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Book Review
Die Stadt von der Neuzeit bis zum 19. Jahrhundert: Urbane Entwürfe in Europa und Nordamerika. By Vittorio Magnago Lampugnani
01/2019 | 1390 | 161
Pages: 92-93
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Reviewer:
Bailey, Gauvin Alexander (Bailey, Gauvin Alexander)
Subjects
artists:
Alberti, Leon Battista / Francesco di Giorgio Martini / Wren, Christopher / Le Nôtre, André / Montgomery, Robert / Owen, Robert / Fourier, Charles / Haussmann, Georges Eugène, Baron / Monet, Claude / Pissarro, Camille
dates:
1200-1299 / 1300-1399 / 1400-1499 / 1500-1599 / 1600-1699 / 1700-1799 / 1800-1899
media:
Architecture / Architectural drawings / Gardens
patrons:
Pius II, Pope, 1405-1464 / Sixtus V, Pope, 1520-1590 / Philip II, King of Spain, 1527-1598 / Napoleon III, Emperor of the French, 1808-1873
places:
Italy / Florence / Siena / Pienza / Rome / France / Paris / Germany / Berlin / Austria / Vienna / Portugal / Lisbon / United States
subjects:
Urban planning / Urban history / Urban management / Cities / Ideal cities / Architectural history / Architectural theory / Design / Facades / Social history / Historical context / Cultural history / Surveys
Illustrations
Attributed works:
5. Covent Garden Piazza and Market, London, by John Collet. 1771–80. Canvas, 133.7 by 189.5 cm. (Museum of London).
Exhibition Review
Bruegel. Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna
12/2018 | 1389 | 160
Pages: 1049-1052
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Reviewer:
Honig, Elizabeth Alice (Honig, Elizabeth Alice)
Subjects
art literature:
Mander, Karel van, I, 1548-1606
artists:
Bruegel, Pieter, the Elder
collectors and dealers:
Jongelinck, Nicolaas
dates:
2010-2019
media:
Paintings
museums and institutions:
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, Austria
places:
Austria / Vienna
subjects:
Flemish painting / Genre paintings / Comedy / Four Seasons / Colour / Beggars / Leprosy / Techniques / Technical analysis
Illustrations
Attributed works:
15. Haymaking, by Pieter Bruegel. 1565. Panel, 114 by 158 cm. (The Lobkowicz Collections, Prague; exh. Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna).
Attributed works:
16. Beggars, by Pieter Bruegel. 1568. Panel, 18.5 by 21.5 cm. (Musée du Louvre, Paris; exh. Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna).
Attributed works:
17. Detail of The battle between Carnival and Lent, by Pieter Bruegel. 1559. Panel, 118 by 164.2 cm. (Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna).
Exhibition Review
The Art of Power: Habsburg Women in the Renaissance. Schloss Ambras, Innsbruck
10/2018 | 1387 | 160
Pages: 852-854
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Reviewer:
Fössel, Amalie (Fössel, Amalie)
Subjects
artists:
Meit, Conrat
dates:
2010-2019
media:
Paintings / Books / Armour / Textiles / Tapestries / Porcelain / Sculpture / Furniture / Fans (costume accessories) / Glassware / Ivories / Art objects / Emblems
museums and institutions:
Schloss Ambras, Innsbruck, Austria
patrons:
Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor, 1459-1519 / Ferdinand II, Archduke of Austria, 1529-1595 / Margaret of Austria, Regent of the Netherlands, 1480-1530 / Mary of Habsburg, 1505-1558 / Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, 1500-1558
patrons:
Catherine of Austria, 1507–1578
places:
Austria / Innsbruck
subjects:
House of Habsburg / Collecting / Collections, Public / Collections, Private / Patronage / Women / Politics / Diplomacy / Courts (social groups) / Portraits / Cabinets of curiosities / Gifts / Busts
subjects:
Literature / Music / Coral / Vessels / Religious art / Science
Illustrations
Attributed works:
4. Margaret of Austria, by Conrat Meit. c.1518. Pear wood (?), 7.7 by 7.2 by 4.6 cm. (Bayerisches Nationalmuseum, Munich; exh. Schloss Ambras, Innsbruck).
Attributed works:
5. Tapestry with the arms of Margaret of Austria, by Henri van Lacke, Edingen. 1528. Silk and wool, 301 by 375 cm. (Museum of Applied Arts, Budapest; exh. Schloss Ambras, Innsbruck).
Non-western art unattributed:
6. Folding fan. Sri Lanka, 1542. Ivory and ebony, 43 by 33 cm. (Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna; exh. Schloss Ambras, Innsbruck)
Exhibition Review
Otto Wagner. Vienna Museum
09/2018 | 1386 | 160
Pages: 783-785
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Reviewer:
Long, Christopher (Long, Christopher)
Subjects
artists:
Wagner, Otto, 1841-1918 / Fischer von Erlach, Johann Bernhard / Haerdtl, Oswald / Olbrich, Joseph Maria / Schönthal, Otto / Hennebique, François / Schindler, Rudolph / Janák, Pavel / Frank, Josef / Neutra, Richard / Schütte-Lihotzky, Margarete / Fabiani, Max / Plečnik, Jože
dates:
2010-2019
media:
Architecture / Architectural drawings / Documents / Photographs
museums and institutions:
Wien Museum, Vienna, Austria
places:
Vienna / Austria
subjects:
Austrian architecture / Jugendstil / Modernism / Correspondence / Archives / Study and teaching / Attributions / Concrete / Urban planning / Functionalism / Realism / Antisemitism
Illustrations
Attributed works:
16. Design for the Stadtmuseum (city museum) on the Karlsplatz, Vienna, by Otto Wagner. 1907. Pencil, pen and ink on paper, 52.3 by 116.3 cm. (Vienna Museum).
Attributed works:
17. Apartment house at 40 Linke Wienzeile, by Otto Wagner. 1898. (Photograph Wolfgang Thaler; exh. Vienna Museum).
Attributed works:
18. Design for the Stadtbahn (city rail network), by Otto Wagner, drawn by Joseph Maria Olbrich. 1898. Pencil, pen and ink, watercolour, gold paint, airbrushed blue paint and white gouache on paper, 65 by 46 cm. (Vienna Museum).
Book Review
Rebel Modernists: Viennese Architecture Since Otto Wagner. By Liane Lefaivre
08/2018 | 1385 | 160
Pages: 705-706
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Reviewer:
Anderson, Eric (Anderson, Eric)
Subjects
art literature:
Pevsner, Nikolaus / Semper, Gottfried
artists:
Wagner, Otto, 1841-1918 / Loos, Adolf / Wittgenstein, Ludwig / Urban, Joseph / Schindler, Rudolph / Gerstel, Moshe / Rix-Ueno, Felice / Hollein, Hans / Makart, Hans
dates:
1890-1899 / 1900-1999 / 2000-2009 / 2010-2019
media:
Architecture
places:
Austria / Vienna
subjects:
Austrian architecture / Modernism / Urban planning / Nazism / Historiography / Surveys
Illustrations
Attributed works:
8. The Wohnen am Park apartment complex, Vienna, by PPAG Architects, completed in 2009 (photograph PPAG Architects, Vienna).
Exhibition Review
300 Years of the Vienna Porcelain Manufactory. Austrian Museum of Applied Arts / Contemporary Art (MAK), Vienna; Eternally Beautiful: 300 Years of Vienna Porcelain. Augarten Porcelain Museum, Vienna
08/2018 | 1385 | 160
Pages: 674-675
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Reviewer:
Bodinek, Claudia (Bodinek, Claudia)
Subjects
artists:
Du Paquier Porcelain Manufactory / Du Paquier, Claudius Innocentius / Höroldt, Johann Gregor
dates:
2010-2019
media:
Porcelain / Engravings / Etchings / Drawings
museums and institutions:
MAK Vienna, Vienna, Austria / Augarten Porcelain Museum, Vienna, Austria
patrons:
Maria Theresa, Empress of Austria, 1717-1780
places:
Austria / Vienna
subjects:
Manufactories / Patronage / Decorative arts / Art Deco / Napoleonic Wars (1803-1815)
Illustrations
Attributed works:
12. Panther bowl, by Claudius Innocentius Du Paquier, Vienna. c.1730. Glazed, painted and gilt porcelain, 8 by 25.5 by 10.3 cm. (Austrian Museum of Applied Arts / Contemporary Art (MAK), Vienna).
Attributed works:
13. Cup and saucer, Imperial Porcelain Manufactory, Vienna. c.1794. Glazed, painted and gilt porcelain, cup: height 6 cm., diameter 6.1 cm.; saucer: height 2.6 cm., diameter 13.2 cm. (Austrian Museum of Applied Arts / Contemporary Art (MAK), Vienna).
Attributed works:
14. Periphery, Modell No.1676, by Mathilde Jaksch. c.1930. Augarten Manufactory, Vienna. Porcelain, height 17.8 cm. (Augarten Porcelain Museum, Vienna).
Exhibition Review
Man Ray. Kunstforum Wien, Vienna
06/2018 | 1383 | 160
Pages: 509-512
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Reviewer:
Strauss, Andrew (Strauss, Andrew)
Subjects
artists:
Man Ray
dates:
2010-2019
media:
Paintings / Sculpture / Photographs
museums and institutions:
Kunstforum Wien, Vienna, Austria
places:
Austria / Vienna
subjects:
Dada / Surrealism / Cubist / Primitivism (Cultural anthropology related concept) / Photography / Sitters / Miller, Lee
subjects:
Montparnasse, Kiki de
Illustrations
Attributed works:
26. The rope dancer accompanies herself with her shadows, by Man Ray. 1916. Canvas, 132.1 by 186.4 cm. (Museum of Modern Art, New York; exh. Kunstforum Wien, Vienna).
Attributed works:
27. Solarized portrait of Lee Miller, by Man Ray. 1929. Silver gelatin print, 30.5 by 25.4 cm. (Museum Ludwig, Cologne; exh. Kunstforum Wien, Vienna; © Man Ray Trust).
Attributed works:
28. Untitled (Rayograph), by Man Ray. 1923. Silver gelatin print, 50.5 by 37.5 cm. (Museum Ludwig, Cologne; exh. Kunstforum Wien, Vienna; © Man Ray Trust).
Publication Received
Fashion in Steel: The Landsknecht Armour of Wilhelm von Rogendorf. By Stefan Krause
05/2018 | 1382 | 160
Pages: 438
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Reviewer:
Littlewood, Sophie (Littlewood, Sophie)
Subjects
dates:
1500-1549
media:
Armour
museums and institutions:
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, Austria
patrons:
Wilhelm von Rogendorf
places:
Austria / Vienna
subjects:
Dress / Conservation / Collecting
Exhibition Review
Raphael in Oxford and Vienna
03/2018 | 1380 | 160
Pages: 226-233
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Reviewer:
Henry, Tom (Henry, Tom)
Subjects
artists:
Raphael / Giulio Romano
dates:
2010-2019
media:
Paintings / Drawings
museums and institutions:
Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, Great Britain / Albertina, Vienna, Austria
places:
Great Britain / Oxford / Austria / Vienna
subjects:
Old-master drawings / Old-master paintings / Italian painting / Cartoons (working drawings) / Rhetoric / Attributions / Infrared reflectography
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Seated male nude, by Raphael. c.1511–14. Black chalk, 34.4 by 26.7 cm. (Ashmolean Museum, Oxford).
Attributed works:
10. Infra-red reflectograph of Venus, Vulcan, Cupid and five putti, by Giulio Romano. c.1530. Panel, 37.6 by 24.3 cm. (Musée du Louvre, Paris).
Attributed works:
2. Two figure studies and drafts of a sonnet, by Raphael. c.1508–10. Black chalk, pen and brown ink over blind stylus, 38.8 by 23.6 cm. (Ashmolean Museum, Oxford).
Attributed works:
3. A standing figure and a drapery study, by Raphael. c.1499–1502. Pen and brown ink and black chalk, 25.4 by 21.6 cm. (Ashmolean Museum, Oxford).
Attributed works:
4. Portrait of a boy, here attributed to Giulio Romano. c.1516–18. Canvas, 43.8 by 29 cm. (Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid).
Attributed works:
5. Portrait of a woman, by Giulio Romano. c.1518–20. Panel, 59.5 by 44 cm. (Musée des Beaux-Arts, Strasbourg).
Attributed works:
6. The Transfiguration with nude figures, school of Raphael. c.1519–20. Pen and brown ink, over some black chalk, 53.6 by 37.7 cm. (Albertina, Vienna).
Attributed works:
7. Overlay highlighting the spolvero on The heads and hands of two apostles, by Raphael. c.1519–20. Black chalk over pounced underdrawing with some white heightening, 49.9 by 36.4 cm. (Ashmolean Museum, Oxford).
Attributed works:
8. Detail of Fig.6. Compare with the overlay in Fig.7.
Attributed works:
9. Venus, Vulcan, Cupid and five putti, here attributed to Giulio Romano. c.1518–20. Pen and ink, heightened with white over traces of black chalk and stylus, 37.1 by 24.2 cm. (Musée du Louvre, Paris).
Book Review
Art Royal: Meisterzeichnungen aus dem Louvre. By Regina Kaltenbrunner, Peter Laub and Eva Léchelle
02/2018 | 1379 | 160
Pages: 164-165
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Reviewer:
Bailey, Gauvin Alexander (Bailey, Gauvin Alexander)
Subjects
artists:
Rigaud, Hyacinthe / Le Brun, Charles
media:
Drawings
patrons:
Jabach, Everhard, 1618-1695 / Louis XIV, King of France, 1638-1715
places:
Austria / Salzburg
places:
Musée du Louvre, Paris, France
subjects:
Exhibition catalogues / Old-master drawings
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