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Book Review
Thinking the Plant: The Watercolour Drawings of Rebecca John
06/2021 | 1419 | 163
Pages: 562
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Reviewer:
Owens, Susan (Owens, Susan)
Subjects
artists:
John, Rebecca
subjects:
British art / Botanical drawings / Plants (vegetation)
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Thinking the Plant: The Watercolour Drawings of Rebecca John By Rebecca John. 168 pp. incl. 115 col. ills. (Pimpernel Press, London, 2020), £30. ISBN 978–1–910258–31–6. | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
8. Dock leaf, by Rebecca John. 2006. Watercolour on vellum, 30.5 by 23 cm. (Shirley Sherwood Collection, Kew).
Exhibition Review
‘The Immensity of the Universe’ in the Art of Giovanna Garzoni
09/2020 | 1410 | 162
Pages: 799-802
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Reviewer:
Greenfield, Ingrid Anna (Greenfield, Ingrid Anna )
Subjects
artists:
Garzoni, Giovanna
dates:
2020-2030
museums and institutions:
Palazzo Pitti, Florence, Italy
subjects:
Italian art / Still lifes / Botanical drawings / Natural history / Women artists / Courts (social groups) / Exoticism
Reviewed Items
subjects:
‘The Immensity of the Universe’ in the Art of Giovanna Garzoni Palazzo Pitti, Florence 28th May–28th June 2020 | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
10. Self-portrait as Apollo, by Giovanna Garzoni. c.1618– 20. Tempera on parchment, 42 by 33 cm. (Palazzo del Quirinale, Rome; exh. Palazzo Pitti, Florence).
Attributed works:
11. Porcelain vase with tulips and a pear, by Giovanna Garzoni. c.1648– 53. Tempera on parchment, 66.7 by. 49.8 cm. (Gallerie degli Uffizi, Florence; exh. Palazzo Pitti, Florence).
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12. Plate with plum, jasmine and walnuts, by Giovanna Garzoni. c.1655– 62. Tempera on parchment, 23.5 by 38.5 cm. (Gallerie degli Uffizi, Florence; exh. Palazzo Pitti, Florence).
Book Review
Picturing the Pacific: Joseph Banks and the Shipboard Artists of Cook and Flinders
06/2020 | 1407 | 162
Pages: 549
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Reviewer:
Bailey, Gauvin Alexander (Bailey, Gauvin Alexander)
Subjects
patrons:
Banks, Joseph, 1743-1820
places:
Australia / Tahiti / New Zealand
subjects:
Explorers / Colonialism / Botanical drawings / Landscapes (visual works) / Animals / Cook, James, Captain, 1728-1779
subjects:
Flinders, Matthew
Exhibition Review
Forgotten Masters: Indian Painting for the East India Company. Wallace Collection, London
04/2020 | 1405 | 162
Pages: 341-344
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Reviewer:
Weekes, Ursula (Weekes, Ursula )
Subjects
artists:
Shaikh Zain-ud-din, act. 18th c. / Shaikh Muhammad Amir / Ghulam Ali / Das, Bhawani / Das, Ram
artists:
Yellapah of Vellore
artists:
Ram, Sita
dates:
2020-2030
subjects:
East India Company / Colonialism / Indian School
subjects:
Natural history / Botanical drawings / Topography / Portraiture
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Forgotten Masters: Indian Painting for the East India Company Wallace Collection, London 4th December 2019–19th April | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
16. Lesser adjutant, by an unknown artist. c.1775–85. Ink and watercolour on paper, 61 by 40.6 cm. (Private collection; exh. Wallace Collection, London).
Attributed works:
17. A station palanquin with an army officer, by Yellapah of Vellore. c.1828. Opaque watercolour on paper, 35 by 50 cm. (British Library, London; exh. Wallace Collection, London).
Exhibition Review
Hilma af Klint: Paintings for the Future
04/2019 | 1393 | 161
Pages: 320-323
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Reviewer:
Barratt, Martha (Barratt, Martha)
Subjects
artists:
Klint, Hilma af
dates:
2010-2019
media:
Drawings / Paintings / Watercolours
museums and institutions:
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, United States
subjects:
Swedish School / Theosophy / Spirituality / Symbols / Botanical drawings / Medicine / Abstract art / Nonrepresentational art
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Group I, Primordial Chaos, No. 16, from The WU/ Rose Series, by Hilma af Klint. 1906–07. Canvas, 53 by 37 cm. (Hilma af Klint Foundation, Stockholm; photograph Albin Dahlström, Moderna Museet, Stockholm; exh. Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York).
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2. Group IV, The Ten Largest, No. 7, Adulthood, by Hilma af Klint. 1907. Tempera on paper mounted on canvas, 315 by 235 cm. (Hilma af Klint Foundation, Stockholm; photograph Albin Dahlström, Moderna Museet, Stockholm; exh. Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York).
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3. Group IX/SUW, The Swan, No. 17, from The SUW/ UW Series, by Hilma af Klint. 1915. Canvas, 150.5 by 151 cm. (Hilma af Klint Foundation, Stockholm; photograph Albin Dahlström, Moderna Museet, Stockholm; exh. Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York).
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4. Group IX/SUW, The Swan, No. 1, from The SUW/ UW Series, by Hilma af Klint. 1915. Canvas, 150 by 150 cm. (Hilma af Klint Foundation, Stockholm; photograph Albin Dahlström, Moderna Museet, Stockholm; exh. Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York).
Publication Received
The Flowering of Florence. Botanical Art for the Medici
10/2002 | 1195 | 144
Pages: 635
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Reviewer:
Elam, Caroline (Elam, Caroline; E., C.; E., C. M.)
Subjects
subjects:
Botanical drawings
Reviewed Items
subjects:
The Flowering of Florence. Botanical Art for the Medici | author: Tongiorgi Tomasi, Lucia
Article
In the name of the thistle: Albrecht Dürer's self-portrait of 1493
01/2002 | 1186 | 144
Pages: 14-18
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Author:
Kregten, Jolein van (Kregten, Jolein van; Van Kregten, Jolein)
Author:
Stumpel, Jeroen (Stumpel, Jeroen; Stumpel, Jeroem)
Subjects
artists:
Dürer, Albrecht
dates:
1450-1499
media:
Paintings
museums and institutions:
Musée du Louvre, Paris, France
places:
Germany
print:
Dürer, Albrecht
subjects:
Iconography / Northern Renaissance / Self-portraits / Fortune / Love / Symbolism (artistic concept) / Botanical drawings
works:
Dürer, Albrecht / Self-portrait, 1493 (Musée du Louvre, Paris)
Illustrations
Attributed works:
19. Detail of Fig.20, with the Date and Inscription.
Attributed works:
20. Self-Portrait, by Albrecht Dürer. 1493. Vellum Transferred to Linen, 56.5 by 44.5 cm. (Musée du Louvre, Paris).
Attributed works:
21. The Great Fortune or Nemesis, by Albrecht Dürer. c.1501. Engraving, 32.9 by 22.4 cm. (Rijksprentenkabinet, Amsterdam).
Attributed works:
22. The Small Fortune, by Albrecht Dürer. c.1495. Engraving, 12 by 6.7 cm. (Rijksprentenkabinet, Amsterdam).
Attributed works:
23. Detail of Fig.20, Showing the Artist's Hands Holding the Thistle.
Publication Received
Medieval Herbals: The Illustrative Tradition
03/2001 | 1176 | 143
Pages: 170-171
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Reviewer:
Kauffmann, C. M. (Kauffmann, C. M.; K., C. M.)
Subjects
subjects:
Illustrated books / Botanical drawings
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Medieval Herbals: The Illustrative Tradition | author: Collins, Minta
Book Review
L'orto botanico e il giardino del Rinascimento
07/1986 | 1000 | 128
Pages: 514-515
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Reviewer:
Bury, John Bernard (Bury, John Bernard; Bury, John; B., J.; Bury, J. B.; B., J. B.; Bury, J. B.)
Subjects
dates:
1400-1599
places:
Italy
subjects:
Gardens / Botanical drawings / Renaissance / Italian
Reviewed Items
subjects:
L'orto botanico e il giardino del Rinascimento | author: Azzi Visentini, Margherita
Book Review
Flowers of Three Centuries. One Hundred Drawings & Water-Colours from the Broughton Collection
08/1984 | 977 | 126
Pages: 508-509
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Reviewer:
Hulton, Paul (Hulton, Paul; Hulton, P. H.)
Subjects
dates:
1980-1989
dates:
1500-1899
museums and institutions:
Broughton Collection, Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, Great Britain
places:
England / London
subjects:
Botanical drawings
subjects:
Art museums / Collections / Catalogues
subjects:
Flower pieces / Flowers
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Flowers of Three Centuries. One Hundred Drawings & Water-Colours from the Broughton Collection | author: Scrase, David
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