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Book Review
Transforming the Church Interior in Renaissance Florence: Screens and Choir Spaces, from the Middle Ages to Tridentine Reform
11/2022 | 1436 | 164
Pages: 1162-1163
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Reviewer:
Young, Michela (Young, Michela)
Subjects
places:
Florence
subjects:
Churches / Religious architecture / Florentine / Choir screens
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Transforming the Church Interior in Renaissance Florence: Screens and Choir Spaces, from the Middle Ages to Tridentine Reform By Joanne Allen. 366 pp. incl. 180 col. ills. (Cambridge University Press, 2022), £90. ISBN 978–1–108–83359–2. | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
2. Presentation of the Virgin in the Temple (?), by Fra Carnevale, also known as Bartolomeo di Giovanni Corradini. c.1467. Oil and tempera on panel, 146.4 by 96.5 cm. (Museum of Fine Arts, Boston).
Article
Architecture and liturgy in the east end of Saint-Urbain, Troyes
04/2021 | 1417 | 163
Pages: 332-343
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Author:
Olympios, Michalis (Olympios, Michalis)
Subjects
buildings:
Saint-Urbain, collegiate church, Troyes, France / Regensburg Cathedral, Regensburg, Germany
styles:
Gothic architecture
subjects:
Religious architecture / French architecture / Liturgy / Chapels / Altars / Pulpits / Choir screens / Apses / Staircases / Stained glass
Illustrations
Attributed works:
2. Plan of Saint-Urbain, Troyes, annotated with the major interior partitions and identification of spaces mentioned in the text. The red rectangles frame the walls and staircase turrets between the apses. Drawing by the author, after F. Salet: ‘Saint-Urbain de Troyes’, Congr s arch ologique de France 113 (1955), p.101; and M.T. Davis and L.E. Neagley: ‘Mechanics and meaning: plan design at Saint-Urbain, Troyes and Saint-Ouen, Rouen’, Gesta 39 (2000), p.163, fig.2.
Attributed works:
7 and 8. Plans of Regensburg Cathedral: (top) wall passage level; and (bottom) ground-floor level. (Repr. A. Hubel and M. Schuller, eds: Der Dom zu Regensburg, Regensburg 2010–16, V, pl.72).
Western art unattributed:
1. The central apse of Saint-Urbain, Troyes (photograph Pierre- Louis Laget).
Western art unattributed:
10. The south apse of Regensburg Cathedral, showing the wall passage between central and south apses (photograph the author).
Western art unattributed:
11. View of the choir of Regensburg Cathedral during the general synod of 1650, by Melchior Küssel. 1650. Engraving, 60.2 by 52.7 cm. (Bisch fliches Zentralarchiv Regensburg, Collectio imaginum).
Western art unattributed:
12. Detail of windows on the north side of the north apse at Saint- Urbain, Troyes (photograph the author).
Western art unattributed:
13. The clerestorey in the central apse of Saint-Urbain, Troyes, as seen from the south apse through the wall passage opening (photograph the author).
Western art unattributed:
3. The central apse of Saint-Urbain, Troyes, looking southeast (photograph the author).
Western art unattributed:
4. The chapel of the Virgin Mary in the south apse at Saint-Urbain, Troyes (photograph the author).
Western art unattributed:
5. The south side of the turning bays in the north apse at Saint-Urbain, Troyes. The ground floor doorway of the staircase turret and the access to the passage between the north and central apses are both visible (photograph the author).
Western art unattributed:
6. The central apse of Regensburg Cathedral (photograph the author).
Western art unattributed:
9. The access from the south apse of Regensburg Cathedral to the adjacent staircase turret, showing (a) the doorway leading to the turret from the central apse; and (b) the turret’s ground floor entrance (photograph the author).
Exhibition Review
Kwab: Dutch Design in the Age of Rembrandt. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
09/2018 | 1386 | 160
Pages: 781-783
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Reviewer:
Jervis, Simon (Jervis, Simon; J., S.; J., S. S.)
Subjects
art literature:
Eeckhout, Gerbrand van den
artists:
Vianen, Adam van / Vianen, Paulus van / Goltzius, Hendrick / Musscher, Michiel van / Koninck, Salomon / Backer, Jacob / Rembrandt van Rijn / Maes, Nicolaes / Doomer, Herman / Vianen, Christiaen van / Besnier, Isaac / Boscher, Elias, act. 1629-65
artists:
Lutma, Janus, the elder
dates:
2010-2019
media:
Silverwork / Furniture / Paintings / Drawings / Metalwork / Woodwork / Frames / Marbles
museums and institutions:
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, Netherlands
places:
Amsterdam / Netherlands
subjects:
Auricular / Ornament / Van Vianen family / Dutch painting / Dutch sculpture / Patronage / Ewers / Portraits / Doors / Cabinets (furniture) / Choir screens / Brass / Ebony
Illustrations
Attributed works:
13. Ewer, by Adam van Vianen. Utrecht, 1614. Silver-gilt, height 25 cm. (Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam).
Attributed works:
14. Detail of the choir screen in the Nieuwe Kerk, Amsterdam, designed by Johannes Lutma the Elder. c.1654. Brass, (Nieuwe Kerk, Amsterdam; exh. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam).
Western art unattributed:
15. Railing. Probably Amsterdam, c.1650. Walnut, height 66.5 cm. (Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, Rotterdam; exh. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam).
Article
‘To God alone the honour and glory’: further notes on the patronage of Pietro Lombardo’s choir screen in the Frari, Venice
11/2014 | 1340 | 156
Pages: 723-728
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Author:
Sherman, Allison (Sherman, Allison)
Subjects
artists:
Lombardo, Pietro
buildings:
Basilica di Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari, Venice, Italy
dates:
1470-1479
places:
Venice
subjects:
Patronage / Choir screens / Marbles / Italian architecture / Italian sculpture / Patrons / Biographies
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Detail of Fig.3, showing the portrait of Giacomo Morosini
Attributed works:
3. Choir screen, from the workshop of Pietro Lombardo (S. Maria Gloriosa dei Frari, Venice)
Attributed works:
4. Tomb of Doge Nicolò Tron, by Antonio Rizzo and workshop (S. Maria Gloriosa dei Frari, Venice)
Attributed works:
7. Crucifixion with saints, by Andrea Bellunello di San Vito (Museo Civico, Udine)
Western art unattributed:
2. Presbytery of the church of S. Giobbe, Venice
Western art unattributed:
5. Façade of S. Maria Maggiore, Treviso
Western art unattributed:
6. Plaque commemorating Giacomo Morosini (S. Maria Maggiore, Treviso)
Book Review
The Gothic Screen: Space, Sculpture and Community in the Cathedrals of France and Germany ca.1200–1400, J.E. Jung
11/2014 | 1340 | 156
Pages: 758-759
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Reviewer:
Luxford, Julian (Luxford, Julian)
Subjects
dates:
1200-1299 / 1300-1399
places:
France / Germany
subjects:
Choir screens / Gothic (Medieval) / Cathedrals / Churches / French architecture / French sculpture / German architecture / German sculpture / Christian iconography
Illustrations
Western art unattributed:
50. Fragment of a choir screen with the Annunciation to the shepherds. From Chartres Cathedral
Article
The 'Great Screen' of Winchester Cathedral Part II: Style and Date
12/1993 | 1089 | 135
Pages: 796-807
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Author:
Lindley, Phillip (Lindley, Phillip)
Subjects
buildings:
Winchester Cathedral, Winchester, Great Britain
dates:
1400-1499
places:
England / Winchester
subjects:
British sculpture / Choir screens
subjects:
Wood sculpture / Dating
Illustrations
Western art unattributed:
1. Western Face of the Great Screen at Winchester Cathedral, Showing the Nineteenth-Century Programme of Sculpture.
Western art unattributed:
10. Restored (Western) Face of the Great Screen, St Alban's Abbey, from the South-East.
Western art unattributed:
11. Plan of Winchester Cathedral.
Western art unattributed:
12. Thomas Becket. 1503-12. c.90 cm. High. (Henry VII's Chapel, Westminster Abbey, Triforium Level).
Western art unattributed:
13. The Annunciate Virgin. 1503-12. c.90 cm. High. (Henry VII's Chapel, Westminster Abbey, Triforium Level).
Western art unattributed:
14. Head of the Almighty. Limestone, 37.4 cm. High. (Winchester Cathedral).
Western art unattributed:
15. Head of a Bishop. Limestone, 38.2 cm. High. (Winchester Cathedral).
Western art unattributed:
16. Madonna and Child. Limestone, 48 cm. High. (Winchester Cathedral).
Western art unattributed:
17. Effigies of William Fitzalan and Joan Neville. Polychromed Limestone. (Fitzalan Chapel, Arundel).
Western art unattributed:
18. Bishop Holding a Book. Limestone. (Divinity School, Oxford).
Western art unattributed:
19. Detail of Fig.17.
Western art unattributed:
2. St Elizabeth, Detail from the Visitation. Spandrel Relief from the North Doorway of the Western Face of the Great Screen, Winchester Cathedral
Western art unattributed:
20. Detail of Fig.16.
Western art unattributed:
21. Miracle of the Jewess. Wall-Painting. (North Wall, Eton College Chapel).
Western art unattributed:
3. Rear (Eastern) Face of the Great Screen at Winchester Cathedral from the North-East. (Bishop Fox's Chapel Abuts the Screen on the South of the Southern Doorway).
Western art unattributed:
4. Bishop Waynflete's Chantry Chapel, Winchester Cathedral
Western art unattributed:
5. Rear (Eastern) Face of the Great Screen, St Alban's Abbey.
Western art unattributed:
6. Base Mouldings, Bishop Waynflete's Chapel, Winchester Cathedral.
Western art unattributed:
7. Base Mouldings of the Great Screen Panelling, Now Inside Bishop Fox's Chapel, Winchester Cathedral.
Western art unattributed:
8. Spandrel from Bishop Waynflete's Chantry Chapel, Winchester Cathedral.
Western art unattributed:
9. Spandrel from Rear Face of the Great Screen, Winchester Cathedral.
Article
The Great Screen of Winchester Cathedral I
09/1989 | 1038 | 131
Pages: 604-617
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Author:
Brodrick, A. (Brodrick, A.)
Author:
Darrah, J. (Darrah, J.)
Author:
Lindley, Phillip (Lindley, Phillip)
Subjects
buildings:
Winchester Cathedral, Winchester, Great Britain
dates:
1400-1499
places:
England / Winchester
subjects:
British sculpture / Choir screens
subjects:
Documents
subjects:
Reconstructions / Dating
Illustrations
Western art unattributed:
1. Madonna and Child. Limestone, 48 cm. High. (Winchester Cathedral).
Western art unattributed:
10. Angel Fragment, No.96, after Conservation. Limestone, 27 cm. High. (Winchester Cathedral).
Western art unattributed:
11. Deacon Figure, No.22, after Conservation. Limestone, 81.3 cm. High. (Winchester Cathedral).
Western art unattributed:
12. Four King Torsos, Nos. (From Left to Right) 43, 115, 44, 45 with the Deacon Fragments behind for Scale. Limestone, 27.7, 17.8, 28.7, 29 cm. High. (Winchester Cathedral).
Western art unattributed:
14. King Figure, No.25, before Conservation. Limestone, 78 cm. High. (Winchester Cathedral).
Western art unattributed:
15. Reassembled King, Nos.39 and 114, before Conservation. Limestone, 27.2 cm. High. (Winchester Cathedral).
Western art unattributed:
16. Figure of St John, No.51, before Conservation. Limestone, 74.8 cm. High. (Winchester Cathedral).
Western art unattributed:
17. Head of a Bearded Man, No.60. Limestone, 24.4 cm. High. (Winchester Cathedral).
Western art unattributed:
18. Head of a Balding Man, No.63. Limestone, 25 cm. High. (Winchester Cathedral).
Western art unattributed:
19. Detail of Fig.22, Showing the Lost Head of a King. (Formerly Winchester Cathedral).
Western art unattributed:
2. Head, Called The Almighty. Limestone, 37.4 cm. High. (Winchester Cathedral).
Western art unattributed:
20. Male Head, No.54, before Conservation. Limestone, 18.8 by 13.4 cm. (Winchester Cathedral).
Western art unattributed:
21. Life-Sized Heads, Nos. (From Left to Right) 53, 64, 55, 66, 54, 63, 186, 71, before Conservation. 24.1, 23, 28.8, 31, 20.4, 25, 22.5, 22 cm. High (Winchester Cathedral).
Western art unattributed:
22. Photograph Showing Sculptural Fragments and Three Nineteenth-Century Plaster Casts at Winchester Cathedral, c. 1907.
Western art unattributed:
23. Cross-Section of Paint from the Virgin's Right Eyebrow in Fig.1, Showing: 1. Stone; 2. Bright Orange Underpaint Composed of Red and White Lead; 3. Dark Pigment of Right Eyebrow Made up of Translucent Particles of Black Ochre.
Western art unattributed:
24. Cross-Section of Paint from the Virgin's Mantle above Her Right Breast in Fig.1, Showing: 1. Orange Underpaint (Red and White Lead); 2. Grey Underpaint (Lead-White, Chalk and Black Ochre); 3. Brilliant Blue Azurite with a Small Admixture of Vermilion and Red Lake; 4. Surface Deposit.
Western art unattributed:
25. Cross-Section of Paint from the Virgin's Dress under Her Left Arm in Fig.1, Showing: 1. Stone; 2. Trace of Underpaint (Red and White Lead); 3. Vermilion; 4. Azurite - An Overlap from the Mantle; 5. Surface Deposit.
Western art unattributed:
26. Cross-Section of Paint from the Hair of Fig.18, Showing: 1. Bright Orange-Red Underpaint (Red Lead with Very Little White Lead); 2. Bright Orange-Yellow Gold Size; 3. Gold Leaf.
Western art unattributed:
27. Cross-Section of Paint from the Hair of the Balding Man in Fig.21, Showing: 1. Lead-White with a Trace of Vermilion: 2. Carbon Black, Lead-White, Red-Lead and a Trace of Vermilion.
Western art unattributed:
28. Cross-Section of Paint from the Beard below the Mouth of Fig.17, Showing: 1. Orange Underpaint (Red and White Lead); 2. Dark Brown (Minium, Lead-White, Chalk, Trace of Vermilion, Yellow and Large Particles of Black Ochre; 3. Grey-Brown with Less Minium and More White Pigment Than in Layer 2.
Western art unattributed:
3. The Great Screen at Winchester Cathedral Showing the Present, Nineteenth-Century, Programme of Sculpture.
Western art unattributed:
4. Photograph of the Feretory Area Looking South-East in Winchester Cathedral, c. 1907, Showing Sculptural Fragments.
Western art unattributed:
5. Queen, No. 236, Formerly Housed in the Cathedral Library, before Conservation. Limestone, 38 cm. High. (Winchester Cathedral).
Western art unattributed:
6. Queen, Nos.236 and 120 Reunited, before Conservation. Limestone, 60.5 cm. High. (Winchester Cathedral).
Western art unattributed:
7. Female Figure, Nos.38 and 117 Reunited, after Conservation. Limestone, c. 75 cm. High. (Winchester Cathedral).
Western art unattributed:
8. Four Female Torso Fragments, Nos. (From Left to Right) 98, 117, 110, 95, before Conservation. Limestone, 26, 29.5, 30.5, 26 cm. High. (Winchester Cathedral).
Western art unattributed:
9. Four Deacon Fragments, Nos. (From Left to Right) 86, 83, 85, 82, before Conservation. Limestone, 32.1, 27.7, 31.4, 28.3 cm. High. (Winchester Cathedral).
Article
Jacopo Sansovino and the Choir of St Mark's: The Evangelists, the Sacristy Door and the Altar of the Sacrament
03/1979 | 912 | 121
Pages: 155-169
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Author:
Boucher, Bruce (Boucher, Bruce)
Subjects
artists:
Sansovino, Jacopo
artists:
Zoppo, Agostino
artists:
Lotto, Lorenzo
buildings:
Basilica di San Marco, Venice, Italy
dates:
1500-1599
places:
Italy / Venice
subjects:
Italian architecture / Italian sculpture
subjects:
Choir screens / Bronzes
subjects:
Mark, Saint / Evangelists
subjects:
Luke, Saint / John the Evangelist, Saint / Matthew, Saint
subjects:
Documents
subjects:
Mannerism / Composition (artistic arrangement) / Visual sources
Illustrations
Attributed works:
26. Plan of St Mark's, Here Attributed to Antonio Visentini. Eighteenth Century. (Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana, Venice).
Attributed works:
27. The Choir of St Mark's, from an Engraving by Visentini. c. 1761.
Attributed works:
28. Reconstruction of the High Altar of St Mark's before the Restoration of 1834, by Antonio Pellanda. (Ufficio Tecnico, St Mark's, Venice).
Attributed works:
30. St Luke, by Jacopo Sansovino. [Bronze.] (St Mark's, Venice).
Attributed works:
31. St Mark, by Jacopo Sansovino. [Bronze.] (St Mark's, Venice).
Attributed works:
32. St John, by Jacopo Sansovino. [Bronze.] (St Mark's, Venice).
Attributed works:
33. St Matthew, by Jacopo Sansovino. [Bronze.] (St Mark's, Venice).
Attributed works:
34. St John, by Jacopo Sansovino. Preliminary Terracotta Model for Fig. 32. (Staatliche Museen, Berlin-Dahlem).
Attributed works:
35. Detail of Fig. 31. [St John, by Jacopo Sansovino. Preliminary Terracotta Model for Fig. 32. (Staatliche Museen, Berlin-Dahlem).]
Attributed works:
36. Sacristy Door and Doorframe, by Jacopo Sansovino. (St Mark's, Venice).
Attributed works:
37. Roman Convex Portal, Attributed to P. Ligorio. Drawing. (Royal Library, Windsor Castle). Reproduced by Gracious Permission of H. M. the Queen.
Attributed works:
38. Entombment with St Mark and St Luke, by Jacopo Sansovino. Bronze. (St Mark's, Venice).
Attributed works:
39. The Resurrection, by Jacopo Sansovino. Bronze. (St Mark's, Venice).
Attributed works:
40. St John, by Jacopo Sansovino. Bronze. (St Mark's, Venice).
Attributed works:
41. St Matthew, by Jacopo Sansovino. Bronze. (St Mark's, Venice).
Attributed works:
42. The Entombment, by Donatello. Bronze. (North Pulpit, San Lorenzo, Florence).
Attributed works:
43. The Resurrection. Engraving after Giulio Romano by G. B. Ghisi. (Ashmolean Museum, Oxford).
Attributed works:
44. Portal of the Altar of the Sacrament, by Jacopo Sansovino. Gilt Bronze Relief, 43 by 37 cm. (St Mark's, Venice).
Attributed works:
45. Tabernacle, by Jacopo Sansovino. Bronze. Central Panel, 43 by 34 cm. (Museo Nazionale del Bargello, Florence).
Attributed works:
46. Christ Shedding His Blood, by Lorenzo Lotto. 49.5 by 33 cm. (Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna).
Western art unattributed:
29. Seated Evangelists, on the Ciborium of the High Altar. Thirteenth Century. (St Mark's, Venice).
Article
The Tradition of Wood Carving in Macedonia
09/1954 | 618 | 96
Pages: 278-283
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Author:
Hoddinott, R. F. (Hoddinott, R. F.; Hoddinott, Ralph F.; Hodinott, R. F.)
Subjects
buildings:
Saint Spas Church, Skopje, Macedonia
dates:
1700-1899
places:
Greece / Macedonia
places:
Skopje
subjects:
Greek (modern) sculpture / Macedonian
subjects:
Wood sculpture / Carvings
subjects:
Crosses / Choir screens
Illustrations
Western art unattributed:
11. Base of Priest's Chair, by the Pastoral Tribe of Mijaks. Early Nineteenth Century. Wood-Carving. (Church of Sveti Spas, Skopje, Yugoslavia.)
Western art unattributed:
12. Bishop's Throne, Illustrating Turkish Influence in Contrast to Purely Indigenous Mijak Craftsmanship. Eighteenth Century. Woodwork Inlaid with Mother-of-Pearl. (Church of Sveti Kliment, Ohrid, Yugoslavia.)
Western art unattributed:
13. Story of Salome. Detail from Iconostasis, by the Pastoral Tribe of Mijaks, Completed in 1824. Wood-Carving. (Church of Sveti Spas, Skopje, Yugoslavia.)
Western art unattributed:
14. Ascension, Nativity, Dream of Joseph, and Other Scenes. Detail from Iconostasis, by the Pastoral Tribe of Mijaks, Completed in 1824. Wood-Carving. (Church of Sveti Spas, Skopje, Yugoslavia.)
Western art unattributed:
15. St George and the Dragon and Other Scenes. Detail from Iconostasis, by the Pastoral Tribe of Mijaks, Completed in 1824. Wood-Carving. (Church of Sveti Spas, Skopje, Yugoslavia.)
Western art unattributed:
16. Detail from Pillar to Right of the 'Emperor's Door', Showing Scenes from Genesis. Wood-Carving, Early Nineteenth Century. (Church of Sveti Spas, Skopje, Yugoslavia.)
Western art unattributed:
17. Canopy of the Bishop's Throne, by the Pastoral Tribe of Mijaks, Early Nineteenth Century. Wood-Carving. (Church of Sveti Kliment, Ohrid, Yugoslavia.)
Western art unattributed:
18. Detail from Pillar to Left of the 'Emperor's Door', Showing Scenes from Genesis. Wood-Carving, Early Nineteenth Century. (Church of Sveti Spas, Skopje, Yugoslavia.)
Western art unattributed:
9-10. Cross Presented to the Monastery of Studenica by the Emperor Dušan the Mighty (1331-55). Wood-Carving. (Each Section Is Carved in the Round in Such a Manner That the Rear Part of One Section Is the Front of Another on the Other Side.) (Studenica Monastery, Serbia.)
Book Review
Greater English Church Screens
06/1948 | 543 | 90
Pages: 183
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Subjects
places:
England
subjects:
Churches / Catalogues / Choir screens / Pulpits
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Greater English Church Screens | author: Vallance, Aymer
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