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Book Review
A History of Arcadia in Art and Literature
02/2024 | 1451 | 166
Pages: 208–209
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Reviewer:
Evans, Mark (Evans, Mark)
Subjects
subjects:
Arcadia (pastoral) / Renaissance art / Poetry / Literature / Classical literature / Iconography / Sixteenth-century / Seventeenth-century / Eighteenth-century art / Nineteenth-century art
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A History of Arcadia in Art and Literature By Paul Holberton. Two vols, 497 pp. and 468 pp., incl. 322 col. ills (Ad Ilissum, London, 2022), £80. ISBN 978–1–912168–25–5 and 978–1–912168–26–2. | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Shepherd playing the flute and four shepherdesses, by Gerrit van Honthorst. 1632. Oil on canvas, 92 by 174.5 cm. (Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam).
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2. The chamber idyll, by Edward Calvert. 1831. Wood engraving, 4.3 by 7.7 cm. (British Museum, London).
Exhibition Review
Visions of Arcadia. Philadelphia
09/2012 | 1314 | 154
Pages: 665-666
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Reviewer:
Grace Galassi, Susan (Grace Galassi, Susan)
Subjects
artists:
Gauguin, Paul / Cézanne, Paul / Matisse, Henri
dates:
2010-2019
museums and institutions:
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, United States
places:
Philadelphia / United States
print:
Arcadia (pastoral)
subjects:
Reviews / Exhibitions / Arcadia (pastoral)
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Gauguin, Cézanne, Matisse: Visions of Arcadia | institution: Philadelphia Museum of Art
Illustrations
Attributed works:
64. Study for ‘In the time of anarchy’, by Paul Signac. 1893. Canvas, 58.6 by 81 cm. (Private collection; exh. Philadelphia Museum of Art).
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65. Bathers by the river, by Henri Matisse. 1909–10, 1913 and 1916–17. Canvas, 260 by 392 cm. (Art Institute of Chicago; exh. Philadelphia Museum of Art).
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66. The large bathers, by Paul Cézanne. 1900–06. Canvas, 210.5 by 250.8 cm. (Philadelphia Museum of Art).
Article
‘A mild, a grateful, an unearthly lustre’: Samuel Palmer and the moon
05/2012 | 1310 | 154
Pages: 330-336
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Reviewer:
Payne, Christiana (Payne, Christiana)
Subjects
artists:
Palmer, Samuel
dates:
1820-1869 / 1870-1879 / 1880-1889
print:
Palmer, Samuel
subjects:
British painting / Landscapes (visual works) / Sketchbooks / Drawings / British / Iconography / Poetry / Arcadia (pastoral) / Visual sources
subjects:
Moon
Illustrations
Attributed works:
27. Harvest moon (from the 1824 sketchbook), by Samuel Palmer. Brown ink with graphite, 11.6 by 18.9 cm. (British Museum, London).
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28. Designs for reredos (from the 1824 sketchbook), by Samuel Palmer. Brown ink with graphite, 11.6 by 18.9 cm. (British Museum, London).
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29. Late twilight, by Samuel Palmer. 1825. Brown ink and sepia mixed with gum arabic, 18.8 by 23.2 cm. (Ashmolean Museum, Oxford).
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30. A moonlight scene with a winding river, by Samuel Palmer. c.1827. Black and brown wash and watercolour, 26.7 by 18.1 cm. (Yale Center for British Art, New Haven).
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31. Moonlight: a landscape with sheep, by Samuel Palmer. c.1831–32. Indian ink and wash on card, 15.2 by 18.3 cm. (Tate, London).
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32. The harvest moon, by Samuel Palmer. 1833–34. Oil and tempera with graphite on paper laid down on panel, 22.1 by 27.7 cm. (Yale Center for British Art, New Haven).
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33. The harvest moon, by George Barret. c.1820. Watercolour, 22.5 by 31.4 cm. (Private collection).
Publication Received
Poets in the Landscape: The Romantic Spirit in British Art
10/2007 | 1255 | 149
Pages: 713
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Reviewer:
Watney, Simon (Watney, Simon)
Subjects
dates:
1800-1899 / 1900-1949
print:
British art
subjects:
British painting / Romanticism / Neo-Romantic / Poetry / Art / British / Art literature / Design / Exhibition catalogues
subjects:
Landscapes (visual works) / Arcadia (pastoral)
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Poets in the Landscape: The Romantic Spirit in British Art | editor: Martin, Simon
Book Review
The Joy of Life. The Idyllic in French Art, circa 1900
05/2003 | 1202 | 145
Pages: 375-376
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Reviewer:
Watkins, Nicholas (Watkins, Nicholas)
Subjects
subjects:
French painting / Arcadia (pastoral)
Reviewed Items
subjects:
The Joy of Life. The Idyllic in French Art, circa 1900 | author: Werth, Margaret
Book Review
Het Gedroomde Land. Pastorale schilderkunst in de Gouden Eeuw
06/1994 | 1095 | 136
Pages: 386-387
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Reviewer:
Huys Janssen, Paul (Huys Janssen, Paul; Janssen, Paul Huys)
Subjects
dates:
1600-1699
places:
Netherlands
subjects:
Dutch painting / Arcadia (pastoral)
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Het Gedroomde Land. Pastorale schilderkunst in de Gouden Eeuw | author: Brink, Peter van der , author: Meyere, Jos de
Short Notice
The 'Concert Champêtre' and Gilding the Lily
03/1991 | 1056 | 133
Pages: 195-196
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Author:
Emison, Patricia (Emison, Patricia)
Subjects
artists:
Titian
artists:
Giorgione
dates:
1480-1519
museums and institutions:
Musée du Louvre, Paris, France
places:
Italy / Venice
subjects:
Italian painting / Iconography
subjects:
Arcadia (pastoral)
Illustrations
Attributed works:
62. Concert champêtre, by Titian or Giorgione. 110 by 138 cm. (Musée du Louvre, Paris).
Book Review
Places of Delight. The Pastoral Landscape
10/1989 | 1039 | 131
Pages: 721
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Reviewer:
Wilton, Andrew (Wilton, Andrew)
Subjects
dates:
1500-1699
dates:
1980-1989
museums and institutions:
National Gallery of Art, Washington, United States
places:
United States / Washington DC
subjects:
Exhibitions / Catalogues
subjects:
Arcadia (pastoral)
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Places of Delight. The Pastoral Landscape | author: Cafritz, Robert C. , author: Gowing, Lawrence , author: Rosand, David
Book Review
The Dutch Arcadia: Pastoral Art and Its Audience in the Golden Age
11/1984 | 980 | 126
Pages: 704
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Reviewer:
Smith, David R. (Smith, David R.)
Subjects
dates:
1600-1699
places:
Netherlands
subjects:
Dutch painting / Arcadia (pastoral)
subjects:
Visual sources / Literature in art
Reviewed Items
subjects:
The Dutch Arcadia: Pastoral Art and Its Audience in the Golden Age | author: Kettering, Alison McNeil
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