• MENU
logo logo white logo sticky

Burlington Contemporary is the Burlington Magazine’s free online platform for reviews and research on international contemporary art.

Want to continue reading? Get 1 month digital access for only .

Subscribe now
By using this website you agree to our Cookie policy
  • MENU
logo logo white logo sticky

Search

content
A TO Z
clear all
31 articles
Exhibition Review
Islanders: The Making of the Mediterranean Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge
05/2023 | 1442 | 165
Pages: 546-549
Buy / subscribe
related names
Reviewer:
Stephenson, Roy (Stephenson, Roy)
Subjects
dates:
2020-2030
museums and institutions:
Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, Great Britain
places:
Mediterranean / Cyprus / Crete / Sardinia
subjects:
Antiquity / Greek (ancient) School / Material culture (genre) / Neolithic / Roman (ancient)
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Islanders: The Making of the Mediterranean Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge 24th February–4th June | :
Illustrations
Western art unattributed:
5. Aphrodite Anadyomene. Cyprus, c.300– 100 BC. Marble, height 116 cm. (Cyprus Museum).
Western art unattributed:
6. Astarte standing on an ingot. Cyprus, 1200–1100 BC. Copper alloy, height 9.9 cm. (Ashmolean Museum, Oxford).
Western art unattributed:
Fig.4. Finds at the Sanctuary of Agia Eirini, Cyprus. Photograph, c.1929. (Courtesy Världskulturmuseerna, Sweden).
Short Notice
A Cretan Icon of Saint George
03/1989 | 1032 | 131
Pages: 208-214
Subscribe to read
related names
Author:
Vassilaki, Maria (Vassilaki, Maria)
Subjects
artists:
Akotantos, Angelos
artists:
Paolo Veneziano
dates:
1400-1449
museums and institutions:
Benaki Museum, Athens, Greece
places:
Greece / Crete
places:
Italy / Venice
subjects:
Greek (modern) painting / Icons / Attributions
subjects:
George, Saint
subjects:
Saint George and the Dragon
subjects:
Influence / Visual sources
subjects:
Byzantine art
Illustrations
Attributed works:
23. St George Slaying the Dragon. Tempera on Linen on Panel, 40.8 by 37.5 cm. (Benaki Museum, Athens).
Attributed works:
25. St George, by Paolo Veneziano. Panel from a Polyptych. (San Giacomo Maggiore, Bologna).
Attributed works:
26. Detail of Fig.23. [ St George Slaying the Dragon. Tempera on Linen on Panel, 40.8 by 37.5 cm. (Benaki Museum, Athens).]
Western art unattributed:
24. St George Slaying the Dragon. Panel, 20 by 14 cm. (Monastery of St Catherine, Sinai).
Western art unattributed:
27. St George. Panel, 84.6 by 58 cm. (Archaeological Museum, Chania, Crete).
Western art unattributed:
28. St George. Panel, 82.5 by 65.5 cm. (The Hellenic Institute at Venice, Museum of Icons).
Western art unattributed:
29. St George. Panel, 98 by 81.5 cm. (Sold Sotheby's, London, 1981).
Western art unattributed:
30. St George. Fresco, 183 by 168 cm. (Church of St Isidore at Kakodiki, Crete).
Western art unattributed:
31. St George. Fresco, 145 by 122 cm. (Church of St Nicholas at Prasses, Crete).
Western art unattributed:
32. St George. Fresco, 88 by 110 cm. (Church of St Panteleimon at Prodromi, Crete).
Western art unattributed:
33. St George. Detail from a Metal Cross. (Tchekhari, Georgia).
Book Review
Pre-Classical: From Crete to Archaic Greece
09/1968 | 786 | 110
Pages: 486+491+524
Subscribe to read
related names
Reviewer:
Nicholls, Richard (Nicholls, Richard)
Subjects
places:
Greece / Crete
subjects:
Neolithic / Prehistoric
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Pre-Classical: From Crete to Archaic Greece | author: Boardman, John
Book Review
Cretan Seals; With a Catalogue of the Minoan Gems in the Ashmolean Museum
07/1963 | 724 | 105
Pages: 333
Subscribe to read
related names
Reviewer:
Robertson, Martin (Robertson, Martin; Robertson, C. M.; Robertson, Charles Martin)
Subjects
museums and institutions:
Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, Great Britain
places:
Greece / Crete / England / Oxford
subjects:
Seals / Gems / Minoan / Catalogues
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Cretan Seals; With a Catalogue of the Minoan Gems in the Ashmolean Museum | author: Kenna, V. E. G.
Letter
El Greco Revisited
04/1963 | 721 | 105
Pages: 164
Subscribe to read
related names
Author:
Kelemen, Pál (Kelemen, Pál)
Subjects
artists:
El Greco
dates:
1500-1599
places:
Crete / Greece
subjects:
Biographies / Documents
subjects:
Spanish painting / Greek (modern) painting
Book Review
Mycenaeans and Minoans
01/1963 | 718 | 105
Pages: 35
Subscribe to read
related names
Reviewer:
Robertson, Martin (Robertson, Martin; Robertson, C. M.; Robertson, Charles Martin)
Subjects
places:
Greece
places:
Crete
subjects:
Greek (ancient) / Minoan
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Mycenaeans and Minoans | author: Palmer, Leonard R.
Book Review
El Greco revisited: Candia, Venice, Toledo
11/1962 | 716 | 104
Pages: 502
Subscribe to read
related names
Reviewer:
Harris, Enriqueta (E. H; E. E. H) (Harris, Enriqueta (E. H; E. E. H); Frankfort, Enriqueta Harris; H., E.; Frankfort, Enriqueta; H., E. E.)
Subjects
artists:
El Greco
dates:
1550-1649
places:
Greece / Crete / Italy / Venice / Spain / Toledo
subjects:
Spanish painting / Greek (modern) painting
subjects:
Byzantine art / Influence
Reviewed Items
subjects:
El Greco revisited: Candia, Venice, Toledo | author: Kelemen, Pál
Book Review
The Archaic Gravestones of Attica [and] The Cretan Collection in Oxford. The Dictaen Cave and Iron Age Crete.
01/1962 | 706 | 104
Pages: 40-41
Subscribe to read
related names
Reviewer:
Higgins, Reynold (Higgins, Reynold; Higgins, Reynold Alleyne; Higgins, R. A.)
Subjects
museums and institutions:
Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, Great Britain
places:
England / Greece / Oxford / Crete
subjects:
Funerary art / Tombstones
subjects:
Art museums / Collections
Reviewed Items
subjects:
The Archaic Gravestones of Attica | author: Boardman, John , author: Richter, Gisela M. A.
subjects:
The Cretan Collection in Oxford. The Dictaen Cave and Iron Age Crete. | author: Boardman, John
Article
El Greco and Cretan Painting
03/1952 | 588 | 94
Pages: 74+76-80
Subscribe to read
related names
Author:
Procopiou, Angelo G. (Procopiou, Angelo G.; Prokopiou, Angelos)
Subjects
artists:
El Greco
dates:
1500-1599
places:
Greece / Crete
places:
Italy / Venice
subjects:
Greek (modern) painting / Spanish painting / Visual sources
subjects:
Byzantine art / Influence
subjects:
Greek Orthodox / Catholicism / Influence
subjects:
Early works
subjects:
Greek iconography / Iconography
subjects:
Icons
Illustrations
Attributed works:
15. The First Ecumenical Council of Nicœa (A. D. 325), by Michael Damascenos. Cretan Icon. (Church of St Menas, Heraclion.)
Attributed works:
17. The Divine Liturgy, by Michael Damascenos. Signed. Cretan Icon. (Church of St Menas, Heraclion.)
Attributed works:
20. Detail from The Burial of Count Orgaz, by El Greco. (Church of Santo Tomé, Toledo.)
Attributed works:
21. Last Supper, by Michael Damascenos. Signed. Cretan Icon. (Church of St Menas, Heraclion.)
Attributed works:
22. Christ in the House of Simon, by El Greco. Canvas, 150 by 104 cm. (Formerly Sir Edgar Vincent Collection.)
Attributed works:
25. Transfiguration, by El Greco. Signed. Canvas, 275 by 127 cm. (Prado, Madrid.)
Western art unattributed:
16. Detail from the Trinity. Cretan Wall-Painting. (The Peribleptos, Mistra.)
Western art unattributed:
18. The Dormition of the Virgin. Cretan Wall-Painting. (The Peribleptos, Mistra.)
Western art unattributed:
19. Detail from The Burial of St Demetrius. Cretan Wall-Painting. (The Peribleptos, Mistra.)
Western art unattributed:
23. The Transfiguration. Cretan Wall-Painting. (The Peribleptos, Mistra.)
Western art unattributed:
24. Transfiguration. Cretan Icon. (Spiros Harocopos Collection, Athens).
Book Review
[Greek and Roman books, including]: Die Bildnisse der antiken Dichter, Redner und Denker
09/1950 | 570 | 92
Pages: 273-274
Subscribe to read
related names
Reviewer:
Kurz, Otto (Kurz, Otto; K., O.)
Subjects
collectors and dealers:
Zorn, Anders
places:
Greece / Rome (historical region) / Crete
subjects:
Greek (ancient) / Roman (ancient) / Numismatics / Coins
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Classical Antiquities in the Zorn Collection | author: Andrén, Arvid
subjects:
Die Bildnisse der antiken Dichter, Redner und Denker | author: Andrén, Arvid , author: Cahn, Herbert A. , author: Loos-Dietz, E. P. de , author: Schefold, Karl , author: Seltman, C. T.
subjects:
Griechische Münzen archaischer Zeit | author: Cahn, Herbert A.
subjects:
Masterpieces of Greek Coinage | author: Seltman, C. T.
subjects:
Papers of the British School at Rome | :
subjects:
Vroeg-Christelijke Ivoren: Studie over de stijlontwikkeling op den overgang van de vierde naar de vijfde eeuw | author: Loos-Dietz, E. P. de
next
load more