• MENU
logo logo white logo sticky

Burlington Contemporary is the Burlington Magazine’s free online platform for reviews and research on international contemporary art.

Want to continue reading? Get 1 month digital access for only .

Subscribe now
By using this website you agree to our Cookie policy
  • MENU
logo logo white logo sticky

Search

content
A TO Z
clear all
19 articles
Short Notice
Aby Warburg’s ‘Bilderatlas Mnemosyne’: systems of knowledge and iconography
12/2020 | 1413 | 162
Pages: 1078-1084
Buy / subscribe
related names
Author:
Zöllner, Frank (Zöllner, Frank)
Subjects
artists:
Warburg, Aby
artists:
Gombrich, E. H.
dates:
2020-2030
museums and institutions:
Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin, Germany / Gemäldegalerie, Berlin, Germany / Warburg Institute, London, Great Britain
subjects:
Bilderatlas Mnemosyne / Art history / Iconography
subjects:
Exhibitions
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Aby Warburg: Bilderatlas Mnemosyne – The Original, at the Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin (1st September–30th November). | :
subjects:
Gemäldegalerie, Berlin, Between Cosmos and Pathos: Berlin Works from Aby Warburg’s Mnemosyne Atlas (8th August–1st November), | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Panel B from Bilderatlas Mnemosyne, photographed in October 1929. (Warburg Institute, London).
Attributed works:
2. Panel 77 from Bilderatlas Mnemosyne, as reconstructed in the exhibition Aby Warburg: Bilderatlas Mnemosyne – The Original, at the Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin. (Photograph Wootton / fluid).
Attributed works:
3. Panel C from Bilderatlas Mnemosyne, photographed in October 1929. (Warburg Institute, London).
Western art unattributed:
4. A detail from Fig.2, showing W. Riemer: Eßt Fisch dann bleibt ihr schlank gesund u[nd] frisch (Eat fish and you will stay slim, healthy and fresh). 1927. Lithograph poster, 71 by 47.5 cm. (Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Kunstbibliothek).
Article
Three eminent art historians: a Chinese encounter
10/2020 | 1411 | 162
Pages: 865-869
Buy / subscribe
related names
Author:
Penny, Nicholas (Penny, Nicholas)
Author:
Yiqiang Cao (Yiqiang Cao)
Subjects
art literature:
Gombrich, E. H. / Haskell, Francis / Baxandall, Michael / Wölfflin, Heinrich / Panofsky, Erwin / Podro, Michael
subjects:
Art historians / Art history / Art historiography / Chinese Art / China
subjects:
Translations / Books / Art literature
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Yiqiang Cao, by Quan Shanshi. 2005. Oil on canvas, 115 by 130 cm. (Quan Shanshi Art Centre, Hangzhou).
Attributed works:
2. Ernst Gombrich, by Mary Robert. c.1988. (National Portrait Gallery, London).
Attributed works:
3. Michael Baxandall, by Max Whitaker. 1989. (National Portrait Gallery, London).
Western art unattributed:
4. Larissa and Francis Haskell, c.1985.
Book Review
Ornament and European Modernism: From Art Practice to Art History. Edited by Loretta Vandi
11/2019 | 1400 | 161
Pages: 974-975
Buy / subscribe
related names
Reviewer:
Shapira, Elana (Shapira, Elana)
Subjects
art literature:
Muthesius, Hermann / Gombrich, E. H. / Schmarsow, August / Worringer, Wilhelm
artists:
Loos, Adolf / Velde, Henry van de / Jones, Owen
styles:
Modernism
subjects:
Architectural theory / Interiors / Ornament / Visual culture
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Ornament and European Modernism: From Art Practice to Art History Edited by Loretta Vandi. 198 pp. incl. 8 col. + 30 b. & w. ills. (Routledge, New York and London, 2017), £115. ISBN 978–1–138–74340–3. | :
Article
Interpreting Arcimboldo: grotesque parodies or serious jokes?
05/2018 | 1382 | 160
Pages: 368-375
Subscribe to read
related names
Author:
Kaufmann, Thomas Dacosta (Kaufmann, Thomas Dacosta)
Subjects
art literature:
Gombrich, E. H.
artists:
Arcimboldi, Giuseppe / Mor, Antonis / Sánchez Coello, Alonso
dates:
1500-1599 / 2010-2019
media:
Paintings
museums and institutions:
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, United States / Museo de Bellas Artes de Bilbao, Bilbao, Spain / National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, Japan / Palazzo Barberini, Rome, Italy / Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, Austria
patrons:
Philip II, King of Spain, 1527-1598 / Rudolf II, Holy Roman Emperor, 1552-1612 / Ernst, Archduke of Austria, 1553-1595
patrons:
Maximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor, 1527-1576
subjects:
Italian painting / Allegory / Natural history / Satire / Iconography / Attribution / Patronage / Exhibition reviews
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Spring, by Giuseppe Arcimboldo. After 1563. Canvas, 66 by 50 cm. (Museo de Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando, Madrid; exh. Museo de Bellas Artes, Bilbao).
Attributed works:
10. A reindeer, by Giuseppe Arcimboldo. 1562. 25.8 by 22.2 cm. (Staatliche Kunstsammlungen, Dresden; BPK).
Attributed works:
2. Flora, by Giuseppe Arcimboldo. c.1589. Panel, 74.5 by 57.5 cm. (Private collection, Madrid; courtesy Fundación March; exh. Museo de Bellas Artes, Bilbao).
Attributed works:
3. Flora Meretrix, by Giuseppe Arcimboldo. c.1590. Panel, 80.5 by 61 cm. (Private collection, Madrid; courtesy Fundación March; exh. Museo de Bellas Artes, Bilbao).
Attributed works:
4. Winter, by Giuseppe Arcimboldo. 1563. Canvas, 66.6 cm by 50.5 cm. (Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna).
Attributed works:
5. Winter, here attributed to an imitator of Arcimboldo. c.1590. Panel, 67.8 by 56.2 cm. (Bavarian State Collections, Munich; exh. Gallerie Nazionale di Arte Antica di Roma, Palazzo Barberini, Rome).
Attributed works:
6. Summer, by Giuseppe Arcimboldo. 1563. Canvas, 67 by 50.8 cm. (Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna).
Attributed works:
7. Archduchess Magdalena, here attributed to a contemporary of Arcimboldo. c.1563. Canvas, 43.7 by 32.8 cm. (Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna; exh. National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, and Palazzo Barberini, Rome).
Attributed works:
8. Tree of Jesse, by Giuseppe Meda and Giuseppe Arcimboldo. 1556. Fresco (Monza Cathedral).
Attributed works:
9. Nature studies, by Giuseppe Arcimboldo and others. Inscribed with dates 1553 and 1572. 36.1 by 48.7 cm. (Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, Handschriftensammlung, Vienna).
Article
The visual arts in the BBC’s ‘The Listener’, 1929–39
09/2013 | 1326 | 155
Pages: 606-611
Subscribe to read
related names
Author:
Rose, Sam (Rose, Sam)
Subjects
art literature:
Fry, Roger (R. F.; R. E. F.) / Barton, J. E. / Bertram, Anthony / Constable, W. G. / Clark, Kenneth / Read, Herbert (H. R.) / Blunt, Anthony (A. B.; A. F. B) / Holmes, Charles John / Saxl, Fritz / Gombrich, E. H. / Casson, Stanley / Newton, Eric / Nash, Paul / Wilenski, R. H. / Hinks, Roger
art literature:
Lambert, R.S.
dates:
1920-1929 / 1930-1939
museums and institutions:
British Broadcasting Corporation, Great Britain
subjects:
Magazine covers / Articles / Lectures / Art theory / Art criticism / Artists' writings / Art history / Art education / Taste (aesthetics) / Aesthetics
subjects:
Modern Art
subjects:
Periodicals
Illustrations
Attributed works:
18. 'Round the Art Exhibitions', with illustrations of works by René Magritte, Desmond Harmsworth and Tristram Hillier. The Listener 19 (13th April 1938), p. 801
Attributed works:
19. 'Christopher Wood', article by John Piper. The Listener 7 (20th April 1932), p.571
Attributed works:
20. 'Rehousing in Big Cities - Outwards or Upwards?', article by Walter Gropius. The Listener 11 (16th May 1934), p.814
Attributed works:
21. Front cover illustration for 'Signs', article by Paul Nash. The Listener 16 (11th November 1936)
Attributed works:
22. 'The Meaning of Art: An Introduction for the Plain Man', article by Herbert Read. Supplement No.1, The Listener 2 (25th September 1929), pp.ii-vii
Attributed works:
23. Advertisement for 'Modern Art', by J.E. Barton, a BBC booklet accompanying six broadcast talks by the author. The Listener 7 (16th March 1932), p.vii
Attributed works:
24. 'Artist and his Public: Medium and Craftsmanship', article by Eric Newton, with illustrations of sculpture by Jacob Epstein and Henry Moore. The Listener 13 (6th February 1935), p.241
Western art unattributed:
25. Front cover illustration for Anthony Bertram's 'Design' series of broadcast talks. The Listener 18 (6th October 1937)
Article
Art History Reviewed VI: E.H. Gombrich's 'Art and Illusion: A Study in the Psychology of Pictorial Representation', 1960
12/2009 | 1281 | 151
Pages: 836-839
Subscribe to read
related names
Author:
Wood, Christopher (Wood, Christopher)
Subjects
art literature:
Gombrich, E. H.
print:
Gombrich, E. H.
subjects:
Art theory / Art literature / Art history / Art historiography
subjects:
Psychology
Obituary
E. H. Gombrich (1909-2001)
02/2002 | 1187 | 144
Pages: 111-113
Subscribe to read
related names
Contributor:
Elam, Caroline (Elam, Caroline; E., C.; E., C. M.)
Author:
McGrath, Elizabeth (McGrath, Elizabeth; McG., E.)
Subjects
art literature:
Gombrich, E. H.
dates:
2000-2009
print:
Gombrich, E. H.
print:
Conservation / of / Paintings
subjects:
Art historians / Art literature / Obituaries
Illustrations
Attributed works:
126. Sir Ernst Gombrich, by R. B. Kitaj. 1986. Pastel, 67.6 by 57.8 cm. (Courtesy of the National Portrait Gallery, London).
Publication Received
E. H. Gombrich. A Bibliography
07/2001 | 1180 | 143
Pages: 439
Subscribe to read
Subjects
art literature:
Gombrich, E. H.
dates:
2000-2009
subjects:
Art criticism / Renaissance / Bibliographies
subjects:
Art history
Reviewed Items
subjects:
E. H. Gombrich. A Bibliography | author: Trapp, J. B.
Editorial
The Voice of Reason
04/1994 | 1093 | 136
Pages: 211
Subscribe to read
Subjects
art literature:
Gombrich, E. H.
subjects:
Art history / Methodology
next
load more