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Book Review
The Kennicott Bible: A Masterpiece of Jewish Book Art
02/2025 | 1463 | 167
Pages: 190–191
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Reviewer:
Law-Turner, Frederica C.E. (Law-Turner, Frederica C.E.)
Subjects
subjects:
Bible / Illuminated manuscripts / Books / Jewish / Iberian
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subjects:
The Kennicott Bible: A Masterpiece of Jewish Book Art Edited by Katrin Kogman-Appel, Javier del Barco and María Teresa Ortega-Monasterio. 272 pp. incl. 190 col. ills. (Bodleian Library Publishing, Oxford, 2023), £50. ISBN 978–1–85124–600–7. | :
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Attributed works:
3. Colophon of the artist, by Joseph ibn Hayyim. 1447. Kennicott Bible. (Bodleian Library, Oxford, MS Kennicott 1, fol.447r).
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Algernon Moses Marsden, ‘the most enterprising of picture dealers’
09/2022 | 1434 | 164
Pages: 874-887
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Author:
Matyjaszkiewicz, Krystyna (Matyjaszkiewicz, Krystyna)
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artists:
Tissot, James / Millais, John Everett / Loppé, Gabriel / Frith, William Powell
collectors and dealers:
Marsden, Algernon Moses / Gambart, Ernest
collectors and dealers:
Fox White, Edward
patrons:
Knowles, Kaye
subjects:
Victorian art / Art market / Art dealers / Jewish / Collectors
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Effie Deans, from ‘The Heart of Midlothian’ by Sir Walter Scott, by John Everett Millais. 1877. Oil on canvas, 104.1 by 76.8 cm. (Private collection; photograph © Christie’s Images; Bridgeman Images).
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10. Il dolce far niente, by William Holman Hunt. 1866. Oil on canvas, 101 by 81.2 cm. (Private collection; photograph © Christie’s Images; Bridgeman Images).
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11. The Race for Wealth, no.3: Victims, after William Powell Frith. 1880. Engraving, 69 by 76.6 cm. (Photograph © Museum of London).
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2. Algernon Moses Marsden, by James Tissot. 1877. Oil on canvas, 49.5 by 73.7 cm. (Private collection).
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3. Edward Fox White, by James Tissot. c.1877. Oil on canvas, 73.7 by 54 cm. (Private collection; photograph © Christie’s Images).
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4. Le Buet seen from the Glacier d’Argentiere, Chamonix, by Gabriel Loppé. 1876. Oil on canvas, 60 by 45 cm. (Private collection; photograph © John Mitchell Fine Paintings / Bridgeman Images).
Attributed works:
5. Display advertisement in the Daily News for the Conduit Street Gallery, mirroring one for E. Moses & Son. 6th April 1875. (Courtesy of the British Newspaper Archive; © The British Library Board).
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6. Westminster, by Giuseppe de Nittis. 1878. Oil on canvas, 110 by 195 cm. (© A. Dagli Orti; NPL – DeA Picture Library; Bridgeman Images)
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7. Piccadilly: wintry walk in London, by Giuseppe de Nittis. 1875. Oil on canvas, 68.5 by 104 cm. (Private collection).
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8. Afternoon tea, also known as In the conservatory, by James Tissot. 1874. Oil on canvas, 38.4 by 51.1 cm. (Private collection).
Attributed works:
9. The convalescent, by James Tissot. 1876. Oil on canvas, 75.4 by 98.4 cm. (Museums Sheffield).
Book Review
Belonging and Betrayal: How Jews Made the Art World Modern
08/2022 | 1433 | 164
Pages: 828
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Reviewer:
Bade, Patrick (Bade, Patrick)
Subjects
subjects:
Jewish / Collectors / Art dealers / Art critics
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subjects:
Belonging and Betrayal: How Jews Made the Art World Modern By Charles Dellheim. 688 pp. incl. 24 col. + 94 b. & w. ills. (Brandeis University Press, Waltham, 2021), $40. ISBN 978–1–68458–056–9. | :
Exhibition Review
Friedl Dicker-Brandeis: Bauhaus- Schülerin, Avantgarde-Malerin, Kunstp dagogin / Bauhaus Student, Avant-Garde Painter, Art Teacher
07/2022 | 1432 | 164
Pages: 214-217
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Reviewer:
Shapira, Elana (Shapira, Elana)
Subjects
art literature:
Exhibition catalogues
artists:
Dicker-Brandeis, Friedl
museums and institutions:
Lentos Kunstmuseum, Linz, Austria
places:
Vienna
subjects:
Modernism / Bauhaus / Study and teaching / Austrian painting / Austrian architecture / Jewish
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subjects:
Friedl Dicker-Brandeis: Bauhaus- Schülerin, Avantgarde-Malerin, Kunstpädagogin / Bauhaus Student, Avant-Garde Painter, Art Teacher Edited by Hemma Schmutz and Brigitte Reutner-Doneus. 252 pp. incl. 150 col. ills. (Hirmer, Munich, and Lentos Kunstmuseum Linz, 2022), €39.90. ISBN 978–3–7774–3846–7. | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
15. Axonometric drawing of the study in an apartment for Stella Reymers- Münz, Vienna, by Friedl Dicker- Brandeis. 1930. Tempera and pencil on tracing paper, 33 by 50 cm. (Georg Schrom Archive, Vienna).
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16. The Interrogation, by Friedl Dicker- Brandeis. 1934. Gouache and collage, 46 by 33 cm. (University of Applied Arts Vienna).
Attributed works:
17. Woman in a car, by Friedl Dicker-Brandeis. 1940. Pastel on paper, 43.5 by 56 cm. (Jewish Museum, Prague).
Book Review
Designing Transformation: Jews and Cultural Identity in Central European Modernism
06/2022 | 1431 | 164
Pages: 630-631
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Reviewer:
Herwitz, Daniel (Herwitz, Daniel)
Subjects
subjects:
Architects / Jewish / Architecture / Modernism / Central Europe
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Designing Transformation: Jews and Cultural Identity in Central European Modernism Edited by Elana Shapira. 344 pp. incl. 69 b. & w. ills. (Bloomsbury, London, 2021), £85. ISBN 978–1–350–17227–2. | :
Book Review
Design Dialogue: Jews, Culture and Viennese Modernism / Design Dialog: Juden, Kultur und Wiener Moderne. Edited by Elana Shapira
12/2019 | 1401 | 161
Pages: 1069-1070
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Reviewer:
Wieber, Sabine (Wieber, Sabine)
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dates:
1800-1899 / 1900-1949
places:
Vienna
subjects:
Austrian architecture / Austrian painting / Austrian sculpture / Design / Modernism / Jewish / Patrons
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Design Dialogue: Jews, Culture and Viennese Modernism / Design Dialog: Juden, Kultur und Wiener Moderne Edited by Elana Shapira. 475 pp. incl. 112 col. + b. & w. ills. (Böhlau Verlag, Vienna and Cologne, 2018), £35.72. ISBN 978–3–205–20634–7. | :
Exhibition Review
The Colmar Treasure: A Medieval Jewish Legacy. Met Cloisters, New York
11/2019 | 1400 | 161
Pages: 944-946
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Reviewer:
Ackley, Joseph (Ackley, Joseph)
Subjects
dates:
2010-2019
museums and institutions:
The Cloisters, New York, United States
places:
Colmar
subjects:
Jewish / Jews / Jewellery / Coins / Rings (objects) / Brooches
Illustrations
Western art unattributed:
4. Jewish ceremonial wedding ring. Italy(?), c.1300– before 1348. Gold, opaque and translucent enamel, 3.5 by 2.3 cm. (Musée de Cluny, Paris; exh. Met Cloisters, New York).
Western art unattributed:
5. Silk purse depicting lovers. France or Rhineland, first half of the fourteenth century. Silk, linen and gold leaf, 14 by 15.2 cm. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; exh. Met Cloisters, New York).
Western art unattributed:
6. Page from a Mahzor. Rhineland (Colmar?). First half of the fourteenth century. (Bibliothèque municipale, Colmar, CG11629; exh. Met Cloisters, New York).
Book Review
Jerusalem 1000–1400: Every People Under Heaven. Edited by Barbara Drake Boehm and Melanie Holcomb
06/2017 | 1371 | 159
Pages: 477
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Reviewer:
Chojnacka, Monica (Chojnacka, Monica)
Subjects
dates:
1000-1099 / 1100-1199 / 1200-1299 / 1300-1399
dates:
2010-2019
museums and institutions:
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, United States
places:
Jerusalem
subjects:
Exhibition catalogues / Cultural history / Early Christian / Muslim / Islamic / Jewish / Art objects
Illustrations
Western art unattributed:
31. St Peter heals Tabitha, from the St Peter capital. Nazareth, early 1170s (Terra Sancta Museum, Basilica of the Annunciation, Nazareth)
Exhibition Review
Venice, Jews and Europe. Venice
10/2016 | 1363 | 158
Pages: 847-849
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Reviewer:
Chojnacka, Monica (Chojnacka, Monica)
Subjects
dates:
2010-2019
museums and institutions:
Palazzo Ducale, Venice, Italy
places:
Venice / Italy
subjects:
Reviews / Exhibitions / Venetian / Jews / Jewish / Cultural history
Illustrations
Attributed works:
84. Nobleman at his table, by Giovanni Grevembroch (1731-1807). From Gli abiti de veneziani di quasi ogni età con diligenza raccolti e dipinti nel secolo XVIII. Venice, second half of the eighteenth century (Biblioteca del Museo Correr, Venice; exh. Doge's Palace, Venice)
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86. Rabbi no. 2, by Marc Chagall. 1914-22 (Ca'Pesaro - Galleria Internazionale d'Arte Moderna, Venice; exh. Doge's Palace, Venice)
Attributed works:
87. The drunkenness of Noah, by Giovanni Bellini. c.1515 (Musée des Beaux-Arts et d'Archéologie, Besançon; exh. Doge's Palace, Venice)
Non-western art unattributed:
85. Jewish marriage contract between Diana bat Gavri'el Barak Caravaglio and Mošeh ben Ya'aqov Baruk Caravaglio. 1723 (Monday 14 Nissan 5483). (Museo Correr, Venice; exh. Doge's Palace, Venice)
Book Review
The Arts of Intimacy. Christians, Jews, and Muslims in the Making of Castilian Culture
06/2010 | 1287 | 152
Pages: 415-416
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Reviewer:
Walker, Rose (Walker, Rose)
Subjects
places:
Spain / Castilla-La Mancha (region)
print:
Castilian art
subjects:
Religious art / Christianity / Islamic architecture / Islamic painting / Islamic sculpture / Jewish / Literature / Medieval / Early Christian / Cultural history / Castilian / Muslim / Judaism / Islam
subjects:
Art history / Architectural history
Reviewed Items
subjects:
The Arts of Intimacy. Christians, Jews, and Muslims in the Making of Castilian Culture | author: Balbale, Abigail Krasner , author: Dodds, Jerrilynn D. , author: Menocal, María Rosa
Illustrations
Western art unattributed:
66. Stucco decoration on the entrance arch of the palace of al-Mamun, Toledo. Eleventh century.
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