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Soft, feminine and forgotten: Kate Smith’s autochromes
05/2023 | 1442 | 165
Pages: 530-533
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Author:
Langford, Catlin (Langford, Catlin)
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1. Still life with grapefruit and wine, by Norah E. Parish. c.1910. Autochrome, 8.2 by 10.7 cm. (Royal Photographic Society Collection, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, inv. no.RPS.1626-2020).
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2. Blue and pink, by Kate Smith. c.1910–20. Autochrome, 10.5 by 8 cm. (Royal Photographic Society Collection, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, inv. no.RPS.1058-2021).
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3. A beautiful weed, by Kate Smith. c.1910–20. Autochrome, 10.5 by 8 cm. (Royal Photographic Society Collection, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, inv. no.RPS.1057-2021).
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4. Profile, by Kate Smith. c.1929. (From The Photographic Journal 69 (August 1929), p.182).
Article
A drawing by Michelangelo for the ‘Worship of the Brazen Serpent’
03/2023 | 1440 | 165
Pages: 220-25
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Author:
Joannides, Paul (Joannides, Paul; J., P.; Joannides, P. E. A.)
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1. The backing sheet of Fig.2, showing the collector’s stamps of Chambers Hall (bottom left) and Robert Mond (centre), and the inscription by J.C. Robinson.
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10. Study for an ignudo on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, by Michelangelo. c.1511. Red chalk with white highlights and lead pen on paper, 27.9 by 21.4 cm. (Teylers Museum, Haarlem).
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2. Study for a figure in the Worship of the Brazen Serpent, by Michelangelo. Probably 1512. Red chalk on paper, 15.7 by 19.3 cm. (Private collection).
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3. Detail of Fig.2, showing the partial watermark.
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4. Detail of the backing sheet of Fig.2, showing the watermark.
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5. Detail of Fig.2, rotated 90 degrees clockwise and showing folds in the sheet caused by excessive paste.
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6. Worship of the Brazen Serpent, by Michelangelo. Fresco. 1508–12. (Sistine Chapel, Vatican; The Picture Art Collection; Alamy Stock Photo).
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7. Study for Adam in the Creation of Adam, by Michelangelo. 1511. Red chalk over stylus on paper, 19.3 by 25.9 cm. (British Museum, London).
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8. Detail of Fig.2, showing the irregular shapes on the figure’s left thigh.
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9. Detail of Fig.2, showing the orientation lines at the bottom right of the sheet.
Article
The many faces of Mary Magdalene
01/2023 | 1438 | 165
Pages: 50-56
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Author:
Haskins, Susan (Haskins, Susan)
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1. Crucifixion, by Masaccio. c.1426. Tempera on panel, 83 by 63 cm. (Museo di Capodimonte, Naples; Bridgeman Images).
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2. St Mary Magdalene with eight scenes from her life, by the Magdalene Master. 14th century. Tempera on panel, 164 by 76 cm. (Galleria dell’Accademia & Museo degli Strumenti Musicali, Florence; Bridgeman Images).
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3. Mary Magdalene from the sculptural group Lamentation, by Guido Mazzoni. c.1483–85. Polychrome terracotta. (Chiesa del Gesù, Ferrara; photograph Nicholas Pickwoad).
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4. Noli me tangere, attributed to Jacopo Pontormo. c.1532. Oil on canvas, 175 by 133 cm. (Casa Buonarroti, Florence; Bridgeman Images).
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5. Supper in the house of the pharisee, by Moretto da Brescia. 1550–54. Oil on canvas, 207 by 140 cm. (S. Maria in Calchera, Brescia; Bridgeman Images).
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6. Penitent Mary Magdalene, by Antonio Canova. 1808–09. Marble, height 95 cm. (State Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg).
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7. Penitent Mary Magdalene, by Guido Cagnacci. 1625–27. Oil on canvas, 86 by 72 cm. (Galleria Nazionale d’Arte Antica, Rome; Bridgeman Images).
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8. Mary Magdalene crouching, by Venanzo Crocetti. 1956. Bronze, height 63 cm. (Fondazione Venanzo Crocetti, Rome).
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9. Christ appearing to Mary Magdalene (Noli me tangere), by Graham Sutherland. 1961. Oil on canvas, 64 by 55.3 cm. (Pallant House Gallery, Chichester; © Pallant House Gallery / Hussey Bequest, Chichester District Council, 1985; Bridgeman Images).
Exhibition Review
Between the Sheets: Turner’s Nudes
10/2022 | 1435 | 164
Pages: 1018-1020
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Yarker, Jonathan (Yarker, Jonathan)
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Between the Sheets: Turner’s Nudes Turner’s House, London 9th July–30th October | :
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13. Reclining nude woman with her legs drawn up, by J.M.W. Turner. c.1833. Chalk, gouache and watercolour on paper, 10 by 14.2 cm. (Tate; exh. Turner’s House, London).
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14. Nude Swiss girl and a companion on a bed, by J.M.W. Turner. 1802. Graphite and watercolour on paper, 16.3 by 19.8 cm. (Tate; exh. Turner’s House, London).
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15. A curtained bed, with a naked couple engaged in sexual activity, from the Colour Studies Sketchbook, by J.M.W. Turner. c.1834–36. Watercolour and graphite on paper, 7.7 by 10.1 cm. (Tate; exh. Turner’s House, London).
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Giambologna’s ‘Andromeda’: a new model?
11/2021 | 1424 | 163
Pages: 1010-1019
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Warren, Jeremy (Warren, Jeremy)
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1. Detail of the sculpture illustrated in Fig.2.
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10. Standing figure of Morgante, model by Giambologna, cast attributed to Antonio Susini, c.1580–90. Bronze, height 13 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London).
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11. The sculpture illustrated in Fig.2.
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12. Woman with her arms raised, perhaps Andromeda, attributed to Giambologna. c.1570–80. Bronze, height 14 cm. (Museo Nazionale del Bargello, Florence).
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13. Abduction of a Sabine woman, by Giambologna. 1579. Bronze, height 99 cm. (Museo e Real Bosco di Capodimonte, Naples).
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14. Andromeda, attributed to Giovan Battista Pieratti. c.1637. Marble. (Vasca dell’Isola, Boboli Gardens, Florence).
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2. Woman with her arms raised, perhaps Andromeda, the model here attributed to Giambologna, the cast here attributed to Antonio Susini, c.1580–90. Bronze, height 14.3 cm. (Anglesey Abbey, Cambridgeshire; National Trust; photograph Clarissa Bruce).
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3. The sculpture illustrated in Fig.2, shown from behind.
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4. Crouching woman, looking upwards, by Giambologna. c.1560–80. Bronze, height 9.7 cm. (Museo Nazionale del Bargello, Florence).
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5. Standing woman, drying herself after the bath, by Giambologna. c.1560– 80. Bronze, height 13.5 cm. (Museo Nazionale del Bargello, Florence).
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6. Seated bagpiper, model by Giambologna, cast by Antonio Susini. c.1580–1600. Bronze, gilded, height 10.5 cm. (Museo Nazionale del Bargello, Florence).
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7. Standing peasant, resting on his staff, by Giambologna, c.1580–1600. Bronze, height 13 cm. (Museo Nazionale del Palazzo di Venezia, Rome).
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8. The sculpture illustrated in Fig.4, photographed from the front.
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9. Crouching Venus, after an original by Doidalsas. c.100–200 AD. Marble, height 125 cm. (Museo Archeologico Nazionale, Naples).
Article
The nude male form in Chen Yanqiao’s woodblock prints and cartoons, 1934–35
10/2021 | 1423 | 163
Pages: 898-907
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Emrich-Rougé, Elizabeth (Emrich-Rougé, Elizabeth)
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1. Pull, by Chen Yanqiao. 1934. Woodblock print, 25.1 by 19.1 cm. (Courtesy Lu Xun Memorial Museum, Shanghai).
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10. Beautiful illustrations of the body, by Wan Laiming. 1933. (From The Young Companion, no.78, July 1933; from online database CNBKSY – Quanguo Baokan Suoyin, Shanghai Library).
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2. Title page from Cartoons and Life no.2 (December 1935), featuring Struggle, by Chen Yanqiao. 1935. Ink drawing. (From online database CNBKSY – Quanguo Baokan Suoyin, Shanghai Library).
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3. China, roar!, by Li Hua. 1935. Woodblock print, 23 by 16.5 cm. (From Modern Prints 1, no.14, December 1935, reproduced in Progress in Prints: Chinese Modern Woodblock Prints in Lu Xun’s Collection, Shanghai 1991, I, p.251; courtesy Lu Xun Memorial Museum, Shanghai).
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4. The despairing (top) and Forced to wander as a refugee (below), by Chen Yanqiao. 1934–35. Woodblock prints. (From Cartoon Life, no.5, January 1935, p.30; from online database CNBKSY – Quanguo Baokan Suoyin, Shanghai Library).
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5. Sun chariot, by Zhu Yingpeng and Xu Suling. (From Vanguard Monthly 1, no.3, December 1930; from online database CNBKSY – Quanguo Baokan Suoyin, Shanghai Library).
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6. A beautifully brave and strong body. 1929. Photograph. (From Modern Miscellany 1, no.3, p.2; from online database CNBKSY – Quanguo Baokan Suoyin, Shanghai Library).
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7. Health and beauty. 1930. Photograph. (From Athletic China, no.1, October 1930; from online database CNBKSY – Quanguo Baokan Suoyin, Shanghai Library).
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8. Guerilla forces, by Chen Yanqiao. 1935. Woodblock print. (From Collected Wood Shavings, no.1, 20th April 1935, p.7; from online database CNBKSY – Quanguo Baokan Suoyin, Shanghai Library).
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9. Figures in the palm of his hand, by Wan Laiming. 1935. Ink drawing. (From Phenomenon Cartoon, no.2, May 1935; from online database CNBKSY – Quanguo Baokan Suoyin, Shanghai Library).
Exhibition Review
The Realm of the Senses: From Boucher to Greuze
05/2021 | 1418 | 163
Pages: 450-453
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Michel, Christian (Michel, Christian)
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The Realm of the Senses: From Boucher to Greuze Musée Cognacq-Jay, Paris (dates to be announced) | :
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1. Study of a foot, by François Boucher. c.1751– 52. Pastel, 29.5 by 29 cm. (Mus e Carnavalet, Paris; exh. Musée Cognacq-Jay, Paris).
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2. Hercules and Omphale, by François Boucher. 1731–35. Oil on canvas, 90 by 74 cm. (Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow; exh. Musée Cognacq- Jay, Paris).
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3. Sleeping Venus, by François Boucher. c.1740. Oil on canvas, 36 by 49 cm. (Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow; exh. Musée Cognacq-Jay, Paris).
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4. L’armoire, by Jean Honoré Fragonard. 1778. Etching, 35 by 46 cm. (British Museum, London).
Book Review
Der Sündenfall im Werk von Hans Baldung Grien: Ikonographie und Kontext
07/2020 | 1408 | 162
Pages: 628-629
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Silver, Larry (Silver, Larry)
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Der Sündenfall im Werk von Hans Baldung Grien: Ikonographie und Kontext By Julia Carrasco. 304 pp. incl. 138 col. + b. & w. ills. (Michael Imhoff, Petersberg, 2019), £53. ISBN 978–3–7319–0640–7. | :
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4. Eve, by Hans Baldung Grien. 1510. Pen and black ink on paper, 29 by 21.2 cm. (Kunsthalle Hamburg; Bridgeman Images).
Article
New light on Pierre Bonnard’s wife and model Marthe
05/2020 | 1406 | 162
Pages: 412-419
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Whelan, Lucy (Whelan, Lucy)
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1. Man and woman, by Pierre Bonnard. 1900. Oil on canvas, 115 by 72.3 cm. (Musée d’Orsay, Paris; RMN Grand-Palais).
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2. Diary sketches, by Pierre Bonnard. Pages of his Agenda 1928 dated 21st–24th March 1928. Pencil on paper, page 13.5 by 7.5 cm. (Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris).
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3. Woman with dog (Mme Bonnard and her dog Ubu), by Pierre Bonnard. 1906. Oil on wood panel 36.5 by 45 cm. (Musée des Beaux-Arts, Reims).
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4. The window, by Pierre Bonnard. 1925. Oil on canvas, 108.6 by 88.6 cm. (Tate, London).
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5. The bath, by Pierre Bonnard. 1925. Oil on canvas, 86 by 120 cm. (Tate, London).
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6 and 7. Illustrations for Marie, by Pierre Bonnard. 1898. Process prints, page 18.5 by 11.6 cm. (Repr. in P. Nansen: Marie, dessins de Pierre Bonnard, Paris 1898, pp.29 and 35 respectively; Bibliothèque national de France, Paris).
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8. Studio of Pierre Bonnard, Le Cannet, France, by Henri Cartier- Bresson. 1944. Gelatin silver print, 27 by 17.4 cm. (Fondation Henri Cartier-Bresson, Paris; Henri Cartier-Bresson / Magnum Photos).
Book Review
Veiled Presence: Body and Drapery from Giotto to Titian. By Paul Hills
01/2020 | 1402 | 162
Pages: 77-78
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Reviewer:
Poeschke, Joachim (Poeschke, Joachim)
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Veiled Presence: Body and Drapery from Giotto to Titian By Paul Hills. 224 pp. incl. 147 col. + b. & w. ills. (Yale University Press, New Haven and London, 2018), £45. ISBN 978–0–300–23675–0. | :
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