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Exhibition Review
Return of the Gods
12/2023 | 1449 | 165
Pages: 1343–1345
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Reviewer:
Lloyd, Stephen (Lloyd, Stephen)
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Return of the Gods World Museum, Liverpool 28th April 2023–25th February 2024 | :
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Attributed works:
12. The Pantheon, Ince Blundell Hall, Lancashire. 1958. Photograph. (Courtesy National Museums Liverpool).
Western art unattributed:
10. Venus. Roman, 1st century. Marble, height 210 cm. (National Museums Liverpool).
Western art unattributed:
11. Sarcophagus depicting Phaethon before Helios. Roman, 2nd century AD. Marble, 60 by 209 cm. (National Museums Liverpool).
Exhibition Review
Islanders: The Making of the Mediterranean Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge
05/2023 | 1442 | 165
Pages: 546-549
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Reviewer:
Stephenson, Roy (Stephenson, Roy)
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Islanders: The Making of the Mediterranean Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge 24th February–4th June | :
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Western art unattributed:
5. Aphrodite Anadyomene. Cyprus, c.300– 100 BC. Marble, height 116 cm. (Cyprus Museum).
Western art unattributed:
6. Astarte standing on an ingot. Cyprus, 1200–1100 BC. Copper alloy, height 9.9 cm. (Ashmolean Museum, Oxford).
Western art unattributed:
Fig.4. Finds at the Sanctuary of Agia Eirini, Cyprus. Photograph, c.1929. (Courtesy Världskulturmuseerna, Sweden).
Article
A museum asserts its identity: the reopening of the Musée de Cluny
10/2022 | 1435 | 164
Pages: 1000-1007
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Author:
Gajewski, Alexandra (Gajewski, Alexandra)
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2. Installation view of Room 13 of the Musée de Cluny. (Musée de Cluny - musée national du Moyen Âge, Paris; photograph Alexis Paoli, OPPIC).
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3. The Hôtel de Cluny from rue Du Sommerand, by Léon et Lévy. 1864–73. (École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts, Paris; photograph © Beaux-Arts de Paris, Dist. RMN-Grand Palais / image Beaux-Arts de Paris).
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4. The room of François I in the Hôtel de Cluny. 1840. Print. (Musée de Cluny, Musée National du Moyen Âge, Paris; photograph © RMN-Grand Palais (Musée de Cluny - Musée National du Moyen Âge) / musée Cluny).
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5. The thermes of the Musée de Cluny and the entrance hall designed by Bernard Desmoulin. (Musée de Cluny - Musée National du Moyen Âge, Paris; photograph M. Denancé).
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6. Plan of the of the ground floor of the Musée de Cluny. (After Bernard Desmoulin).
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7. North wall of the frigidarium, Musée de Cluny. c.1880. Watercolour on paper. (Musée de Cluny, Musée National du Moyen Âge, Paris; photograph © RMN-Grand Palais (Musée de Cluny - Musée national du Moyen Âge) / Franck Raux).
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8. Installation view of Room 9 of the Musée de Cluny. (Photograph Alexandra Gajewski).
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9. Installation view of Room 21 of the Musée de Cluny. (Photograph Alexandra Gajewski).
Western art unattributed:
1. Octagonal table. c.1480. Oak, height 75 cm. (Musée de Cluny, Musée National du Moyen Âge, Paris; photograph © RMN-Grand Palais (Musée de Cluny - Musée National du Moyen Âge) / Gérard Blot).
Article
Ancient foreign glassware in Silla kingdom tombs
10/2022 | 1435 | 164
Pages: 957-967
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Author:
Perrin, Ariane (Perrin, Ariane)
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1. Map of modern South Korea, showing the location of Kyongju.
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17. Bowl. Silla, Kyongju, Sŏbong (‘Auspicious Phoenix’) tomb. Fifth century. Glass with raised band, height 5.2 cm. (Kyongju National Museum).
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6. Vertical cross-section showing the internal structure of the wooden chamber tomb of the Hwangnam Great Tomb, Kyongju. (From Soyoung Lee and D.P. Leidy, eds: exh. cat. Silla, Korea’s Golden Kingdom, New York (Metropolitan Museum of Art) 2013, p.42, fig.3.6).
Non-western art unattributed:
10. Cup. Silla, Kyongju, Hwangnam Great tomb, north mound. Fifth century. Glass with concave round cut facets, height 6.6 cm. (National Museum of Korea, Seoul).
Non-western art unattributed:
11. Footed cup. Silla, Kyongju, Hwangnam Great Tomb, north mound. Fifth century. Glass with wood-grain pattern, height 7.7 cm. (Kyongju National Museum).
Non-western art unattributed:
12. Glass fragment. Paekche, Sabi period (538–660), South Ch’ungch’ŏng province, Nŭngsan-ni Buddhist temple, 567. Glass, height 1.8 cm. (National Museum of Korea, Seoul).
Non-western art unattributed:
13. Beaker. Silla, Kyongju, Hwangnam Great Tomb, south mound. Fifth century. Glass with blue trail ornament, height 12.8 cm. (Kyongju National Museum).
Non-western art unattributed:
14. Beaker. Silla, Kyongju, Ch’ŏnma (‘Heavenly Horse’) tomb. Before fifth century. Blue glass with ribs and facets, height 7.4 cm. (Kyongju National Museum).
Non-western art unattributed:
15. Beaker. Silla, Kyongju, Wŏlsŏng tomb (no.Ka-13). Late fourth century. Glass with mesh pattern and blue trailing, height 12.5 cm. (Kyongju National Museum).
Non-western art unattributed:
16. Cups. Silla, Kyongju, Kŭmnyŏng (‘Gold bell’) tomb. Fifth century. Glass, height 7.3 cm each. (National Museum of Korea, Seoul).
Non-western art unattributed:
18. Bowl. China, Northern Wei, Shanxi province, Datong tomb. Fifth century. Glass with raised band, height 4.7 cm. (Datong City Museum).
Non-western art unattributed:
2. Chestlace. Silla, Kyongju, Wŏlsŏng tomb (no.Ka-13). Fourth century. Cobalt-blue glass beads, jade pendant and gold spacers, length 43.5 cm. (National Museum of Korea, Seoul).
Non-western art unattributed:
3. Bowl. Silla, Kyongju, Hwangnam Great Tomb, north mound. Fifth century. Silver with repoussé decoration, height 3.8 cm. (National Museum of Korea, Seoul).
Non-western art unattributed:
4. Blue bead with yellow ‘eyes’. Silla, Kyongju, Kyerim-no tomb (no.14), early sixth century. Glass, height 4.9 cm. (National Museum of Korea, Seoul).
Non-western art unattributed:
5. Placement of glass objects in the south burial of the Hwangnam Great Tomb, Kyongju. (From Soyoung Lee and D.P. Leidy, eds: exh. cat. Silla, Korea’s Golden Kingdom, New York (Metropolitan Museum of Art) 2013, p.119, fig.6.1).
Non-western art unattributed:
7. Blue beads with yellow ‘eyes’. Silla, Kyongju, Hwangnam Great Tomb, north mound. Fifth century. Glass, dimensions vary. (National Museum of Korea, Seoul; photograph courtesy James W. Lankton).
Non-western art unattributed:
8. Ewer. Silla, Kyongju, Hwangnam Great Tomb, south mound. Fifth century. Glass and gold thread, height 25 cm. (Kyongju National Museum).
Non-western art unattributed:
9. Cup. Silla, Kyongju, Hwangnam Great Tomb, north mound. Before fifth century. Cobalt-blue glass, height 7.7 cm. (Kyongju National Museum).
Article
Avatars of Antiquity I: From the nude warrior in Florence to the alien maiden in Piccadilly
11/2020 | 1412 | 162
Pages: 956-971
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Author:
Penny, Nicholas (Penny, Nicholas)
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1. Theseus and the minotaur, by Antoine-Louis Barye. Modelled 1841 or 1842. Bronze, height 45.9 cm., including the integral plinth. (Private collection).
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10. Bronze head, by John Samuel Agar. 1809. Stipple engraving of a marble copy of an archaic bronze head (from Specimens of Antient Sculpture published 1809).
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12. Detail of Lady Caroline Crichton and her Grandfather the 4th Earl of Bristol and Bishop of Derry, by Hugh Douglas Hamilton. 1790. Oil on canvas, 224.4 by 199.5 cm. (National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin).
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13. Speranza, by Bertel Thorvaldsen. 1859. Marble, height 160.5 cm. (Thorvaldsen Museum, Copenhagen).
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14. Detail of the sculpture in Fig.1, showing Theseus’s head.
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16. St Cecilia with angels, by Paul Delaroche. 1836. Oil on canvas, 202 by 162 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London).
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17. Mrs Robert Hollond, by Ary Scheffer. 1851. Oil on canvas, 81.9 by 60.3 cm. (National Gallery, London).
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18. Preparatory painting for the St Pelagia in the frieze in Saint-Vincent-de- Paul, Paris, by Hippolyte Flandrin. c.1850. Oil on canvas, 73 by 60 cm. (Musée des Beaux Arts, Besançon).
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19. Rachel in the role of Phèdre, by Jean Jacques Barre. 1848. Ivory, height 46 cm. (Musée du Louvre, Paris).
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2. Atalanta (right), by Pierre Lepautre. 1703–04. Carrara marble, height 126 cm.; with Hippomenes (left) by Guillaume Coustou I. 1711–12. Carrara marble, height 134 cm. (Both Musée du Louvre, Paris; photograph © RMN-Grand Palais/Tony Querrec).
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20. ‘Pourtalès Aphrodite’. Hellenistic, 200–100 BC. Bronze, height 25.4 cm. (British Museum, London).
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21. Gentle spring, by Frederick Sandys. 1864–65. Oil on canvas, 121 by 64 cm. (Ashmolean Museum, Oxford; Bridgeman Images).
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22. Salome, by Paul Manship. 1915. Bronze, height 47 cm. (Smithsonian Museum of American Art, Washington; SCALA Archives).
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23. Artemis (kneeling dancer), with a portion of its integral pedestal, by Elie Nadelman. 1916–18. Limestone, height 114.3 cm. (Chrysler Art Museum, Norfolk, VA).
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24. Figure V, by Barbara Hepworth. Cast 1925. Bronze, height 42 cm. (Daniel Katz Gallery, London).
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25. Peace, by Alfred F. Hardiman. 1946 (based on a model of 1920–24). Bronze, life-size. (Memorial Garden, St James’s Piccadilly, London).
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3. Princely glory, by Giovanni Baratta. Dated 1715. Carrara marble, 335.5 cm., excluding the later English pedestal. (Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge; Bridgeman Images).
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4. Detail of Marriage à-la-mode: Scene 2 The tête-à-tête, by William Hogarth, showing the mantel shelf. c.1743. (National Gallery, London; Bridgeman Images).
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5. Engraving after ‘Quonin Household God of the Chinese’, by Bernard Picart. (From B. Picart: Ceremonies et coutumes Religieuses des peoples idolatres, Amsterdam 1728, II, pp.222–23).
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6. Detail of Battle relief, by Bertoldo di Giovanni. 1480s. Bronze, 99 by 45 cm. (Museo Nazional del Bargello, Florence; Bridgeman Images).
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7. Warriors fighting, by Raphael. c.1510. Red chalk over stylus on paper, 37.9 by 28.1 cm. (Ashmolean Museum, Oxford; Bridgeman Images).
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9. Detail of The fire in the Borgo, by Raphael. 1516– 17. (Stanza dell’Incendio, Vatican; Bridgeman Images).
Western art unattributed:
11. Apollo of Piombino. Greek, First century BC. Bronze, height 115 cm. (Musée du Louvre, Paris; Bridgeman Images).
Western art unattributed:
15. Detail of a Greek or Etruscan statue of an athlete. c.Fifth century BC. Bronze, height 45.8 cm. (Musée du Louvre, Paris; Bridgeman Images).
Western art unattributed:
8. Juno Ludovisi (portrait of the deified Antonia Minor, mother of Emperor Claudius). First century AD. Luna marble, height 115 cm. (Palazzo Altemps, Rome; Bridgeman Images).
Book Review
Architectural Invention in Renaissance Rome: Artists, Humanists, and the Planning of Raphael’s Villa Madama. By Yvonne Elet
01/2019 | 1390 | 161
Pages: 87-88
Book Review
Mosaics of Faith. Floors of Pagans, Jews, Samaritans, Christians, and Muslims in the Holy Land, R. Talgam
01/2016 | 1354 | 158
Pages: 038
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Reviewer:
Ling, Roger (Ling, Roger)
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48. Detail of mosaic pavement depicting the construction of Solomon's Temple, from the synagogue at Wadi el Haman, Israel. Early fourth century AD (Courtesy of Uzi Leibner, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem)
Exhibition Review
Drawn from the Antique
10/2015 | 1351 | 157
Pages: 718-719
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Reviewer:
Hornsby, Clare (Hornsby, Clare)
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Illustrations
Attributed works:
41. Taddeo in the Belvedere Court in the Vatican drawing the Laocoön, by Federico Zuccaro. c.1595 (J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles; exh. Sir John Soane's Museum, London)
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42. The artist seated at a table, drawing a bust of a woman, by Hubert Robert. c.1763-65 (Katrin Bellinger collection; exh. Sir John Soane's Museum, London)
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43. The courtyard of the Farnese Palace in Rome, with the Farnese Hercules, by Louis Chays. 1775 (Kunstbibliothek, Berlin; exh. Sir John Soane's Museum, London)
Publication Received
The Lost World of Pompeii
11/2012 | 1316 | 154
Pages: 804
Publication Received
The Image of the Black in Western Art, Volume I. From the Pharaohs to the Fall of the Roman Empire
08/2012 | 1313 | 154
Pages: 587
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Reviewer:
Blood, Anne (Blood, Anne)
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print:
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The Image of the Black in Western Art, Volume I. From the Pharaohs to the Fall of the Roman Empire | editor: Bindman, David , editor: Gates, Henry Louis, Jr
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