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A crazy cook: Menander’s ‘Fake Herakles’ on a Roman gem
12/2024 | 1461 | 166
Pages: 1217–1221
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Gradel, Ittai (Gradel, Ittai)
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6. Intaglio set into a modern gold ring. Intaglio: Roman, 2nd–1st century BCE. Carnelian, 2.1 by 1.1 cm. (Private collection; photograph Gabriele de Vangelli de Cresci).
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1. Intaglio, shown actual size. Roman, mid- to late 1st century BCE. Carnelian, height 8.5 mm, thickness 1.5 mm. (Private collection; photograph the author).
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2. Fig.1 backlit.
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3. Six-spouted oil lamp featuring New Comedy theatre masks (the maison type is third from the left). Greek, 1st century BCE. Terracotta, 9.3 by 23 cm. (Musée du Louvre, Paris).
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4. Cast copy of a 1st century BCE Roman intaglio. 18th century. Glass, 2.1 by 1.4 cm. (From E. Zwierlein-Diehl, Glaspasten im Martin-von-Wagner- Museum der Universität Würzburg, Munich 1986, Taf.109, no.604).
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7. Hercules and Omphale. Roman, 54–79 CE. Fresco, 103 by 88 cm. (Museo Archeologico Nazionale, Naples; Bridgeman Images).
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Opposite 5. Figs.1 and 2, shown enlarged.
Book Review
The World of Late Antiquity
10/2024 | 1459 | 166
Pages: 1093
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Gardner-Dseagu, Christine (Gardner-Dseagu, Christine)
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The World of Late Antiquity By Peter Brown. 240 pp. incl. 129 col. + b. & w. ills. (Thames & Hudson, London, 2024), £10.60. ISBN 978–0–500–29748–3. | :
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7. Solidus of Justinian II. Byzantine, 692–95. Gold, diameter 1.9 cm. (Saint Louis Art Museum, St Louis).
Article
Nothing to do with Menander: a rediscovered Roman cameo from the Caylus Collection
06/2024 | 1455 | 166
Pages: 546–553
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Gradel, Ittai (Gradel, Ittai)
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1. Illustration of the cameo shown in Fig.2. Engraving. (From Comte de Caylus: Recueil d’antiquités, Paris 1752, I, plate 54).
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14. Plaster reconstruction by Klaus Fittschen of the Vatican Museum Posidippus. (Archäologisches Institut, Göttingen).
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10. Detail of Fig.2. showing the actors’ masks.
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11. Intaglio representing a pornoboskos. Roman. 1st century BCE. Hardstone (sard), 13 by 10 mm. (Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna).
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12. Detail of Fig.2. showing the herm portrait.
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13. Three views of a plaster cast of the Geneva Posidippus. (Archäologisches Institut, Göttingen).
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15. Portrait of Menander. Roman, 1st century CE. Marble, height 34 cm. (Dumbarton Oaks Museum, Washington).
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2. Cameo. Roman. c.25–50 CE. Sardonyx agate, 3.2 by 2.44 cm. (Private collection).
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3. Impression of Fig.7 (British Museum, London).
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4. Impression of Fig.8 (British Museum, London).
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5. Impression of Fig.9 (British Museum, London).
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6. The cameo shown in Fig.2, 3.2 by 2.44 cm.
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7. Intaglio depicting comic actors. 1st century BCE or 18th century CE. Hardstone (sard), 2 by 1.6 cm. (British Museum, London).
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8. Intaglio depicting comic actors. Roman. 1st century BCE. Glass, 1.15 by 1.6 cm. (British Museum, London).
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9. Intaglio depicting comic actors. Roman. 1st century CE. Hardstone (carnelian), 1.1 by 1.4 cm. (British Museum, London).
Book Review
Inside Pompeii
05/2024 | 1454 | 166
Pages: 528–530
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Gardner-Dseagu, Christine (Gardner-Dseagu, Christine)
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Inside Pompeii By Luigi Spina. 480 pp. incl. 448 col. ills. (London, Thames & Hudson, 2023), £100. ISBN 978–0–500–02730–1. | :
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2. Sarno baths, Regio VIII, by Luigi Spina. Photograph, 2020–23. (© Luigi Spina).
Book Review
Imperial Colors: The Roman Portrait Busts of Septimius Severus and Julia Domna
12/2023 | 1449 | 165
Pages: 1365–1366
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Gardner-Dseagu, Christine (Gardner-Dseagu, Christine)
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Imperial Colors: The Roman Portrait Busts of Septimius Severus and Julia Domna By Julie Van Voorhis and Mark Abbe, with Juliet Graver Istrabadi. 216 pp. incl. 136 col. ills. (D. Giles Ltd, Lewes, 2023), £50. ISBN 978–1–913875–27–5. | :
Article
Aby Warburg’s Hertziana lecture, 1929
08/2023 | 1445 | 165
Pages: 852–873
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Sears, Elizabeth (Sears, Elizabeth)
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1. The lecture hall in the Bibliotheca Hertziana, Palazzo Zuccari, Rome. Photograph, c.1995. (Bibliotheca Hertziana, Rome).
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10 and 11. Panel I of the Hertziana lecture, photographs by Pompeo Sansaini. 1929. Hand-numbered, 1–35. (Warburg Institute Archive, London).
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12. Detail of Fig.7, showing a carved relief of the Justice of Trajan.
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13. Detail of The children of Venus, showing a dancing couple, attributed to Baccio Baldini. c.1464. Engraving, 32 by 21.5 cm. (British Museum, London).
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14. Detail of The children of Venus, showing a dancing couple, attributed to Baccio Baldini. c.1465. Engraving, 25.5 by 18 cm. (British Museum, London).
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15. Panel VIb of the Hertziana lecture, photograph by Pompeo Sansaini. 1929. The panel includes two depictions of the Battle of Constantine, by Piero della Francesca (nos.216–17) and Giulio Romano (no.215). (Warburg Institute Archive, London).
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16. Chart sketched by Aby Warburg, 8th February 1929. Media represented in the twelve Hertziana ‘plates’ following the C-sketches consisting of 287 photographs distributed across nine screens before the discarding of Plate VI. (Warburg Institute Archive, London).
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17. The monument to Giordano Bruno, Campo dei Fiori, Rome, by Ettore Ferrari. 1889. Bronze. The statue is on the site of Bruno’s execution on 17th February 1600. (Photograph the author).
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2. Gertrud Bing, Aby Warburg and Franz Alber in their sitting room at the Palace Hotel, April 1929. In the background is a screen constructed for the Hertziana lecture: to the left, the first eight of the twenty photographs by Pompeo Sansaini documenting the image-series; to the right, a scattering of photographs that had been on display. (Warburg Institute Archive, London).
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3 and 4. The evolution of Hertziana Panel 1 (‘Energetic inversion’) in arrangements of photographs sketched by Gertrud Bing. Demonstration evening (5th December 1928) and A-series (January 1929). See also Figs.5 and 6. (Warburg Institute Archive, London).
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5 and 6. The evolution of Hertziana Panel 1 (‘Energetic inversion’) in arrangements of photographs sketched by Gertrud Bing. The B-series and the (final) C-series (January 1929). (Warburg Institute Archive, London).
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7. The first terrace of Purgatory: the marble reliefs and the repentance of the proud: an illustration for Purgatorio, Canto X of Dante’s Divine Comedy, by Sandro Botticelli. c.1488–92. Metalpoint and brown ink on parchment, 32.2 by 47 cm. (Kupferstichkabinett, Staatliche Museen, Berlin).
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8. Adoration of the shepherds, by Domenico Ghirlandaio. 1485. Oil on panel, 167 by 167 cm. (S. Trinita Florence; photograph © Raffaello Bencini; Bridgeman Images).
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9. Detail of a relief below the tomb of Francesco Sassetti, showing Sassetti being mourned, attributed to Giuliano da Sangallo. 1485–90. Pietra serena. (S. Trinita, Florence).
Exhibition Review
Magic Rock Crystal
03/2023 | 1440 | 165
Pages: 317-320
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Freeman, Deborah (Freeman, Deborah)
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Magic Rock Crystal Museum Schnütgen, Cologne 25th November 2022– 19th March 2023 | :
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10. Reliquary cross. Westphalia (Essen?), 1046–56. Wooden core (renewed), gold sheet, filigree, precious stones, rock crystal, silver pearls and gilt copper sheet, 41.1 by 28.4 cm. (St Nikomedes, Borghorst; exh. Museum Schnütgen, Cologne).
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11. Rock-crystal reliquary on lion’s feet. Cologne, c.1200. Rock crystal, gilt copper, gold filigree, precious stones and glass stones, 16.3 by 17.5 by 10.3 cm. (Museum Schnütgen, Cologne).
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12. Marten head. Milan (crystal) and possibly France (setting), c.1560–70. Rock crystal, gold, enamel and rubies, length 6.6 cm. (Museo Nacional Thyssen- Bornemisza, Madrid; exh. Museum Schnütgen, Cologne).
Exhibition Review
The Painters of Pompeii
11/2022 | 1436 | 164
Pages: 1132-1134
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Gardner-Dseagu, Christine (Gardner-Dseagu, Christine)
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The Painters of Pompeii Museo Civico Archeologico, Bologna 23rd September 2022–19th March 2023 | :
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5. Scene with inebriated Hercules. Roman, 1st century AD. Painted stucco and fresco, 166 by 267 cm. (National Archaeological Museum, Naples; exh. Museo Civico Archeologico, Bologna).
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4. Painter. Roman, 1st century AD. Fresco, 45 by 45 cm. (National Archaeological Museum, Naples; exh. Museo Civico Archeologico, Bologna).
Exhibition Review
Une antiquité moderne
12/2020 | 1413 | 162
Pages: 1097-1098
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Varela Braga, Ariane (Varela Braga, Ariane)
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Une antiquité moderne Edited by Jean-Luc Martinez and Elisabeth Le Breton. 272 pp. incl. 62 col. + 57 b. & w. ills. (Oficina Libraria, Milan, 2019), €39. ISBN 978–88–336–7077–5. | :
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16. The older son from the Niobe Group, moulded by Giovanni Arnaldi. 1686–87. Plaster cast, 120 by 125 by 60 cm. (Villa Medici, Rome; photograph Daniele Molajoli, Académie de France à Rome– Villa Médicis, 2019).
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17. Commodus as Hercules. c.1673– 84. Plaster cast, 237 by 62 by 82 cm. (Villa Medici, Rome; photograph Daniele Molajoli, Académie de France à Rome – Villa Médicis, 2019).
Article
Avatars of Antiquity II: Drapery as metaphor
12/2020 | 1413 | 162
Pages: 1056-1071
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Penny, Nicholas (Penny, Nicholas)
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1. Drapery study for the high priest in the Trial and martyrdom of St Stephen, by Edward Poynter. 1872. Black chalk on buff paper, 41 by 27.5 cm. (Royal Academy of Arts, London).
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10. Draped female torso, from the Acropolis, Xanthos. 470–460 BC. Marble, height 123.8 cm. (British Museum, London).
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11. Rebecca at the well, by Nicolas Poussin. 1648. Oil on canvas, 118 by 199 cm. (Musée du Louvre, Paris).
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12. Detail from Paul preaching at Athens, by Raphael. c.1516. Body colour on paper mounted on canvas, whole canvas 320 by 390 cm. (Royal Collection, on loan to the Victoria and Albert Museum, London).
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13. Drapery study for the high priest in the Trial and martyrdom of St Stephen, by Edward Poynter. 1872. Black chalk on buff paper, 27.6 by 27.1 cm. (Royal Academy of Arts, London).
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14. Drapery study for the kneeling handmaiden in Semiramis founding Babylon, by Edgar Degas. 1860–62. Graphite with lead-white body colour and blue wash on paper, 24.4 by 31.1 cm. (Musée d’Orsay, Paris).
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15. Cymon and Iphigenia by Frederic Leighton. c.1884. Oil on canvas, 162.6 by 327.7 cm. (Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney).
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16. Drapery study by Leonardo. c.1475–82. Brown-grey wash and lead white on linen prepared with a pale grey ground, 220 by 139 cm. (Cabinet des Dessins, Musée du Louvre, Paris).
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17. Detail of Virgin and Child, by Masaccio. 1426. Egg tempera on wood, whole panel 134.8 by 73.5 cm. (National Gallery, London).
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18. The penitence of Mary Magdalene, by Charles Le Brun. 1655. Oil on canvas, 252 by 171 cm. (Musée du Louvre, Paris).
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19. Heliodorus driven from the Temple, by Eugène Delacroix. 1855–61. Mural, 751 by 485 cm. (Chapelle des Anges, Saint-Sulpice, Paris)
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2. Detail of an Antique mural painting of a dancer, by Filippo Morghen after Camillo Paderni. Engraving, 38 by 48 cm. (page). (From Le pitture antiche d’Ercolano e contorni, I, Naples 1757).
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20. Ariadne on Naxos, by G.F. Watts. 1867–75. Oil on canvas, 75 by 94 cm. (Guildhall Museum, London).
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21. Divine figures from the east pediment of the Parthenon, Athens, believed to represent Venus reclining on the lap of her mother, Dione, by Phidias or associate. 438–432 BC. Marble, length 233 cm. (British Museum, London).
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22. Captive Andromache, by Frederic Leighton. c.1888. Oil on canvas, 195.6 by 406.4 cm. (City Art Gallery, Manchester).
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23. Detail of the figure of Amor in the chimneypiece made for the residence of Cornelius Vanderbilt II on Fifth Avenue at 57th Street, Manhattan, by Augustus Saint-Gaudens. c.1881–83. Limestone, height of chimneypiece 468.3 cm. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).
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24. Dido receiving Aeneas and Cupid disguised as Ascanius, by Francesco Solimena. 1710. Oil on canvas, 207.2 by 310.2 cm. (National Gallery, London).
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3. One of the ‘attitudes’ of Lady Hamilton, by Tommaso Piroli after Friedrich Rehberg. Engraving, 26.9 by 20.8 cm. (From F. Rehberg: Drawings Faithfully Copied from Nature at Naples, n.p. 1794, fig.7).
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4. Veiled and masked dancer. Alexandria(?), c.100 BC. Bronze, height 20.5 cm. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).
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5. Detail of Two dancers, after Antonio Canova. 1799. Tempera on paper. (Casa Canova, Possagno).
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6. Hebe, by Antonio Canova. 1816–17. Marble with gilt metal, height 158 cm. (Pinacoteca Civica, Forlì).
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7. Veiled woman (Allegory of Purity), by Antonio Corradini. 1717–25. Carrara marble. (Museo del Settecento Veneziano, Ca Rezzonico, Venice).
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8. Hebe, by Bertel Thorvaldsen. 1819–23. Marble, height 152.2 cm. (Thorvaldsen Museum, Copenhagen).
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9. Kore, from the Temple of Hera, Samos. 570–60 BC. Marble, height 192 cm. (Musée du Louvre, Paris).
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