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Exhibition Review
Corvey und das Erbe der Antike: Kaiser, Klöster und Kulturtransfer im Mittelalter
12/2024 | 1461 | 166
Pages: 1241–3
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Schwarzer, Isabella (Schwarzer, Isabella)
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Corvey und das Erbe der Antike: Kaiser, Klöster und Kulturtransfer im Mittelalter Diözesanmuseum, Paderborn 21st September 2024–26th January 2025 | :
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6. She-bear. Roman with 19th-century additions. Bronze, 85 by 75 by 95 cm. (Domschatzkammer, Aachen; exh. Diözesanmuseum, Paderborn).
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4. Bursa. Second half of the 8th century. Gold and silver, fire gilt, cloisonné, glass and garnet inlay, gems, pearls, wooden core, 16 by 14 by 5.3 cm. (Staatliche Museen zu Berlin; exh. Diözesanmuseum, Paderborn).
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5. Stone plate with inscription from westwork of Corvey Abbey, 815–85. Sandstone, approx. 173 by 87 cm. (Corvey Abbey; exh. Diözesanmuseum, Paderborn).
Book Review
The World of Late Antiquity
10/2024 | 1459 | 166
Pages: 1093
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Gardner-Dseagu, Christine (Gardner-Dseagu, Christine)
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The World of Late Antiquity By Peter Brown. 240 pp. incl. 129 col. + b. & w. ills. (Thames & Hudson, London, 2024), £10.60. ISBN 978–0–500–29748–3. | :
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7. Solidus of Justinian II. Byzantine, 692–95. Gold, diameter 1.9 cm. (Saint Louis Art Museum, St Louis).
Book Review
Restoration as Fabrication of Origins: A Material and Political History of Italian Renaissance Art
09/2024 | 1458 | 166
Pages: 988-9
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Ventra, Stefania (Ventra, Stefania)
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Restoration as Fabrication of Origins: A Material and Political History of Italian Renaissance Art Edited by Henri de Riedmatten, Fabio Gaffo and Mathilde Jaccard. 190 pp. incl. 92 col. ills. (De Gruyter, Berlin, 2023), £44.50. ISBN 978–3–11–107227–2. | :
Book Review
The Architectural Drawings of Antonio da Sangallo and His Circle (Vol.III: Antiquity and Theory)
06/2024 | 1455 | 166
Pages: 648–650
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Hemsoll, David (Hemsoll, David)
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The Architectural Drawings of Antonio da Sangallo and His Circle (Vol.III: Antiquity and Theory) Edited by Christoph Luitpold Frommel and Georg Schelbert. 2 vols, 584 pp. incl. 526 b. & w. ills. (Harvey Miller Publishers, London, 2022), £210. ISBN 978–1–912554–39–3. | :
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1. Plan of the Colosseum, by Antonio da Sangallo the Younger. c.1505 or after 1513. Pen on parchment, 18.7 by 22.7 cm. (Gallerie degli Uffizi, Florence).
Book Review
The Touch of Pygmalion: Rubens and Sculpture in Rome
05/2024 | 1454 | 166
Pages: 512–515
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Pierguidi, Stefano (Pierguidi, Stefano)
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The Touch of Pygmalion: Rubens and Sculpture in Rome Edited by Francesca Cappelletti and Lucia Simonato. 232 pp. incl. numerous col. + b. & w. ills. (Electa, Milan, 2023), €42. 978–88–928–2478–2. | :
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6. Two studies after the Spinario, by Peter Paul Rubens. 1602. Red chalk, heightened with white, with later grey background wash, on paper. 26.1 by 36 cm. (British Museum, London).
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7. Death of Adonis, by Peter Paul Rubens. c.1614. Oil on canvas, 212 by 325 cm. (Israel Museum, Jerusalem).
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8. Agrippina and Germanicus, by Peter Paul Rubens. c.1614. Oil on panel, 66.4 by 57 cm. (National Gallery of Art, Washington).
Book Review
Thorvaldsen: Collector of Plaster Casts from Antiquity and the Early Modern Period
11/2023 | 1448 | 165
Pages: 1249-1250
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Trusted, Marjorie (Trusted, Marjorie)
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Thorvaldsen: Collector of Plaster Casts from Antiquity and the Early Modern Period By Jan Zahle. 3 vols, 828 pp. with approx. 200 col. + b. & w. ills. (Thorvaldsens Museum, Copenhagen, and Aarhus University Press, 2020), DKK699.95. ISBN 978–87–7184–359–0. | :
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5. A sculptor in his studio working from the life, by Wilhelm Ferdinand Bendz. 1827. Oil on canvas, 190 by 158 cm. (Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen).
Short Notice
Albanimania
11/2023 | 1448 | 165
Pages: 1214-1219
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Aymonino, Adriano (Aymonino, Adriano)
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Cardinal Alessandro Albani: collezionismo, diplomazia e mercato nell’Europa del Grand Tour: Collecting, Dealing and Diplomacy in Grand Tour Europe (Studi sul Settecento Romano 37). Edited by Clare Hornsby and Mario Bevilacqua. 399 pp. incl. numerous col. + b. & w. ills. (Edizioni Quasar, Rome, 2021), €60. ISBN 978–88–5491–188–8. | :
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Villa Albani Torlonia: architetture, collezioni, giardino. Edited by Carlo Gasparri. 379 pp. incl. numerous col. + b. & w. ills. (Electa, Milan, 2022), €49. ISBN 978–88–918–2134–7. | :
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Villa Albani Torlonia: The Cradle of Neoclassicism. Photographs by Massimo Listri with texts by Salvatore Settis, Carlo Gasparri, Alvar González-Palacios and Raniero Gnoli. 335 pp. incl. numerous col. + b. & w. ills. (Rizzoli, New York, 2021). $150. ISBN 978–8–8918–3214–6. | :
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1. Cardinal Alessandro Albani, by Ludovico Mazzanti. c.1721–24. Oil on canvas, 96 by 73 cm. (Villa Albani Torlonia, Rome; © Fondazione Torlonia; photograph Massimo Listri).
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2. Casino Nobile, Villa Albani Torlonia, Rome. (© Fondazione Torlonia; photograph Massimo Listri).
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3. Loggia, Villa Albani Torlonia, Rome. (© Fondazione Torlonia; photograph Massimo Listri).
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4. Galleria del Parnaso, Villa Albani Torlonia, Rome. (© Fondazione Torlonia; photograph Massimo Listri).
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5. Antique bas-relief of Antinous, Sala di Antinoo, Villa Albani Torlonia, Rome. (© Fondazione Torlonia; photograph Massimo Listri).
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6. Detail of the Galleria del Parnaso, Villa Albani Torlonia, Rome, showing the marble and mosaic revetments. (© Fondazione Torlonia; photograph Massimo Listri).
Book Review
Inventing Late Antique Reliquaries: Reception, Material History, and Dynamics of Interaction (4th–6th centuries CE)
09/2023 | 1446 | 165
Pages: 1033-35
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Luxford, Julian (Luxford, Julian)
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Inventing Late Antique Reliquaries: Reception, Material History, and Dynamics of Interaction (4th–6th centuries CE) By Adrien Palladino. 312 pp. incl. 18 col. + 88 b. & w. ills. (Viella, Rome, and Masaryk University Press, Brno, 2022), €48. ISBN 978–88–331–3867–1. | :
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2. The lid of the S. Nazaro casket, showing the Christogram. Milan, before AD 386. Silver, 20.5 by 20.5 cm. (Museo del Duomo, Milan).
Article
Aby Warburg’s Hertziana lecture, 1929
08/2023 | 1445 | 165
Pages: 852–873
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Sears, Elizabeth (Sears, Elizabeth)
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1. The lecture hall in the Bibliotheca Hertziana, Palazzo Zuccari, Rome. Photograph, c.1995. (Bibliotheca Hertziana, Rome).
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10 and 11. Panel I of the Hertziana lecture, photographs by Pompeo Sansaini. 1929. Hand-numbered, 1–35. (Warburg Institute Archive, London).
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12. Detail of Fig.7, showing a carved relief of the Justice of Trajan.
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13. Detail of The children of Venus, showing a dancing couple, attributed to Baccio Baldini. c.1464. Engraving, 32 by 21.5 cm. (British Museum, London).
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14. Detail of The children of Venus, showing a dancing couple, attributed to Baccio Baldini. c.1465. Engraving, 25.5 by 18 cm. (British Museum, London).
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15. Panel VIb of the Hertziana lecture, photograph by Pompeo Sansaini. 1929. The panel includes two depictions of the Battle of Constantine, by Piero della Francesca (nos.216–17) and Giulio Romano (no.215). (Warburg Institute Archive, London).
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16. Chart sketched by Aby Warburg, 8th February 1929. Media represented in the twelve Hertziana ‘plates’ following the C-sketches consisting of 287 photographs distributed across nine screens before the discarding of Plate VI. (Warburg Institute Archive, London).
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17. The monument to Giordano Bruno, Campo dei Fiori, Rome, by Ettore Ferrari. 1889. Bronze. The statue is on the site of Bruno’s execution on 17th February 1600. (Photograph the author).
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2. Gertrud Bing, Aby Warburg and Franz Alber in their sitting room at the Palace Hotel, April 1929. In the background is a screen constructed for the Hertziana lecture: to the left, the first eight of the twenty photographs by Pompeo Sansaini documenting the image-series; to the right, a scattering of photographs that had been on display. (Warburg Institute Archive, London).
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3 and 4. The evolution of Hertziana Panel 1 (‘Energetic inversion’) in arrangements of photographs sketched by Gertrud Bing. Demonstration evening (5th December 1928) and A-series (January 1929). See also Figs.5 and 6. (Warburg Institute Archive, London).
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5 and 6. The evolution of Hertziana Panel 1 (‘Energetic inversion’) in arrangements of photographs sketched by Gertrud Bing. The B-series and the (final) C-series (January 1929). (Warburg Institute Archive, London).
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7. The first terrace of Purgatory: the marble reliefs and the repentance of the proud: an illustration for Purgatorio, Canto X of Dante’s Divine Comedy, by Sandro Botticelli. c.1488–92. Metalpoint and brown ink on parchment, 32.2 by 47 cm. (Kupferstichkabinett, Staatliche Museen, Berlin).
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8. Adoration of the shepherds, by Domenico Ghirlandaio. 1485. Oil on panel, 167 by 167 cm. (S. Trinita Florence; photograph © Raffaello Bencini; Bridgeman Images).
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9. Detail of a relief below the tomb of Francesco Sassetti, showing Sassetti being mourned, attributed to Giuliano da Sangallo. 1485–90. Pietra serena. (S. Trinita, Florence).
Exhibition Review
Luxury and Power: Persia to Greece
08/2023 | 1445 | 165
Pages: 895–898
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Gardner-Dseagu, Christine (Gardner-Dseagu, Christine)
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Luxury and Power: Persia to Greece British Museum, London 4th May–13th August | :
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Non-western art unattributed:
7. Plate showing a banqueting scene based on the triumph of Dionysos. Parthian or early Sasanian, 100– 300. Silver and gold, diameter 22.3 cm. (British Museum, London).
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8. Drinking mug in the form of a lion’s head. Greek, 500–470 BC. Pottery with redfigure decoration, height 14 cm. (British Museum, London).
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9. Rhyton terminating in a stag’s head decorated with episodes from the myths of Herakles and Theseus. Hellenistic (found in Panagyurishte, Bulgaria), c.300 BC. Gold, height 13.7 cm. (National Museum of History, Sofia; exh. British Museum, London).
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