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Exhibition Review
Museo della Forma Urbis, Rome
04/2024 | 1453 | 166
Pages: 398–401
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Reviewer:
Connors, Joseph (Connors, Joseph)
Subjects
artists:
Piranesi, Giovanni Battista / Nolli, Giovanni Battista
dates:
2020-2030
museums and institutions:
Museo della Forma Urbis, Rome, Italy
places:
Rome
subjects:
Archaeology / Architectural history / Urban history / Maps
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Museo della Forma Urbis, Rome From 11th January | :
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Attributed works:
10. Installation view of the Forma Urbis at the Museo della Forma Urbis, Rome, 2024. (Courtesy Sovrintendenza Capitolina ai Beni Culturali, Rome).
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8. Installation view of the Forma Urbis at the Museo della Forma Urbis, Rome, 2024. (Courtesy Sovrintendenza Capitolina ai Beni Culturali, Rome).
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9. Installation view of the Forma Urbis at the Museo della Forma Urbis, Rome, 2024. (Courtesy Sovrintendenza Capitolina ai Beni Culturali, Rome).
Book Review
London’s South Bank: The History
04/2024 | 1453 | 166
Pages: 431–432
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Reviewer:
Newman, Jon (Newman, Jon)
Subjects
places:
London
subjects:
Urban history / Urban management / Urban planning / Maps / Paintings / Prints
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8. Thames Arachnid, by John Bryce. 2009. Engraving, 25 by 25 cm. (© John Bryce). | :
Article
The Medieval Palace of the Commune in Avignon: a forgotten building
01/2024 | 1450 | 166
Pages: 30–37
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Author:
Balossino, Simone (Balossino, Simone)
Subjects
buildings:
Palace of the Commune, Avignon, France
places:
Avignon
subjects:
French architecture / Urban history / Buildings / Palaces / Medieval architecture / Prisons
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Map of Avignon. (From Atlas van Loon, Amsterdam 1663, X).
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10. Entrance porch of the cathedral of Notre-Dame-des-Doms, Avignon. (Photograph the author).
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2. Roman ruins underneath the former consuls’ palace, Avignon. (Photograph the author).
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3. Plan of consular palace and surrounding structures. (Based on archaeological survey undertaken by C. Markiéwicz, J.-M. Mignon and O. Keiser).
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4. Façade of the annex building, Avignon. (Photograph the author).
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5. Detail of Fig.1, showing the consular palace and surrounding structures.
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6. Detail of De la ville d’Avignon et par dela: Veüe de la Ville d’Avignon et des environs, by Étienne Martellange. 1608. Pen and brown ink with an India ink wash. (Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris).
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7. Tympanum of the entrance portal of the communal tower, Avignon. Late 12th–early 13th century. Marble. (Musée du Petit Palais; Archivah and Alamy Stock Photo).
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8. Drawings of consular bullae. (From L. Blanchard: Iconographie des sceaux et des bulles des archives des bouches du Rhône, Paris 1860, pp.78–79).
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9. Tympanum of the entrance portal of S. Zeno Maggiore, Verona. c.12th century. (Photograph Frank Buffetrille; Bridgeman Images).
Book Review
Nicholas Barbon: Developing London, 1667–1698
01/2024 | 1450 | 166
Pages: 97–98
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Reviewer:
Stevenson, Christine (Stevenson, Christine)
Subjects
dates:
1650-1699
places:
London
subjects:
Barbon, Nicholas / Urban history / Architecture / Buildings / Topographical views
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Nicholas Barbon: Developing London, 1667–1698 By Frank Kelsall and Timothy Walker. 240 pp. incl. 96 col. + 15 b. & w. ills. (London Topographical Society, 2022), £27 (members), £35 (non-members). ISBN 978–0–902087–73–6. | :
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4. The principal staircase of Gerard House, 34–35 Gerrard Street, London, by John Crowther. 1884. Watercolour on paper, 28 by 23 cm. (London Metropolitan Archives).
Book Review
A Companion to Late Medieval and Early Modern Siena
01/2023 | 1438 | 165
Pages: 92-93
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Reviewer:
Dalvit, Giulio (Dalvit, Giulio)
Subjects
places:
Siena
subjects:
Sienese art / History / Music / Literature / Politics / Religion / Urban history / Historiography
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A Companion to Late Medieval and Early Modern Siena Edited by Santa Casciani and Heather Richardson Hayton. 356 pp. incl. 19 col. ills. (Brill, Leiden and Boston, 2021), €160. ISBN 978–90–04–38999–1. | :
Book Review
Dividing Paris: Urban Renewal and Social Inequality, 1852–1870. By Esther da Costa Meyer
12/2022 | 1437 | 164
Pages: 1299-1300
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Reviewer:
Ribner, Jonathan (Ribner, Jonathan)
Subjects
patrons:
Napoleon III, Emperor of the French, 1808-1873 / Haussmann, Georges Eugène, Baron
places:
Paris
subjects:
Urban history / Urban management / Urban planning / Architecture / Social history
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Murillo: Persuasion and Aura By Benito Navarrete Prieto. 348 pp. incl. 272 col. + 14 b. & w. ills. (Harvey Miller, London, 2021), £149. ISBN 978–1–912554–40–9. | :
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5. Rue Gervais-Laurent, by Charles Marville. c.1865–66. Albumen print, 27.2 by 36.6 cm. (Bibliothèque de l'Hôtel de Ville, Paris).
Book Review
London’s ‘Golden Mile’: The Great Houses of the Strand, 1550–1650. By Manolo Guerci.
12/2022 | 1437 | 164
Pages: 1290-1291
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Reviewer:
Saint, Andrew (Saint, Andrew)
Subjects
places:
London / The Strand (London)
subjects:
Jacobean / Tudor / Architecture / Palaces / Urban history / Maps
Reviewed Items
subjects:
London’s ‘Golden Mile’: The Great Houses of the Strand, 1550–1650 By Manolo Guerci. 336 pp. incl. 220 col. ills. (Paul Mellon Centre for the Study of British Art, London, 2021), £50. ISBN 978–1–913107–23–9. | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Detail from West Central District, by Wenceslaus Hollar, showing Worcester House, the Savoy and Somerset House on the south side of the Strand, and Exeter (otherwise Burghley) House opposite on the north side. c.1660. Etching, 34.8 by 45.6 cm. (Folger Shakespeare Library, Washington).
Obituary
Mark Girouard (1931–2022)
11/2022 | 1436 | 164
Pages: 1171-1172
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Author:
Hall, Michael (Hall, Michael)
Subjects
art literature:
Girouard, Mark
subjects:
Architectural historians / British architecture / Country houses / Urban history / Social history
subjects:
Country Life (publishers), London, Great Britain
Illustrations
Attributed works:
Mark Girouard, photographed in the early 1960s. (Photograph Country Life / Future Publishing Ltd).
Book Review
The Metropolis in Latin America, 1830–1930: Cityscapes, Photographs, Debates
09/2022 | 1434 | 164
Pages: 942-944
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Reviewer:
Bailey, Gauvin Alexander (Bailey, Gauvin Alexander)
Subjects
places:
Latin American / Architecture / Urban history / Urban planning / Architects
places:
Buenos Aires / Havana / Santiago de Chile / Mexico City / Rio de Janeiro / Lima
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places:
The Metropolis in Latin America, 1830–1930: Cityscapes, Photographs, Debates Edited by Idurre Alonso and Maristella Casciato. 324 pp. incl. 154 col. + 24 b. & w. ills. (Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles, 2021), £55. ISBN 978–1–60606–694–2. | :
Illustrations
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6. ‘Raymond Special’ on the Metlac Bridge, Mexico CityVeracruz, by Charles Betts Waite. c.1897. Gelatin silver print, 19.7 by 24.1 cm. (Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles).
Exhibition Review
Boilly (1761–1845): Parisian Chronicles
06/2022 | 1431 | 164
Pages: 600-602
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Reviewer:
Jackall, Yuriko (Jackall, Yuriko)
Subjects
artists:
Boilly, Louis-Léopold
dates:
2020-2030
museums and institutions:
Musée Cognacq-Jay, Paris, France
places:
Paris
subjects:
French painting / Urban history / Paris
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Boilly (1761–1845): Parisian Chronicles Musée Cognacq-Jay, Paris 16th February–26th June | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
10. After dinner, by Louis-Léopold Boilly. After 1830. Oil on canvas, 36.8 by 48 cm. (Private collection; exh. Musée Cognacq- Jay, Paris).
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11. The incredible march, by Louis- Léopold Boilly. c.1797. Oil on panel, 39.3 by 51 cm. (Private collection; exh. Musée Cognacq- Jay, Paris).
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12. A trompe l’oeil, by Louis- Léopold Boilly. c.1800. Oil and crayon on canvas, 56 by 70.5 cm. (Private collection; exh. Musée Cognacq- Jay, Paris).
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