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Book Review
The Language of Architectural Classicism: From Looking to Seeing
03/2025 | 1464 | 167
Pages: 299–300
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Powers, Alan (Powers, Alan)
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The Language of Architectural Classicism: From Looking to Seeing By Edward McParland. 288 pp. incl. 253 col. + 48 b. & w. ills. (Lund Humphries, London, 2024), £35. ISBN 978–1–84822–659–3. | :
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A Classical source for Michelangelo’s Florence ‘Pietà’
02/2024 | 1451 | 166
Pages: 112–113
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Ekserdjian, David (Ekserdjian, David; E., D.)
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1. Studies from the Antique with rams’ heads, barbarian trophies and figures of Victory, by the workshop of Giovanni Battista Piranesi. c.1755–65. Red and black chalk on paper, 46.7 by 37.4 cm. (Morgan Library and Museum, New York).
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2. Pietà, by Michelangelo. 1553. Marble, height 277 cm. (Museo dell’ Opera del Duomo, Florence; Bridgeman Images).
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3. Detail of Fig.1, showing a fallen Amazon supported by a companion in a Phrygian cap.
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4. Mould-made pottery lamp decorated with an Amazon assisting a fallen comrade, here reproduced in reverse. Roman (Italy), c.40–75. Terracotta, 10.4 by 8.2 cm. (British Museum, London).
Book Review
A Catalogue of the Sculpture Collection at Wilton House
11/2021 | 1424 | 163
Pages: 1080-1081
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Heinemann, Alexander (Heinemann, Alexander)
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A Catalogue of the Sculpture Collection at Wilton House By Peter Stewart. 438 pp. incl. 154 col. + 14 b. & w. ills. (Archaeopress, Oxford, 2020), £90. ISBN 978–1–78969–655–4. | :
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1. Herkules fighting the River Achelous. 1st–2nd century with modern restorations. Marble, height 103 cm. (Wilton House, Salisbury, Wiltshire; photograph Guido Petruccioli).
Exhibition Review
The Romance of Ruins: The Search for Ancient Ionia, 1764
08/2021 | 1421 | 163
Pages: 745-747
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Gunn, Ann (Gunn, Ann)
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The Romance of Ruins: The Search for Ancient Ionia, 1764 Sir John Soane’s Museum, London 19th May–5th September | :
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12. Miletus with the river over the Meander, by William Pars. 1764. Pen and black ink with watercolour and gum arabic on paper, 29.6 by 47.1 cm. (British Museum, London; exh. Sir John Soane’s Museum, London).
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13. Study of the Parthenon, South Metope II, by William Pars. 1765–66. Graphite, pen and ink and red-brown wash on paper, 27 by 38.1 cm. (British Museum, London; exh. Sir John Soane’s Museum, London).
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14. The temple at Sunium, by William Pars. 1765. Pen and brown and black ink and watercolour with some gum arabic on paper, 23.7 by 47.3 mm. (British Museum, London; exh. Sir John Soane’s Museum, London).
Book Review
Charles Robert Cockerell in the Mediterranean: Letters and Travels, 1810–1817. By Susan Pearce and Theresa Ormrod
07/2019 | 1396 | 161
Pages: 613
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Bryant, Max (Bryant, Max)
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Charles Robert Cockerell in the Mediterranean: Letters and Travels, 1810–1817 By Susan Pearce and Theresa Ormrod. 330 pp. incl. 21 b. & w. ills. (Boydell Press, Martlesham, 2017), | :
Book Review
The Transformation of Athens: Painted Pottery and the Creation of Classical Greece. By Robin Osborne
06/2019 | 1395 | 161
Pages: 519-520
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Rodriguez Perez, Diana (Rodriguez Perez, Diana)
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The Transformation of Athens: Painted Pottery and the Creation of Classical Greece By Robin Osborne. | :
Article
An inventory of Lorenzo Ghiberti’s collection of antiquities
04/2019 | 1393 | 161
Pages: 274-299
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Carl, Doris (Carl, Doris)
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1. Self-portrait, by Lorenzo Ghiberti, from the east doors of the Baptistery, Florence (the Doors of Paradise). 1425–52. Gilt bronze. (Museo dell’Opera del’Duomo, Florence; photograph Alamy).
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11. The goat Amalthea nursing Zeus, by Bertoldo di Giovanni and others. c.1490–95. Glazed terracotta relief, height 58 cm. (Villa Medici, Poggio a Caiano).
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14. Detail of the Moses relief from the east doors of the Baptistery, Florence (the Doors of Paradise), by Lorenzo Ghiberti. 1425–52. Gilt bronze, 79.5 by 79.5 cm. (Museo dell’Opera del’Duomo, Florence; Bridgeman Images).
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16. Reverse of a medal of Giovanna Tornabuoni, by Niccolò Fiorentino. c.1486. Bronze, diameter 7.9 cm. (National Gallery of Art, Washington).
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17. The Three Graces, by Raphael. c.1503–05. Panel, 17 by 17 cm. (Musée Condé, Chantilly; Bridgeman Images).
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18. Detail of Primavera, by Sandro Botticelli. c.1482. Panel, 203 by 314 cm. (Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence; Bridgeman Images).
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19. Detail of Allegory of April, by Francesco del Cossa. Fresco. (Palazzo Schifanoia, Ferrara; Bridgeman Images).
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2. Portrait of Vittorio di Lorenzo Ghiberti, by Lorenzo Ghiberti, from the east doors of the Baptistery, Florence (the Doors of Paradise). 1425–52. Gilt bronze. (Museo dell’Opera del’Duomo, Florence; photograph Alamy).
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24. Nymph and putto and Man asleep on a bed, by Giovanni da Udine after designs by Raphael. 1516–19. Stucco reliefs. (Vatican Loggie, Rome).
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28. Detail of a cassone panel, attributed to the Master of the Argonauts. 1444 or 1469. Panel. (Bode Museum, Berlin).
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29. Detail of the Resurrection relief on the north doors of the Baptistery, Florence, showing a sleeping soldier, by Lorenzo Ghiberti. 1414–24. Bronze, 65 by 57.5 cm. (Bridgeman Images).
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30. Hercules with a lion’s pelt, attributed to the Hercules Master, from the Porta della Mandorla, Florence Cathedral. c.1390–1400. Marble. (Photograph Sailko).
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5 Detail of A battle, by Bertoldo di Giovanni, showing a figure of Victory. c.1479. Bronze, 45 by 90 cm. (Museo Nazionale del Bargello, Florence; Bridgeman Images).
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10. Goat. Hellenistic, first–second century AD. Bronze, height 13.2 cm. (Museo Archeologico Nazionale, Florence).
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12. Portrait of an unknown woman, shown from three angles. Roman, c.AD 150. Bronze, height 36 cm. (Museo Archeologico Nazionale, Florence).
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13. Portrait of Faustina Maior. c.AD 105–140. Marble, height 63 cm. (Capitoline Museum, Rome).
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15. The Three Graces, Roman copy of a Hellenistic model. Marble. (Piccolomini Library, Siena).
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20. Roman relief mirrors depicting the Three Graces. First–second century AD. Bronze, diameter of each c.12.5 cm. (a) private collection, Paris; (b) State Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg; (c) Seattle Art Museum, Washington; (d) art market, Paris; (e) J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles; (f) University of Toronto; (g) North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh; (h) formerly Bardo National Museum, Tunis; (i) art market, Basel; (j) Bavarian State Archaeological Collection, Munich.
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21. The Three Graces. Mirror, Roman, first–second century AD. Bronze, diameter 12 cm. (The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).
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22. The Bed of Polyclitus. Copy after the relief belonging to Lorenzo Ghiberti. Mid-sixteenth century. Marble, 34 by 50 cm. (Private collection).
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23. The Bed of Polyclitus. Here dated to the fifteenth century. Marble, height 46 cm. (Palazzo Mattei di Giove, Rome).
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25. Detail of a sarcophagus depicting the mourning of Meleager. Roman, second century AD. Marble. (Torno Collection, Milan; photograph Palazzo Montalto, Florence).
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26. Detail of a sarcophagus depicting Meleager’s corpse being carried home. Roman, fourth quarter of the second century AD. Marble. (Althorp House, Northamptonshire; originally Palazzo Sciarra, Rome).
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27. Above Detail of a sarcophagus, showing a nereid. Roman, late second– early third century AD. Marble. (Museo dell’Opera del Duomo, Siena).
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3. Family tree of the Ghiberti.
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4. The Gaddi torso. Hellenistic, second century BC. Marble, height 84.4 cm. (Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence).
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6. Victory. Late Hellenistic. Bronze, height 16.3 cm. (Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore).
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7. Hercules Pomarius. Etruscan, third–first century BC. Bronze, 7.3 by 8.7 by 7.2 cm. (Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore).
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8. Kairos. Roman, first century AD. Marble. (Formerly Palazzo Medici, Florence).
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9. Diskophoros, Roman copy of statue by Naukydes. Marble, height 178 cm. (Liebieghaus, Frankfurt).
Article
Philip and Peter Paul Rubens in Rome: newly discovered documents concerning their early careers
02/2019 | 1391 | 161
Pages: 120-127
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Paolini, Cecilia (Paolini, Cecilia)
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1. Philip Rubens, by Peter Paul Rubens. c.1610–11. Panel, 68.6 by 52.7 cm. (Detroit Institute of Arts).
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2. Laocoön and his sons, by Peter Paul Rubens. Black chalk and bistre on paper, 47.5 by 47.5 cm. (Biblioteca Ambrosiana, Milan).
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3. Bust of Seneca, by Cornelis Galle after Peter Paul Rubens. Engraving, 30.9 by 19 cm. From L. Annaei Senecae philosophi opera by Justus Lipsius, 2nd ed., Antwerp 1615. (The British Museum, London).
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4. The crowning with thorns, by Peter Paul Rubens. 1602. Panel, 224 by 180 cm. (Cathedral of Notre-Dame-du-Puy, Grasse, Bridgeman Images).
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5. Archduke Albert VII of Austria, by Peter Paul Rubens. c.1618. Canvas, 105 by 74 cm. (Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna).
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6. Opposite Peter Paul Rubens, Philip Rubens, Justus Lipsius and Joannes Woverius (‘The Four Philosophers’), by Peter Paul Rubens. c.1611–12. Panel, 164 by 139 cm. (Palazzo Pitti, Florence).
Exhibition Review
Ribera: Art of Violence. Dulwich Picture Gallery, London
01/2019 | 1390 | 161
Pages: 58-60
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Finaldi, Gabriele (Finaldi, Gabriele)
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1. A bat and two ears, by Jusepe de Ribera. Early 1620s. Red chalk, brush and red wash, 15.9 by 27.9 cm. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; exh. Dulwich Picture Gallery, London).
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2. Apollo and Marsyas, by Jusepe de Ribera. 1637. Canvas, 182 by 232 cm. (Museo e Real Bosco di Capodimonte, Naples; exh. Dulwich Picture Gallery, London).
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3. Man bound to a stake, by Jusepe de Ribera. First half of the 1640s. Pen and brown ink with wash, 21.5 by 16.3 cm. (Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco; exh. Dulwich Picture Gallery, London).
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