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Book Review
Standing on Holy Ground in the Middle Ages
01/2024 | 1450 | 166
Pages: 93–94
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Reviewer:
Luyster, Amanda (Luyster, Amanda)
Subjects
subjects:
Medieval architecture / Medieval art / Floors / Tiles / Textiles / Marble / Carpets / Pavements
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Standing on Holy Ground in the Middle Ages By Lucy Donkin. 504 pp. incl. 76 col. + 8 b. & w. ills. (Cornell University Press, Ithaca, 2022), $69.95. ISBN 978–1–5017–5112–7. | :
Book Review
The Cosmatesque Mosaics of Westminster Abbey. The Pavements and Royal Tombs: History, Archaeology, Architecture and Conservation
07/2021 | 1420 | 163
Pages: 634-635
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Reviewer:
Donkin, Lucy (Donkin, Lucy)
Subjects
buildings:
Westminster Abbey, London, Great Britain
media:
Mosaics
styles:
Cosmatesque
subjects:
Medieval architecture / Pavements / Shrines (structures) / Tomb sculpture / Conservation
Reviewed Items
subjects:
The Cosmatesque Mosaics of Westminster Abbey. The Pavements and Royal Tombs: History, Archaeology, Architecture and Conservation By Warwick Rodwell and David S. Neal et al. Two vols, 724 pp. incl. 548. col. + b. & w. ills. (Oxbow Books, Oxford, 2019) £65. ISBN 978–1–78925–234–7. | :
Illustrations
Western art unattributed:
3. Shrine of St Edward the Confessor with the tomb of King Henry III behind on the left. 1240s–50s. Westminster Abbey, London (Courtesy Dean and Chapter of Westminster).
Book Review
Mosaics of Faith. Floors of Pagans, Jews, Samaritans, Christians, and Muslims in the Holy Land, R. Talgam
01/2016 | 1354 | 158
Pages: 038
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Reviewer:
Ling, Roger (Ling, Roger)
Subjects
places:
Israel / Palestine / Phoenicia (historical region)
subjects:
Mosaics / Pavements / History / Iconography / Techniques
subjects:
Hellenistic / Roman (ancient) / Judaism / Islam / Christianity
Illustrations
Non-western art unattributed:
48. Detail of mosaic pavement depicting the construction of Solomon's Temple, from the synagogue at Wadi el Haman, Israel. Early fourth century AD (Courtesy of Uzi Leibner, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem)
Article
An Unknown della Robbia Tilework Floor at Bologna
09/1929 | 318 | 55
Pages: 121-123+126-128
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Author:
Ballardini, Gaetano (Ballardini, Gaetano)
Subjects
artists:
Della Robbia family
artists:
Robbia, Luca della
artists:
Robbia, Andrea della
buildings:
Basilica di San Petronio, Bologna, Italy
buildings:
Chiesa di San Giacomo Maggiore, Bologna, Italy
dates:
1450-1499
patrons:
Bentivoglio family
places:
Italy / Florence / Bologna
subjects:
Italian painting / Italian sculpture / Terracottas
subjects:
Pavements / Tiles
subjects:
Attributions / Patronage
Illustrations
Attributed works:
Plate I. A-Hexagonal tile; C-Rectangular tile; both from the pavement, here identified as from the della Robbia workshop, in the Bentivoglio Chapel; B-Tile-pavement from the raised floor of the Bentivoglio Chapel; D-Tile used at the corners of the tile-pavement shown in B; E-Detail of the border of B. An Unknown della Robbia Tilework Floor at Bologna
Attributed works:
Plate II. A-Pavement, Attributed to Andrea della Robbia (Galleria of the Collegiata, Empoli). An Unknown della Robbia Tilework Floor at Bologna
Attributed works:
Plate II. B-Detail, Showing Carpet, of the Madonna, by Zenale and Butinone (Treviglio Cathedral); C-Detail of Tilework from the della Robbia Workshop. (Sta. Maria del Latte, Montevarchi). An Unknown della Robbia Tilework Floor at Bologna
Attributed works:
Plate II. D-Tiled Niche, from the della Robbia Workshop, Containing the Statue of St. Peter Martyr. (S. Domenico, Arezzo). An Unknown della Robbia Tilework Floor at Bologna
Western art unattributed:
Figure 5. Tile with Shield (Bentivoglio Chapel)
Western art unattributed:
[Figs. 1-4] Tiles with Heraldic Designs (Bentivoglio Chapel). Figure 1. Figure 2. Figure 3. Figure 4
Article
On Some Overlooked Masterpieces
03/1904 | 12 | 4
Pages: 256-259+262-263+265
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Author:
Cust, Robert H. Hobart (R. H. C.) (Cust, Robert H. Hobart (R. H. C.); Cust, R. H. Hobart; C., R. H. H.; Cust, Robert)
Subjects
artists:
Sodoma
artists:
Vanni, Francesco
artists:
Sozzini, Giovanni Battista
dates:
1450-1499
places:
Italy / Siena
subjects:
Frescoes / Studies (visual works) / Sketches / Pavements / San Domenico, Siena, Italy / Chapels / Interiors
Illustrations
Attributed works:
Drawings by Giovanni Antonio Bazzi (Sodoma) for the Episode in the Life of St. Catherine of Siena, in Her Chapel in the Church of St. Dominic, Siena; In the Uffizi Collection, Florence. [Photograph by Philpott
Attributed works:
Inlaid Pavement in St. Catherine's Chapel in the Church of St. Dominic, Siena
Attributed works:
The Miracle of the Demoniac Girl; Fresco by Francesco Vanni in St. Catherine's Chapel in the Church of St. Dominic, Siena. [Photograph by Alinari, Florence
Western art unattributed:
The Chapel of St. Catherine of Siena in the Church of St. Dominic, Siena. [Photograph by Lombardi, Siena