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Exhibition Review
The Great Mughals: Art, Architecture and Opulence
04/2025 | 1465 | 167
Pages: 389-393
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Reviewer:
Dutta, Parshati (Dutta, Parshati)
Subjects
dates:
2020-2030
museums and institutions:
Victoria and Albert Museum, London, Great Britain
subjects:
Mughal / Paintings / Architecture / Tankards / Textiles / Metalwork / Textile pages manuscripts) / Illuminated manuscripts / Ivory / Metalwork
Reviewed Items
subjects:
The Great Mughals: Art, Architecture and Opulence Victoria and Albert Museum, London 9th November 2024–5th May 2025 | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
5. Dagger and scabbard, by Mughal court workshops. c.1620. Hilt: gold over iron, set with rubies, diamonds, emeralds, glass, ivory and agate; blade: watered steel; scabbard: gold over wood, set with rubies, emeralds and diamonds, 35.2 by 11.7 by 2.7 cm. (dagger); 25 by 5.6 by 2.7 cm. (scabbard). (Al- Sabah Collection, Kuwait; exh. Victoria and Albert Museum, London).
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5. Dagger and scabbard, by Mughal court workshops. c.1620. Hilt: gold over iron, set with rubies, diamonds, emeralds, glass, ivory and agate; blade: watered steel; scabbard: gold over wood, set with rubies, emeralds and diamonds, 35.2 by 11.7 by 2.7 cm. (dagger); 25 by 5.6 by 2.7 cm. (scabbard). (Al- Sabah Collection, Kuwait; exh. Victoria and Albert Museum, London).
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7. Squirrels in a plane tree, by Abu’l-Hasan and Mansur. c.1605–10. Opaque watercolour and gold on paper, 47 by 32.2 cm. (British Library, London; exh. Victoria and Albert Museum, London).
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8. Wine cup made for Emperor Shah Jahan, by Mughal court workshops. 1657. White nephrite jade, 18.7 by 14 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London).
Book Review
The Master Builder: William Butterfield and his Times
04/2025 | 1465 | 167
Pages: 421-422
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Reviewer:
Frampton, Kenneth (Frampton, Kenneth)
Subjects
subjects:
Butterfield, William / Ecclesiastical / Architecture
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subjects:
The Master Builder: William Butterfield and his Times By Nicholas Olsberg. 432 pp. incl. 270 col. + 157 b. & w. ills. (Lund Humphries, London, 2024), £60. ISBN 978–1–84822–371–4. | :
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Attributed works:
4. South elevation of St Saviour’s Church, Coalpit Heath, by William Butterfield. 1844.
Book Review
The Language of Architectural Classicism: From Looking to Seeing
03/2025 | 1464 | 167
Pages: 299–300
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Reviewer:
Powers, Alan (Powers, Alan)
Subjects
subjects:
Architecture / Classicism / Classical
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The Language of Architectural Classicism: From Looking to Seeing By Edward McParland. 288 pp. incl. 253 col. + 48 b. & w. ills. (Lund Humphries, London, 2024), £35. ISBN 978–1–84822–659–3. | :
Exhibition Review
The History of Department Stores: From 1850 to Nowadays
03/2025 | 1464 | 167
Pages: 287–9
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Reviewer:
Croft, Catherine (Croft, Catherine)
Subjects
dates:
2020-2030
museums and institutions:
Cité de l'Architecture et du Patrimoine, Paris, France
subjects:
Department stores / Shopping / Architecture
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subjects:
The History of Department Stores: From 1850 to Nowadays Cité de l’architecture et du patrimoine, Paris 6th November 2024–6th April 2025 | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
25. La Samaritaine, Paris. c.1910. Autochrome. (Grands Magasins de la Samaritaine; exh. Cité de l’architecture et du patrimoine, Paris).
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26. Nouvelles Galeries, Lille. 1965. Postcard, 10 by 15 cm. (Archives Galeries Lafayette, Paris; exh. Cité de l’architecture et du patrimoine, Paris).
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27. View of the interior of the atrium and dome of the Galeries Lafayette, Paris, by Ferdinand Chanut. Postcard, 15 by 10 cm. (Archives Galeries Lafayette, Paris; exh. Cité de l’architecture et du patrimoine, Paris).
Book Review
Oxfordshire: Oxford and the South-East (The Buildings of England)
02/2025 | 1463 | 167
Pages: 188–189
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Reviewer:
Whyte, William (Whyte, William)
Subjects
art literature:
Pevsner, Nikolaus
places:
Oxford / Oxfordshire
subjects:
Architectural historians / Architectural history / Architecture
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Oxfordshire: Oxford and the South-East (The Buildings of England) By Simon Bradley, Nikolaus Pevsner and Jennifer Sherwood. 936 pp. incl. 130 col. + 80 b. & w. ills. (Yale University Press, New Haven and London, 2023), £45. ISBN 978–0–300–20929–7. | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. St Catherine’s College, Oxford, designed by Arne Jacobsen. 1960–64.
Book Review
The Funeral Achievements of Henry V at Westminster Abbey: The Arms and Armour of Death
10/2024 | 1459 | 166
Pages: 1083–5
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Reviewer:
Marcoux, Robert (Marcoux, Robert)
Subjects
art literature:
Conferences
buildings:
Westminster Abbey, London, Great Britain
subjects:
Henry V, King of England, 1387-1422 / Funerary chapels / Armour / Saddles / Shields (Armour) / Swords / Architecture
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The Funeral Achievements of Henry V at Westminster Abbey: The Arms and Armour of Death Edited by Anne Curry and Susan Jenkins. 294 pp. incl. 175 col. and 33 b. & w. ills. (Boydell Press, Woodbridge, 2022), £80. ISBN 978–17–8327–717–9. | :
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Attributed works:
3. Henry V’s funeral achievements. (Westminster Abbey, London).
Short Notice
Parmigianino, Damiano Pieti and the beauty of architecture in the ‘Madonna of the long neck’
09/2024 | 1458 | 166
Pages: 932-37
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Shorter Notice by:
Vaccaro, Mary (Vaccaro, Mary)
Subjects
artists:
Parmigianino
dates:
1500-1549
museums and institutions:
Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence, Italy
sources:
Alberti, Leon Battista / Vitruvius / Pieti, Damiano
subjects:
Italian painting / Altarpieces / Architecture / Columns (architectural components)
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Detail of Fig.2, showing the unfinished colonnade.
Attributed works:
2. Madonna of the long neck, by Parmigianino. c.1534–40. Oil on panel, 216.5 by 132.5 cm. (Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence; Bridgeman Images).
Attributed works:
3. Leo Baptista de Albertis Florentinus de Architectura, by Damiano Pieti. 1538. (Biblioteca Panizzi, Reggio Emilia, MSS Rari G3, fol.240r)
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4. Study for Madonna of the long neck, by Parmigianino. 1530s. Red chalk heightened with white on paper, 20 by 12 cm. (Musée du Louvre, Paris).
Exhibition Review
Medieval and Baroque gallery Slovak National Gallery, Bratislava
09/2024 | 1458 | 166
Pages: 946-9
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Reviewer:
Opacic, Zoë (Opacic, Zoë)
Subjects
dates:
2020-2030
museums and institutions:
Slovenská Národná Galéria, Bratislava, Slovakia
places:
Bratislava
subjects:
Museums / Architecture / Art museums / Medieval art / Baroque / Slovak / Religious art
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Medieval and Baroque gallery Slovak National Gallery, Bratislava From 23rd June 2023 | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Bridging, Slovak National Gallery, Bratislava, designed by Vladímir Dedeček. 1969–77.
Attributed works:
2. Installation view of the Sacred Art gallery at the Slovak National Gallery, Bratislava, 2023. (Courtesy Slovak National Gallery, Bratislava).
Attributed works:
3. Nativity of Christ, attributed to Hans Kamensetzer. 1485–87. Wood, 206 by 118 by 57.5 cm. (Slovak National Gallery, Bratislava).
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4. Installation view of the Sacred Art gallery at the Slovak National Gallery, Bratislava, 2023, showing Iconoclasm/ Disconnected Relations, by Ján Zelinka. 2010. Concrete, 150 by 120 by 220 cm.
Exhibition Review
Kunstsilo, Kristiansand
07/2024 | 1456 | 166
Pages: 745–7
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Reviewer:
Saumarez Smith, Charles (Saumarez Smith, Charles; Smith, Charles Saumarez)
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artists:
Mestres Wåge Arquitectes, Barcelona, Spain
dates:
2020-2030
museums and institutions:
Kunstsilo, Kristiansand, Norway
patrons:
Tangen, Nicolai / AKO Foundation
subjects:
Art museums / Architecture / Scandinavian School / Norwegian School
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Kunstsilo, Kristiansand From 11th May | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
25. Atrium of the Kunstsilo, Kristiansand, designed by Mestres Wåge Arquitectes, Mendoza Partida and BAX studios. 2017–24.
Attributed works:
26. Installation view of Passions of the North at Kunstsilo, Kristiansand, 2024. (Courtesy Kunstsilo, Kristiansand; photograph Tor Simen Ulstein).
Exhibition Review
Tropical Modernism: Architecture and Independence
07/2024 | 1456 | 166
Pages: 743–5
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Reviewer:
Croft, Catherine (Croft, Catherine)
Subjects
artists:
Fry, Maxwell / Drew, Jane / Corbusier, Le / Jeanneret, Michel
dates:
2020-2030
museums and institutions:
Victoria and Albert Museum, London, Great Britain
places:
Ghana / India
subjects:
Architecture / Modernism
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Tropical Modernism: Architecture and Independence 2nd March–22nd September Victoria and Albert Museum, London | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
21. Jane Drew and Maxwell Fry with a model of one of their buildings for the Gold Coast (now Cape Coast) Education Department, Ghana, in 1945. (RIBA Collections, London).
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22. The model for the High Court, Capitol Complex, Sector 1, Chandigarh, by Pierre Jeanneret. c.1951–65. Photograph. (Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montreal)
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23. Detail of the pre-cast concrete screening on the veranda of the library, University College, Ibadan, designed by Fry Drew and Partners. 1955. (RIBA Collections, London).
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