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Book Review
Contending Representations I: The Dutch Republic and the Lure of Monarchy
07/2024 | 1456 | 166
Pages: 753–4
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Bailey, Gauvin Alexander (Bailey, Gauvin Alexander)
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Contending Representations I: The Dutch Republic and the Lure of Monarchy Edited by Joris Oddens, Alessandro Metlica and Gloria Moorman. 212 pp. incl. 157 col ills. (Brepols, Turnhout, 2023), £45. ISBN 978–2–503–60517–3. | :
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6. Town hall on Dam Square, Amsterdam, by Gerrit Berckheyde. 1693. Oil on canvas, 53 by 63.5 cm. (Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam).
Book Review
Scented Visions: Smell in Art, 1850–1914
06/2024 | 1455 | 166
Pages: 656–658
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Ribner, Jonathan (Ribner, Jonathan)
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Scented Visions: Smell in Art, 1850–1914 By Christina Bradstreet. 290 pp. incl. 42 col. + 32 b. & w. ills. (Pennsylvania State University Press, University Park PA, 2022), $119.95. ISBN 978–0–271–09251–5. | :
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7. The soul of the rose, by John William Waterhouse. 1908. Oil on canvas, 91.4 by 61 cm. (Private collection; Bridgeman Images).
Article
Tailored to a conservative taste? The Swedish exhibition at the Royal Academy, 1924
02/2024 | 1451 | 166
Pages: 145–155
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Stevens, Maryanne (Stevens, Maryanne)
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1. Baron Erik Kule Palmstierna, Minister to the Court of St James, London, by Bassano Ltd. 1921. (National Portrait Gallery, London).
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10. Per Hasselberg in his studio, Stockholm, c.1893. He is working on The Frog, a bronze casting of which was included in the RA exhibition. (EU/BT; Alamy Stock Photo).
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11. Karin and Brita, by Carl Larsson. 1893. Watercolour on paper, 45 by 58.5 cm. (Prins Eugens Waldemarsudde, Stockholm; photograph Lars Engelhardt).
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12. The glassware section of The Swedish Exhibition of Industrial Arts and Crafts, at Dorland House, Lower Regent Street, London, 1931. Photograph by Dell & Wainwright. (Dell & Wainwright and RIBA Collections, London).
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13. Europa and the bull, by Carl Milles. 1923–24. Bronze, 78.1 by 66.7 by 33 cm. (Tate).
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2. The Scandinavian artists’ lunch at Café Ledoyen, Paris: varnishing day 1886, by Hugo Birger. 1886. Oil on canvas, 183.5 by 261.5 cm. (Gothenburg Museum of Art).
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3. Prince Eugen painting, by Oscar Björck. 1895. Oil on canvas, 150 by 100 cm. (Nationalmuseum, Stockholm).
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4. A fox family, by Bruno Liljefors. 1886. Oil on canvas, 112 by 218 cm. (Nationalmuseum, Stockholm).
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5. Spanish blacksmiths, by Ernst Josephson. 1882. Oil on canvas, 107.4 by 128.5 cm. (Nasjonalmuseet, Oslo; Bridgeman Images).
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6. Winter night with stars, by Karl Nordström. 1907. Oil on canvas, 128 by 173 cm. (Prins Eugens Waldemarsudde, Stockholm).
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7. Vision: scene from Visby, Gotland, by Richard Bergh. 1894. Oil on canvas, 122 by 209 cm. (Malmö Art Museum; Bridgeman Images).
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8. Outskirts of the town, by Eugene Jansson. 1899. Oil on canvas, 152 by 136 cm. (Nationalmuseum, Stockholm).
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9. Midsummer dance, by Anders Zorn. 1897. Oil on canvas, 140 by 98 cm. (Nationalmuseum, Stockholm).
Exhibition Review
The Lost Mirror: Jews and Conversos in Medieval Spain
12/2023 | 1449 | 165
Pages: 1345–1348
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Castano Martinez, Mireia (Castano Martinez, Mireia)
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The Lost Mirror: Jews and Conversos in Medieval Spain Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid 10th October 2023– 14th January 2024 | :
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13. Detail of the Altarpiece of the Eucharist, by Llorenç Saragossà (?). c.1370–80. Tempera on panel, 255 by 234 cm. (Church of the Nativity of the Virgin, Villahermosa del Río, Castellón; exh. Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid).
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14. The desecrated image of the Virgin (Cantiga 34) from the Cantigas de Santa María. 1270–80. Illuminated parchment, 49 by 32.6 cm. (Real Biblioteca del Monasterio de El Escorial, MS T-I-1, fol.50r; exh. Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid).
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15. Domingo de Guzmán presiding over an autoda- fé, by Pedro Berruguete. c.1491–99. Oil on panel, 154 by 92 cm. (Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid).
Exhibition Review
Sade: Freedom or Evil
10/2023 | 1447 | 165
Pages: 1143–1146
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Padiyar, Satish (Padiyar, Satish)
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Sade: Freedom or Evil Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona 11th May–15th October | :
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23. Marquis de Sade, by Charles Amédée Philippe van Loo. 1760–62. Black chalk on paper, diameter 29 cm. (Musée d’Arts de Nantes; exh. Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona).
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24. After the performance o Relâche, by Toyen (Marie Čermínová). 1943. Oil on canvas, 104.5 by 47 cm. (Alšova Jihočeská Galerie / South Bohemian Gallery, Hluboká nad Vltavou; exh. Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona).
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25. PM 2010, by Teresa Margolles. 2012. 313 front pages of PM, 300 by 1300 cm. (Private collection; photograph Marta Gornicka; exh. Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona).
Book Review
Van Dyck and the Making of English Portraiture
09/2023 | 1446 | 165
Pages: 1037-38
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Shawe-Taylor, Desmond (Shawe-Taylor, Desmond)
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Van Dyck and the Making of English Portraiture By Adam Eaker. 256 pp. incl. 101 col. + b. & w. ills. (Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art, London, 2022), £35. ISBN 978–1–913107–34–5. | :
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4. Thomas Killigrew and William, Lord Crofts (?), by Anthony van Dyck. 1638. Oil on canvas, 132.9 by 144.1 cm. (Royal Collection Trust; © His Majesty King Charles III 2023).
Article
Aby Warburg’s Hertziana lecture, 1929
08/2023 | 1445 | 165
Pages: 852–873
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Sears, Elizabeth (Sears, Elizabeth)
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1. The lecture hall in the Bibliotheca Hertziana, Palazzo Zuccari, Rome. Photograph, c.1995. (Bibliotheca Hertziana, Rome).
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10 and 11. Panel I of the Hertziana lecture, photographs by Pompeo Sansaini. 1929. Hand-numbered, 1–35. (Warburg Institute Archive, London).
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12. Detail of Fig.7, showing a carved relief of the Justice of Trajan.
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13. Detail of The children of Venus, showing a dancing couple, attributed to Baccio Baldini. c.1464. Engraving, 32 by 21.5 cm. (British Museum, London).
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14. Detail of The children of Venus, showing a dancing couple, attributed to Baccio Baldini. c.1465. Engraving, 25.5 by 18 cm. (British Museum, London).
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15. Panel VIb of the Hertziana lecture, photograph by Pompeo Sansaini. 1929. The panel includes two depictions of the Battle of Constantine, by Piero della Francesca (nos.216–17) and Giulio Romano (no.215). (Warburg Institute Archive, London).
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16. Chart sketched by Aby Warburg, 8th February 1929. Media represented in the twelve Hertziana ‘plates’ following the C-sketches consisting of 287 photographs distributed across nine screens before the discarding of Plate VI. (Warburg Institute Archive, London).
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17. The monument to Giordano Bruno, Campo dei Fiori, Rome, by Ettore Ferrari. 1889. Bronze. The statue is on the site of Bruno’s execution on 17th February 1600. (Photograph the author).
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2. Gertrud Bing, Aby Warburg and Franz Alber in their sitting room at the Palace Hotel, April 1929. In the background is a screen constructed for the Hertziana lecture: to the left, the first eight of the twenty photographs by Pompeo Sansaini documenting the image-series; to the right, a scattering of photographs that had been on display. (Warburg Institute Archive, London).
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3 and 4. The evolution of Hertziana Panel 1 (‘Energetic inversion’) in arrangements of photographs sketched by Gertrud Bing. Demonstration evening (5th December 1928) and A-series (January 1929). See also Figs.5 and 6. (Warburg Institute Archive, London).
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5 and 6. The evolution of Hertziana Panel 1 (‘Energetic inversion’) in arrangements of photographs sketched by Gertrud Bing. The B-series and the (final) C-series (January 1929). (Warburg Institute Archive, London).
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7. The first terrace of Purgatory: the marble reliefs and the repentance of the proud: an illustration for Purgatorio, Canto X of Dante’s Divine Comedy, by Sandro Botticelli. c.1488–92. Metalpoint and brown ink on parchment, 32.2 by 47 cm. (Kupferstichkabinett, Staatliche Museen, Berlin).
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8. Adoration of the shepherds, by Domenico Ghirlandaio. 1485. Oil on panel, 167 by 167 cm. (S. Trinita Florence; photograph © Raffaello Bencini; Bridgeman Images).
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9. Detail of a relief below the tomb of Francesco Sassetti, showing Sassetti being mourned, attributed to Giuliano da Sangallo. 1485–90. Pietra serena. (S. Trinita, Florence).
Editorial
At Tate Britain
07/2023 | 1444 | 165
Pages: 695
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The design of Cape Coast Castle and Dixcove Fort, Ghana
04/2023 | 1441 | 165
Pages: 378-393
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Bailey, Gauvin Alexander (Bailey, Gauvin Alexander)
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1. Detail of Fig.4, showing the double staircase, St George Castle, Elmina, Ghana. (Photograph the author).
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10. Gate, Fort St Anthony, Axim, Ghana. 1515, present structure before 1637. (Photograph the author).
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11. Bell gable in Western Spur, Cape Coast Castle, Ghana. 1771 or 1778. (Photograph the author).
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12. Northern Wing, Cape Coast Castle, Ghana, here attributed to Nicholas Lomax and Robert Spooner. 1773–78 and 1822–24. (Photograph the author).
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13. Part of the Northern Wing intended for a chapel, Cape Coast Castle, Ghana, here attributed to Nicholas Lomax and Robert Spooner. 1773–78 and 1822–24. (Photograph the author).
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14. West terrace, Bedford Square, London, by Thomas Leverton and others. 1775–83. (Photograph the author).
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15. Plan and elevation of a Country House in the Modern Taste. Engraving. (From J. Crunden: Convenient and Ornamental Architecture, London 1767; Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles).
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16. The Five Orders of Architecture. (From R. Dodsley: The Preceptor: Containing a General Course of Education, London 1769, I, between pp.176 and 177; Boston Public Library).
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17. Detail of Ground plan of Dix Cove Fort, by Justly Watson. 1756. Ink and coloured wash on paper, 29 by 47 cm. (National Archives, London).
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18. Plan of the Fort at Dix-Cove, by Thomas Pye. 1749. Ink and coloured wash on paper. (National Archives, London).
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19. Spur court, Dixcove Fort, Ghana. 1747–50. (Photograph the author).
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2. West tower, St George Castle, Elmina, Ghana. 1482. (Photograph the author).
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20. Detail of a bay on the northern range, Spur Court, Dixcove Fort, Ghana. (Photograph the author).
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21. Tuscan Order, by John Sturt. Engraving. (From S. Le Clerc: A Treatise of Architecture with Remarks and Observations, London 1732; Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles).
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22. Courtyard, Maison Pépin, Gorée, Senegal. 1780–84. (Photograph the author).
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3. The main gate, Christiansborg Castle, Osu (Accra), Ghana. 1790. (Photograph the author).
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4. The main courtyard and double staircase, St George Castle, Elmina, Ghana. Before 1665. (Photograph the author).
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5. View of Fort Royale du Senegal from the Coast of [. . .] Guinea. 1694. Ink and coloured wash on paper. (Archives Nationales d’Outre-Mer, Aix-en-Provence).
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6. View of Fort Christiansborg [Christiansborg Castle, Osu] from the Shore. March 1764. Ink and coloured wash on paper. (Danish National Archives).
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7. Ground plan of Cape Coast Castle, by Justly Watson. 1756. Ink and coloured wash on paper, 47 by 69 cm. (National Archives, London).
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8. Western block, Cape Coast Castle, Ghana. 1768. (Photograph the author).
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9. Interior of main entrance, Fort St Sebastian, Shama, Ghana. 1520–26, present structure 1640–42. (Photograph the author).
Obituary
Angus Trumble (1964–2022)
01/2023 | 1438 | 165
Pages: 103-104
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Hopkins, Andrew (Hopkins, Andrew)
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1. Angus Trumble in 2015. (Photograph courtesy of the National Portrait Gallery, Canberra).
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2. Graham Sutherland, photographed in 1977 with his 1957 portrait of Helena Rubinstein, now in the National Portrait Gallery, Canberra. (Photograph Keystone Press Agency Ltd).
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