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Lorenzo Ghiberti’s Gates of Paradise: Humanism, History, and Artistic Philosophy in the Italian Renaissance. By Amy R. Bloch; Il Paradiso ritrovato: Il restauro della Porta del Ghiberti. Edited by Annamaria Giusti

11/2018 | 1388 | 160

Pages: 979-980

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Reviewer:

Palozzi, Luca (Palozzi, Luca)

Subjects

art literature:

Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo / Vitruvius / Pliny, the Elder, 23-79 AD

artists:

Ghiberti, Lorenzo / Bonanno Pisano

dates:

1400-1499 / 1400-1449

media:

Sculpture / Bronzes / Doorways

museums and institutions:

Opificio delle Pietre Dure, Florence, Italy / Museo dell'Opera del Duomo, Florence, Italy

places:

Italy / Florence

subjects:

Italian sculpture / Art theory / Classical literature / Literature in art / Philosophy / Theology / Aesthetics / Optics / Humanism / Cultural history / Visual sources / Iconography / Christian iconography / Creation of the World / Restoration (process) / Scientific analysis / Technical analysis

Illustrations

Attributed works:

3. Genesis, from the east door of the Baptistery, Florence, by Lorenzo Ghiberti. 1425–52. Gilded bronze, 79.4 by 79.4 cm. (Museo dell’Opera del Duomo, Florence).

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The problematic ‘Baptist’: Benedetto da Maiano’s Sala dei Gigli doorway

08/2018 | 1385 | 160

Pages: 624-629

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Author:

Dillon, Sarah M. (Dillon, Sarah M. )

Subjects

art literature:

Poggi, Giovanni, 1880-1961 / Vasari, Giorgio

artists:

Benedetto da Maiano / Verrocchio, Andrea del / Ghirlandaio, Domenico / Rossellino, Bernardo / Rossellino, Antonio / Mino da Fiesole

dates:

1450-1499

media:

Sculpture / Reliefs / Doorways / Marbles / Bronzes

museums and institutions:

Palazzo Vecchio, Florence, Italy / Museo Nazionale del Bargello, Florence, Italy

patrons:

Medici, Lorenzo de', il Magnifico, 1449–1492

places:

Italy / Florence

subjects:

Italian sculpture / Italian architecture / Medici family / Patronage / Politics / Iconography / John the Baptist, Saint / Flowers / Putti / David / Archives / Inventories / Supports / Influence / Commissions

Illustrations

Attributed works:

1. Door of the Sala dei Gigli, Palazzo Vecchio, Florence, by Benedetto da Maiano. c.1475–78. Marble. (Photograph Raffaello Bencini; Alinari Archives, Florence)

Attributed works:

2. Door of the Sala dei Gigli, Palazzo Vecchio, Florence, by Benedetto da Maiano. Photograph by Fratelli Alinari c.1890, 16 by 21 cm. (Alinari Archives, Florence).

Attributed works:

3. Door of the Sala dell’Udienza, Palazzo Vecchio, Florence, by Benedetto da Maiano. c.1475–78. Marble. (Photograph Raffaello Bencini; Alinari Archives, Florence).

Attributed works:

4. Above Detail of the door of the Sala dei Gigli, Palazzo Vecchio, Florence, showing the base of the figure. (Photograph the author).

Attributed works:

5. Opposite St John the Baptist, by Benedetto da Maiano. Marble, height 125 cm. Photograph by Fratelli Alinari c.1900, 15 by 21 cm. (Alinari Archives, Florence).

Book Review

‘Temple Beauties’: The Entrance-Portico in the Architecture of Great Britain 1630–1850

04/2013 | 1321 | 155

Pages: 261-262

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Reviewer:

Hart, Vaughan (Hart, Vaughan)

Subjects

dates:

1630-1639 / 1640-1649 / 1650-1699 / 1700-1799 / 1800-1849

subjects:

British architecture / Doorways / Architectural components

Article

Two drawings by Giovan Battista Ricci da Novara for the decoration of the portico of new St Peter’s

03/2011 | 1296 | 153

Pages: 163-167

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Author:

Bortolozzi, Anna (Bortolozzi, Anna)

Subjects

artists:

Maderno, Carlo / Ricci, Giovanni Battista

buildings:

Basilica di San Pietro, Rome, Italy

dates:

1600-1649

museums and institutions:

Nationalmuseum, Stockholm, Sweden

print:

Ricci, Giovanni Battista

subjects:

Architecture / Architectural drawings / Architectural components / Christian iconography / Iconography / Stuccowork / Reliefs / Ceilings / Collections, Public / Doorways

subjects:

Religious architecture / Churches

Illustrations

Attributed works:

33. Detail of the façade of St Peter’s, Rome, designed by Carlo Maderno. c.1607–12. (Photograph: A. Bortolozzi).

Attributed works:

34. Courtyard of old St Peter’s, Rome, by Domenico Tasselli da Lugo. c.1605. Rome, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Archivio di S. Pietro, ‘Album’ A 64 ter, fol.10. (Photograph: Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana).

Attributed works:

35. Design for the stucco ceiling of the portico of St Peter’s, Rome, by Giovan Battista Ricci da Novara. c.1618. Graphite, pen and brown ink, brown and light-blue wash, 20.5 by 43 cm. (Nationalmuseum, Stockholm).

Attributed works:

36. Design for the stucco ceiling of the portico of St Peter’s, Rome, by Giovan Battista Ricci da Novara. c.1618. Graphite, pen and brown ink, brown and blue wash, 40.6 by 65.3 cm. (Nationalmuseum, Stockholm).

Attributed works:

37. Detail of the central doorway of the portico in Fig.33. (Photograph: A. Bortolozzi).

Attributed works:

38. Interior of the portico of St Peter’s, Rome. Designed by Carlo Maderno. c.1618–20.

Attributed works:

39. Detail of Fig.36.

Western art unattributed:

40. Detail of St Andrew presents St Peter to Christ from the stucco ceiling of the portico of St Peter’s, Rome.

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Sets and pendants by J.-B.-M. Pierre and François Boucher in the collections of Madame de Pompadour and the Marquis de Marigny

07/2010 | 1288 | 152

Pages: 452-460

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Author:

Gordon, Alden R. (Gordon, Alden R.)

Subjects

artists:

Pierre, Jean Baptiste Marie / Boucher, François

museums and institutions:

Château de Menars, Menars, France

patrons:

Poisson, Jeanne Antoinette, Marquise de Pompadour, 1721-1764 / Poisson, Abel François, Marquis de Marigny, 1727-1781

print:

Pierre, Jean Baptiste Marie

print:

Boucher, François

subjects:

French painting / Patronage / Interiors / Doorways / Cupid / Psyche / Nymphs / Provenance / Identification / Commissions

subjects:

Pendants (companion pieces) / Interior design

Illustrations

Attributed works:

10. Psyche rescued by nymphs, by Jean-Baptiste-Marie Pierre. 1750. Canvas, 83.8 by 115.5 cm. (Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery).

Attributed works:

11. Venus disarming Cupid, by François Boucher. c.1751. Canvas, 130 by 93.5 cm. (Collection of Lynda and Stewart Resnick, Los Angeles).

Attributed works:

12. L’Amour désarmé, by Etienne Fessard, after François Boucher. 1761. Etching, with engraving, 40.2 by 26.6 cm. From A. Ananoff: Boucher, Lausanne and Paris 1976, II, p.76, no.375/1, fig.1097.

Attributed works:

13. Copy of Fig.11. (Photograph reproduced in T. Carr Howe, Jr.: Salt Mines and Castles: The Discovery and Restitution of Looted European Art, New York 1946, facing p.161).

Attributed works:

14. Detail of dove’s wing on the tacking strip of Fig.11. (Photograph by the author).

Attributed works:

6. Nymphs adorning Cupid, by Jean-Baptiste-Marie Pierre. Mid-1750s. Canvas, 89.5 by 134 cm. (Château de Menars).

Attributed works:

7. Cupid and Psyche, by Jean-Baptiste-Marie Pierre. Mid-1750s. Canvas, 89 by 134 cm. (Château de Menars).

Attributed works:

8. Installation view of Fig.6 at the Château de Menars. (Photograph by the author).

Attributed works:

9. Installation view of Fig.7 at the Château de Menars. (Photograph by the author).

Article

Three Genoese Doorways

10/1961 | 703 | 103

Pages: 412-415+417

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Author:

Lightbown, R. W. (Lightbown, R. W.; L., R. W.; Lightbown, Mr.; Lightbown, Ronald; Lightbown, Ronald W.)

Subjects

artists:

Carlone, Michele

artists:

Carlone, Antonio

artists:

Foppa, Vincenzo

artists:

Aria, Michele d'

artists:

Gagini, Giovanni

artists:

Gagini, Elia

buildings:

Cappella Doria, San Bartolomeo della Certosa, (destroyed), Genoa, Italy

dates:

1400-1499

museums and institutions:

Victoria and Albert Museum, London, Great Britain

patrons:

Doria, Lazzaro

patrons:

Pallavicino, Cipriano

places:

Italy / Genoa

subjects:

Italian painting

subjects:

Lost works

subjects:

Italian sculpture / Italian architecture

subjects:

Doorways

subjects:

Patronage / Documents

Illustrations

Attributed works:

10. Doorway, Here Attributed to Michele d'Aria (?). Erected in 1480 at Entrance to Spinola Chapel, Genoa. Black Slate. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London.)

Attributed works:

11. Doorway, by Antonio and Michele Carlone. Made in 1503 for the Pallavicino Palace, Genoa. White Marble. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London.)

Attributed works:

9. Doorway, Here Attributed to Michele d'Aria (?). Erected in 1472 at Entrance to Doria Chapel, Genoa. Black Slate. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London.)

Attributed works:

A. Engraving of 1828 Showing the Doorway by Antonio and Michele Carlone Illustrated in Fig.11, in Its Original Position.

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