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Article
Matteo Giovannetti, the painter and his work: an assessment in the light of recent restorations
01/2024 | 1450 | 166
Pages: 54–61
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Author:
Vingtain, Dominique (Vingtain, Dominique)
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2. St Martial, detail of a fresco by Matteo Giovannetti before and after restoration. 1344–45. Fresco. (Scene D, vault, chapel of St Martial, Papal Palace, Avignon; Consortio Arké).
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4. Vault of the chapel of St Martial, Papal Palace, Avignon, by Matteo Giovannetti. 1344–45. (Photograph Domenico Venturi).
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5. Vault of the chapel of St John, Papal Palace, Avignon, by Matteo Giovannetti. 1346–48. (Photograph Domenico Venturi).
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6. Detail of The beheading of John the Baptist, by Matteo Giovannetti. 1355. Fresco. (Chapel of St John, Chartreuse, Villeneuve-lès-Avignon; Bildarchiv Monheim GmbH; Alamy Stock Photo).
Attributed works:
7. Details of the face of St Martial at different stages of his life as depicted in the Papal Palace, Avignon. (© Dominique Vingtain; photographs Domenico Ventura).
Western art unattributed:
1. Section of the Tower of the Pope and Garderobe Tower, Papal Palace, Avignon.
Western art unattributed:
3. Ground plan of the Papal Palace, Avignon.
Article
Avignon as 'nova Roma'
01/2024 | 1450 | 166
Pages: 5–15
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Author:
Bolgia, Claudia (Bolgia, Claudia)
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1. Chamber of the Stag, Papal Palace, Avignon. 1343. (Photograph Domenico Ventura).
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11. Detail of the Stefaneschi polyptych, showing the Crucifixion of St Peter, by Giotto. c.1320. Tempera on panel. (Pinacoteca Vaticana, Vatican City; Bridgeman Images).
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13. Crucifixion of St Peter, copy of a detail in the lost fresco cycle in the atrium of Old St Peter’s, Rome (Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, MS A64ter (Grimaldi Album), fol. 39).
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14. Duke Stephen in Rome, imploring St Peter to absolve his sins, by Matteo Giovannetti. 1344–45. Fresco. (Scene M, south wall, chapel of St Martial, Papal Palace, Avignon; photograph Domenico Ventura).
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15. Detail of Fig.14, showing Stephen, Duke of south-west France, receiving absolution from St Peter.
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16. Vault of the chapel of St John, Papal Palace, Avignon, by Matteo Giovannetti. 1346–48. (Photograph Domenico Ventura).
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17. Alpinianus cures the sick by imposing on them the sudarium of St Martial, by Matteo Giovannetti. 1344–45. Fresco. (Scene U, south wall, chapel of St Martial, Papal Palace, Avignon; photograph Domenico Ventura).
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18. Detail of Fig.17, showing the imposition of the sudarium.
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2. Detail of the ceiling of the Chamber of the Stag, showing the she-wolf with her twins and the hen with her chicks. 1343. (Papal Palace, Avignon; photograph Fabrice Lepeltier).
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4. Section of the Tower of the Pope and Garderobe Tower, Papal Palace, Avignon.
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5. Ground plan of the Papal Palace, Avignon.
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6. Christ ordering St Peter to send St Martial to preach in Gaul and St Peter communicating Christ’s will to Martial and his disciples, by Matteo Giovannetti. 1344–45. Fresco. (Scene D, vault, chapel of St Martial, Papal Palace, Avignon; photograph Domenico Ventura).
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7. Martial receives the staff from St Peter and Resurrection of Austriclianus, by Matteo Giovannetti. 1344–45. Fresco. (Scene C, vault, chapel of St Martial, Papal Palace, Avignon; photograph Domenico Ventura).
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8. Chapel of St Martial, Papal Palace, Avignon, by Matteo Giovannetti. 1344–45. (Photograph Domenico Ventura).
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9. Christ showing to St Martial in a vision the martyrdom of St Peter and St Paul in Rome, by Matteo Giovannetti. 1344–45. Fresco. (Scene P, lunette, west wall, chapel of St Martial, Papal Palace, Avignon; photograph Domenico Ventura).
Western art unattributed:
10. Crucifixion of St Peter. c.1277–80. Fresco. (Sancta Sanctorum, Rome).
Western art unattributed:
12. Rooster. Italian, 9th–12th century. Gilded bronze. (Museo Storico- Artistico del Tesoro di S. Pietro, Vatican City).
Western art unattributed:
3. Stone relief of the she-wolf with her twins, Maria Saal Cathedral. (Wikimedia Commons).
Book Review
Toulouse 1300–1400: L’éclat d’un gothique méridional
01/2024 | 1450 | 166
Pages: 92–93
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Reviewer:
Williamson, Paul (Williamson, Paul)
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Toulouse 1300–1400: L’éclat d’un gothique méridional Edited by Béatrice de Chancel-Bardelot and Charlotte Riou. 320 pp. incl. 240 col. ills. (Réunion des musées nationaux – Grand Palais, Paris, 2022), €39. ISBN 978–2–7118–7501–6. | :
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Western art unattributed:
1. Jean Tissendier with a model of the Rieux Chapel. French (Toulouse), c.1333–43. Limestone, with paint and gilding, 132.5 by 60 by 42 cm. (Musée des Augustins, Toulouse).
Western art unattributed:
2. Detail of St Paul. French (Toulouse), c.1333– 43. Limestone, with paint and gilding, 185 by 63 by 45 cm. (Musée des Augustins, Toulouse).
Book Review
Italy, Cyprus, and Artistic Exchange in the Medieval Mediterranean
06/2023 | 1443 | 165
Pages: 662-665
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Olympios, Michalis (Olympios, Michalis)
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Italy, Cyprus, and Artistic Exchange in the Medieval Mediterranean By Anthi Andronikou. 410 pp. incl. 142 col. + b. & w. ills. (Cambridge University Press, 2022), £75. ISBN 978–1–316–51092–6. | :
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Western art unattributed:
2. Virgin of the Carmelites (St Kassianos Virgin). Second half of the thirteenth century. Tempera and gold on parchment and wood, 203 by 156 cm. (Byzantine Museum and Art Gallery of the Archbishop Makarios III Foundation, Nicosia).
Article
Intertwined birds: Islamic artistic presence in Korean ceramics in the Goryeo period
10/2019 | 1399 | 161
Pages: 811-819
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Author:
Han, In-Sung Kim (Han, In-Sung Kim)
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6. Ivory casket, by Muhammad ibn Zayyan. Cuenca, 1026. Elephant ivory, height 19cm. (Museo de Burgos, Burgos).
Non-western art unattributed:
1. Pillow. Korea (Goryeo), thirteenth century. Stoneware with celadon glaze, 9.1 by 21.5cm. (Museum of Oriental Ceramics, Osaka).
Non-western art unattributed:
10. Dish. Egypt, Fatimid, 10th century, with modern restorations. Earthenware. diameter 13.6cm. (Benaki Museum, Athens).
Non-western art unattributed:
12. Court lady’s pouch. Korea (Joseon), nineteenth century. Silk with gold thread, 11 by 12 cm. (National Palace Museum of Korea, Seoul).
Non-western art unattributed:
2. Lidded container (‘hap’). Korea (Goryeo), thirteenth century. Stoneware with celadon glaze, 3.1.cm. by 6.8 cm. (Horim Museum, Seoul).
Non-western art unattributed:
5. Sword hilt. Korea (Silla), fifth or sixth century AD. Gold and iron, length 13.8cm. (Leeum, Samsung Museum of Art, Seoul).
Non-western art unattributed:
7. Phial. East Iran, late twelfth century. Brass, inlaid with silver, height 12.8 cm. (Idemitsu Museum of Art, Tokyo).
Non-western art unattributed:
8. Mural decoration depicting a pair of peafowl with intertwined necks in the eastern Kharraqan tomb tower, near Qazvin, Iran. Seljuk period, 1067–68. From D. Stronach and T.C. Young Jr.: ‘Three octagonal Seljoq tomb towers from Iran’, Iran 4 (1966), pp.1–20, plate XVe.
Non-western art unattributed:
9. Detail of an oliphant, showing intertwined birds. Sicily or Italy, eleventh–twelfth century. Elephant ivory, length 69 cm. (National Museums Scotland, Edinburgh).
Non-western art unattributed:
Opposite 11. Cup. Ilkhanate, early fourteenth century. Silver with inlaid gilding, 3.3 by 15.2 cm. (David Collection, Copenhagen).
Non-western art unattributed:
Opposite 3. Bowl decorated with cranes and clouds. Korea (Goryeo), thirteenth century. Stoneware, inlaid in brown and white slip and celadon glazed, 6.5 cm by 19.5 cm. (Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge; Bridgeman Images).
Non-western art unattributed:
Opposite 4. Bowl or saucer. Korea (Goryeo), 1250–1300. Stoneware with celadon glaze and gilding, 5.6 by 22.3 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London).
Book Review
Le miniature della Fondazione Giorgio Cini: Pagine, Ritagli, Manoscritti. Edited by Massimo Medica and Federica Toniolo
02/2019 | 1391 | 161
Pages: 167-168
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Panayotova, Stella (Panayotova, Stella)
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3. Communion of the Apostles in initial C, by Maestro Olivetano or Frate Girolamo da Milano. 1439. Tempera and gold leaf on parchment, 36 by 31.3 cm. (Fondazione Giorgio Cini, Venice).
Book Review
Fifty English Steeples: The Finest Medieval Parish Church Towers and Spires in England. By Julian Flannery
02/2019 | 1391 | 161
Pages: 166
Article
Royal wooden funeral effigies at Westminster Abbey
01/2019 | 1390 | 161
Pages: 26-35
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Author:
Blessley, Krista (Blessley, Krista)
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Jenkins, Susan (Jenkins, Susan)
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10. Detail of Fig.8, showing the hip joint. (© The Dean and Chapter of Westminster).
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11. Axonometric diagram showing the jointing of the effigy in Fig.8, by Krista Blessley. (© The Dean and Chapter of Westminster).
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12. Effigy head and bust of Anne of Denmark, by Maximilian Colt. 1619. Probably pine, 47 by 45 by 25 cm. (Westminster Abbey, London; WA 0893; © The Dean and Chapter of Westminster)
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13. Detail of Fig.12, showing the blue vein painted on the left temple. (© The Dean and Chapter of Westminster).
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14. Effigy body of James I, by Maximilian Colt. 1625. Probably pine, 178 by 50 by 29cm. (Westminster Abbey, London; WA 1016; © The Dean and Chapter of Westminster).
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15. Some of the royal funeral effigies at Westminster Abbey in 1949, showing their condition after the Second World War. From R.P. Howgrave-Graham: ‘Royal effigies at Westminster Abbey: modern treatment leads to valuable discoveries’, Country Life, 11th January 1952, pp.82–84.
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2. Installation view of The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Galleries, Westminster Abbey, London, showing the medieval funeral effigies. (© The Dean and Chapter of Westminster)
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3. The funeral of Anne of Bohemia, a detail from Chroniques, by Jean Froissart. South Netherlands, c.1480. Illumination on parchment. (British Library, London; MS Royal 18 E II, vol.IV, fol.227).
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7. Effigy head and bust of Elizabeth of York, probably by Richard Gibson. 1503. Probably pearwood, 65 by 40 by 39 cm. (Westminster Abbey, London; WA 0889; © The Dean and Chapter of Westminster).
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8. Articulated effigy body of Henry, Prince of Wales, by Richard Norris. 1612. Pine or fir wood with iron nails, loops and screws, 161 by 42.5 by 19 cm. Photograph c.1950. (Westminster Abbey, London; WA 1017; © The Dean and Chapter of Westminster).
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9. Detail of Fig.8, showing carpenters’ marks at joints. (© The Dean and Chapter of Westminster).
Western art unattributed:
1. Front, side and back views of the effigy of Edward III. 1377. Walnut, 176 by 42.8 by 27 cm. (Westminster Abbey, London; WA 0886; © The Dean and Chapter of Westminster).
Western art unattributed:
4. Detail of Fig.1, showing plaster underlayer on head. Photograph c.1950s. (© The Dean and Chapter of Westminster).
Western art unattributed:
5. X-radiograph detail of Fig.1, showing plaster underlayer on head. (© The Dean and Chapter of Westminster).
Western art unattributed:
6. Front, side and back views of the effigy of Catherine de Valois. 1437. Oak, 165 by 42 by 21 cm. (Westminster Abbey, London; WA 0888; © The Dean and Chapter of Westminster).
Article
The medieval glazing of Westminster Abbey: new discoveries
01/2019 | 1390 | 161
Pages: 9-17
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Author:
Marks, Richard (Marks, Richard)
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1. Sorting the stained glass fragments in The Cathedral Studios, Canterbury. (© The Dean and Chapter of Westminster).
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2. The fragments displayed in The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Galleries, Westminster Abbey. (© The Dean and Chapter of Westminster).
Western art unattributed:
10. Fragment of initial ‘I’. c.1246–90. Yellow stained glass, 9 by 5.5 cm. (© The Dean and Chapter of Westminster).
Western art unattributed:
11. Fragment of initial ‘I’. c.1246–90. Grisaille glass, 8.5 by 5 cm. (© The Dean and Chapter of Westminster).
Western art unattributed:
12. Fragment of grisaille glass, c.1246–90. Stained glass, 5.2 by 9.5 cm. (© The Dean and Chapter of Westminster).
Western art unattributed:
13. Fragment of grisaille glass. c.1246–90. Stained glass, 5.5 by 9.4 cm. (© The Dean and Chapter of Westminster).
Western art unattributed:
14. Example of borderwork, leaf. c.1260–90. Stained glass, 10 by 5 cm. (© The Dean and Chapter of Westminster).
Western art unattributed:
15. Example of borderwork, leaf. c.1260–90. Stained glass, 8.5 by 4.8 cm. (© The Dean and Chapter of Westminster).
Western art unattributed:
16. Quarry with rosette design. c.1246–90. Stained glass, 11.2 by 6.5 cm. (© The Dean and Chapter of Westminster).
Western art unattributed:
17. Panel of grisaille glass. c.1246–90. Stained glass, 734 by 610 cm. (© The Dean and Chapter of Westminster).
Western art unattributed:
18. Fragment of background decoration. c.1330–50. Stained glass, 9.3 by 7 cm. (© The Dean and Chapter of Westminster).
Western art unattributed:
19. Fragment of garment and neck. c.1330–50. Stained glass, 8 by 8.3 cm. (© The Dean and Chapter of Westminster).
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20. Head of a prophet from the west window of Canterbury Cathedral. c.1396–1411. Stained glass, approx. 2.2 by 16 cm. (© The Cathedral Studios, Canterbury Cathedral).
Western art unattributed:
21. Fragment of a male head. c.1400. Stained glass, 6.5 by 7.7 cm. (© The Dean and Chapter of Westminster).
Western art unattributed:
22. Head of the Virgin. c.1430–50. Stained glass, 9 by 11.2 cm. (© The Dean and Chapter of Westminster).
Western art unattributed:
23. Fragment from a Pentecost scene. Late fifteenth century. Stained glass, 5.8 by 9.4 cm. (© The Dean and Chapter of Westminster).
Western art unattributed:
24. Fragment of a scene depicting the Temptation of St Anthony of Egypt. Late fifteenth to early sixteenth century. Stained glass, 6 by 14.2 cm. (© The Dean and Chapter of Westminster).
Western art unattributed:
25. Fragments of a figure of an angel. Fifteenth century. Stained glass, 13.8 by 10.4 cm. (© The Dean and Chapter of Westminster).
Western art unattributed:
26. Angel. Fifteenth century. Stained glass, 48 by 23.6 cm. (St Mary the Virgin, Martham, Norfolk; © Chris Parkinson).
Western art unattributed:
27. Panel from a window depicting the Nine Orders of Angels. Fifteenth century. Stained glass, 80 by 56 cm. (All Saints, North Street, York; © York Glaziers Trust).
Western art unattributed:
3. Tonsured head. c.1246–90. Stained glass, 5.5 by 4.5 cm. (© The Dean and Chapter of Westminster).
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4. Fragment of garment. c.1246–90. Stained glass, 7.7 by 7.5 cm. (© The Dean and Chapter of Westminster).
Western art unattributed:
5. Fragment of garment. c.1246–90. Stained glass, 5.5 by 6 cm. (© The Dean and Chapter of Westminster).
Western art unattributed:
6. Descent of the Holy Spirit. c.1246–90. Stained glass, 62.9 by 49.9 cm. (© The Dean and Chapter of Westminster).
Western art unattributed:
7. The head of a lion from a shield of the royal arms of England. c.1246–90. Stained glass, 9.8 by 5 cm. (© The Dean and Chapter of Westminster).
Western art unattributed:
8. Winged beast (with tail). c.1246–90. Stained glass, 8.8 by 11.5 cm. (© The Dean and Chapter of Westminster).
Western art unattributed:
9. Winged beast. c.1246–90. Stained glass, 9.3 by 8.3 cm. (© The Dean and Chapter of Westminster).
Book Review
Die Stadt von der Neuzeit bis zum 19. Jahrhundert: Urbane Entwürfe in Europa und Nordamerika. By Vittorio Magnago Lampugnani
01/2019 | 1390 | 161
Pages: 92-93
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