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Book Review
Tappeti orientali da Palazzo Pitti al Quirinale
12/2021 | 1425 | 163
Pages: 1209-1210
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Reviewer:
Contadini, Anna (Contadini, Anna)
Subjects
museums and institutions:
Palazzo del Quirinale, Rome, Italy
subjects:
Carpets / Persian / Middle Eastern
subjects:
Medici family / Collections
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Tappeti orientali da Palazzo Pitti al Quirinale By Marco Spallanzani with Maria Taboga. 144 pp. incl. numerous col. + b. & w. ills. (Sagep Editori, Genoa, 2020), €50. ISBN 978–88–9363–714–1. | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
4. Detail of Tappeto da caccia, by Ghiyath al-Din Jami. Persia 1542. Wool and gold and silver gilt thread, 682 by 335 cm. (Poldi Pezzoli Museum, Milan).
Book Review
‘Gold und Bücher lieb ich sehr…’: 480 Jahre Staats- und Stadtbibliothek Augsburg. Edited by Karl-Georg Pfändtner
01/2019 | 1390 | 161
Pages: 85-87
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Reviewer:
Michael, Michael (Michael, Michael; Michael, Michael A.; Michael, M. A.)
Subjects
artists:
Burgkmair, Hans, the elder / Schäufelein, Hans, the elder / Beck, Leonhard / Hokusai, Katsushika / Masayoshi / Utagawa Kuniyoshi, 1798-1861 / Shunboku, Ōoka / Utagawa Toyokuni, 1769-1825 / Nishikawa Sukenobu
dates:
1500-1599 / 1600-1699 / 1700-1799 / 1800-1899 / 1900-1999 / 2000-2099 / 2010-2019
media:
Books / Manuscripts / Illuminated manuscripts / Miniatures (paintings) / Prints / Calligraphy / Incunabula
museums and institutions:
Staats- und Stadtbibliothek, Augsburg, Germany
patrons:
Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor, 1459-1519
places:
Germany / Augsburg
subjects:
Libraries / Collections / Collections, Public / Monasteries / Illuminators / Psalters / Printmaking / Cultural history / Exhibition catalogues / Persian / Ukiyo-e
Illustrations
Western art unattributed:
2. Initial D at beginning of psalm 22 Dixit Insipiens, a tavern with men drinking and gaming, from the psalter of Abbot Johannes von Giltlingen. 1495. Parchment, 57.5 by 42 cm. (Augsburg Staats- und Stadtbibliothek; 2° Cod 49a, Cim 63).
Book Review
L’Empire des roses: Chefs-d’oeuvre de l’art persane du XIXe siècle. Edited by Gwenaëlle Fellinger
10/2018 | 1387 | 160
Pages: 874-875
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Reviewer:
Morris, Natasha (Morris, Natasha)
Subjects
artists:
Laurens, Jules / Afshar, Muhammad Hasan / Shirazi, Aqa Buzurg
dates:
1750-1799 / 1800-1899 / 1900-1949 / 1900-1909 / 1910-1919 / 1920-1929
media:
Paintings / Architecture / Art objects / Costume
museums and institutions:
Musée du Louvre-Lens, Lens, France
places:
France / Lens / Iran
subjects:
Persian painting / Persian architecture / Persian School / Persian / Exhibition catalogues / Critical Reception / Islam / Islamic painting / Islamic architecture / Portraits / Spirituality / Cultural history / Orientalism
subjects:
Qajar / Iranian School / Iranian
Book Review
Princeton’s Great Persian Book of Kings: The Peck Shahnama, by Marianna Shreve Simpson
04/2017 | 1369 | 159
Pages: 322-323
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Reviewer:
Brend, Barbara (Brend, Barbara)
Subjects
dates:
1550-1599
museums and institutions:
Princeton University Library, Princeton, United States
subjects:
Collections, Public / Bequests / Epics / Books / Illuminated manuscripts / Persian
subjects:
Iranian
Book Review
The Shahnama of Shah Tahmasp: The Persian Book of Kings, S.R. Canby
12/2014 | 1341 | 156
Pages: 821-822
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Reviewer:
Erskine, Robert (Erskine, Robert)
Subjects
dates:
1520-1549 / 1550-1599
subjects:
Illuminated manuscripts / Persian painting / Persian / Commissions / Royalty / Facsimiles
Illustrations
Non-western art unattributed:
31. Detail of Faridun encounters the court poets of Gazna, fol.7r of Shahnama of Shah Tahmasp (Aga Khan Museum, Toronto)
Book Review
The Look of the Book. Manuscript production in Shiraz, 1303–1452, E. Wright
06/2014 | 1335 | 156
Pages: 396
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Reviewer:
Rogers, J. M. (Rogers, J. M.; Rogers, John Michael; Rogers, Michael)
Subjects
dates:
1300-1499
places:
Iran / Persia
subjects:
Iranian / Illuminated manuscripts / Manuscripts / Manuscript illumination / Bookbindings
subjects:
Persian
Illustrations
Non-western art unattributed:
63. One half of a double-page frontispiece, Kulliyyåt of Sa'di (Chester Beatty Library, Dublin)
Exhibition Review
Gifts of the Sultans. Los Angeles and Houston
10/2011 | 1303 | 153
Pages: 702-703
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Reviewer:
Rogers, J. M. (Rogers, J. M.; Rogers, John Michael; Rogers, Michael)
Subjects
dates:
2010-2019
museums and institutions:
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Houston, United States / Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, United States
places:
United States / Los Angeles / Houston
print:
Islamic art
subjects:
Reviews / Exhibitions / Islamic art / Islamic / Muslim / Gifts / Persian / Diplomacy
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Gifts of the Sultan: The Arts of Giving at the Islamic Courts | institution: Los Angeles County Museum of Art , institution: Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
Illustrations
Non-western art unattributed:
86. Sardonyx cameo. Mughal India, seventeenth century. 6.7 by 7.2 cm. (Cabinet des Médailles, Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris; exh. Los Angeles County Museum of Art).
Non-western art unattributed:
87. Jewelled gold case for a bezoar (Goa stone). Probably Indo-Portuguese, seventeenth century. 10.3 by 7.6 cm. (Topkapı Palace Museum, Istanbul; exh. Los Angeles County Museum of Art).
Non-western art unattributed:
88. Poems of Hilali, from the Ardabil shrine, Iran. Qazvin or Mashhad, AH 967/1568 AD. 23.8 by 14.5 cm. (page). (Museu Calouste Gulbenkian, Lisbon; exh. Museum of Fine Arts, Houston).
Non-western art unattributed:
89. Latticino mosque lamp, with stencilled decoration. Venice and Ottoman Turkey, sixteenth century. 28 cm. high. (Topkapı Palace Museum, Istanbul; exh. Museum of Fine Arts, Houston).
Article
An Islamic metalwork pomander in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
07/2011 | 1300 | 153
Pages: 444-446
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Author:
McClure, Stephanie (McClure, Stephanie)
Subjects
dates:
1100-1199
museums and institutions:
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, United States
print:
Islamic sculpture
subjects:
Collections, Public / Islamic sculpture / Islamic art / Islamic / Iranian / Persian / Metalwork / Brass
subjects:
Pomanders
Illustrations
Non-western art unattributed:
1. Pomander. Iran, Seljuk, twelfth century. Brass, cast, incised and pierced, 12.4 cm. high. (Metro­politan Museum of Art, New York).
Non-western art unattributed:
2. Side view of Fig.1.
Non-western art unattributed:
3. Detail of the rear view of Fig.1.
Non-western art unattributed:
4. Pomander. Probably Eastern Persia, twelfth or thirteenth century. Brass, cast, incised and pierced, 24.5 cm. high. (Private collection; courtesy of Sotheby’s Picture Library).
Non-western art unattributed:
5. Rear view of Fig.4.
Non-western art unattributed:
6. Incense burner. Iran, twelfth century. Bronze, 17.6 cm. high. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).
Article
The Persian rooms at Fawley Court
01/2011 | 1294 | 153
Pages: 32-36
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Author:
McCall, Henrietta (McCall, Henrietta)
Subjects
artists:
Wyatt, James
artists:
Bruyn, Cornelis de
buildings:
Fawley Court, Oxfordshire, Great Britain
dates:
1750-1799
print:
Fawley Court, Oxfordshire, Great Britain
subjects:
Interiors / Interior design / Mirrors / Bedrooms / Chinese / Chinoiserie / Persian / Wallpaper / Beds (furniture) / Furniture / Orientalism / Oriental rugs / Inscriptions
Illustrations
Western art unattributed:
38. The Persian Bedroom at Fawley Court. c.1952. Photograph courtesy of Father Lepinksy deceased of the Polish Congregation of Marian Fathers, Fawley Court.
Western art unattributed:
39. Looking-glass in Persepolitan frame made for Fawley Court. c.1770–71. Gilt wood and mirror glass, 90 by 112 cm. (Private collection, London).
Western art unattributed:
40. Detail of Fig.38, showing the decorated foot board.
Western art unattributed:
41. Line drawing of the relief used in the decoration of the Darius bed, Fawley Court. From J. Curtis and N. Tallis, eds.: exh. cat. Forgotten Empire. The World of Ancient Persia, London (British Museum) 2005, p.66.
Western art unattributed:
42. The decorated knob on the door leading into the Persian Bedroom, Fawley Court. Photograph, c.1952.
Western art unattributed:
43. Detail of Fig.39, showing the cuneiform inscription on the looking-glass.
Western art unattributed:
44. Cuneiform script used on the looking-glass in Fig.39. From C. de Bruyn: Travels Into Muscovy, Persia and Part of the East-Indies, London 1737, II, pl.132.
Western art unattributed:
45. Portiques au dedans showing porticos on which the cuneiform script in Fig.44 was carved. From C. de Bruyn: Travels Into Muscovy, Persia and Part of the East-Indies, London 1737, II, pl.129.
Short Notice
Islamic art in Paris: some recent exhibitions
06/2008 | 1263 | 150
Pages: 393-396
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Author:
Stanley, Tim (Stanley, Tim)
Subjects
museums and institutions:
Musée du Louvre, Paris, France / Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris, France
places:
Paris / France
print:
Islamic art
subjects:
Islamic / Carpets / Costume / Decorative arts / Exhibitions
subjects:
Persian
subjects:
Muslim
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Chefs-d’œuvre islamiques de l’Aga Khan Museum | institution: Centro de Arte Moderna da Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian , institution: Ismaili Centre , institution: Musée du Louvre , institution: Palazzo della Pilotta
subjects:
Le Chant du monde. L’Art de l’Iran safavide, 1501–1736 | institution: Musée du Louvre
subjects:
Purs décors? Arts de l’Islam, regards du XIXe siècle. Collections des Arts Décoratifs | institution: Musée des Arts Décoratifs
Illustrations
Attributed works:
30. Evening gown, by Charles Frederick Worth. Paris, c.1895. Voided silk velvet, satin ground, muslin, linen and needle lace, 200 cm. long. (Musée des Arts décoratifs, Paris).
Non-western art unattributed:
28. Carpet with two types of medallion repeated against a dotted ground. Turkey, probably Ushak, c.1500–50. Wool warp, weft and pile, 508 by 250 cm. (Musée des Arts décoratifs, Paris).
Non-western art unattributed:
29. Four fragments of a carpet with a scroll set with animal heads against a blue ground. Iran, c.1500–1600. Silk warp and weft, wool pile, 103 by 85 cm.; 103 by 27.5 cm.; 103 by 32.5 cm.; and 20 by 80 cm. (Musée des Arts décoratifs, Paris).
Non-western art unattributed:
31. Bird-shaped ewer. Dated 897 in the Muslim era, equivalent to 1491–92 ad. Fritware, with decoration painted under the glaze, 33.6 cm. high. (Musée national de Céramique, Sèvres).
Non-western art unattributed:
32. Drinking horn. Georgia, c.1600–50. Bull’s horn with gold mounts set with rubies, spinels, turquoises and glass tourmelines, 41 cm. long. (Oruzheynaya Palata, Kremlin Museums, Moscow).
Non-western art unattributed:
33. Coat with a repeat design of a young man who has served himself a cup of wine. Iran, probably Isfahan, c.1600–50. Silk velvet, 123 cm. long. (Livrustkammaren, Stockholm).
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