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Book Review
The Buildings of England. Somerset: South and West, by J. Orbach and N.Pevsner
06/2016 | 1359 | 158
Pages: 463-464
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Reviewer:
Dunning, Robert (Dunning, Robert)
Subjects
art literature:
Pevsner, Nikolaus
places:
Somerset / England
subjects:
British architecture / Public buildings / Historic buildings / Buildings / Country houses / Houses / English
subjects:
Churches / Surveys
Publication Received
Anti-Ugly: Excursions in English Architecture and Design. By Gavin Stamp.
05/2015 | 1346 | 157
Pages: 359
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Reviewer:
Kidd, Alex (Kidd, Alex)
Subjects
places:
England
subjects:
British architecture / Articles / Art periodicals / Public buildings / Architectural history / Architectural theory
Article
The theme of wise counsel in Amsterdam’s former town hall
02/2015 | 1343 | 157
Pages: 89-91
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Author:
Fremantle, Katharine (Fremantle, Katharine; F., K.; Fremantle, K.)
Subjects
artists:
Wit, Jacob de, 1695-1754 / Quellinus, Artus, I, 1609-1668 / Flinck, Govaert / Quellinus, Erasmus, II, 1607-1678
artists:
Bronchorst, Jan Gerritsz. van
dates:
1640-1649 / 1650-1699
places:
Amsterdam
subjects:
Interiors / Interior design / Public buildings / Dutch / Fireplaces / Iconography
subjects:
Friezes / City halls / Visual sources
Illustrations
Attributed works:
31. The interior of the burgomasters' council chamber in the Amsterdam town hall, by Pieter de Hooch (Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid)
Attributed works:
32. Detail of 'Fickleness tamed' on the frieze of the southern mantlepiece in the burgomasters' council chamber, by Artus Quellinus the Elder (Royal Palace, Amsterdam)
Attributed works:
33. Detail of tricipitium on the frieze of the southern mantlepiece in the burgomasters' council chamber, by Artus Quellinus the Elder (Royal Palace, Amsterdam)
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34. Detail of 'The results of wise council' on the frieze of the northern mantlepiece in the burgomasters' council chamber, by Artus Quellinus the Elder (Royal Palace, Amsterdam)
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35. Detail of 'Harmony' on the frieze of the northern mantlepiece in the burgomasters' council chamber, by Artus Quellinus the Elder (Royal Palace, Amsterdam)
Attributed works:
36. Triumph of Amsterdam, by Erasmus Quellinus the Younger (Royal Palace, Amsterdam)
Book Review
Battersea: Survey of London, volumes 49 and 50, A. Saint
08/2014 | 1337 | 156
Pages: 540
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Reviewer:
Bold, John (Bold, John)
Subjects
places:
London
subjects:
Surveys / Cities / Architectural history / Buildings / British architecture
subjects:
Public buildings / Parks
Illustrations
Attributed works:
41. Battersea District Reference Library. Designed by Henry Hyams, 1924
Book Review
Henry Raeburn: Content, Reception and Reputation, V. Coltman and S. Lloyd, eds. [and Birmingham Town Hall: An Architectural History, Anthony Peers, with a foreword by Frank Salmon]
01/2014 | 1330 | 156
Pages: 35-36
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Reviewer:
Green, Richard (Green, Richard)
Subjects
artists:
Raeburn, Henry
dates:
2000-2009
places:
Edinburgh
places:
Birmingham
subjects:
Scottish painting / Conferences / Anniversaries / Critical Reception / Attribution / Attributions / Biographies
subjects:
British architecture / Architectural history / Public buildings
Illustrations
Attributed works:
40. John Robison, LLD, Professor of Natural Philosophy in the University of Edinburgh, by Charles Turner after Henry Raeburn. 1805. Mezzotint, 50.3 by 35.2 cm. (British Museum, London).
Book Review
Woolwich: Survey of London, volume 48, A. Saint and P. Guillery, eds.
10/2013 | 1327 | 155
Pages: 717-718
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Reviewer:
Hart, Vaughan (Hart, Vaughan)
Subjects
places:
London / Woolwich
subjects:
Surveys / Biographies / British architecture / Cities / Buildings / Public buildings
subjects:
Architectural history
Illustrations
Attributed works:
81. Entrance hall, Woolwich Town Hall, by Alfred Brumwell Thomas. Photograph, 2011
Article
On and off the wall: British murals in the twentieth century
06/2013 | 1323 | 155
Pages: 408-413
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Reviewer:
Beechey, James (Beechey, James)
Subjects
artists:
Mahoney, Charles / Bawden, Edward / Ravilious, Eric / Piper, John / Riley, Bridget, London , Great Britain / Brangwyn, Frank
artists:
Adshead, Mary / Grant, Duncan / Etchells, Frederick / Omega Workshops / Gore, Spencer / Ginner, Charles / Lewis, Wyndham / Kennington, Eric / Rowntree, Kenneth / Philpot, Glyn / Whistler, Rex / Armstrong, John, 1893-1973 / Vaughan, Keith / Nicholson, Ben / Jones, Barbara, 1912-1978
dates:
1910-1919 / 1920-1929 / 1930-1939 / 1940-1959 / 1960-1979 / 2010-2019
private galleries:
Fine Art Society, London, Great Britain / Liss Fine Art, London, Great Britain
subjects:
British painting / Wall paintings / Lost works / Exhibitions / Commissions / Public buildings / British / Festival of Britain (London:1951) / Frescoes
Illustrations
Attributed works:
61. Day, by Eric Ravilious. 1933. Mural in the tea-room of the Midland Hotel, Morecambe. Destroyed c.1935
Attributed works:
62. Design for a mural in the foyer of the Telecinema at the Festival of Britain, South Bank, London, by John Armstrong (Exh. Fine Art Society, London)
Attributed works:
63. The Englishman's home, by John Piper (Private collection; exh. Fine Art Society, London)
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64. An English holiday - the puncture, by Mary Adshead. One of eleven panels commissioned by Lord Beaverbrook for Calvin Lodge, Newmarket. (Exh. Fine Art Society, London)
Attributed works:
65. Murals by Charles Mahoney in the Lady Chapel at Campion Hall, Oxford
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66. Adam naming the animals, by Barbara Jones, at Yew Lane School, Sheffield
Attributed works:
67. Fig.66 after its demolition in 2009
Publication Received
José-María Sert: le Titan à l’œuvre: 8 mars–5 août 2012, Petit Palais, Musée des Beaux-Arts de la Ville de Paris
03/2013 | 1320 | 155
Pages: 187
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Reviewer:
Michaelides, Chris (Michaelides, Chris)
Subjects
artists:
Sert y Badia, José-Maria
dates:
2010-2019
museums and institutions:
Musée du Petit Palais, Paris, France
subjects:
Exhibition catalogues / Spanish painting / Catalan / Wall paintings / Interiors / Public buildings
Book Review
The Buildings of England: Cheshire
10/2012 | 1315 | 154
Pages: 718-719
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Reviewer:
Boughton, Peter (Boughton, Peter)
Subjects
art literature:
Pevsner, Nikolaus
places:
England / Cheshire
subjects:
Architecture / Architectural history
subjects:
Buildings / Historic buildings / Public buildings / Country houses / Houses
Illustrations
Attributed works:
52. View of the interior of the Plaza Cinema, Stockport, by W. Thornley. 1932-33. (Photographed by Angelo Hornak).
Article
Nicholas Hawksmoor in Chester
04/2011 | 1297 | 153
Pages: 224-228
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Author:
Hewlings, Richard (Hewlings, Richard)
Subjects
artists:
Hawksmoor, Nicholas
dates:
1720-1729 / 1730-1739
places:
Chester / England
print:
Hawksmoor, Nicholas
subjects:
Architects / Architecture / Architectural drawings / Collections, Private / Attribution
subjects:
Buildings / Public buildings
subjects:
British architecture
Illustrations
Attributed works:
10. The Exchange, Northgate Street, Chester, by David Hodgson. 1831. Canvas, 58.3 by 74.3 cm. (Grosvenor Museum, Chester).
Attributed works:
11. Detail from View of Chester from a Balloon, by John McGahey. 1852. Chromo­-lithograph, 49.7 by 78.1 cm. (Grosvenor Museum, Chester).
Attributed works:
14. View of Chester from the south-east. Here attributed to Nicholas Hawksmoor. After c.1708–10. Pen, ink and grey wash, 24 by 69.5 cm. (Wiltshire and Swindon History Centre, collection the Rt. Hon. the Earl of Pembroke).
Attributed works:
7. Proposed elevation for ‘Towne House of Chester’, probably for rebuilding the Exchange. Here attributed to Nicholas Hawksmoor. ?1730s. Pen and ink, 30.5 by 38 cm. (sheet). (Wiltshire and Swindon History Centre, collection the Rt. Hon. the Earl of Pembroke).
Attributed works:
8. Proposed section, probably for rebuilding the Pentice, Chester. Here attributed to Nicholas Hawksmoor. ?1730s. Pen and ink, 30.5 by 38 cm. (sheet). (Wiltshire and Swindon History Centre, collection the Rt. Hon. the Earl of Pembroke).
Attributed works:
9. Survey plan of Chester Cathedral. Here attributed to Nicholas Hawksmoor, ?1730s. Pen and ink, 30.5 by 38 cm. (sheet). (Wiltshire and Swindon History Centre, collection the Rt. Hon. the Earl of Pembroke).
Western art unattributed:
12. View of the Pentice and St Peter’s Church, Chester, by Randle Holme. 1671. From [A.T. Thacker]: The Victoria History of the Counties of England: A History of the County of Chester, V/2, p.156, fig.90. (British Library, London).
Western art unattributed:
13. View of the Pentice and St Peter’s Church, Chester. 1772. Photograph from a lost drawing by an unknown artist.
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