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Book Review
The World of Late Antiquity
10/2024 | 1459 | 166
Pages: 1093
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Reviewer:
Gardner-Dseagu, Christine (Gardner-Dseagu, Christine)
Subjects
subjects:
Antiquity / Roman art / Byzantine art / Islam / Christianity / Paganism
Reviewed Items
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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. | :
Illustrations
Western art unattributed:
7. Solidus of Justinian II. Byzantine, 692–95. Gold, diameter 1.9 cm. (Saint Louis Art Museum, St Louis).
Book Review
Italy, Cyprus, and Artistic Exchange in the Medieval Mediterranean
06/2023 | 1443 | 165
Pages: 662-665
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Olympios, Michalis (Olympios, Michalis)
Subjects
dates:
1200-1299 / 1300-1399
places:
Cyprus / Italy / Mediterranean
subjects:
Medieval art / Byzantine art
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subjects:
Italy, Cyprus, and Artistic Exchange in the Medieval Mediterranean By Anthi Andronikou. 410 pp. incl. 142 col. + b. & w. ills. (Cambridge University Press, 2022), £75. ISBN 978–1–316–51092–6. | :
Illustrations
Western art unattributed:
2. Virgin of the Carmelites (St Kassianos Virgin). Second half of the thirteenth century. Tempera and gold on parchment and wood, 203 by 156 cm. (Byzantine Museum and Art Gallery of the Archbishop Makarios III Foundation, Nicosia).
Book Review
Iconophilia: Politics, Religion, Preaching, and the Use of Images in Rome, c.680–880
01/2022 | 1426 | 164
Pages: 84-85
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Reviewer:
Hamburger, Jeffrey (Hamburger, Jeffrey)
Subjects
places:
Rome
subjects:
Religious art / Byzantine art / Iconoclasm / Catholicism / Liturgy / Mary, Virgin / Popes
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Iconophilia: Politics, Religion, Preaching, and the Use of Images in Rome, c.680–880 By Francesca Dell’Acqua. 444 pp. incl. 32 col. + 103 b. & w. ills. (Routledge, London and New York, 2020), £130. ISBN 978–0–415–79372–8. | :
Illustrations
Western art unattributed:
2. Theotokos and Pope Paschal I, detail from the apse, S. Maria in Domnica, Rome. 818–19. Mosaic. (Photograph Francesca Dell’Acqua).
Book Review
The Wyvern Collection: Byzantine and Sasanian Silver, Enamels and Works of Art
11/2021 | 1424 | 163
Pages: 1081-1083
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Reviewer:
Drpić, Ivan (Drpić, Ivan)
Subjects
museums and institutions:
Wyvern Collection
subjects:
Byzantine art / Sassanian / Silverwork / Enamels / Collections
Reviewed Items
subjects:
The Wyvern Collection: Byzantine and Sasanian Silver, Enamels and Works of Art By Marco Aimone. 552 pp. incl. 300 col. ills. (Thames and Hudson, London and New York, 2020), £65. ISBN 978–0–500–25249–9. | :
Illustrations
Western art unattributed:
2. Enkolpion in the form of a miniature triptych. 11th century. Gold, cloisonné and champlevé enamels and lead, height 7.1 cm. (Wyvern Collection).
Book Review
The Wyvern Collection: Medieval and Renaissance Sculpture and Metalwork. By Paul Williamson
11/2018 | 1388 | 160
Pages: 974-975
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Reviewer:
Dectot, Xavier (Dectot, Xavier)
Subjects
artists:
Buglioni, Benedetto / Ferrucci, Andrea di Piero / Morel, Jacques / Riemenschneider, Tilman
dates:
0200-0299 / 0300-0399 / 0400-0499 / 0500-0599 / 0600-0699 / 0700-0799 / 0800-0899 / 0900-0999 / 1000-1099 / 1100-1199 / 1200-1299 / 1300-1399 / 1400-1499 / 1500-1599
media:
Sculpture / Wood sculpture / Stone / Marbles / Alabaster carvings / Metalwork / Reliefs
museums and institutions:
Victoria and Albert Museum, London, Great Britain
places:
Europe
subjects:
Collections, Private / Catalogues / Attribution / Dating / Identification / Provenance / Patronage / Commissions / Scientific analysis / Technical analysis / Radiocarbon dating / Art market / Medieval / Early medieval / Late medieval / Byzantine art / Baroque / Rococo / Boxwood / Porphyry / Busts / Sarcophagi / Polychromy / Aquamanilia / Copper
Illustrations
Western art unattributed:
1. Head of an apocalyptic elder. Western French (Parthenay), c.1160, with restorations. Limestone, height 31.5 cm. (Wyvern Collection).
Exhibition Review
The Mainz Treasure. Darmstadt
03/2018 | 1380 | 160
Pages: 234-235
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Reviewer:
Kaufmann, Daniela (Kaufmann, Daniela)
Subjects
dates:
2010-2019
media:
Jewellery
media:
Forgeries
places:
Germany / Darmstadt
subjects:
Goldsmiths / Decorative arts / Technical analysis / Dating / Provenance / Byzantine art
Illustrations
Western art unattributed:
1. Pectoral necklace. Gems and cameos, Antique Roman; Lunula (crescent-shaped pendant), west German, first half eleventh century; gold chains and settings mainly 1886–87. 34.9 by 11.5 cm. (Museum of Decorative Arts, Berlin; exh. Hessisches Landesmuseum, Darmstadt).
Western art unattributed:
2. Large eagle or peacock fi bula. Frankish, second half of the ninth century or west German, 975–1025. Gold, enamel and glass, 9.3 by 9.7 cm. (Landesmuseum Mainz; exh. Hessisches Landesmuseum, Darmstadt).
Western art unattributed:
3. Star-shaped fibula, detail. First half of the eleventh century. Gold, sapphire, amethyst, pearls and inlaid garnet, 6.3 by 6.5 by 1.15 cm. (Hessisches Landesmuseum, Darmstadt).
Publication Received
Aktual- und Realpräsenz. Das eucharistische Christusbild von der Spätantike bis ins Mittelalter. By Tobias Frese.
08/2016 | 1361 | 158
Pages: 655
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Reviewer:
Kauffmann, C. M. (Kauffmann, C. M.; K., C. M.)
Subjects
subjects:
Christian iconography / Jesus Christ / Eucharist / Antiquity / Byzantine art / Romanesque / Carolingian
Publication Received
Working Drawings of Icon Painters after the Fall of Constantinople. The Andreas Xyngopoulos Portfolio at the Benaki Museum. By Maria Vassilaki
06/2016 | 1359 | 158
Pages: 467-467
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Reviewer:
Eastmond, Antony (Eastmond, Antony)
Subjects
museums and institutions:
Benaki Museum, Athens, Greece
subjects:
Sketches / Cartoons (working drawings) / Icons / Manuals / Collections, Public / Collections, Private
subjects:
Byzantine art
Book Review
Between Constantinople and Rome. An illuminated Byzantine Gospel Book (Paris gr. 54) and the Union of the Churches, K. Maxwell
03/2015 | 1344 | 157
Pages: 192
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Reviewer:
Eastmond, Antony (Eastmond, Antony)
Subjects
dates:
1250-1299
museums and institutions:
Bibliothèque nationale de France. Département des manuscrits, Paris, France
subjects:
Illuminated manuscripts / Byzantine art / Miniatures (paintings) / Commissions
works:
Bible
Book Review
Byzantine Antiquities. Works of Art from the Fourth to the Fifteenth Centuries in the Collection of the Moscow Kremlin Museums, I.A. Sterligova, ed.
10/2014 | 1339 | 156
Pages: 678
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Reviewer:
Cormack, Robin (Cormack, Robin)
Subjects
dates:
0300-1099 / 1100-1199 / 1200-1499
museums and institutions:
Moscow Kremlin Museums, Moscow, Russia
subjects:
Collections, Public / Antiquities / Byzantine art / Catalogues
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