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Exhibition Review
Normands: Migrants, conquérants, innovateurs
08/2023 | 1445 | 165
Pages: 898–900
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Reviewer:
McNeill, John (McNeill, John)
Subjects
dates:
2020-2030
museums and institutions:
Musée des Beaux-Arts de Rouen, Rouen, France / Musée des Antiquités, Rouen, France
places:
Normandy / England / Sicily
subjects:
Normans / Vikings / Material culture (genre) / Anglo-Norman / Archaeology / Buildings / Illuminated manuscripts / Stained glass
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Normands: Migrants, conquérants, innovateurs Musée des Beaux-Arts and Musée des Antiquités, Rouen 14th April–13th August | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
12. Stained glass from Jumièges Abbey. Late 11th century (?). Painted glass, 7 by 5 cm. (Musées départementaux de Seine- Maritime).
Western art unattributed:
10. Carved standing stone. Smiss, Gotland, c.750–1000. Limestone, 125 by 61 by 7–15 cm. (Statens Historiska Museum, Stockholm; exh. Musée des Antiquités, Rouen).
Western art unattributed:
11. Pavement from Rouen Cathedral. Antique (?) and 12th century. Grey and black marble, 86 by 74 cm. (Musée des Antiquités, Rouen).
Book Review
The Art of Tapestry
04/2023 | 1441 | 165
Pages: 472-475
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Reviewer:
Campbell, Thomas P. (Campbell, Thomas P.)
Subjects
museums and institutions:
National Trust
places:
England
subjects:
Tapestry (process) / Collections / Country houses / Palaces / Castles
Reviewed Items
subjects:
The Art of Tapestry By Helen Wyld. 256 pp. incl. numerous col. ills. (Philip Wilson Publishers, London, 2022), £45. ISBN 978–1–78130–112–8. | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. The Tapestry Room at Osterley House, Middlesex, hung with a set of Gobelins ‘Tenture de Boucher’ tapestries, installed in the 1770s. (National Trust Images).
Attributed works:
2. The High Great Chamber at Hardwick Hall, Derbyshire, hung with the Story of Ulysses tapestries, woven in Brussels in the 1560s. (National Trust Images).
Book Review
The Tastemakers: British Dealers and the Anglo-Gallic Interior, 1785–1865
07/2021 | 1420 | 163
Pages: 640-642
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Reviewer:
Bird, Rufus (Bird, Rufus)
Subjects
places:
France / England
subjects:
Interiors / Furniture / Collecting / Art dealers / Decorative arts
subjects:
Taste (aesthetics)
Reviewed Items
subjects:
The Tastemakers: British Dealers and the Anglo-Gallic Interior, 1785–1865 By Diana Davis. 320 pp. incl. 60 col. + 64 b. & w. ills. (Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles, 2020), £50. ISBN 978–1–60606–641–6. | :
Illustrations
Western art unattributed:
6. The Elizabeth Saloon, Belvoir Castle, Leicestershire. (Bridgeman Images).
Book Review
Cut in Alabaster: A Material of Sculpture and its European Traditions 1330–1530. By Kim Woods
02/2020 | 1403 | 162
Pages: 167-168
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Reviewer:
de Beer, Lloyd (de Beer, Lloyd)
Subjects
dates:
1300-1599
media:
Alabasters
places:
Europe / England / Spain
subjects:
Sculpture / Techniques / Art market / Patronage / Altarpieces / Effigies
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Cut in Alabaster: A Material of Sculpture and its European Traditions 1330–1530 By Kim Woods. 422 pp. incl. 194 col. + 5 b. & w. ills. (Brepols, Turnhout, 2018), £140. ISBN 978–1–909400–26–9. | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
3. Christ as a Man of Sorrows. First half of the 15th century. Alabaster, height 40 cm. (Museum Mayer van den Bergh, Antwerp).
Exhibition Review
Embroidery in the Middle Ages. Musée de Cluny, Paris
01/2020 | 1402 | 162
Pages: 54-57
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Reviewer:
Michael, M. A. (Michael, M. A.)
Subjects
collectors and dealers:
Bock, Franz
dates:
2010-2019
media:
Embroidery
museums and institutions:
Musée de Cluny (Musée National du Moyen Âge), Paris, France
places:
France / England / Germany / Flanders
styles:
Medieval / Renaissance
styles:
Opus Anglicanum (English Medieval Needlework)
subjects:
Religious art / Textiles
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Embroidery in the Middle Ages Musée de Cluny, Paris 24th October 2019–20th January | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
5. Miraculous healing at the tomb of St Martin from the Life of St Martin, designed by Barthélémy d’Eyck and embroidered by Pierre du Billant. c.1440–50. Linen, polychrome silk thread wrapped with gold and silver, 17.5 by 15 cm. (Musée de Cluny, Paris; © RMNGrand Palais; photograph Thierry Ollivier).
Western art unattributed:
4. Fragment of an antependium or wall-hanging showing Apostles. Linen, embroidery and polychrome silk, 83 by 59 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London; exh. Musée de Cluny, Paris).
Western art unattributed:
6. Virgin and child clothed in the sun with the moon at her feet. Germany (?), c.1500. Canvas, silk thread, gold- and silverwrapped thread, pearls, metal and glass appliqués, 68 by 47 by 2 cm. Musées Royaux d’Art et d’Histoire, Brussels; exh. Musée de Cluny, Paris).
Book Review
Modern Painters, Old Masters: The Art of Imitation from the Pre-Raphaelites to the First World War. By Elizabeth Prettejohn
01/2018 | 1378 | 160
Pages: 69-70
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Reviewer:
Tromans, Nicholas (Tromans, Nicholas)
Subjects
art literature:
Pater, Walter
artists:
Rossetti, Dante Gabriel
dates:
1850-1919
media:
Paintings
places:
England
styles:
Aesthetic Movement / Pre-Raphaelite art
subjects:
Influence / Copyright
works:
The Arnolfini Portrait (National Gallery, London)
Illustrations
Attributed works:
5. The Adoration of the Kings and Annunciation, by Edward Burne-Jones for St Paul’s, Brighton. 1860–61. (Private collection).
Article
Rediscovering Celia Anna Levetus
01/2018 | 1378 | 160
Pages: 31-37
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Author:
Mitchell, Rebecca N. (Mitchell, Rebecca N.)
Subjects
artists:
Levetus, Celia / Greenaway, Kate
dates:
1890-1899 / 1900-1909
media:
Book illustrations
places:
England / Birmingham
styles:
Arts and Crafts movement / Pre-Raphaelite
subjects:
Women artists
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Death of the tulip, by Celia Anna Levetus. Illustration from Commonwealth 1, no.2 (1896), facing p.64.
Attributed works:
2. Headpiece by Celia Anna Levetus for ‘The Art of Prose Story’, The Quest 2, no.4 (November 1895), p.16.
Attributed works:
3. The cinder-youth and the three damsels, by Celia Anna Levetus. Illustration from Ignácz Kúnoz’s Turkish Fairy Tales and Folk Tales, trans. R. Nisbet Bain, London 1896, p.90. (Photograph courtesy the Cadbury Research Library, University of Birmingham).
Attributed works:
4. The dawn of love, by Celia Anna Levetus. Illustration from English Illustrated Magazine (September 1896), p.502.
Attributed works:
5. The Hanuca hymn, by Celia Anna Levetus. Illustration from E. de Haas: ‘Men and women of mark in modern Judea’, leather-bound album, Jewish Museum, London, C 1997.1, p.267 (© Jewish Museum, London).
Attributed works:
6. Illustration by Celia Anna Levetus for ‘Introduction’, from W. Blake: Songs of Experience, London 1902, facing p.3.
Attributed works:
7. A reading from Herrick, by Celia Anna Levetus. The Yellow Book 9 (1896), p.103. (Photograph courtesy the Cadbury Research Library, University of Birmingham).
Attributed works:
8. Bookplate for Joe Burroughs, by Celia Anna Levetus. Reprinted in ‘Modern book-plate designers, no. 14—Miss Celia Levetus’, Ex-Libris Journal (1897), p.111.
Attributed works:
9. Bookplate for Violet Holden, by Celia Anna Levetus. Reprinted in ‘Modern book-plate designers, no. 14—Miss Celia Levetus’, Ex-Libris Journal (1897), p.113.
Book Review
Neo-Georgian Architecture, 1880–1970: A Reappraisal. Edited by Julian Holder and Elizabeth McKellar
08/2017 | 1373 | 159
Pages: 643-644
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Reviewer:
Lepine, Ayla (Lepine, Ayla)
Subjects
dates:
1900-1969 / 1880-1909
places:
Great Britain / England
subjects:
Architecture / Neo-classicism / Georgian Revival
Illustrations
Attributed works:
49. Clare College Memorial Court, east elevation in 1984 (Photograph Gavin Stamp)
Exhibition Review
Philip Guston. Venice and London
08/2017 | 1373 | 159
Pages: 665-666
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Reviewer:
Anfam, David (Anfam, David)
Subjects
artists:
Guston, Philip
dates:
2010-2019
museums and institutions:
Gallerie dell'Accademia, Venice, Italy
places:
Venice / London / Italy / England
private galleries:
Hauser & Wirth, London, Great Britain
subjects:
Reviews / Exhibitions
Illustrations
Attributed works:
77. Untitled, by Philip Guston. 1951-52 (Private collection, New York; exh. Gallerie dell'Accademia, Venice)
Attributed works:
78. Pantheon, by Philip Guston. 1973 (Private collection; exh. Gallerie dell'Accademia, Venice)
Attributed works:
79. Poor Richard, by Philip Guston. 1971 (Estate of Philip Guston; exh. Hauser & Wirth, London)
Exhibition Review
Modern sculpture. Yorkshire
08/2017 | 1373 | 159
Pages: 658-659
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Reviewer:
Vernon, Jonathan (Vernon, Jonathan ; V., J.)
Subjects
artists:
Cragg, Tony / Armitage, Kenneth
dates:
2010-2019
museums and institutions:
Stanley and Audrey Burton Gallery, University of Leeds, Leeds, Great Britain / Yorkshire Sculpture Park, West Bretton, Wakefield, Great Britain / Djanogly Art Gallery, Nottingham, Great Britain
places:
West Bretton / Wakefield / Nottingham / Leeds / England
subjects:
Reviews / Exhibitions / British sculpture
subjects:
Sculpture / Modern Art
subjects:
Open air exhibitions
Illustrations
Attributed works:
66. People in the wind, by Kenneth Armitage. 1950 (Victoria Art Gallery, Bath; exh. Stanley & Audrey Burton Gallery, University of Leeds)
Attributed works:
67. Points of view, by Tony Cragg. 2013 (Courtesy the artist; exh. Yorkshire Sculpture Park)
Attributed works:
68. Installation view of Kaleidoscope: Colour and Sequence in 1960s British Art at the Longside Gallery, Yorkshire Sculpture Park, showing Thebes (1966; Arts Council Collection), by William Tucker (foreground) and Quinquereme (1966; Arts Council Collection), by Tim Scott (upper right)
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