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Book Review
Gli affreschi del Settecento nei palazzi veneziani
09/2024 | 1458 | 166
Pages: 984-5
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Reviewer:
Loire, Stéphane (Loire, Stéphane)
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art literature:
Catalogues
places:
Venice
subjects:
Venetian art / Fresco painting / Palaces / Eighteenth-century art
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Gli affreschi del Settecento nei palazzi veneziani By Giuseppe Pavanello. Three vols, 919 pp. incl. 1479 col. + 425 b. & w. ills. (Antiga Edizioni, Crocetta del Montello, 2022), €490. ISBN 978–88–8435–291–0. | :
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Attributed works:
7. Ballroom of Palazzo Labia, Venice. Frescos by Giambattista Tiepolo with ornamentation by Girolamo Mengozzi Colonna. c.1746–47. (Bridgeman Images).
Book Review
En quête du grand style: La peinture d’histoire Britannique au XVIIIe siècle
09/2024 | 1458 | 166
Pages: 981-4
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Reviewer:
Ledbury, Mark (Ledbury, Mark)
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British art / Eighteenth-century art / History paintings
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En quête du grand style: La peinture d’histoire Britannique au XVIIIe siècle By Jan Blanc. 634 pp. incl. 204 col. + b. & w. ills. (Librairie Droz, Geneva, 2020), €46.45. ISBN 978–2–600–05993–0. | :
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6. Death of Dido, by Joshua Reynolds. c.1775–81. Oil on canvas, 147.5 by 239.2 cm. (Royal Collection Trust © Royal Collection Enterprises Limited 2024).
Book Review
Promenades de papier: dessins du XVIIIe siècle des collections de la Bibliothèque nationale de France
08/2024 | 1457 | 166
Pages: 883–4
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Reviewer:
Laurenti, Aurora (Laurenti, Aurora)
Subjects
museums and institutions:
Bibliothèque nationale de France. Département des estampes et de la photographie, Paris, France
subjects:
Drawings / Eighteenth-century art / Sketchbooks
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Promenades de papier: dessins du XVIIIe siècle des collections de la Bibliothèque nationale de France Edited by Esther Bell, Pauline Chougnet, Sarah Grandin, Corinne Le Bitouzé, Anne Leonard and Chloé Perrot. 261 pp. incl. numerous col. ills. (BnF Éditions, 2023), €42. ISBN 978–2–7177–2932–0. | :
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4. Page from a sketchbook, by Gilles Demarteau and Gilles Antoine Demarteau. 1750–1800. Black and red chalk, graphite, pen and black ink, brush and black ink wash, 19.2 by 25.2 cm. (Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris).
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)
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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).
Attributed works:
2. The chamber idyll, by Edward Calvert. 1831. Wood engraving, 4.3 by 7.7 cm. (British Museum, London).
Exhibition Review
Berthe Morisot: Shaping Impressionism Dulwich Picture Gallery, London 31st March–10th September
06/2023 | 1443 | 165
Pages: 654-657
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Reviewer:
Thomson, Belinda (Thomson, Belinda)
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artists:
Morisot, Berthe
dates:
2020-2030
museums and institutions:
Dulwich Picture Gallery, London, Great Britain
subjects:
French art / Impressionism / British art / Nineteenth-century art / Eighteenth-century art
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Berthe Morisot: Shaping Impressionism Dulwich Picture Gallery, London 31st March–10th September | :
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Attributed works:
20. Eugène Manet on the Isle of Wight, by Berthe Morisot. 1875. Oil on canvas, 38 by 46 cm. (Musée Marmottan Monet, Paris; exh. Dulwich Picture Gallery, London).
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21. Winter, by Berthe Morisot. 1880. Oil on canvas, 74.9 by 61.6 cm. (Dallas Museum of Art; exh. Dulwich Picture Gallery, London).
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22. Mrs Mary Robinson, by George Romney. 1780–81. Oil on canvas, 75.7 by 63.2 cm. (Wallace Collection, London; exh. Dulwich Picture Gallery, London; Bridgeman Images).
Book Review
The Italian Drawings of the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries in the Teyler Museum
11/2022 | 1436 | 164
Pages: 1166--1167
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Reviewer:
Chapman, Hugo (Chapman, Hugo)
Subjects
art literature:
Catalogues
museums and institutions:
Teylers Museum, Haarlem, Netherlands
subjects:
Italian drawings / Collectors / Collections, Private / Collections, Public
subjects:
Seventeenth-century / Eighteenth-century art
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The Italian Drawings of the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries in the Teyler Museum By Carel van Tuyll van Serooskerken. Two vols, 768 pp. incl. 1,000 col. ills. (Primavera Pers, Leiden, and Teylers Museum, Haarlem, 2021), €89. ISBN 978–90–5997–308–4. | :
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4. Coastal landscape, by Giovanni Francesco Grimaldi. Pen and brown ink, 15.6 by 19.8 cm. (Teylers Museum, Haarlem).
Book Review
Die Kunst der Außenseiter: Ausstellungen und Künstlerkarrieren im absolutistischen Paris jenseits der Akademie der Akademie
11/2022 | 1436 | 164
Pages: 1167-1168
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Reviewer:
Vogtherr, Christoph Martin (Vogtherr, Christoph Martin)
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places:
Paris
subjects:
Exhibitions / Salons (art exhibitions) / Academies / French art / Eighteenth-century art
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Die Kunst der Außenseiter: Ausstellungen und Künstlerkarrieren im absolutistischen Paris jenseits der Akademie By Sarah Salomon. 408 pp. incl. 35 b. & w. ills. (Wallstein Verlag, Göttingen, 2021), €42. ISBN 978–3–8353–3907–1. | :
Exhibition Review
Renoir: Rococo Revival
11/2022 | 1436 | 164
Pages: 1150-1153
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Reviewer:
Bailey, Colin B. (Bailey, Colin B.; Bailey, Colin)
Subjects
art literature:
Exhibition catalogues
artists:
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste
museums and institutions:
Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
subjects:
Impressionism / French painting / Eighteenth-century art / Influence / Rococo
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Renoir: Rococo Revival Edited by Alexander Eiling, Juliane Betz and Fabienne Ruppen. 328 pp. incl. 350 col. + b. & w. ills. (Hatje Cantz, Berlin, 2022), £50. ISBN 978–3–7757–5134–6. | :
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12. Installation view of Renoir: Rococo Revival at the Städel Museum, Frankfurt, 2022, showing The promenade, by Auguste Renoir. 1870. Oil on canvas, 81.3 by 64.8 cm. (J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles).
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13. After the luncheon, by Auguste Renoir. 1879. Oil on canvas, 100.5 by 81.3 cm. (Städel Museum, Frankfurt).
Attributed works:
14. The swing, by Auguste Renoir. 1876. Oil on canvas, 92 by 73 cm. (Musée d’Orsay, Paris).
Obituary
Christopher M.S. Johns (1955–2022)
08/2022 | 1433 | 164
Pages: 829–831
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Contributor:
Wolfe, Karin (Wolfe, Karin)
Subjects
subjects:
Johns, Christopher M. S. / Art historians / Italian art / Seventeenth-century / Eighteenth-century art
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Christopher M.S. Johns in Rome. 2014. (Photograph the author).
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2. Charles III visits Pope Benedict XIV in the Coffee House of the Quirinal, by Giovanni Paolo Panini. 1746. Oil on canvas, 124 by 174 cm. (Museo e Real Bosco di Capodimonte, Naples; © NPL – DeA Picture Library; M. Carrieri; Bridgeman Images).
Exhibition Review
Les Adam: La sculpture en héritage La sculpture en son château: Variations sur un art majeur
12/2021 | 1425 | 163
Pages: 1190-1192
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Reviewer:
Saari Browne, Elizabeth (Saari Browne, Elizabeth)
Subjects
artists:
Adam, Lambert-Sigisbert / Adam, Nicolas Sébastien / and collaborators / Clodion
dates:
2020-2030
museums and institutions:
Musée des Beaux-Arts, Nancy, France / Château de Lunéville, Lunéville, France
subjects:
French sculpture / Eighteenth-century art
Reviewed Items
subjects:
La sculpture en son château: Variations sur un art majeur Château de Lunéville 18th September 2021–9th January 2022 | :
subjects:
Les Adam: La sculpture en héritage Musée des Beaux-Arts, Nancy 18th September 2021–9th January 2022 | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
21. St Joseph blessed by the Christ Child, attributed to Jacob Sigisbert Adam. Eighteenth century. Terracotta, height 140 cm. (Musée des Beaux- Arts, Nancy; photograph M. Bourguet).
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22. Installation view of ‘Les Adam’, showing Minerva and Mars in front of a photograph of the gardens at Sanssoucci, Potsdam.
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23. Young girl with sandal, Roman torso with later additions by Lambert Sigisbert Adam. 1st century AD with later restorations before 1735. Marble. (Bode Museum, Berlin; exh. Musée de Beaux-Arts, Nancy / Château de Lunéville).
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