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‘Une pièce fort singulière’: the rediscovery of Gian Lorenzo Bernini’s ‘Andromeda and the sea monster’
11/2024 | 1460 | 166
Pages: 1101–1122
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Clemente, Maichol (Clemente, Maichol)
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1. Andromeda and the sea monster, here attributed to Gian Lorenzo Bernini. c.1616–17. Marble, 53 by 34 by 24 cm. (Private collection; photograph Tony Fisher).
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10. Detail of Fig.1. (Photograph Tony Fisher).
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11. Detail of Fig.1. (Photograph Tony Fisher).
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12. Detail of Fig.8. (Photograph Mauro Magliani).
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13. Detail of the Bust of Antonio Coppola, by Pietro Bernini with Gian Lorenzo Bernini. 1612. Marble. (Museo di Arte Sacra di San Giovanni dei Fiorentini, Rome; photograph Domenico Ventura).
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14. Detail of Fig.1. (Photograph the author).
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15. Detail of Fig.26. (Photograph Mauro Magliani).
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16. Detail of a putto, by Gian Lorenzo Bernini. 1618. Marble. (Barberini Chapel, Sant’Andrea della Valle, Rome; photograph Mauro Magliani).
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17. Detail of the Virgin Mary from the relief of the Assumption, by Pietro Bernini. 1607–10. Marble. (Baptistery, S. Maria Maggiore, Rome; photograph Mauro Magliani).
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18. Anima Beata, by Gian Lorenzo Bernini. c.1619. Marble, 41.5 by 29 by 24 cm. (Spanish Embassy to the Holy See, Rome; photograph Domenico Ventura).
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19. Bacchanal: faun teased by children, by Pietro and Gian Lorenzo Bernini. c.1615–16. Marble, 132.4 by 73.7 by 47.9 cm. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).
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2. View of the back of Fig.1. (Photograph Tony Fisher).
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20. Detail of Fig.19.
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21. Detail of Fig.1. (Photograph Tony Fisher).
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22. Detail of Fig.1. (Photograph Tony Fisher).
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23. Detail of Fig.1. (Photograph Tony Fisher).
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24. Detail of Fig.25.
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25. Boy with a dragon, by Gian Lorenzo (and Pietro?) Bernini. c.1616. Marble, 55.9 by 52 by 41.5 cm. (J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles).
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26. St Lawrence on the gridiron, by Gian Lorenzo Bernini. c.1616–17. Marble, 66 by 108 cm. (MiC – Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence; photograph Mauro Magliani).
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27. Detail of Fig.26, rotated 90 degrees. (Photograph Mauro Magliani).
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28. Detail of Fig.1. (Photograph Tony Fisher).
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29. Detail of Fig.26, rotated 90 degrees. (Photograph Mauro Magliani).
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3. Jean-Baptiste Colbert, Minister of Louis XIV, by Claude Lefebvre. 1666. Oil on canvas, 130 by 96 cm. (Musée et Domaine National de Versailles et de Trianon; Bridgeman Images).
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30. Detail of Fig.1. (Photograph Tony Fisher).
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31. St Sebastian, by Gian Lorenzo Bernini. 1617. Marble, 98 by 42 by 49 cm. (Private collection, on loan to Museum Thyssen- Bornemisza, Madrid).
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32. Detail of Fig.2. (Photograph Tony Fisher).
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33. Detail of Fig.1. (Photograph Tony Fisher).
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34. Detail of Fig.31.
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35. Detail of Fig.31.
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36. Detail of Fig.31.
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37. Detail of Fig.1. (Photograph Tony Fisher).
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38. Detail of Fig.1. (Photograph Tony Fisher).
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39. Detail of the back of Fig.31, rotated 180 degrees.
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4. Letter from Elpidio Benedetti to Jean-Baptiste Colbert, 19th March 1682. (Archives Nationales, Paris, Contrôle général des finances, G/7/551, fol.9).
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40. Detail of Fig.31.
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41. Detail of Fig.1. (Photograph Tony Fisher).
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42. Detail of Fig.1. (Photograph Tony Fisher).
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43. Detail of a Putto, by Gian Lorenzo Bernini. 1618. Marble. (Barberini Chapel, Sant’Andrea della Valle, Rome; photograph Mauro Magliani).
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44. Detail of Fig.47.
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45. Detail of Fig.46.
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46. Neptune and Triton, by Gian Lorenzo Bernini. 1622–23. Marble, height 182.2 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London; Bridgeman Images).
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47. Rear view of Rape of Proserpina, by Gian Lorenzo Bernini. 1621–22. Marble, height without base 255 cm. (MiC – Galleria Borghese, Rome).
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5. Side view of Fig.1. (Photograph Tony Fisher).
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6. Side view of Fig.1. (Photograph Tony Fisher).
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7. Side view of Fig.8. (Photograph Mauro Magliani).
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8. Andromeda, by Pietro Bernini. c.1615. Marble, 105 by 52.5 by 40 cm. (Accademia Carrara, Bergamo; photograph Mauro Magliani).
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9. Detail of Fig.8. (Photograph Mauro Magliani).
Book Review
The Villa Barbaro at Maser: Science, Philosophy and the Family in Venetian Renaissance Art
09/2024 | 1458 | 166
Pages: 979-81
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Reviewer:
Howard, Deborah (Howard, Deborah)
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The Villa Barbaro at Maser: Science, Philosophy and the Family in Venetian Renaissance Art By Denis Ribouillault. 272 pp. incl. 220 col. + 10 b. & w. ills. (Harvey Miller, London, 2023), €125. ISBN 978–1–915487–02–5. | :
Illustrations
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5. Ceiling of the Sala dell’Olimpo in Villa Barbaro, Maser, by Paolo Veronese. c.1558–62. Fresco. (Bridgeman Images).
Article
Reaching the Buddhist paradise: early images of Buddhas and bodhisattvas in Koguryŏ
06/2024 | 1455 | 166
Pages: 554–569
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Author:
Perrin, Ariane (Perrin, Ariane)
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1. Inscribed Buddhist triad, provenance unknown, attributed to Koguryŏ. 563 CE. Gilded bronze, height 17.5 cm. (Kansong Art Museum).
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2. Plan of the under-structure of Changchuan tomb no.1, Ji’an, Jilin province, China. Koguryŏ period, mid-5th century CE. (From Chosŏn yujŏk yumul togam / The Illustrated Book of Ruins and Relics of Korea, Pyongyang 1990 (hereafter Chosŏn), VI, p.73, fig.93; redrawn by the author).
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3. Layout of murals of the north wall of the front chamber of Changchuan tomb no.1, Ji’an, Jilin province, China, showing four bodhisattvas, the Green Dragon and apsaras. Koguryŏ period, mid-5th century CE. (From Chosŏn, VI, p.72, fig.91).
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4. East ceiling of the front chamber of Changchuan tomb no.1, Ji’an, Jilin province, China, showing an enthroned Buddha, tomb occupants and apsaras. Koguryŏ period, mid-5th century CE. (From Chosŏn, VI, p.74, fig.97).
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5. Restored image of the west wall of the main chamber of the Susanni tomb near Namp’o, North Korea, showing a Yaksha–Atlas figure. Koguryŏ period, mid-5th century CE. (From Ch’ŏnsang-ŭi munyang yesul: Koguryŏ kobun pyŏkhwa / Celestial motifs: Ancient Tomb Murals of the Koguryŏ Dynasty, Taejŏn 2020, p.282).
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6. Ceiling corners of the front chamber of Changchuan tomb no.1, Ji’an, Jilin province, China, showing Yaksha–Atlas figures, and newborn male and female figures in lotus flowers. Koguryŏ period, mid-5th century CE. (From Chosŏn, VI, p.82, fig.105).
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7. Right wall of the second chamber of the Sanshi (Three Chambers) tomb, Ji’an, Jilin province, China, showing a Yaksha–Atlas figure and two Black Warriors. Koguryŏ period, mid-5th century CE. (From Chosŏn, VI, p.68, fig.85).
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10. Buddha and bodhisattvas on the south wall of Yungang cave no.10, Datong, Shanxi province, China. Northern Wei period, 470–94 CE. (From Li Zhiguo: Yungang shiku (Yungang caves), Beijing 1995, p.92, fig.73).
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11a and b. Seated Buddha (mandorla missing), found at Ttuksŏm, Seoul area. First half of the 5th century CE. Gilded bronze, height 4.9 cm. (National Museum of Korea, Seoul).
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12. Seated Buddha, found at the Wŏno-ri temple site, P’yŏngwŏn county, north of Pyongyang area, South P’yŏngan province, North Korea. Koguryŏ period, sixth century CE. Clay, height 17 cm. (National Museum of Korea, Seoul).
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13a and b. Standing bodhisattva, found at Wŏno-ri temple site, P’yŏngwŏn county, South P’yŏngan province, North Korea. Koguryŏ period, sixth century. Clay, height 19.5 cm. (National Museum of Korea, Seoul).
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14. Seated Buddha, found near Hwangju, North Hwanghae province, North Korea. soapstone (National Museum of Korea, Seoul).
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15. Buddhist stele. Chinese, Late Northern Wei period. (Zhucheng Museum, Shandong).
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16. Fragment of mould, found south of Pyongyang at T’osong-ni, Taedong county, South P’yongan province, North Korea. Koguryo period, sixth century. Clay. (National Museum of Korea, Seoul).
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17. Seated Buddha. Korea, Three Kingdoms period. Gilded bronze, height 8.8 cm. (National Museum of Korea, Seoul).
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18. Inscribed mandorla, found at Ch’ungju, North Ch’ungch’ong province, South Korea. 536 or 596 CE. Gilded bronze, height 12.4 cm. (National Museum of Korea, Seoul).
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19. Inscribed standing Buddha, found at Uiryong, South Kyongsang province (Silla territory), South Korea. 539 CE. Gilded bronze, height 16.2 cm. (National Museum of Korea, Seoul).
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20. Inscribed mandorla, found in P’yongch’on area, Pyongyang, North Korea. 551 CE, Gilded bronze, height. 22 cm. (Korean Central History Museum of Pyongyang).
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21. Inscribed Buddhist triad (pedestal missing), found at Koksan, in Hwanghae province, North Korea. 571. Gilded bronze, height 15.5 cm. (Ho am Art Museum, Leeum).
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22. Buddhist triad with three bodhisattvas, found in Kangwŏn province, South Korea. Three Kingdoms period, presumably sixth century CE. Gilded bronze, height 8.7 cm, pedestal diameter 3.3 cm. (National Museum of Korea, Seoul).
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23. Buddhist triad (bodhisattva and two arhats), found at Ch’unch’on, Kangwon province, South Korea. Koguryo or Silla, presumably second half of sixth century. Gilded bronze, height 8.8 cm. (National Museum of Korea, Seoul).
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24. Inscribed plaque, found in Omae-ri, Sinp’o city, South Hamgyong province, North Korea. Gilded bronze, 41.5 by 18.5 cm. (Korean Central History Museum of Pyongyang).
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25a and b. Inscribed Buddhist triad, found on Mount Puso, near Puyo, in South Ch’ungch’ong province, South Korea. Gilded bronze, height 8.5 cm. (National Museum of Korea, Seoul).
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26a and b. Inscribed standing bodhisattva, found in Hongsong county, South Ch’ungch’ong province, central western Korea. Gilded bronze, height 16.4 cm. (National Museum of Korea, Seoul).
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27. Inscribed standing bodhisattva. Northern Wei period, 525 CE. Gilded bronze. (© Minku Kim; Linshu Museum, Shandong).
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28. Standing bodhisattva. Gilded bronze, height 22.8 cm. (Gyeongju National Museum).
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29. Buddhist triad. Korea, Three Kingdoms period. Gilded bronze, height 15.5 cm. (Donation of Lee Kun-hee). (National Museum of Korea, Seoul).
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30a and b. Inscribed standing Buddha. Korea, Three Kingdoms period. Gilded bronze, height. 7.7 cm. (Donation of Lee Kun-hee). (National Museum of Korea, Seoul).
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8. North wall of the front chamber of Changchuan tomb no.1, Ji’an, Jilin province, China, showing bodhisattvas turned towards the Buddha. Koguryŏ period, mid-5th century CE. (© Icomos Korea).
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9. West niche of the front chamber of the Kamsin tomb, near Namp’o city, North Korea, showing a seated figure. Koguryŏ period, late 5th century CE. (National Museum of Korea, Seoul).
Book Review
Imperial Colors: The Roman Portrait Busts of Septimius Severus and Julia Domna
12/2023 | 1449 | 165
Pages: 1365–1366
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Gardner-Dseagu, Christine (Gardner-Dseagu, Christine)
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Imperial Colors: The Roman Portrait Busts of Septimius Severus and Julia Domna By Julie Van Voorhis and Mark Abbe, with Juliet Graver Istrabadi. 216 pp. incl. 136 col. ills. (D. Giles Ltd, Lewes, 2023), £50. ISBN 978–1–913875–27–5. | :
Article
George I’s Kensington Palace: the sculptural dimension
11/2023 | 1448 | 165
Pages: 1196-1205
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Author:
Marsden, Jonathan (Marsden, Jonathan)
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1. Summer from Four Seasons, by Camillo Rusconi. c.1695. Marble, height (without pedestal) 74.9 cm. (© 2023 HM King Charles III; Royal Collection Trust).
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10. Flora, by John van Nost II or Robert Pitt. 1724. Gilded lead, height 159 cm.; 11. Apollo, by John van Nost II or Robert Pitt. 1724. Gilded lead, height 165 cm.; 12. Mercury, by J.M. Rysbrack. 1724. Gilded lead, height 167 cm.; 13. Diana, by J.M. Rysbrack. 1724. Gilded lead, height 173 cm. (All © 2023 HM King Charles III; Royal Collection Trust).
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14. Roman Marriage, by J.M. Rysbrack. 1723. Marble, 195 by 155 cm. (© 2023 HM King Charles III; Royal Collection Trust).
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15. John Michael Rysbrack, by John Faber the Younger after John Vanderbank. 1734. Mezzotint, 35.4 by 25.2 cm (sheet). (National Portrait Gallery, London).
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16. Flora, by Sigismondo Betti. c.1710–30. Pencil drawing on paper, 57 by 48 cm. (Eton College Library, Windsor; reproduced by permission of the Provost and Fellows of Eton College).
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17. The Cupola Room, Kensington Palace. Photograph. c.1930. (© Historic Royal Palaces).
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18. Hermes Andros / Farnese, attributed to Andrew Carpenter. 1724. Lead, height 78 cm. (© 2023 HM King Charles III; Royal Collection Trust).
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19. ‘Archimedes’, by Hubert Le Sueur. c.1637–38. Bronze, height 41 cm. (© 2023 HM King Charles III; Royal Collection Trust).
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2. Kensington Palace: the King’s Gallery, by Charles Wild. 1816. Watercolour with touches of bodycolour over etched outlines, 19.8 by 25 cm. (© 2023 HM King Charles III; Royal Collection Trust).
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20. Detail of Fig.7, showing a bust over the fireplace.
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21. Bust of an unknown woman. Early seventeenth century. Bronze, height 71 cm. (© 2023 HM King Charles III; Royal Collection Trust).
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3. The King’s Gallery, Kensington Palace, looking east, with the paintings hung as in George I’s time, with Camillo Rusconi’s Four Seasons on the window piers. (© Historic Royal Palaces).
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4. Kensington Palace: Queen Caroline’s Drawing Room, by Charles Wild. c.1816. Pen and ink with watercolour and bodycolour, over pencil, 20.3 by 25 cm. (© 2023 HM King Charles III; Royal Collection Trust).
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5. A Roman statue, by Elisha Kirkall. 1720s. Mezzotint, 36.5 by 21.5 cm. (British Museum, London).
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6. Kensington Palace: the Great Staircase, by Charles Wild. 1819. Pen and ink with watercolour and bodycolour, over etched outlines, 25.2 by 20.2 cm. (© 2023 HM King Charles III; Royal Collection Trust).
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7. Kensington Palace: the Cupola Room, by Richard Cattermole. c.1817. Pen and ink with watercolour and bodycolour, over pencil, 20.4 by 25.3 cm. (© 2023 HM King Charles III; Royal Collection Trust).
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8. Bacchus, by J.M. Rysbrack. 1724. Gilded lead, height 170 cm. (© 2023 HM King Charles III; Royal Collection Trust).
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9. Ceres, by J.M. Rysbrack. 1724. Gilded lead, height 193 cm. (© 2023 HM King Charles III; Royal Collection Trust).
Exhibition Review
Chroma: Ancient Sculpture in Color
03/2023 | 1440 | 165
Pages: 312-315
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Rumora, Roko (Rumora, Roko)
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Chroma: Ancient Sculpture in Color Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York 5th July 2022–26th March 2023 | :
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6. Reconstruction of the so-called ‘Cuirass-Torso’ from the Athenian Acropolis, Variant B, by Vinzenz Brinkmann and Ulrike Koch- Brinkmann. 2005. Plaster cast, natural pigments in egg tempera and gold foil, 60 by 44 by 25 cm. (Liebieghaus Skulpturensammlung, Frankfurt; exh. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).
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8. Reconstruction of a marble finial in the form of a sphinx, by Vinzenz Brinkmann and Ulrike Koch- Brinkmann. 2022. Cast from polymethyl metacrylate, natural pigments in egg tempera, gold foil and copper, 85 by 28 by 57 cm. (Liebieghaus Skulpturensammlung, Frankfurt; exh. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).
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9. Installation view of Chroma: Ancient Sculpture in Color at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2023, showing the reconstruction of the funerary stele of Phrasikleia, by Vinzenz Brinkmann and Ulrike Koch- Brinkmann. 2010, updated 2019. Polymethyl metacrylate, 200 by 68 by 69 cm. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).
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7. Marble finial in the form of a sphinx. Archaic Greek, c.530 BC. Marble, height (with akroterion) 142.6 cm. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).
Letter
Royal monuments
12/2022 | 1437 | 164
Pages: 1176
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Author:
Conrad, Stephen (Conrad, Stephen)
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3. George III, by Matthew Cotes Wyatt. 1836. Bronze and Portland stone, height 300 cm.
Book Review
Toppling Statues: Papers from the 2020 PSSA Webinar Co-hosted by The Burlington Magazine
10/2022 | 1435 | 164
Pages: 1044-1045
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Akinsha, Konstantin (Akinsha, Konstantin)
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Toppling Statues: Papers from the 2020 PSSA Webinar Co-hosted by The Burlington Magazine Edited by Marjorie Trusted and Joanna Barnes. 160 pp. incl. numerous b. & w. ills. (Public Statues and Sculpture Association, Watford, 2021), £16. ISBN 978–1–83839–760–9. | :
Article
A museum asserts its identity: the reopening of the Musée de Cluny
10/2022 | 1435 | 164
Pages: 1000-1007
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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).
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