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Exhibition Review
Africa & Byzantium
02/2024 | 1451 | 166
Pages: 182–184
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Reviewer:
Barber, Charles (Barber, Charles)
Subjects
dates:
2020-2030
museums and institutions:
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, United States
styles:
Ethiopian School / Coptic art / Syrian / Armenian / Arabian
subjects:
Africa / Byzantine Empire / Visual culture / Manuscripts / Icons / Ceramics / Textiles
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Africa & Byzantium Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York 19th November 2023–3rd March 2024 | :
Illustrations
Non-western art unattributed:
5. Pentaglot Psalter. 12th– 14th century, restored and rebound 1636. Ink on parchment, 36.8 by 28 cm. (Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Vatican City, MS Barberini or.2, fol.3r; Bridgeman Images; exh. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).
Non-western art unattributed:
6. Textile fragment with Artemis and Actaeon(?). 5th–7th century. Linen and wool, 147.3 by 183 cm. (British Museum, London; exh. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).
Non-western art unattributed:
7. Diptych with St George and the Virgin Eleousa. c.1500 (left) and c.1480– 90 (right). Tempera and gold on wood, open: 12.2 by 20 cm. (Private collection; exh. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).
Exhibition Review
Caravans of Gold, Fragments in Time: Art, Culture, and Exchange across Medieval Saharan Africa
07/2020 | 1408 | 162
Pages: 606-609
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Reviewer:
Rosser-Owen, Mariam (Rosser-Owen, Mariam)
Subjects
media:
Gold / Glassware / Metalwork / Ceramics
museums and institutions:
Smithsonian National Museum of African Art, Washington, United States
styles:
Arabian / North African
subjects:
East-West trade / Merchants / Africans / Medieval / Umayyad / Fatimid
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Caravans of Gold, Fragments in Time: Art, Culture, and Exchange across Medieval Saharan Africa Smithsonian National Museum of African Art, Washington 8th April–29th November | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
6. Detail from the Atlas of Maritime Charts (Catalan Atlas) showing Mansā Mūsā, by Abraham Cresques. 1375. Parchment. (Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris, MS Espagnol 30; exh. Smithsonian National Museum of African Art, Washington).
Non-western art unattributed:
7. Seated figure. c.1300. Copper with traces of arsenic, lead and tin, height 54 cm. (Nigerian National Commission for Museums and Monuments, Abuja, Nigeria; exh. Smithsonian National Museum of African Art, Washington).
Western art unattributed:
5. Glazed ceramic jar inscribed ‘albaraka’ (‘blessing’), produced at Murcia or Almeria. 1150–1200. (Musée archéologique de Rabat, Morocco; photograph Moroccan- American Project, Sijilmasa, 1988; exh. Smithsonian National Museum of African Art, Washington).
Western art unattributed:
8. Jug with royal arms of England. English, c.1390– 99. Copper alloy, height 62.3 cm. (British Museum, London, England; exh. Smithsonian National Museum of African Art, Washington).
Publication Received
Arab Social Life in the Middle Ages. An Illustrated Study
08/1997 | 1133 | 139
Pages: 558
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Reviewer:
Contadini, Anna (Contadini, Anna)
Subjects
subjects:
Arabian / Social history / Medieval / Islamic
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Arab Social Life in the Middle Ages. An Illustrated Study | author: Guthrie, Shirley
Article
Old English Candlesticks and Their Venetian Prototypes
06/1942 | 471 | 80
Pages: 145-151
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Author:
Thomas, W. G. MacKay (Thomas, W. G. MacKay)
Subjects
dates:
1400-1599
places:
England / Italy / Venice / Middle East
places:
Flanders / Netherlands
subjects:
Metalwork / Candlesticks / Arabian / Venetian / Visual sources
subjects:
Influence / Techniques
Illustrations
Attributed works:
Plate II. A-English, Late 15th Century. Gunmetal. (Private Collection); B-Detail of Catena's St. Jerome. Early 16th Century. (National Gallery); C-English. Early 16th Century. Gunmetal. (Mr. H. Willis). Old English Candlesticks and Their Venetian Prototypes
Western art unattributed:
Fig. 1. Tudor Candlestick in Earthenware. (Guildhall Museum)
Western art unattributed:
Fig. 2. Candlestick from Ghirlandaio's "St. Jerome." (Ognissanti, Florence). 1480.
Western art unattributed:
Plate I. A-Arabian, Made in Venice. 14th Century. (British Museum); B-Venetian, 15th Century. Bronze. (Victoria & Albert Museum); C-Detail of Crivelli's Annunciation. 1486. (National Gallery). Old English Candlesticks and Their Venetian Prototypes
Western art unattributed:
Plate I. D-Detail of van Eyck's Ince Hall Madonna. 1433. (National Gallery, Melbourne); E-Venetian. 16th Century. Bronze; F-Venetian, 16th Century. Bronze. (Victoria & Albert Museum). Old English Candlesticks and Their Venetian Prototypes
Western art unattributed:
Plate I. G-Early Tudor. Earthenware. (Mr. H. Willis, Hendon); H-English, 15th Century. Bell-Metal; I-English, 15th Century. Pewter. (Private Collection). Old English Candlesticks and Their Venetian Prototypes
Western art unattributed:
Plate II. D-English, Late 16th Century. Brass; E-English, 16th Century. Gunmetal. (Private Collection); F-English, 16th Century. Brass. (British Museum). Old English Candlesticks and Their Venetian Prototypes
Western art unattributed:
Plate II. G-Dutch, about 1600. Gunmetal. (Private Collection). Old English Candlesticks and Their Venetian Prototypes
Western art unattributed:
Plate II. H-Dutch, Early 17th Century. Gunmetal. (Private Collection). Old English Candlesticks and Their Venetian Prototypes
Book Review
The Valencian Styles of Hispano Moresque Pottery
10/1938 | 427 | 73
Pages: 187-188
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Reviewer:
Honey, W. B. (Honey, W. B.; Honey, William Bowyer; H., W. B.)
Subjects
dates:
1300-1499
places:
Spain / Valencia
subjects:
Valencian / Hispano-Moresque / Ceramics / Pottery / Arabian
Reviewed Items
subjects:
The Valencian Styles of Hispano Moresque Pottery | author: Put, Albert van de
Article
The Antique Dealers' Fair and Exhibition
10/1937 | 415 | 71
Pages: xxiii-xxix+xxxi
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Subjects
dates:
1920-1929
places:
England / London
subjects:
Sculpture / Marbles / Bronzes / Ceramics / Chinese / Greco-Buddhism
subjects:
Spanish / African / Arabian / Furniture / Glassware
subjects:
Irish / English / British / Silverwork / Metalwork / Wood sculpture
subjects:
Flemish sculpture / Hispano-Moresque
subjects:
Art dealers / Fairs
Illustrations
Non-western art unattributed:
Plate I. A-Bodhisattva. Pre-T'ang. Marble; Height, 83.8 cm. (Messrs. Bluett & Sons). The Antique Dealers' Fair and Exhibition
Non-western art unattributed:
Plate I. B-Buddha. Greco-Aryan. About A. D. 200. Hornblende Schist; Height, 127 cm. (Messrs. Spink & Son Ltd.). The Antique Dealers' Fair and Exhibition
Non-western art unattributed:
Plate I. C-Tsun. Chou Dynasty. Bronze; Height 25.4 cm. (Messrs. John Sparks). The Antique Dealers' Fair and Exhibition
Western art unattributed:
A Fifteenth-Century Hispano Mauresque Dish: Gold Lustre, Decorated with Blue Design. Diameter 17½ Inches. Now on Exhibition at the Antique Dealers' Fair and Exhibition at Grosvenor House, Stand No. 7 (The Spanish Art Gallery Ltd.)
Western art unattributed:
A Fifteenth-Century Hispano Mauresque Dish: Gold Lustre, with Painted Shield in Centre Showing a Deer and a Tree in Blue. Diameter 17 Inches. Now on Exhibition at the Antique Dealers' Fair and Exhibition at Grosvenor House, Stand No. 7 (The Spanish Art Gallery Ltd.)
Western art unattributed:
A Flemish Fifteenth-Century Virgin and Child, Showing Remains of Polychrome. Height 4 ft. 8 in. Now on Exhibition at the Antique Dealers' Fair and Exhibition at Grosvenor House, Stand No. 7 (The Spanish Art Gallery Ltd.)
Western art unattributed:
Plate I. D-Drug Jar. Hispano-Moresque. Fifteenth Century. Height, 29 cm. (The Spanish Art Gallery). The Antique Dealers' Fair and Exhibition
Western art unattributed:
Plate II. A-Side Table. About 1750. Mahogany; Length 1.8 m. (Messrs. M. Harris & Sons). The Antique Dealers' Fair and Exhibition
Western art unattributed:
Plate II. B-Table. About 1690. Walnut Veneer with Marquetry Panels; Length, 95 cm. (Messrs. Frank Partridge & Sons Ltd.). The Antique Dealers' Fair and Exhibition
Western art unattributed:
Plate II. C-Carved Chimney-Piece. Mid-Eighteenth Century. Pinewood; Height 1.6 m. (Messrs. Acton Surgey). The Antique Dealers' Fair and Exhibition
Western art unattributed:
Plate II. D-Sideboard. About 1785. Mahogany; Length 1.8 m. (Messrs. Mallett & Son). The Antique Dealers' Fair and Exhibition
Western art unattributed:
Plate III. A-Bureau. 1710. Walnut; Height, 2 m. (Messrs. Edwards & Sons Ltd.). The Antique Dealers' Fair and Exhibition
Western art unattributed:
Plate III. B-Cabinet in Red Japan on Gilt Stand. circ. 1690. Height, 2.2 m. (Mr. J. M. Botibol). The Antique Dealers' Fair and Exhibition
Western art unattributed:
Plate III. C-Cabinet on Stand. circ. 1700. Walnut; Height, 1.5 m. (Messrs. H. M. Lee & Sons). The Antique Dealers' Fair and Exhibition
Western art unattributed:
Plate IV. A- Punch Bowl. About 1700. Height, 21.5 cm. (Messrs. Arthur Churchill Ltd.). The Antique Dealers' Fair and Exhibition
Western art unattributed:
Plate IV. B-Spice Box, London, 1621. Silver; Diameter, 10 cm. (How of Edinburgh Ltd.). The Antique Dealers' Fair and Exhibition
Western art unattributed:
Plate IV. C, E-Pair of Two-Light Candelabra. Irish, about 1790. Height, 70 cm. (Mr. Cecil Davis); D-Wine Fountain. About 1665. Silver; Height, 129 cm. (Messrs. S. J. Philips). The Antique Dealers' Fair and Exhibition
Book Review
Musulman Painting, Twelfth to Seventeenth Century
04/1930 | 325 | 56
Pages: 216
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Reviewer:
Arnold, Thomas W. (Arnold, Thomas W.; Arnold, T. W.; A., T. W.; Arnold, Thomas; Arnold, Thomas W.; Arnold, T. W.; A., T. W.; Arnold, Thomas)
Subjects
dates:
1100-1199 / 1200-1499 / 1500-1699
places:
Turkey / Persia
subjects:
Islamic painting / Muslim / Arabian / Persian / Turkish
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Musulman Painting, Twelfth to Seventeenth Century | author: Binyon , Cicely Margaret Powell , author: Binyon , Cicely Margaret Powell , author: Blochet, E.
Book Review
Arte Arabe
11/1928 | 308 | 53
Pages: 262
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Reviewer:
Beck, Egerton (Beck, Egerton; B., E.; Beck, E.)
Subjects
subjects:
Hispano-Moresque / Arabian / Islamic / Art
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Arte Arabe | author: Ahlenstiel-Engel, Elisabeth , author: Camón, José
Article
The Development of Ornament from Arabic Script-II
07/1922 | 232 | 41
Pages: 34+37-38+41
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Author:
Christie, Archibald H. (Christie, Archibald H.; Christie, A. H.; Christie, Archibald)
Subjects
dates:
1200-1499
places:
Italy / Middle East
subjects:
Calligraphy / Arabian / Islamic / Ornament
subjects:
Italian painting / Medieval / Visual sources
subjects:
Arabic scripts
Illustrations
Non-western art unattributed:
Fig. 1-12 Examples of ornament from Arabic script.
Non-western art unattributed:
Fig. 10. Examples of ornament from Arabic script.
Non-western art unattributed:
Fig. 11. Examples of ornament from Arabic script.
Non-western art unattributed:
Fig. 12. Examples of ornament from Arabic script.
Western art unattributed:
Fig. 7. Example of ornament from a 14th century Spanish Drug-jar. V&A.
Western art unattributed:
Fig. 8.The border of an initial letter in the psalter of Isabelle of France. Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Article
The Development of Ornament from Arabic Script
06/1922 | 231 | 40
Pages: 287-288+291-292
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Author:
Christie, Archibald H. (Christie, Archibald H.; Christie, A. H.; Christie, Archibald)
Subjects
dates:
1200-1499
places:
Italy / Middle East
subjects:
Calligraphy / Arabian / Islamic / Ornament
subjects:
Italian painting / Influence
subjects:
Arabic scripts
Illustrations
Non-western art unattributed:
Fig. 1 Panel in silk brocade with peacocks
Non-western art unattributed:
Fig. 3. Oriental rug in the Kaiser Friedrich Museum, Berlin
Non-western art unattributed:
Fig. 4. Example of Arabic script
Western art unattributed:
Fig. 2. Carved panel from a door, cathedral of Notre Dame, Puy-En-Velay
Western art unattributed:
Fig. 5. Examples of Arabian script found in Italian fabrics
Western art unattributed:
Fig. 6. Examples of Arabian script found in Italian fabrics
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