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Book Review
Loot: Britain and the Benin Bronzes Dividing the Spoils: Perspectives on Military Collections and the British Empire
08/2022 | 1433 | 164
Pages: 823-825
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Reviewer:
Evans, Mark (Evans, Mark)
Subjects
museums and institutions:
British Museum, London, Great Britain
places:
Nigeria / Asia
styles:
Benin (ancient Nigerian style)
subjects:
Looting / Colonialism / Stolen works of art / Ethnology / Museums / Collections / Military art and science
subjects:
Restitution
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Dividing the Spoils: Perspectives on Military Collections and the British Empire Edited by Henrietta Lidchi and Stuart Allan. 344 pp. incl. 31 b. & w. ills. (Manchester University Press, Manchester, 2020), £85. ISBN 978–1–5261–3920–7. | :
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Loot: Britain and the Benin Bronzes By Barnaby Phillips. 416 pp. incl. 15 col. + 26 b. & w. ills. (Oneworld Publications, London, 2021), £10.99. ISBN 978–0–86154–313–7. | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
6. Trophy head. Kumasi, Ghana, 18th or 19th century. Gold, height 20 cm. (Wallace Collection, London).
Book Review
Rarities of These Lands: Art, Trade, and Diplomacy in the Dutch Republic
06/2022 | 1431 | 164
Pages: 625-627
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Reviewer:
Bailey, Gauvin Alexander (Bailey, Gauvin Alexander)
Subjects
places:
Amsterdam / Asia
subjects:
Dutch (people) / East-West trade / Diplomacy / Gifts
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subjects:
Rarities of These Lands: Art, Trade, and Diplomacy in the Dutch Republic By Claudia Swan. 336 pp. incl. 140 col. ills. (Princeton University Press, Princeton and Oxford, 2021), £50. ISBN 978–0–691–20796–4. | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
4. Triumphal procession with goods from east and west, by Jacob van Campen. 1649–51. Oil on canvas, 383.5 by 204.5 cm. (Paleis Huis ten Bosch, The Hague).
Publication Received
How to Read European Armor. By Donald J. La Rocca
07/2018 | 1384 | 160
Pages: 613-614
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Reviewer:
Littlewood, Sophie (Littlewood, Sophie)
Subjects
dates:
1300-1399 / 1400-1499 / 1500-1599 / 1600-1699 / 1700-1799 / 1800-1899
media:
Armour
museums and institutions:
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, United States
places:
Europe / Asia / United States / New York
subjects:
Summaries / Collections, Public
Illustrations
Western art unattributed:
8. Armour for field and tilt, Italian, c.1550–75. Steel, height (as mounted) 176.5 cm. (Gift of George D. Pratt, 1927 to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).
Book Review
Oriental Armour
03/1970 | 804 | 112
Pages: 176+179
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Reviewer:
Tarassuk, Leonid (Tarassuk, Leonid; Tarassuk, L.)
Subjects
places:
Asia / Africa
subjects:
Armour / Asian / African
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Oriental Armour | author: Robinson, H. Russell
Book Review
Cylinder Seals of Western Asia
01/1960 | 682 | 102
Pages: 43-44
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Reviewer:
Bury, John Bernard (Bury, John Bernard; Bury, John; B., J.; Bury, J. B.; B., J. B.; Bury, J. B.)
Subjects
places:
Asia
subjects:
Sculpture / Seals / Asian
subjects:
Cylinder seals
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Cylinder Seals of Western Asia | author: Wiseman, D. J.
Book Review
The Life of the Buddha [and] The Art of Asia
01/1957 | 646 | 99
Pages: 31
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Reviewer:
Wilkinson, J. V. S. (Wilkinson, J. V. S.; W., J. V. S.; Wilkinson, J. S.; Wilkinson, James Vere Stewart)
Subjects
places:
Asia
subjects:
Art criticism / Buddhist
subjects:
Asian / Art
Reviewed Items
subjects:
The Art of Asia | author: Horvath, Tibor
subjects:
The Life of the Buddha | author: Horvath, Tibor , author: Silva-Vigier, Anil de
Book Review
Wall Paintings from Ancient Shrines in Central Asia
02/1952 | 587 | 94
Pages: 58-59
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Reviewer:
Cohn, William (Cohn, William)
Subjects
places:
Asia
subjects:
Asian / Wall paintings / Funerary art
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Wall Paintings from Ancient Shrines in Central Asia | author: Andrews, Fred H. , author: Stein, Aurel
Book Review
Guillaume Boucher: A French Artist at the Court of the Khans
10/1947 | 535 | 89
Pages: 294
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Reviewer:
Gray, Basil (Gray, Basil; G., B.; Gray, B.)
Subjects
artists:
Boucher, Guillaume
dates:
1200-1249
places:
France / Asia
subjects:
French / Metalwork / Travel
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Guillaume Boucher: A French Artist at the Court of the Khans | author: Olschki, Leonardo
Short Notice
Asiatic Art in Paris
08/1947 | 533 | 89
Pages: 224+226-227
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Author:
Gray, Basil (Gray, Basil; G., B.; Gray, B.)
Subjects
dates:
1940-1949
museums and institutions:
Musée Guimet, Paris, France
places:
Asia / France / Paris
subjects:
Asian / Art museums / World War (1939-1945)
Illustrations
Non-western art unattributed:
Plate III. C-Seated Lady. Painted Pottery from a Six Dynasties Tomb. (Musée Guimet, Paris). Asiatic Art in Paris
Non-western art unattributed:
Plate III. D-Indian Ivory Panel from Begram. About 2nd Century A. D. (Musée Guimet, Paris). Asiatic Art in Paris
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