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Russia, Rome and the tricky business of disaster painting
12/2018 | 1389 | 160
Pages: 996-1005
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Author:
Blakesley, Rosalind P. (Blakesley, Rosalind P.)
Subjects
art literature:
Gogol, Nikolay / Pushkin, Alexander
artists:
Kiprensky, Orest / Bryullov, Karl / Martin, John, 1789-1854 / Basin, Petr / Gagarin, Grigory / Bruni, Fyodor / Markov, Aleksei / Raev, Vasily / Surikov, Vasily / Repin, Ilya
dates:
1800-1849 / 1830-1839 / 1840-1849
media:
Paintings / Drawings / Sketches
museums and institutions:
Russian Academy of Arts, Saint Petersburg, Russia
patrons:
Catherine II, Empress of Russia, 1729-1796
places:
Russia / Saint Petersburg / Italy / Rome
subjects:
Russian painting / Russian School / History paintings / Genre paintings / Landscapes (visual works) / Style / Academic art / Neo-classicism / Sublime / Natural disasters / Earthquakes / Portraits / Influence / Formal analysis / Nationalism / Travel / Grand tours / Academies / Study and teaching / Students / Salons (art exhibitions) / Commissions / Patronage / Awards / Critical Reception / Iconography / Christian iconography
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Last day of Pompeii, by Karl Bryullov. 1830–33. Canvas, 456.5 by 651 cm. (State Russian Museum, St Petersburg).
Attributed works:
10. Ivan the Terrible and his son Ivan. 16th November 1581, by Ilya Repin. 1885. Canvas, 199.5 by 254 cm. (State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow).
Attributed works:
2. Destruction of Pompeii and Herculaneum, by John Martin. 1822. Canvas, 161.6 by 253 cm. (Tate, London).
Attributed works:
3. Earthquake in Rocca di Papa, near Rome, by Petr Basin. 1830. Canvas, 84 by 99 cm. (State Russian Museum, St Petersburg).
Attributed works:
4. Sketch for ‘Genseric’s invasion of Rome’, by Karl Bryullov. 1835–36. Canvas, 88 by 117.9 cm. (State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow).
Attributed works:
5. Siege of Pskov by King Stefan Batory of Poland in 1581, by Karl Bryullov. 1839–43. Canvas, 482 by 675 cm. (State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow).
Attributed works:
6. Death of Camilla, sister of Horatius, by Fedor Bruni. 1824. Canvas, 350 by 526.5 cm. (State Russian Museum, St Petersburg).
Attributed works:
7. The brazen serpent, by Fedor Bruni. 1834–41. Canvas, 565 by 852 cm. (State Russian Museum, St Petersburg).
Attributed works:
8. Sketch for ‘St Eustace Placidus in the Colosseum’, by Aleksei Markov. 1836–42. Canvas, 98 by 136.5 cm. (State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow).
Attributed works:
9. Morning of the execution of the Streltsy, by Vasily Surikov. 1881. Canvas, 218 by 375 cm. (State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow).
Book Review
Horace Vernet and the Thresholds of Nineteenth-Century Visual Culture. Edited by Daniel Harkett and Katie Hornstein; Horace Vernet. Dessinateur lithographe 1816–1838: Catalogue raisonné de l’oeuvre lithographié. Edited by Pierre Sanchez
07/2018 | 1384 | 160
Pages: 608-610
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Reviewer:
Hannoosh, Michèle (Hannoosh, Michèle)
Subjects
art literature:
Kugler, Franz / Baudelaire, Charles
artists:
Vernet, Horace / Vernet, Carle / Vernet, Claude-Joseph / Delaroche, Paul / Géricault, Théodore / Charlet, Nicolas-Toussaint / Ingres, Jean-Auguste-Dominique / Courbet, Gustave
dates:
1800-1899
media:
Paintings / Prints / Lithographs / Photographs / Drawings
museums and institutions:
Wallace Collection, London, Great Britain / Académie de France, Rome, Italy
places:
France
subjects:
French painting / Academic art / Battles / History paintings / Christian iconography / Romanticism / Printmaking / Nationalism / Colonialism / Orientalism / Travel / Second Empire (France: 1852-1870) / Salons (art exhibitions) / Caricatures / Critical Reception / Influence / Restoration (France: 1814-1830) / Popular culture / Panoramas / Essays / Catalogues raisonnés
Illustrations
Attributed works:
5. The studio, by Horace Vernet, 1820–21. Canvas, 55 by 66 cm. (Collection Carnot, Fondation Carnot, Neuilly sur Seine).
Short Notice
Art in France
06/1913 | 123 | 23
Pages: 168-170
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Author:
Dell, Robert (R. D.; R. E. D.) (Dell, Robert (R. D.; R. E. D.); Dell, Robert Edward; D., R. E.; D., R.)
Subjects
places:
France / Paris
subjects:
Salons (art exhibitions) / Academic art / Criticism
subjects:
Art museums / Exhibitions / Renaissance / Sculpture
Short Notice
Art in France
05/1913 | 122 | 23
Pages: 112-114
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Author:
Dell, Robert (R. D.; R. E. D.) (Dell, Robert (R. D.; R. E. D.); Dell, Robert Edward; D., R. E.; D., R.)
Subjects
artists:
David, Jacques-Louis
places:
France / Paris
subjects:
Salons (art exhibitions) / Displays / Academic art
subjects:
Art museums / Museum directors / Management
Short Notice
Art in France
02/1912 | 107 | 20
Pages: 311-312
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Author:
Dell, Robert (R. D.; R. E. D.) (Dell, Robert (R. D.; R. E. D.); Dell, Robert Edward; D., R. E.; D., R.)
Subjects
places:
France / Paris
subjects:
Academic art / Exhibitions
subjects:
Art museums / Politics / Copyright
Article
The Landscape of Harpignies
01/1907 | 46 | 10
Pages: 208+219-221+224-227+229
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Author:
Holmes, Charles John (Holmes, Charles John; Holmes, C. J.; H., C. J.; Holmes, Charles J.; Holmes, Charles; Holmes, Charles)
Subjects
artists:
Harpignies, Henri-Joseph
dates:
1800-1899
media:
Paintings
places:
France
subjects:
Landscapes (visual works) / Naturalism / Academic art / Impressionism / Naturalism
Illustrations
Attributed works:
Plate II. Study of a Tree. À Herisson. 1882. The Landscape of Harpignies
Attributed works:
Plate II. The Ravine. c. 1882. The Landscape of Harpignies
Attributed works:
Plate III. Chàtaignier à Briand, c. 1892 the Landscape of Harpignies.
Attributed works:
The Storm by H. Harpignies. Emery Walker Ph. Sc.
Attributed works:
The Terrace (Terrasse À St. Privé) 1879 the Landscape of Harpignies. Plate I
Article
Constantin Meunier
06/1905 | 27 | 7
Pages: 177-179+181-183+186-187
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Author:
Petrucci, Raphael (Petrucci, Raphael)
Author:
Ricketts, Charles (Ricketts, Charles; Ricketts, C. S.; R., C.; Ricketts, C.; R., C.)
Subjects
artists:
Meunier, Constantin
dates:
1850-1899
places:
France
subjects:
Obituaries / Biographies / Academicism / Academic art
subjects:
Visual sources / Realism / Sculpture / Paintings / Romanticism / Human figure / Bronzes
Illustrations
Attributed works:
Plate I. Furnaces: Pastel. Drawings by Constantin Meunier
Attributed works:
Plate I. Interior of a Colliery. Drawings by Constantin Meunier
Attributed works:
Plate II. Miners: Water-Colour. Works by Constantin Meunier.
Attributed works:
Plate II. Puddler Resting: Bronze. Works by Constantin Meunier.
Attributed works:
Plate III. Le Marteleur: Bronze. Works by Constantin Meunier.
Attributed works:
Plate III. The Soil: Bronze. Works by Constantin Meunier.
Editorial
The Extinction of the Middle-Class Collector
06/1905 | 27 | 7
Pages: 173-174
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Subjects
subjects:
Patronage / Collecting / Middle Class / Aristocracy / Art market / Academic art