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Book Review
L’arte di tradurre l’arte: John Baptist Jackson incisore nella Venezia del Settecento
12/2024 | 1461 | 166
Pages: 1270–2
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Pietrabissa, Camilla (Pietrabissa, Camilla )
Subjects
art literature:
Exhibition catalogues
artists:
Jackson, John Baptist, printmaker and designer, c.1703–73
dates:
2020-2030
subjects:
Biblioteca Marciana, Venice, Italy
subjects:
Colour woodcuts / Woodcuts / British art / Italian art
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L’arte di tradurre l’arte: John Baptist Jackson incisore nella Venezia del Settecento Edited by Orsola Braides, Giovanni Maria Fara and Alessia Giachery. 206 pp. incl. 81 col. ills (Olschki, Florence, 2024), €25. ISBN 978–88–222–6913–3. | :
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7. Death of St Peter Martyr, by John Baptist Jackson after Titian. 1739. Three-colour woodcut, 52.2 by 34.1 cm. (Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana, Venice).
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8. Crucifixion, by John Baptist Jackson after Tintoretto. c.1745. Fourcolour woodcut in three sheets; left sheet illustrated here, 54.6 by 41.8 cm. (Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana, Venice).
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9. Landscape with people, by John Baptist Jackson after Marco Ricci. 1744–45. Fivecolour woodcut, 41.5 by 57.5 cm. (Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana, Venice).
Exhibition Review
Careers by Design: Hendrick Goltzius and Peter Paul Rubens
09/2024 | 1458 | 166
Pages: 953-56
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Reviewer:
Meier, Hans Jakob (Meier, Hans Jakob)
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artists:
Goltzius, Hendrick / Rubens, Peter Paul
dates:
2020-2030
museums and institutions:
Staatliche Graphische Sammlung Munich, Germany
subjects:
Dutch art / Engravings / Etchings / Woodcuts / Drawings / Baroque / Mannerism
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Careers by Design: Hendrick Goltzius and Peter Paul Rubens Staatliche Graphische Sammlung, Munich 13th June–15th September | :
Illustrations
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11. Wedding of Cupid and Psyche, by Hendrick Goltzius after Bartholomeus Spranger. 1587. Engraving, 43 by 84.5 cm. (Staatliche Graphische Sammlung, Munich).
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12. Judith beheading Holofernes, by Cornelis Galle I after Rubens. c.1616. Engraving, 54 by 38 cm. (Staatliche Graphische Sammlung, Munich).
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13. Fall of the damned, Pieter Soutman after Rubens. 1642. Etching, 56.9 by 41.7 cm. (Staatliche Graphische Sammlung, Munich).
Exhibition Review
Dürer: The Making of a Renaissance Master
09/2022 | 1434 | 164
Pages: 906-909
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Reviewer:
Viehweger, Lea (Viehweger, Lea)
Subjects
artists:
Dürer, Albrecht
dates:
2020-2030
museums and institutions:
Barber Institute of Fine Arts, Birmingham, Great Britain / Royal Collection, (Great Britain)
subjects:
German art / Prints / Drawings / Woodcuts
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Dürer: The Making of a Renaissance Master Barber Institute of Fine Arts, Birmingham 17th June–25th September | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
4. Pupila Augusta, by Albrecht Dürer. c.1498. Pen and ink on paper, 25.4 by 19.4 cm. (Royal Collection Trust © Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II 2022; exh. Barber Institute of Fine Arts, Birmingham).
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5. Great triumphal cart of Emperor Maximilian, by Albrecht Dürer. 1523. Woodcut from eight blocks, 47.9 by 230 cm. (Royal Collection Trust; © Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II 2022; exh. Barber Institute of Fine Arts, Birmingham).
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6. A woman abducted by a man on a unicorn, by Albrecht Dürer. 1516. Etching, 30.7 by 20.1 cm. (Royal Collection Trust © Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II 2022; exh. Barber Institute of Fine Arts, Birmingham).
Exhibition Review
Albrecht Dürer: Print and Renaissance
09/2022 | 1434 | 164
Pages: 904-906
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Kunz, Armin (Kunz, Armin)
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artists:
Dürer, Albrecht / Schongauer, Martin
dates:
2020-2030
museums and institutions:
Musée Condé, Chantilly, France
subjects:
Prints / Drawings / Woodcuts / German art
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Albrecht Dürer: Print and Renaissance Musée Condé, Chantilly 4th June–2nd October | :
Illustrations
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1. Installation view of Albrecht Dürer: Print and Renaissance at Musée Condé, Chantilly, 2022. (Photograph Armin Kunz).
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2. Head of a bearded old man, by Albrecht Dürer. c.1505(?). Pen and brown ink, 18.7 by 13.1 cm. (Fondation Custodia, Paris; exh. Musée Condé, Chantilly).
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3. St Jerome by the pollard willow, by Albrecht Dürer. 1512. Drypoint, 20.9 by 17.6 cm. (Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris; exh. Musée Condé, Chantilly).
Book Review
Early Colour Printing: German Renaissance Woodcuts at the British Museum
05/2022 | 1430 | 164
Pages: 521-522
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Reviewer:
Meier, Hans Jakob (Meier, Hans Jakob)
Subjects
museums and institutions:
British Museum, Dept. of Prints and Drawings, London, Great Britain
subjects:
German art / Prints / Woodcuts / Renaissance art / Renaissance printmaking
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Early Colour Printing: German Renaissance Woodcuts at the British Museum By Elizabeth Savage. 256 pp. incl. over 150 col. + b. & w. ills. (Paul Holberton, London, 2021), £50. ISBN 978–1–911300–75–5. | :
Illustrations
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4. Arms of Matthäus Lang von Wellenburg as Cardinal of Salzburg, attributed to Hans Weiditz, from the Liber selectarum cantionum, ed. Ludwig Senfl. Augsburg 1520. Seven-block colour woodcut, 27.4 by 20.6 cm. (British Museum, London).
Book Review
Hans Baldung Grien: Neue Perspektiven auf sein Werk
04/2022 | 1429 | 164
Pages: 421-422
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Reviewer:
Silver, Larry (Silver, Larry)
Subjects
artists:
Baldung, Hans / Dürer, Albrecht
subjects:
German art / Woodcuts / Prints / Stained glass / Religious art
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Hans Baldung Grien: Neue Perspektiven auf sein Werk Edited by Holger Jacob-Friesen and Oliver Jehle. 320 pp. incl. 260 col. ills.(Deutscher Kunstverlag, Berlin, 2019), €29.90. ISBN 978–3–422–97982–6. | :
Illustrations
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3. Caspar Hedio, by Hans Baldung Grien. 1543. Woodcut in black on ivory laid paper, 18 by 13.9 cm. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).
Exhibition Review
Nikolai Astrup: Visions of Norwegian Nature
03/2022 | 1428 | 164
Pages: 302-305
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Greve, Kari (Greve, Kari)
Subjects
artists:
Astrup, Nikolai Johannes
dates:
2020-2030 / 1900-1929
media:
Paintings / Woodcuts
museums and institutions:
Prins Eugen Waldermarsudde, Stockholm, Sweden
subjects:
Norwegian School
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Nikolai Astrup: Visions of Norwegian Nature Prins Eugen’s Waldemarsudde, Stockholm 19th February–29th May | :
Illustrations
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24. Grey spring evening with fruit trees in bloom, by Nikolai Astrup. 1909. Oil on canvas, 96.5 by 124.5 cm. (Private collection; exh. KODE Art Museums and Composer Homes, Bergen; photograph Bruce M. White).
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25. Foxgloves, Nikolai Astrup. Woodblock, c.1915–20; print 1927. Colour woodcut on paper, 69.2 by 78.2 cm. (Private collection; exh. KODE Art Museums and Composer Homes, Bergen; photograph Dag Fosse / KODE).
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26. Bonfire celebrating midsummer night, by Nikolai Astrup. 1912, retouched 1926. Oil on paper glued to board, 89 by 105 cm. (National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design, Oslo; exh. KODE Art Museums and Composer Homes, Bergen; photograph Børre Høstland).
Article
The nude male form in Chen Yanqiao’s woodblock prints and cartoons, 1934–35
10/2021 | 1423 | 163
Pages: 898-907
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Author:
Emrich-Rougé, Elizabeth (Emrich-Rougé, Elizabeth)
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artists:
Chen, Yanqiao (1911-70) / Li, Hua (1907-94) / Zhu, Yingpen (1895? -) / Wan, Laiming (1900-97)
dates:
1930-1939
places:
China / Shanghai
subjects:
Chinese art / Prints / Photographs / Published illustrations / Magazines (periodicals) / Satire / Communism / Politics / Literature / Nudes / Greco-Roman / masculinities / Nationalism
subjects:
Woodcuts / Heroes
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Pull, by Chen Yanqiao. 1934. Woodblock print, 25.1 by 19.1 cm. (Courtesy Lu Xun Memorial Museum, Shanghai).
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10. Beautiful illustrations of the body, by Wan Laiming. 1933. (From The Young Companion, no.78, July 1933; from online database CNBKSY – Quanguo Baokan Suoyin, Shanghai Library).
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2. Title page from Cartoons and Life no.2 (December 1935), featuring Struggle, by Chen Yanqiao. 1935. Ink drawing. (From online database CNBKSY – Quanguo Baokan Suoyin, Shanghai Library).
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3. China, roar!, by Li Hua. 1935. Woodblock print, 23 by 16.5 cm. (From Modern Prints 1, no.14, December 1935, reproduced in Progress in Prints: Chinese Modern Woodblock Prints in Lu Xun’s Collection, Shanghai 1991, I, p.251; courtesy Lu Xun Memorial Museum, Shanghai).
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4. The despairing (top) and Forced to wander as a refugee (below), by Chen Yanqiao. 1934–35. Woodblock prints. (From Cartoon Life, no.5, January 1935, p.30; from online database CNBKSY – Quanguo Baokan Suoyin, Shanghai Library).
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5. Sun chariot, by Zhu Yingpeng and Xu Suling. (From Vanguard Monthly 1, no.3, December 1930; from online database CNBKSY – Quanguo Baokan Suoyin, Shanghai Library).
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6. A beautifully brave and strong body. 1929. Photograph. (From Modern Miscellany 1, no.3, p.2; from online database CNBKSY – Quanguo Baokan Suoyin, Shanghai Library).
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7. Health and beauty. 1930. Photograph. (From Athletic China, no.1, October 1930; from online database CNBKSY – Quanguo Baokan Suoyin, Shanghai Library).
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8. Guerilla forces, by Chen Yanqiao. 1935. Woodblock print. (From Collected Wood Shavings, no.1, 20th April 1935, p.7; from online database CNBKSY – Quanguo Baokan Suoyin, Shanghai Library).
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9. Figures in the palm of his hand, by Wan Laiming. 1935. Ink drawing. (From Phenomenon Cartoon, no.2, May 1935; from online database CNBKSY – Quanguo Baokan Suoyin, Shanghai Library).
Article
Laura Knight on display: book jackets and self-promotion in the 1920s
07/2021 | 1420 | 163
Pages: 594-603
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Author:
Beazley-Long, Sally (Beazley-Long, Sally)
Subjects
artists:
Knight, Laura
dates:
1920-1929
museums and institutions:
Victoria and Albert Museum, London, Great Britain
subjects:
Book covers / Book illustrations / Books / Posters / Prints / Modernism / Art market / Literature / Book design / Woodcuts / Lithographs
subjects:
Jarrolds Publishers, London, Great Britain / British art
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Dust jacket for Fidelity by Susan Glaspell, design by Laura Knight. 1924. Lithograph, 19 by 13 cm. (front cover). (Private collection; © reproduced with permission of The Estate of Dame Laura Knight DBE RA 2021. All rights reserved; photograph courtesy Peter Harrington Books).
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10. A quarrel, by Laura Knight. 1923. Aquatint, 22 by 17.5 cm. (Scottish National Gallery, Edinburgh; © reproduced with permission of The Estate of Dame Laura Knight DBE RA 2021; Bridgeman Images).
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11. Evening, by Laura Knight. 1923. Aquatint, 22.4 by 14.9 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London; © reproduced with permission of The Estate of Dame Laura Knight DBE RA 2021).
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12. A crowd, by Laura Knight. 1923. Aquatint, 10.2 by 12.7 cm. (Russell- Cotes Art Gallery and Museum, Bournemouth; © reproduced with permission of The Estate of Dame Laura Knight DBE RA 2021).
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13. Self-portrait, by Laura Knight. 1922. Lithograph, 14.9 by 13.6 cm. (Frontispiece to C. Marriott: Laura Knight: A Book of Drawings, London 1923; © reproduced with permission of The Estate of Dame Laura Knight DBE RA 2021).
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14. Self-portrait, by Laura Knight. 1922. Oil on canvas, 59.5 by 59.5 cm. (Museum of New Zealand, Te Papa Tongarewa; © reproduced with permission of The Estate of Dame Laura Knight DBE RA 2021; Bridgeman Images).
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15. Jarrolds advertisement, The Times (8th May 1925), p.9.
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2. Dust jacket for Heart’s Blood by Ethel M. Kelley, design by Laura Knight. 1924. Lithograph, 19 by 13 cm. (front cover). (Private collection; © reproduced with permission of The Estate of Dame Laura Knight DBE RA 2021).
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3. Dust jacket for Strait is the Gate by André Gide, design by Laura Knight. 1924. Lithograph. 19 by 13 cm. (front cover). (Private collection; © reproduced with permission of The Estate of Dame Laura Knight DBE RA 2021; photograph courtesy Ashton Rare Books).
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4. Front cover and spine of the dust jacket for The Glory of the Conquered by Susan Glaspell, design by Laura Knight. 1925. Lithograph, 19.5 by 14 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London; © reproduced with permission of The Estate of Dame Laura Knight DBE RA 2021).
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5. Front cover and spine of the dust jacket for The Farthing Spinster by Catherine Dodd, design by Laura Knight. 1925. Lithograph. 19.5 by 14 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London; © reproduced with permission of The Estate of Dame Laura Knight DBE RA 2021).
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6. The mystery man, by Laura Knight. Black ink on laid paper, 30.2 by 23.9 cm. (National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa; © reproduced with permission of The Estate of Dame Laura Knight DBE RA 2021).
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7. Front cover and spine of the dust jacket for Spring, by Ladislas St Reymont, design by Paul Nash. 1926. Lithograph. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London).
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8. Front cover and spine of the dust jacket for Summer by Ladislas St Reymont, design by Paul Nash. 1926. Lithograph. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London).
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9. Front cover and spine of the dust jacket for The Modern Movement in Art by R.H. Wilenski, design by Edward McKnight Kauffer. 1927. Lithograph. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London).
Exhibition Review
Michael Wolgemut: Mehr als Dürer’s Lehrer
04/2021 | 1417 | 163
Pages: 356-358
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Reviewer:
Silver, Larry (Silver, Larry)
Subjects
art literature:
Exhibition catalogues
artists:
Wolgemut, Michael / Dürer, Albrecht / Pleydenwurff, Hans
media:
Paintings / Woodcuts / Prints
places:
Nuremberg
subjects:
German art
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Michael Wolgemut: Mehr als Dürer’s Lehrer Edited by Benno Baumbauer, Dagmar Hirschfelder and Manuel Teget-Welz. 352 pp. incl. 296 col. + 7 b. & w. ills. (Nuremberg Municipal Museums and Schnell and Steiner, Regensburg, 2019), €40. ISBN 978–3–7954–3470–0. | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
5. Epitaph for Georg Keiper from St Marien, Nuremberg, by Michael Wolgemut and workshop. c.1484. Oil on panel, 198 by 142 cm. (St Lorenz, Nuremburg).
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6. Ursula Tucher, née Harsdörffer, from the Diptych of Hans and Ursula Tucher, by Michael Wolgemut and workshop. 1478. Oil on panel, 29.2 by 22.7 cm. (Museumsland schaft Hessen and Gem ldegalerie Alte Meister, Kassel).
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7. Michael Wolgemut, by Albrecht Dürer. 1516. Oil on panel, 29.8 by 28.1 cm. (Germanisches Nationalmuseum, Nuremberg; Leihgabe der Bayerischen Staatsgemäldesammlungen).
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