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Book Review
Diagramming Devotion: Berthold of Nuremberg’s Transformation of Hrabanus Maurus’s Poems in Praise of the Cross Color in Cusanus
05/2024 | 1454 | 166
Pages: 526–528
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Reviewer:
McNamee, Megan (McNamee, Megan)
Subjects
subjects:
Berthold of Nuremburg / Nicholas of Cusa, Cardinal, 1401-1464
subjects:
Medieval art / Manuscripts / Diagrams / Devotional images
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Diagramming Devotion: Berthold of Nuremberg’s Transformation of Hrabanus Maurus’s Poems in Praise of the Cross By Jeffrey F. Hamburger. 384 pp. incl. 220 col. ills. (University of Chicago Press, 2020), $65.00. ISBN 978–0–226–64281–9. Color in Cusanus By Jeffrey F. Hamburger. 199 pp. incl. 42 col. ills. (Anton Hiersemann Verlag, Stuttgart, 2021), €49.00. ISBN 978–3–7772–2121–2. | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Diagram U, from De coniecturis, by Nicholas of Cusa. Trier, 1449. Watercolour and brown ink on paper. (Stadtbibliothek, Trier, MS 1927/1426 4, fol.96v).
Exhibition Review
Making the Renaissance Manuscript: Discoveries from Philadelphia Libraries. Goldstein Family Gallery, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
05/2020 | 1406 | 162
Pages: 435-437
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Reviewer:
Wieck, Roger S. (Wieck, Roger S.)
Subjects
dates:
2020-2030
museums and institutions:
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, United States
places:
Philadelphia
subjects:
Illuminated manuscripts / Manuscripts / Diagrams / Digital technology / Renaissance art
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Making the Renaissance Manuscript: Discoveries from Philadelphia Libraries Goldstein Family Gallery, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia 10th February–19th May | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
4. Opening page from Pronosticque historial de la f licit  future de l’an mil cincq cens et douze, by Jean Lemaire de Belges. 1512. Parchment, 18.8 by 12.6 cm. (Rosenbach Museum and Library, Philadelphia, MS 232/11, fol.1v; exh. Goldstein Family Gallery, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia).
Attributed works:
5. Christmas carols. c.1520–30. Paper, 26.4 by 18.5 cm. (Free Library of Philadelphia, Lewis E 211, fol.17v; exh. Goldstein Family Gallery, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia).
Attributed works:
6. The author making an offering to love from L’oultr  d’amour pour amour morte, by Georges Chastellain. c.1470. Parchment, 15.3 by 17.4 cm. (Rosenbach Museum and Library Philadelphia, MS 443/21, fol.16r; exh. Goldstein Family Gallery, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia).
Article
Sir Christopher Wren’s failed project for a crossing tower and spire at Westminster Abbey, 1713–25
01/2019 | 1390 | 161
Pages: 44-57
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Author:
Higgott, Gordon (Higgott, Gordon)
Subjects
art literature:
Archimedes / Vitruvius
artists:
Wren, Christopher / Dickinson, William, c.1621–1725 / Hawksmoor, Nicholas / Hollar, Wenceslaus
buildings:
Westminster Abbey, London, Great Britain
media:
Architecture / Architectural components / Architectural models / Architectural drawings / Diagrams
patrons:
Henry III, King of England, 1207-1272
places:
Great Britain / London
subjects:
British architecture / Architectural theory / Architectural history / Abbeys / Churches / Towers / Spires / Cloisters / Cathedrals / Domes / Ornament / Patronage / Gothic Revival / Romanesque
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Model of the crossing with Wren’s project for a tower and spire, from the north west, by Elizabeth Gregory (as head carpenter). 1714–16. Oak and pearwood, 240 by 116 by 85.5 cm. (© The Dean and Chapter of Westminster).
Attributed works:
10. The south-west crossing pier of Westminster Abbey, from the south-east gallery. (Photograph Lisa Stein).
Attributed works:
11. The easternmost bay on the north side of the nave, showing distortion of the crossing pier at the level of the aisle vaults. (Photograph the author).
Attributed works:
12. Plan of the tower of the model at four levels, with Wren’s proposal for strengthening the crossing piers at bottom left, by William Dickinson. c.1714. Pen and brown ink over graphite with grey wash on paper, 33.9 by 39 cm. (The Bodleian Libraries, The University of Oxford, Gough Maps 23, fol.46(b)).
Attributed works:
13. Detail of a survey plan of a crossing pier, by William Dickinson. 1713. Pen and brown ink over graphite with black wash on paper, 20.1 by 31.7 cm. (The Bodleian Libraries, The University of Oxford, Gough Maps 23, fol.24v; photograph the author).
Attributed works:
14. Copy of a diagram by Wren of an aisle and crossing pier, by ‘Mr Gayfere’. c.1715–c.1735. Pen and brown ink on paper, 15.2 by 9 cm. (© The Dean and Chapter of Westminster; WAM 66895*).
Attributed works:
15. Detail of Westminster Abbey from St James’s Park, by William Lodge, printed by Pierce Tempest. 1680s. Etching, 13 by 25.5 cm. (The Bodleian Libraries, The University of Oxford, Gough Maps 23, fol.46v.(d); photograph the author).
Attributed works:
16. Detail of a copy of Wren’s Figure II in his Tract II (1710–30), showing a pier and a half-arch, with their centres of gravity, in Christopher Wren Jr’s manuscript for Parentalia. 1741. Pen and brown ink on paper, 32.7 by 18.6 cm. (© The Royal Society, London; MS 249, fol.483).
Attributed works:
18. Elevation of the proposed tower and spire over a section through the crossing, by William Dickinson. Late 1722 or 1723. With notes and sketched additions by Nicholas Hawksmoor, c.1723. Grey wash over graphite, with grey and brown ink on paper, 72.8 by 21.6 cm. (© The Dean and Chapter of Westminster; WAM (P) 913).
Attributed works:
19. Long section through the Abbey showing proposals for an octagonal dome over the crossing (with alternatives in a half-plan, top left), and the west towers, by Nicholas Hawksmoor. May 1724. Pen and brown ink with grey wash over graphite on paper, 52.2 by 107.5 cm. (© The Dean and Chapter of Westminster; WAM (P) 910).
Attributed works:
2. The north prospect of Westminster Abbey, by Wenceslaus Hollar. 1654. Etching, 21.7 by 32.8 cm. (© The Dean and Chapter of Westminster; Langley Coll I, i (1)).
Attributed works:
20. Detail of a plan of the crossing, choir and sanctuary (with north at the bottom), showing Hawksmoor’s proposal for enlarging the crossing piers, by William Dickinson. June 1724. Pen and brown ink over graphite, with brown, grey and yellow-ochre wash on paper, 49.5 by 54.6 cm. (The Bodleian Libraries, The University of Oxford, Gough Maps 23, fol.24).
Attributed works:
21. The Abbey from the north, showing the first of three alternatives for the lantern and cupola, and a proposal for the west towers, by Nicholas Hawksmoor and Thomas Hinton. 1725–26. Pen and brown ink over grey wash and graphite on paper, 51 by 70.1 cm. (© The Dean and Chapter of Westminster; WAM, Hawksmoor 4A).
Attributed works:
22. The west front of Westminster Abbey, showing the towers built to Hawksmoor’s design, 1735–45. (Photograph the author).
Attributed works:
3. Survey plan of Westminster Abbey (with north at the bottom), by James Broughton. c.1697–c.1705. Pen and brown ink shaded in black and grey wash over graphite on paper, 53.5 by 74.8 cm. (© The Dean and Chapter of Westminster; WAM (P) 915).
Attributed works:
4. Sectional model of one bay of the choir and cloister, by Elizabeth Gregory (as head carpenter), 1710. Oak and pearwood, 72.9 by 83.7 by 16.2 cm. (© The Dean and Chapter of Westminster).
Attributed works:
5. Elevation (with alternatives) of the proposed tower and spire, with the gable of the north transept front, and attached plan, by William Dickinson. September and December 1722. Pen and brown ink over graphite, with grey and brown wash on paper, 104 by 38.2 cm. (© The Dean and Chapter of Westminster; WAM (P) 907, 907A).
Attributed works:
6. Detail of the model in Fig.1, showing the vault over the crossing. (© The Dean and Chapter of Westminster).
Attributed works:
7. The quire of Westminster Abbey from the west. c.1700. Canvas, 153 by 129 cm. (© The Dean and Chapter of Westminster; WA 1775).
Attributed works:
8. Plan of the vault for the crossing lantern, by Nicholas Hawksmoor. 1726–27. Pen and brown ink, with yellow ochre and grey wash over graphite on paper, 47.5 by 35 cm. (© The Dean and Chapter of Westminster).
Attributed works:
9. The north transept front and the crossing lantern of Westminster Abbey. (Photograph the author).
Western art unattributed:
17. The north-east prospect of Beverley Minster, published by H. Overton and J. Hoole (London) and G. Feraby (Hull). c.1717. Engraving, 48.5 by 56.7 cm. (The Bodleian Libraries, The University of Oxford, Gough Maps 35, fol.2).
Book Review
On Weaving: New Expanded Edition. By Anni Albers
07/2018 | 1384 | 160
Pages: 611-612
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Reviewer:
Darwent, Charles (Darwent, Charles)
Subjects
artists:
Albers, Anni / Gropius, Walter / Albers, Josef
dates:
1900-1999
media:
Textiles / Drawings / Diagrams / Books
places:
Germany / United States
subjects:
Artists' writings / Artists' books / Bauhaus / Colour / Design / Reproductions / Originality / Collecting
subjects:
Pre-Columbian (American) / Mesoamerican
Book Review
The Art of Philosophy: Visual Thinking in Europe from the Late Renaissance to the Early Enlightenment. By Susanna Berger
07/2018 | 1384 | 160
Pages: 606-607
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Reviewer:
Taylor, Paul (Taylor, Paul)
Subjects
art literature:
Aristotle / Hobbes, Thomas
artists:
Gaultier, Léonard
dates:
1500-1599 / 1600-1699 / 1700-1799
media:
Prints / Engravings / Inscriptions / Diagrams / Maps / Emblems / Drawings / Documents
places:
Europe
subjects:
Philosophy / Study and teaching / Allegory / Iconography / Christian iconography / Illustrations / Book design
Article
More art on the line: the Royal Academy’s Antique Room in the exhibition of 1792
04/2008 | 1261 | 150
Pages: 224-231
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Author:
Shanes, Eric (Shanes, Eric)
Subjects
dates:
1790-1799
museums and institutions:
Royal Academy of Arts, London, Great Britain
print:
Royal Academy of Arts, London, Great Britain
subjects:
Exhibitions / Galleries (display spaces) / Displays / Hanging (installation technique)
subjects:
Diagrams
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. The display in the Antique Room in the Royal Academy exhibition of 1792, by Thomas Sandby. 1792. Graphite on tracing paper, 25 by 44.4 cm. (Royal Academy of Arts, London)
Attributed works:
10. Sand quarry at Alum Bay, possibly to be identified with the View on the beach, Isle of Wight, by Julius Caesar Ibbetson. 1792. Panel, 19 by 25.4 cm. (Tate Britain, London)
Attributed works:
11. Detail of Fig.1
Attributed works:
12. A view of Bath from Spring Gardens, by Thomas Hearne. 1790. Watercolour and pen and ink over pencil, 31 by 46.3 cm. (Yale Center for British Art, New Haven)
Attributed works:
2. Ground plan of the Antique Room in the 1792 exhibition, not to scale. Drawing by Mark Shanes
Attributed works:
3. Detail of Fig.1
Attributed works:
4. One of the porters of the Royal Academy, by John Russell RA. 1792. Pastel on paper, 72.5 by 60 cm. (Courtauld Institute Galleries, London)
Attributed works:
5. The rose-bud, from Prior, by Richard Westall. 1792. Watercolour and gouache over graphite on paper, 32.4 by 39.1 cm. (Yale Center for British Art, New Haven)
Attributed works:
6. Portrait of John Clementson, by Gainsborough Dupont. 1792. Canvas, 127 by 96.5 cm. (Gainsborough House Museum, Sudbury)
Attributed works:
7. Detail of Fig.1
Attributed works:
8. Malmsbury Abbey, by Joseph Mallord William Turner. 1792. Watercolour, 54.6 by 38.7 cm. (Norwich Castle Museum)
Attributed works:
9. Battle Abbey-gate, Sussex, by Michael Angelo Rooker. 1792. Watercolour, 41.9 by 59.7 cm. (Royal Academy of Arts, London)
Article
Automobile Parts and Accessories in Picabia's Machinist Works of 1915-17
05/2001 | 1178 | 143
Pages: 276-283
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Author:
Caudill Dennison, Mariea (Caudill Dennison, Mariea; Caudill, Mariea)
Subjects
artists:
Picabia, Francis
dates:
1900-1919
places:
France
subjects:
French painting / Diagrams / Machine aesthetic / Automobiles
Illustrations
Attributed works:
24. De Zayas! De Zayas! (Portrait of De Zayas), by Francis Picabia. Reproduced from 291, July-August 1915. (The Louise and Walter Arensberg Archives, Philadelphia Museum of Art).
Attributed works:
25. Diagram Showing the Black Portions of Fig.24. [De Zayas! De Zayas! (Portrait of De Zayas), by Francis Picabia. Reproduced from 291, July-August 1915. (The Louise and Walter Arensberg Archives, Philadelphia Museum of Art).]
Attributed works:
26. Diagram Showing the Red Portions of Fig.24. [De Zayas! De Zayas! (Portrait of De Zayas), by Francis Picabia. Reproduced from 291, July-August 1915. (The Louise and Walter Arensberg Archives, Philadelphia Museum of Art).]
Attributed works:
35. Portrait of Marie Laurencin, by Francis Picabia. 1916-17. Ink and Water-Colour on Cardboard, 56 by 45.5 cm. (Private Collection).
Attributed works:
36. Portrait of Apollinaire (Gloire au poète), by Francis Picabia. Reproduced from 391, March 1917. (Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago).
Attributed works:
41. Portrait of Louis Vauxcelles, by Francis Picabia. 1917. Pen and Ink on Paper, 40 by 29 cm. (Private Collection; Photo: Comité Picabia).
Attributed works:
42. Lamp Illusion (Lampe Illusion), by Francis Picabia. Reproduced from 391, March 1917. (Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago).
Attributed works:
43. Cones (Cônes), by Francis Picabia. Reproduced from 391, June 1917. (Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago).
Attributed works:
50. Flamenco Dancer (Flamenca), by Francis Picabia. Reproduced from 391, March 1917. (Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago).
Western art unattributed:
27. Piston and Connecting Rod from Horseless Age, 1st February 1916, p.66.
Western art unattributed:
28. Headlight from Automobile Topics, 19th June 1915, p.517.
Western art unattributed:
29. Spark Plug from P. M. Heldt: The Gasoline Automobile: Its Design and Construction: The Gasoline Motor, New York [1915], fig.X.
Western art unattributed:
30. Connecting Rod End from Page, loc. cit. at Note 40, p.424.
Western art unattributed:
31. Distributor and Ground from R. C. Frayer: Classroom Lecture Notes: Automobile Starting, Lighting and Ignition, New York [1918], p.131.
Western art unattributed:
32. Ground from Page, loc. cit. at Note 40, p.373.
Western art unattributed:
33. Shock Absorber from 'Ford Specialties Department', Horseless Age, 7th July 1915, p.33.
Western art unattributed:
34. Splitdorf-Apelco Single Unit System from Automobile Topics, 3rd July 1915, p.683.
Western art unattributed:
37. Fero Tyre Pump from Horseless Age, 1st August 1916, p.97.
Western art unattributed:
38. Tyre boot from V. P. Page: The Modern Gasoline Automobile: Its Design, Construction, Maintenance and Repair, New York [1912], p.555.
Western art unattributed:
39. Essex Tyre Boot from Horseless Age, 1st January 1916, p.32.
Western art unattributed:
40. U. S. Tyre Pump with Pressure Tank, Horseless Age, 15th July 1916, p.51, and Air Compressor from Horseless Age, 15th March 1916, p.215.
Western art unattributed:
44. Differential from D. Mcmillan: The Motor Car, London and New York [1915], p.95.
Western art unattributed:
45. Side Lamps from Page, loc. cit. at Note 40, p.674.
Western art unattributed:
46. Cone Clutch from Page, loc. cit. at Note 40, p.463.
Western art unattributed:
47. Valve and Valve Spring from Page, loc. cit. at Note 40, p.758.
Western art unattributed:
48. Spring Rests from Heldt, loc. cit. at Fig.29, p.241.
Western art unattributed:
49. Valve Head from Heldt, loc. cit. at Fig.29, p.222.