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Exhibition Review
Jacques-François Blondel, an Enlightenment Architect in Metz. The Arsenal, Metz
07/2018 | 1384 | 160
Pages: 584-586
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Reviewer:
Cellauro, Louis (Cellauro, Louis)
Reviewer:
Richaud, Gilbert (Richaud, Gilbert)
Subjects
artists:
Blondel, Jacques-François, 1705-1774 / Oppenord, Gilles-Marie / Mariette, Jean, painter and printmaker, 1660-1742
dates:
2010-2019
media:
Architecture / Architectural drawings / Architectural models / Books / Photographs / Videos
museums and institutions:
Arsenal de Metz, Metz, France / École nationale supérieure d’architecture de Nancy, Nancy, France / Cité de l'Architecture et du Patrimoine, Paris, France
places:
France / Metz
subjects:
French architecture / Urban planning / Enlightenment / Rococo / Neo-classicism / Influence / Study and teaching / Unesco
Illustrations
Attributed works:
13. Plan of the new buildings and roads constructed in Metz since 1764, from Cours d’architecture, ou traité de la décoration, distribution & construction des bâtiments by J.F. Blondel, Paris, 1773, IV, pl.50. (BibliothèquesMédiathèques, Metz; exh. The Arsenal, Metz).
Western art unattributed:
11. Jacques-François Blondel. 1770. Pencil and red chalk, 10.1 by 7.5 cm. (Musée Carnavalet, Paris; exh. The Arsenal, Metz).
Western art unattributed:
12. The west porch of Metz Cathedral, by JacquesFrançois Blondel. Photographed c.1900. From Cahier Tornow, VII B1 Metz, Unité départementale de l’Architecture et du patrimoine; exh. The Arsenal, Metz).
Exhibition Review
Louvre Abu Dhabi. The displays
03/2018 | 1380 | 160
Pages: 252-253
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Reviewer:
Barratt, Martha (Barratt, Martha)
Subjects
dates:
2010-2019
media:
Paintings / Sculpture / Prints
museums and institutions:
Louvre Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates / Musée du Louvre, Paris, France
places:
United Arab Emirates / Abu Dhabi
subjects:
World art / Cultural history / Collections, Public
subjects:
Civilisation / Enlightenment
Illustrations
Attributed works:
27. An interior view of Louvre Abu Dhabi. (Photograph: Roland Halbe)
Non-western art unattributed:
28. Installation view of the collection at Louvre Abu Dhabi, showing (left to right): Virgin and Child. Paris, 1320–30. Ivory with traces of polychromy; The goddess Isis nursing her son Horus. Egypt, 800–400 BC. Bronze; Phemba, maternity figure. Yombe culture, 1800–1900. Wood. (all works Louvre Abu Dhabi).
Non-western art unattributed:
29. Winged dragon. Northern China, 450–250 BC. Bronze, 48.5 by 67 cm. (Louvre Abu Dhabi).