Early Italian art / Umbrian School / Religious art / Franciscans
Reviewed Items
subjects:
L’enigma del Maestro di San Francesco: Lo ‘stil novo’ del Duecento umbro Galleria Nazionale dell’Umbria, Perugia 10th March–9th June | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
4. Crucifix, by the Master of St Francis. 1272. Tempera and gold leaf on wood, 488.5 by 355 cm. (Galleria Nazionale dell’Umbria, Perugia).
Attributed works:
5. Lamentation over the dead Christ, by the Master of St Francis. c.1272. Tempera and gold leaf on wood, with coloured glass, 54 by 48.5 cm. (Galleria Nazionale dell’Umbria, Perugia).
Attributed works:
6. St Francis with two angels, by the Master of St Francis. c.1255. Tempera and gold leaf on wood, with coloured glass, 108 by 58.5 cm. (Museo della Porziuncola, S. Maria degli Angeli, Assisi; exh. Galleria Nazionale dell’Umbria, Perugia).
Article
Two music theory manuscripts reunited: book illumination in the circle of Matteo Giovannetti
01/2024 | 1450 | 166
Pages: 16–29
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Author:
Manzari, Francesca (Manzari, Francesca)
Author:
Stoessel, Jason (Stoessel, Jason)
Subjects
artists:
Giovannetti, Matteo / circle of
dates:
1300-1349
places:
Avignon
sources:
Marchetto of Padua (fl. 1305 – 1319)
subjects:
Music / Illuminated manuscripts / Manuscripts / Patrons / Dating / Attribution / Workshops (Organisations) / Franciscans / Cardinals
Illustrations
Attributed works:
13. Leaf from the Milan manuscript. (Biblioteca Ambrosiana, Milan, MS D 5 inf., fol.52r; Veneranda Biblioteca Ambrosiana/Mondadori Portfolio Fotoriproduzione).
Attributed works:
18. Detail of Miracle of St Martial, by Matteo Giovannetti. 1344–45. Fresco. (Chapel of St Martial, Papal Palace, Avignon).
Attributed works:
20. Detail of Sacrifice of Zacharias, by Matteo Giovannetti. 1344–45. Fresco. (Chapel of St John, Papal Palace, Avignon).
Attributed works:
21. Angel of the Annunciation, by Matteo Giovannetti. c.1345. Oil on wood transferred to canvas. (Musée du Louvre, Paris; Scala, Florence).
Attributed works:
Emanuele III, Naples, MS V A 14, fol.49r).
Western art unattributed:
1. Leaves from the Naples manuscript, showing Lady Music and God in Majesty. (Biblioteca Nazionale Vittorio Emanuele III, Naples, MS V A 14, fols.46v–47r).
Western art unattributed:
10. Leaf from the Milan manuscript. (Biblioteca Ambrosiana, Milan, MS D 5 inf., fol.21v; Veneranda Biblioteca Ambrosiana/Mondadori Portfolio Fotoriproduzione).
Western art unattributed:
11. Leaf from the Milan manuscript. (Biblioteca Ambrosiana, Milan, MS D 5 inf., fol.31r; Veneranda Biblioteca Ambrosiana/Mondadori Portfolio Fotoriproduzione).
Western art unattributed:
12. Leaf from the Naples manuscript. (Biblioteca Nazionale Vittorio Emanuele III, Naples, MS V A 14, fol.88r).
Western art unattributed:
14. Leaf from the Milan manuscript. (Biblioteca Ambrosiana, Milan, MS D 5 inf., fol.78r; Veneranda Biblioteca Ambrosiana/Mondadori Portfolio Fotoriproduzione).
Western art unattributed:
15. Leaf from the Milan manuscript. (Biblioteca Ambrosiana, Milan, MS D 5 inf., fol.78v; Veneranda Biblioteca Ambrosiana/Mondadori Portfolio Fotoriproduzione).
Western art unattributed:
16. Leaf from the Milan manuscript. (Biblioteca Ambrosiana, Milan, MS D 5 inf., fol.110v; Veneranda Biblioteca Ambrosiana/Mondadori Portfolio Fotoriproduzione).
Western art unattributed:
17. Leaf from the Liber Regulae. (Archivio di Stato, Rome, MS 3193, fol.202v; MIC).
Western art unattributed:
19. Detail of Miracle of St Martial, by Matteo Giovannetti. 1344–45. Fresco. (Chapel of St Martial, Papal Palace, Avignon).
Western art unattributed:
2. Leaf from the Naples manuscript, showing a seated lion holding in its paws the head of an ox. (Biblioteca Nazionale Vittorio Emanuele III, Naples, MS V A 14, fol.48r).
Western art unattributed:
22. Our Lady of the Annunciation, by Matteo Giovannetti. c.1345. Oil on wood transferred to canvas. (Musée du Louvre, Paris; Scala, Florence).
Western art unattributed:
3. Detail of Fig.1, showing one of the lions supporting the throne of Lady Music. (Biblioteca Nazionale Vittorio Emanuele III, Naples, MS V A 14, fol.47r).
Western art unattributed:
4. Detail of Fig.1, showing the lion as a symbol for the Evangelist Mark. (Biblioteca Nazionale Vittorio Emanuele III, Naples, MS V A 14, fol.46v).
Western art unattributed:
5. Leaf from the Naples manuscript. (Biblioteca Nazionale Vittorio Emanuele III, Naples, MS V A 14, fol.1r).
Western art unattributed:
7. Leaf from the Milan manuscript. (Biblioteca Ambrosiana, Milan, MS D 5 inf., fol.1r; Veneranda Biblioteca Ambrosiana/Mondadori Portfolio Fotoriproduzione).
Western art unattributed:
8. Leaf from the Milan manuscript. (Biblioteca Ambrosiana, Milan, MS D 5 inf., fol.1v; Veneranda Biblioteca Ambrosiana/Mondadori Portfolio Fotoriproduzione).
Western art unattributed:
9. Leaf from the Naples manuscript. (Biblioteca Nazionale Vittorio Emanuele III, Naples, MS V A 14, fol.18v).
Book Review
Cimabue and the Franciscans
07/2020 | 1408 | 162
Pages: 627-628
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Reviewer:
Gardner, Julian (Gardner, Julian)
Subjects
artists:
Cimabue
buildings:
Basilica di San Francesco, Assisi, Italy
subjects:
Franciscans / Altarpieces / Frescoes
subjects:
Early Italian art
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Cimabue and the Franciscans By Holly Flora. 287 pp. incl. 192 col. + 4 b. & w. ills. (Harvey Miller, Turnhout, 2018), £119. ISBN 978–1–912554–01–0. | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
3. Detail from Christ enthroned with the Virgin and St John, by Cimabue. 1301–02. Mosaic. (Pisa Cathedral).
Book Review
A Soul’s Journey: Franciscan Art, Theology, and Devotion in the ‘Supplicationes variae'
06/2020 | 1407 | 162
Pages: 542-543
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Reviewer:
Renner, John (Renner, John )
Subjects
dates:
1250-1299
media:
Illuminated manuscripts
places:
Genoa
subjects:
Franciscans / Religious art / Early Italian art / Spirituality / Religious art
Reviewed Items
subjects:
A Soul’s Journey: Franciscan Art, Theology, and Devotion in the ‘Supplicationes variae’ By Amy Neff. 354 pp. incl. 245 col. ills. (Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies (PIMS), Toronto, 2019),  150. ISBN 978–0–88844–210–9. | :
Illustrations
Western art unattributed:
1. Christ’s ascent to the Cross, from the Supplicationes variae, by the Life of Christ Atelier. 1293. Tinted drawing on parchment, 27 by 19.5 cm. (Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana, Florence, MS Plut.25.3, fol.376r).
Article
Edward Burne-Jones’s ‘St Francis’ for Father Damien
09/2018 | 1386 | 160
Pages: 745-749
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Author:
Schoenherr, Douglas E. (Schoenherr, Douglas E.)
Subjects
art literature:
Burne-Jones, Georgiana / Thirkell, Angela / Addington Symonds, John
artists:
Burne-Jones, Edward / Clifford, Edward C. / Solomon, Simeon / Giotto / Whitehead, Joseph
collectors and dealers:
Harris, Henry Blackwall
dates:
1850-1899
media:
Paintings / Drawings / Gouaches
media:
Paintings / Drawings / Gouaches / Watercolours
museums and institutions:
Saint Marianne Cope Shrine & Museum, Syracuse, United States / Damiaan Museum, Leuven, Belgium
places:
Great Britain / United States / Syracuse (United States) / Hawaii
subjects:
British painting / Travel / Lost works / Missionaries / Portraits / Sitters / Veuster, Damien de / Catholicism / Church of England / Franciscans / Religion / Leprosy / Gifts / Iconography / Christian iconography / Jesus Christ: Nativity / Francis of Assisi, Saint / Correspondence / Lectures
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Father Damien, by Edward Clifford. 1888. Watercolour and gouache on paper mounted on cardboard, 28 by 22 cm. (Damien Collection, Leuven).
Attributed works:
2. St Francis receiving the Stigmata, by Edward Burne-Jones. c.1887. Black chalk on paper, 30.5 by 23.5 cm. (British Museum, London).
Attributed works:
3. St Francis receiving the Stigmata, by Walker & Cockerell after Edward Burne-Jones. Photogravure, 15.6 by 10.3 cm. (From G. BurneJones, Memorials of Edward Burne-Jones, London 1904, II, facing p.176).
Attributed works:
4. St Francis receiving the Stigmata, by Edward Burne-Jones. 1887. Gouache, umber and gold on board, 26.7 by 20 cm. (Saint Marianne Cope Shrine & Museum, Syracuse NY).
Attributed works:
5. St Francis, by Frederick Hollyer after Edward Burne-Jones. Photograph, 15.2 by 6.7 cm. (© Courtesy the Huntington Art Collections, San Marino, California).
Attributed works:
6. Father Damien, by Edward Clifford. 1888. Black chalk with wash on cardboard, 25.7 by 19.9 cm. (Damien Collection, Leuven).
Attributed works:
8. Father Damien the leper, by Edward Clifford. 1890. Watercolour and gouache on paper mounted on canvas mounted on panel, 53 by 66 cm. (Damien Collection, Leuven).
Western art unattributed:
7. Father Damien de Veuster in 1868, after Edward Clifford. Photogravure, 32.2 by 23.3 cm. (From E. Clifford: Father Damien: A Journey from Cashmere to his Home in Hawaii, London 1889, frontispiece).
Book Review
Romanesque and the Mediterranean. Edited by Rosa Bacile and John McNeill
09/2018 | 1386 | 160
Pages: 798-799
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Reviewer:
Vernon, Clare (Vernon, Clare)
Subjects
buildings:
Cattedrale di San Sabino, Canosa di Puglia, Italy / Angoulême Cathedral, Angoulême, France
dates:
0900-0999 / 1000-1099 / 1100-1199
media:
Paintings / Sculpture / Stone / Ivories / Architecture / Illuminated manuscripts
places:
Italy / Spain / France / Hungary / Palermo
subjects:
Romanesque / Churches / Cathedrals / Byzantine Empire / Fatimid School / Crusades / Franciscans / French architecture / French sculpture / Italian architecture / Italian sculpture / Spanish architecture / Spanish sculpture / Patronage / Oliphants / Conferences / Essays
Illustrations
Western art unattributed:
2. Oliphant, Italy. Eleventh to twelfth century. Ivory, length 66 cm. (National Museums of Scotland, Edinburgh).
Article
Evidence for Florentine patronage in two liturgical manuscripts illuminated by Rinaldo da Siena
08/2018 | 1385 | 160
Pages: 630-639
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Author:
Battaglia, Laura Alidori (Battaglia, Laura Alidori)
Author:
Battaglia, Marco (Battaglia, Marco)
Subjects
art literature:
Bellosi, Luciano / Freuler, Gaudenz / Labriola, Ada / Vasari, Giorgio / Aquinas, Thomas / Giles of Rome
artists:
Rinaldo da Siena / Duccio di Buoninsegna
dates:
1250-1299
media:
Paintings / Manuscripts / Illuminated manuscripts / Frescoes / Documents
patrons:
Philip IV, King of France, 1268-1314
places:
Italy / Florence / Siena / Arezzo
subjects:
Italian painting / Patronage / Commissions / Monasteries / Franciscans / Attribution / Style / Dating / Archives / Iconography / Christian iconography / John the Baptist, Saint / Jesus Christ: Passion / Feasts / Ornament / Liturgy / Antiphonaries / Missals / Influence
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Initial A, by Rinaldo da Siena. From a Franciscan gradual, here dated c.1275–80. Tempera on parchment, 53 by 37 cm. (Private collection, fol.2r).
Attributed works:
10. Initial D for the introit of the nativity of a virgin saint, by Rinaldo da Siena. From a Franciscan gradual, here dated c.1275–80. Tempera on parchment, 53 by 37 cm. (Private collection, fol.175r).
Attributed works:
11. Initial E, by Rinaldo da Siena. From De Regimine Principum Parigi by Egidio Romano, after 1285. Tempera on parchment, 33.5 by 24 cm. (Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris, MS Ital.233, fol.130r).
Attributed works:
12. Initial E for the Feast of St John the Evangelist, here attributed to Rinaldo da Siena. From a Camaldolese missal, late 1280s to early 1290s. Tempera on parchment, 37.5 by 24 cm. (Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Arch.Cap.S.Pietro.B.67, fol.21v).
Attributed works:
13. Initial I, by Rinaldo da Siena. From Mulomedicina by Vegezio. c.1275. Tempera on parchment, 21.5 by 15.5 cm. (Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana, Florence, MS Plut.45.19, fol.95r).
Attributed works:
14. Initial I for the introit of the nativity of a non-papal martyr, by Rinaldo da Siena. From a Franciscan gradual, c.1275–80. Tempera on parchment, 53 by 37 cm. (Private collection, fol.118v).
Attributed works:
15. Initial I for the introit of the Feast of St John the Evangelist, here attributed to Rinaldo da Siena, From a Camaldolese missal, late 1280s to early 1290s. Tempera on parchment, 37.5 by 24.0 cm. (Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, MS Arch.Cap.S.Pietro.B.67, fol.18v).
Attributed works:
16. Crucifix, by Rinaldo da Siena. c.1275–1300. Tempera on panel, 313 by 248 cm. (Museo Civico, San Gimignano).
Attributed works:
2. Vegezio with two assistants and a horse, by Rinaldo da Siena. From Mulomedicina by Vegezio. c.1275. Tempera on parchment, 21.5 by 15.5 cm. (Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana, Florence, MS Plut.45.19, fol.2r).
Attributed works:
3. Egidio Romano presents his work to Philip IV of France, by Rinaldo da Siena. From De Regimine Principum Parigi by Egidio Romano, after 1285. Tempera on parchment, 33.5 by 24 cm. (Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris, MS.Ital.233, fol.19r)
Attributed works:
4. Top left Initial G with the Stigmatisation of St Francis, by Rinaldo da Siena. From a Franciscan gradual, here dated c.1275–80. Tempera on parchment, 52.9 by 37.2 cm. (J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, MS 71v).
Attributed works:
5. Top right Initial D at the introit to the Feast of St John the Baptist, by Rinaldo da Siena. From a Franciscan gradual, here dated c.1275–80. Tempera on parchment, 53 by 37 cm. (Private collection, fol.79r).
Attributed works:
6. Bottom left Initial C at the introit to the Feast of St Lawrence, by Rinaldo da Siena. From a Franciscan gradual, here dated c.1275–80. Tempera on parchment, 53 by 37 cm. (Private collection, fol.89r).
Attributed works:
7. Bottom right Initial G at the introit to the feast of the Assumption of the Virgin, by Rinaldo da Siena. From a Franciscan gradual, here dated c.1275–80. Tempera on parchment, 53 by 37 cm. (Private collection, fol.91r).
Attributed works:
8. Incipit page, by Rinaldo da Siena. From a Camaldolese missal, late 1280s to early 1290s. Tempera on parchment, 37.5 by 24 cm. (Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, MS Arch.Cap.S.Pietro.B.67, fol.10r).
Attributed works:
9. Initial C at the introit to the feast of Sts Philip and James, by Rinaldo da Siena. From a Franciscan gradual, here dated c.1275–80. Tempera on parchment, 53 by 37 cm. (Private collection, fol.72r).
Book Review
Luke Wadding’s Art: Irish Franciscan Patronage in Seventeenth-Century Rome. By Giovan Battista Fidanza
01/2018 | 1378 | 160
Pages: 66-67
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Reviewer:
Sparti, Donatella Livia (Sparti, Donatella Livia; Sparti, Donatella L.)
Subjects
art literature:
Bellori, Giovanni Pietro
artists:
Maratti, Carlo
buildings:
Sant'Isidoro, Rome, Italy
dates:
1600-1699
patrons:
Wadding, Luke / Franciscans
places:
Rome
subjects:
Patronage / Italian art
Illustrations
Attributed works:
3. Luke Wadding, by Carlo Maratti. 1657. (College of S. Isidore, Rome; photograph Zeno Colantoni).
Book Review
Quale Francesco? Il messaggio nascosto negli affreschi della Basilica superiore ad Assisi. By Chiara Frugoni
11/2017 | 1376 | 159
Pages: 915-917
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Reviewer:
Cooper, Donal (Cooper, Donal)
Subjects
dates:
1250-1299
media:
Frescoes
styles:
Early Italian art
subjects:
Franciscans
works:
Legend of Saint Francis (Upper Church of San Francesco, Assisi)
Illustrations
Western art unattributed:
45. St Francis in ecstasy. c. 1288-96. Fresco (Upper Church, Basilica of S. Francesco, Assisi; photograph Stefan Diller).
Publication Received
Sanctity Pictured: The Art of the Dominican and Franciscan Orders in Renaissance Italy. Edited by Trinita Kennedy, with essays by the editor, Donal Cooper, Holly Flora, Amy Neff and Janet Robson.
01/2017 | 1366 | 159
Pages: 51
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Reviewer:
Warr, Cordelia (Warr, Cordelia)
Subjects
dates:
2010-2019
museums and institutions:
Frist Center for the Visual Arts, Nashville, United States
places:
Italy
subjects:
Religious art / Exhibitions / Dominicans / Franciscans / Devotional images / Renaissance
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