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Book Review
Souvenirs de jeunesse: Entrer aux Beaux-Arts de Paris 1780–1980
03/2025 | 1464 | 167
Pages: 298–9
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Reviewer:
Curtis, Penelope (Curtis, Penelope)
Subjects
art literature:
Databases / Exhibition catalogues
museums and institutions:
Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Paris, France
subjects:
French art / Students / Art schools
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Souvenirs de jeunesse: Entrer aux Beaux-Arts de Paris 1780–1980 Edited by Alice Thomine-Berrada. 364 pp. incl. numerous col. + b. & w. ills. (Éditions Beaux-Arts de Paris, 2024), €39. ISBN 978–2–84056–874–2. | :
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7. La Légende de St Ronan (Legend of St Ronan), by Odette Marie Pauvert. 1925. Oil on canvas, 201 by 151 cm. (Beaux-Arts de Paris).
Book Review
Roma medievale: Il volto perduto della città
03/2025 | 1464 | 167
Pages: 290–91
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Reviewer:
Doherty, Hugh (Doherty, Hugh)
Subjects
art literature:
Exhibition catalogues
museums and institutions:
Museo di Roma, Rome, Italy
places:
Rome
subjects:
Medieval / Pilgrimages / Churches / Cities / Cityscapes
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Roma medievale: Il volto perduto della città Edited by Marina Righetti and Anna Maria D’Achille. 300 pp. incl. 310 col. ills. (De Luca Editori d’Arte, Rome, 2022), €48. ISBN 978–88–6557–531–4. | :
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Attributed works:
2. Detail of Fig.3.
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of the 13th century. Silk embroidered with gold thread, 140 by 325 cm. (Museo della Cattedrale, Anagni).
Western art unattributed:
1. Pilgrim. France, probably Limoges, 13th century. Embossed and gilded copper, 13.7 by 6 cm. (Museo Nazionale del Bargello, Florence).
Article
New evidence concerning the original version of Robert Delaunay’s ‘The runners’
12/2024 | 1461 | 166
Pages: 1230–37
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Author:
Greeley, Anne (Greeley, Anne)
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artists:
Delaunay, Robert, 1885-1941
dates:
1900-1929
museums and institutions:
Musee d'Art moderne de Troyes, Troyes, France
subjects:
French painting / Exhibitions / Versions / overpainting / Exhibition catalogues / Sports
Illustrations
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1. The runners, by Robert Delaunay. 1924. Oil on canvas, 114 by 146 cm. (Musée d’art moderne de Troyes; photograph Olivier Frajman).
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2. The runners, by Robert Delaunay. (From the catalogue of the exhibition Kunst und Sport, Düsseldorf 1926; Harry Ransom Center, University of Texas at Austin, Book Collection).
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3. The runners, by Robert Delaunay. 1924–25. Oil on canvas, 153 by 203 cm. (Fridart Foundation; photograph Courtauld Institute, London).
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4. The runners, by Robert Delaunay. 1930. Oil on canvas, 112.8 by 145.5 cm. (Private collection).
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5. The version of The runners exhibited at the Salon des Indépendants, Paris, 1925. (From L’Art vivant, 20th March 1925; Bibliothèque nationale de France, département Sciences et techniques, FOL-V-5897).
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6. Record I, by Robert Delaunay. (From the catalogue of the exhibition Französische Kunst der Gegenwart, Vienna, 1926; Library, National Gallery of Art, Washington, David K.E. Bruce Fund).
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7. The runners, by Robert Delaunay. 1926. Oil on canvas, 171 by 190 cm. (Private collection; photograph akg-images).
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8. The runners, by Robert Delaunay. 1926. Oil on canvas, 65 by 81 cm. (Private collection).
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9. Installation view of the exhibition Kunst und Sport in Düsseldorf, 1926. Photograph by Julius Söhn, Düsseldorf. (Harry Ransom Center, University of Texas at Austin; Carlton Lake Collection of French Manuscripts, 204.8).
Book Review
Le Décor Impressionniste: Aux sources des Nymphéas La Peinture Impressionniste et la décoration
12/2024 | 1461 | 166
Pages: 1272–5
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Orton-Hatzis, Anna (Orton-Hatzis, Anna)
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Pissarro, Joachim (Pissarro, Joachim)
Subjects
art literature:
Exhibition catalogues
artists:
Monet, Claude / Cézanne, Paul / Caillebotte, Gustave / Renoir, Pierre-Auguste / Pissarro, Camille / Degas, Edgar
dates:
2020-2030
museums and institutions:
Musée de l'Orangerie, Paris, France
subjects:
Impressionism / Decorative arts / Interiors / French art / French decorative art
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10. Installation view of ‘Le Décor Impressionniste: Aux sources des Nymphéas’, at the Musée de l’Orangerie, Paris, 2022, showing a reconstruction of the original arrangement of paintings by Paul Cezanne in the ‘grand salon’, the Jas de Bouffan, Aix-en-Provence. (Photograph © OPM). | :
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La Peinture Impressionniste et la décoration By Marine Kisiel. 380 pp. incl. numerous col. ills. (Les éditions Le Passage, Paris, 2021), €35. ISBN 978–2–8474–2439–3. | :
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10. Installation view of ‘Le Décor Impressionniste: Aux sources des Nymphéas’, at the Musée de l’Orangerie, Paris, 2022, showing a reconstruction of the original arrangement of paintings by Paul Cezanne in the ‘grand salon’, the Jas de Bouffan, Aix-en-Provence. (Photograph © OPM).
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11. Le Déjeuner: panneau décoratif, by Claude Monet. 1873. Oil on canvas, 160 by 201 cm. (Musée d’Orsay, Paris; Bridgeman Images).
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12. Parterre de marguerites, by Gustave Caillebotte. 1892–93. Oil on canvas, 205 by 115 cm. (Musée des impressionnismes, Giverny).
Book Review
L’arte di tradurre l’arte: John Baptist Jackson incisore nella Venezia del Settecento
12/2024 | 1461 | 166
Pages: 1270–2
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Pietrabissa, Camilla (Pietrabissa, Camilla )
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art literature:
Exhibition catalogues
artists:
Jackson, John Baptist, printmaker and designer, c.1703–73
dates:
2020-2030
subjects:
Biblioteca Marciana, Venice, Italy
subjects:
Colour woodcuts / Woodcuts / British art / Italian art
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L’arte di tradurre l’arte: John Baptist Jackson incisore nella Venezia del Settecento Edited by Orsola Braides, Giovanni Maria Fara and Alessia Giachery. 206 pp. incl. 81 col. ills (Olschki, Florence, 2024), €25. ISBN 978–88–222–6913–3. | :
Illustrations
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7. Death of St Peter Martyr, by John Baptist Jackson after Titian. 1739. Three-colour woodcut, 52.2 by 34.1 cm. (Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana, Venice).
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8. Crucifixion, by John Baptist Jackson after Tintoretto. c.1745. Fourcolour woodcut in three sheets; left sheet illustrated here, 54.6 by 41.8 cm. (Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana, Venice).
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9. Landscape with people, by John Baptist Jackson after Marco Ricci. 1744–45. Fivecolour woodcut, 41.5 by 57.5 cm. (Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana, Venice).
Book Review
Hidden Faces: Covered Portraits of the Renaissance
12/2024 | 1461 | 166
Pages: 1267–70
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Reviewer:
Schmitter, Monika (Schmitter, Monika)
Subjects
art literature:
Exhibition catalogues
dates:
2020-2030
museums and institutions:
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, United States
subjects:
Portraits / covers (paintings) / Renaissance art
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Hidden Faces: Covered Portraits of the Renaissance Edited by Alison Manges Nogueira. 232 pp. incl. 203 col. ills. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 2024), £40. ISBN 978–15–883–9775–1. | :
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4. Portrait cover with an allegory, by Lorenzo Lotto. c.1505. Oil on panel, 42.9 by 33.7 cm. (National Gallery of Art, Washington).
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5. Portrait cover with an allegory, by Lorenzo Lotto. 1505. Oil on panel, 56.2 by 42.2 cm. (National Gallery of Art, Washington).
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6. Triumph of love, by Titian. c.1543–46. Oil on canvas, diameter 88.3 cm. (Ashmolean Museum, Oxford).
Book Review
Peintures germaniques des collections françaises (1370–1550)
12/2024 | 1461 | 166
Pages: 1264–7
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Reviewer:
Viehweger, Lea (Viehweger, Lea)
Subjects
art literature:
Catalogues / Exhibition catalogues
dates:
2020-2030
museums and institutions:
Musée des Beaux-Arts, Besançon, France / Musée des Beaux Arts de Dijon, Dijon, France / Musée d'Unterlinden, Colmar, France
places:
France
subjects:
German art / Art museums / Holy Roman Empire
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Peintures germaniques des collections françaises (1370–1550) Edited by Isabelle Dubois-Brinkmann and Aude Briau. 416 pp. incl. 200 ills. (Éditions Faton, Paris, and Institut national d’histoire de l’art, Dijon, 2024), €39. ISBN 978–2–87844–348–6. | :
Illustrations
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2. Emperor Augustus and the Tiburtine Sibyl, Konrad Witz. c.1435. Mixed media on panel, 108 by 83 cm. (Musée des Beaux-Arts, Dijon; Bridgeman Images).
Western art unattributed:
1. Tree of Jesse. Upper Rhenish, Basel(?), c.1490– 1500. Mixed media on panel, 213.4 by 229.5 cm. (Saint-George, Marckolsheim)
Western art unattributed:
3. St Catherine. Switzerland, c.1460. Oil on panel, 60 by 66 cm. (Museo Nazionale del Bargello, Florence).
Book Review
Marcel Duchamp and the Lure of the Copy
11/2024 | 1460 | 166
Pages: 1183–1185
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Reviewer:
Hopkins, David (Hopkins, David)
Subjects
art literature:
Exhibition catalogues
artists:
Duchamp, Marcel
dates:
2020-2030
museums and institutions:
Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice, Italy
subjects:
French art / American art / Copies / Reproductions
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Marcel Duchamp and the Lure of the Copy By Paul B. Franklin. 234 pp. incl. numerous col. + b. & w. ills. (Peggy Guggenheim Collection and Marsilio Arte, Venice, 2024), £30. ISBN 979–12–5463–138–6. | :
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28. Marcel Duchamp with an incomplete example of Boîte-envalise at Peggy Guggenheim’s townhouse, New York, in August 1942. (From Time Magazine, 7th September 1942).
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29. Rotorelief no.5 – poisson japonais from the series Rotoreliefs (disques optiques), by Marcel Duchamp. 1935. Cardboard disk printed recto and verso in colour offset lithography, diameter 20 cm. (© Association Marcel Duchamp; private collection).
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30. Peigne (Comb), by Marcel Duchamp. 1964, replica of 1916 original readymade. Steel comb with painted inscription, 16.5 by 3 by 0.2 cm.; box, 18.5 by 5.7 by 1.8 cm. (© Association Marcel Duchamp; private collection).
Book Review
Rosario de Velasco
11/2024 | 1460 | 166
Pages: 1180–1183
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Reviewer:
Hopkins, Claudia (Hopkins, Claudia)
Subjects
art literature:
Exhibition catalogues
artists:
Velasco, Rosario de
dates:
2020-2030
museums and institutions:
Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid, Spain
subjects:
Women artists / Spanish art / Spanish artists
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subjects:
Rosario de Velasco By Estrella de Diego, Elena Rodríguez Carballo, Víctor Ugarte Farrerons, Toya Viudes de Velasco and Miguel Lusarreta. 144 pp. incl. 57 col. + b. & w. ills. (Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid, 2024), €30. ISBN 978–84–17173–89–0. | :
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25. Adán y Eva, by Rosario de Velasco. 1932. Oil on canvas, 109 by 134 cm. (© Rosario de Velasco, VEGAP, Madrid; Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid).
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26. Lavanderas, by Rosario de Velasco. 1934. Oil on canvas, 209 by 197 cm. (© Rosario de Velasco, VEGAP, Madrid; private collection).
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27. Sin título (El cuarto de los niños), by Rosario de Velasco. 1932–33. Oil on canvas, 55 by 73 cm. (© Rosario de Velasco, VEGAP, Madrid; Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid).
Book Review
Style & Society: Dressing the Georgians
11/2024 | 1460 | 166
Pages: 1178–1180
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Reviewer:
Griffey, Erin (Griffey, Erin)
Subjects
art literature:
Exhibition catalogues
dates:
2020-2030
museums and institutions:
Royal Collection, (Great Britain) / Queen's Gallery, Buckingham Palace, London, Great Britain
subjects:
Georgian / Fashion / Dress / Social history
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subjects:
Style & Society: Dressing the Georgians By Anna Reynolds. 344 pp. incl. 300 col. ills. (Royal Collection Trust, London, 2023), £30. ISBN 978–1–909741–85–0. | :
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Attributed works:
23. Needlework pocketbook, by Queen Charlotte. 1781. Satin, coloured silks and enamelled gold, width 27.7 cm. (Royal Collection Trust; © Royal Collection Enterprises Limited 2024).
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24. Queen Charlotte with Charlotte, Princess Royal, Benjamin West. 1776. Oil on canvas, 168.2 by 205.7 cm. (Royal Collection Trust; © Royal Collection Enterprises Limited 2024)
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