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Frederic Leighton's 'Daedalus and Icarus': antiquity, topography and idealised enlightenment.
04/2006 | 1237 | 148
Pages: 257-263
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Author:
Kilinski, Karl (Kilinski, Karl)
Subjects
artists:
Leighton, Frederic, First Baron Leighton of Stretton
dates:
1860-1869
museums and institutions:
Buscot Park, Buscot, Berkshire, Great Britain
places:
Rhodes / Greece
print:
Leighton, Frederic, First Baron Leighton of Stretton
subjects:
British painting / Daedalus / Icarus / Classical mythology / Greek iconography / Visual sources / Composition (artistic arrangement) / Landscapes (visual works) / Topographical views / Topography
Illustrations
Attributed works:
17. Daedalus and Icarus, by Frederic Leighton. c.1869. 138.2 by 106.5 cm. (Faringdon Collection Trust, Buscot Park, Oxfordshire).
Attributed works:
20. The acropolis of Lindos, by Frederic Leighton. 1867. Repr. from A. Corkran: Frederic Leighton, London 1904, pl. opp. p.55 (where wrongly entitled 'Bay of Salamis').
Western art unattributed:
16. Cameo with Daedalus and Icarus preparing for flight. Roman, early first century A.D. 3.5 by 4.4 cm. (Museo Nazionale, Naples).
Western art unattributed:
18. View of the acropolis of Lindos. Repr. from R. Ling: The Greek World, New York 1976. p.51.
Western art unattributed:
19. View from the acropolis of Lindos. 1968. (Photograph by the author).
Western art unattributed:
21. View of the town and fortified acropolis of Lindos. 1968. (Photograph by the author).
Western art unattributed:
22. View of promontory with towers on Lindos Bay. 2004. (Photograph by the author).
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Leighton on the Nile
09/2003 | 1206 | 145
Pages: 646-648
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Author:
Kilinski, Karl (Kilinski, Karl)
Subjects
artists:
Leighton, Frederic, First Baron Leighton of Stretton
dates:
1800-1899
places:
England / Egypt
subjects:
British painting / Orientalism
Illustrations
Attributed works:
Assouan, by Edward Lear. 9th February 1854. Watercolour, 30 by 50 cm. (art Collections, University of Liverpool).
Attributed works:
Aswan landing, photograph by Francis Frith. 1857. Taken from F. Frith: Egypt and Palestine Photographed and described, London and New York 1858-59 (courtesy of the Princetown University Library).
Attributed works:
Nile landscape, by Frederic Leighton. 1868. 26.9 by 41.5 cm (Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge).
Attributed works:
View of the west bank of the Nile at Aswan, Egypt. Photographed by the author, January 2003.
Western art unattributed:
Northward view of the Nile at Aswan, Egypt, with the Old Cataract Hotel. Photograph by the author, January 1999.