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Book Review
The Smiling Walls: Dante e le arti figurative / Dante and the Visual Arts
09/2024 | 1458 | 166
Pages: 978-9
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Ekserdjian, David (Ekserdjian, David; E., D.)
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The Smiling Walls: Dante e le arti figurative / Dante and the Visual Arts Edited by Rossend Arqués, Silvia Maddalo and Laura Pasquini. 544 pp. incl. 120 col. ills. (Brepols, Turnhout, 2023), €190. ISBN 978–2–503–59450–7. | :
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4. Dante and Virgil watching Ugolino della Gherardesca, Count of Donoratico, gnawing the neck of Archbishop Ruggieri. Fresco. 1446. (S. Giorgio di Campochiesa, Albenga).
Book Review
The Mosaics of Roger II in Sicily: Visualising sacred authority
02/2024 | 1451 | 166
Pages: 210–211
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James, Liz (James, Liz)
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The Mosaics of Roger II in Sicily: Visualising sacred authority by Beat Brenk. 179 pp. incl. 159 col. + 14 b. & w. ills. (Reichert Verlag, Wiesbaden, 2022), €98. ISBN 978–3–7520–0019–1. | :
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3. Mosaic decoration of the presbytery, Cefalù Cathedral. (Photograph Beat Brenk).
Book Review
Objects, Relics, and Migrants: The Basilica of Sant’Ambrogio in Milan and the Cult of its Saints (386–972)
04/2022 | 1429 | 164
Pages: 419-421
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Quadri, Irene (Quadri, Irene)
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Objects, Relics, and Migrants: The Basilica of Sant’Ambrogio in Milan and the Cult of its Saints (386–972) By Ivan Foletti. 250 pp. incl. 106 col. + 38 b. & w. ills. (Viella, Rome, 2020), €45. ISBN 978–88– 6728–950–9. | :
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2. Detail of the reverse of the Golden Altar, S. Ambrogio, Milan. 824–59. (Photograph Domenico Ventura).
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Caravaggio’s ‘Entombment of Christ’ and the birth of Christian archaeology
01/2022 | 1426 | 164
Pages: 34-40
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Danesi Squarzina, Silvia (Danesi Squarzina, Silvia; Squarzina, Silvia Danesi)
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1. The entombment of Christ, after Caravaggio, by Pietro Fontana after a drawing by Luigi Cochetti. c.1821, published 1834. Engraving, 51.9 by 35.6 cm. (Biblioteca Casanatense, Rome).
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10. St Philip Neri at prayer in the Catacombs of S. Callisto, Rome. Engraving. (From P. Aringhi: Unterirdisches Rom, ed. J.F. Haagen, Arnheim 1668, p.238; Bibliotheca Hertziana, Rome).
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2. The entombment of Christ, by Caravaggio. c.1602–04. Oil on canvas, 306 by 214 cm. (Vatican Museums).
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3. The entombment of Christ, by Filippo and Vincenzo Cocchi, Domenico Cerasoli and Antonio Castellini after Caravaggio. c.1821. Mosaic, 300 by 190 cm. (Sacristy of St Peter’s, Rome).
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4. The entombment of Christ, by Vincenzo Camuccini after Caravaggio. 1796. Oil on canvas, 306 by 214 cm. (Private collection; photograph A. Vasari).
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5. Woman in prayer. Mural painting, 2nd–3rd century. Cuniculum of the Five Saints, Catacombs of S. Callisto, Rome. Chromolithograph by G. Mariani. (From G.B. de Rossi: La Roma sotterranea cristiana, Rome 1877, III, pl.3).
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6. Frontispiece from P. Aringhi, ed.: Roma subterranea novissima, Rome 1651, by Giuseppe Baroni. Engraving, 41 by 26 cm. (Photograph Bibliotheca Hertziana, Rome).
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8. The burial of St Lucy, by Caravaggio. 1608. Oil on canvas, 408 by 300 cm. (S. Lucia, Syracuse; Bridgeman Images).
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9. St Philip Neri at prayer in the Catacombs of S. Callisto, Rome. Engraving. (From P. Aringhi: Roma subterranea novissima, Rome 1651, p.195; Bibliotheca Hertziana, Rome).
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7. Wall tombs in the Catacombs of S. Sebastiano, Rome. 2nd century. (Photograph Granger; Bridgeman Images).
Exhibition Review
Nero: The Man Behind the Myth
10/2021 | 1423 | 163
Pages: 937-939
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Gardner-Dseagu, Christine (Gardner-Dseagu, Christine)
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Nero: The Man Behind the Myth British Museum, London 27th May–24th October | :
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4. Nero. Roman, 50–100, with later additions. Marble, height 45 cm. (Musei Capitolini, Rome; exh. British Museum, London).
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5. Agrippina the Younger. Roman, 37–39. Chalcedony, height 9 cm. (British Museum, London).
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6. Fragments of a gilded stucco panel from the Domus Aurea, Rome, showing a pair of sphinxes among acanthus plants. Roman, 64–68. Plaster and paint, height 16.5 cm. (British Museum, London).
Book Review
Giacomo Raffaelli (1753–1836): Maestro di stile e di mosaico
08/2021 | 1421 | 163
Pages: 774-775
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Jervis, Simon (Jervis, Simon; J., S.; J., S. S.)
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Giacomo Raffaelli (1753–1836): Maestro di stile e di mosaico By Anna Maria Massinelli. 376 pp. incl. 400 col. ills. (Aska, Florence, 2018), €110. ISBN 978–88–7542–294–3. | :
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8. Pair of vases, by Giacomo Raffaeli, San Sebastianello workshop. Rome, c.1800. White marble inlaid with precious stones, height 51.4 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London).
Book Review
The Cosmatesque Mosaics of Westminster Abbey. The Pavements and Royal Tombs: History, Archaeology, Architecture and Conservation
07/2021 | 1420 | 163
Pages: 634-635
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Donkin, Lucy (Donkin, Lucy)
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The Cosmatesque Mosaics of Westminster Abbey. The Pavements and Royal Tombs: History, Archaeology, Architecture and Conservation By Warwick Rodwell and David S. Neal et al. Two vols, 724 pp. incl. 548. col. + b. & w. ills. (Oxbow Books, Oxford, 2019) £65. ISBN 978–1–78925–234–7. | :
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3. Shrine of St Edward the Confessor with the tomb of King Henry III behind on the left. 1240s–50s. Westminster Abbey, London (Courtesy Dean and Chapter of Westminster).
Book Review
San Marco. La Basilica di Venezia: Arte, Storia, Conservazione
03/2021 | 1416 | 163
Pages: 291-293
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Howard, Deborah (Howard, Deborah)
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San Marco. La Basilica di Venezia: Arte, Storia, Conservazione Edited by Ettore Vio. 3 vols, 790 pp. incl. numerous col. + b. & w. ills. (Marsilio, Venice, 2019), €270. ISBN 978–88–317–4982–4. | :
Book Review
The Middle Ages in 50 Objects
07/2020 | 1408 | 162
Pages: 637
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Gamage, Kshanti (Gamage, Kshanti)
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The Middle Ages in 50 Objects By Elina Gertsman and Barbara H. Rosenwein. 248 pp. incl. 51 col. ills. (Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2018), £24.99. ISBN 978–1– 107–15038–6. | :
Book Review
Mosaics in the Medieval World: From Late Antiquity to the Fifteenth Century. By Liz James
04/2020 | 1405 | 162
Pages: 355-356
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Hennessy, Cecily (Hennessy, Cecily)
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Mosaics in the Medieval World: From Late Antiquity to the Fifteenth Century By Liz James. 650 pp. incl. 161 col. + 167 b. & w. ills. (Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2017),  135. ISBN 978–1–107–01198–4. | :
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2. Pope Paschal I kneeling before the Virgin and Child, S. Maria in Domnica, Rome. Ninth century. (Photograph Liz James).
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