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Book Review
Piranesi: Earliest Drawings / I primi disegni
06/2023 | 1443 | 165
Pages: 666-667
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Reviewer:
Hornsby, Clare (Hornsby, Clare)
Subjects
artists:
Piranesi, Giovanni Battista
subjects:
Italian drawings / Architecture / Ruins / Antiquities / Fantasy
subjects:
Early works
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Piranesi: Earliest Drawings / I primi disegni By Andrew Robison. 96 pp. incl. numerous col. + b. & w. ills. (Artemide Edizioni, Rome, 2022), €20. ISBN 978–88–7575–415–0. | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
4. Fantasy of an ancient arcade with fragmentary ruins, by Giovanni Battista Piranesi. 1741–42. Pen and brown ink with grey-brown wash over black chalk, with later red chalk revisions, 16.3 by 10.4 cm. (Private collection).
Exhibition Review
Grand Tour: Sogno d’Italia da Venezia a Pompei
03/2022 | 1428 | 164
Pages: 295-298
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Reviewer:
Hornsby, Clare (Hornsby, Clare)
Subjects
dates:
2020-2030
dates:
1750-1849
museums and institutions:
Gallerie d'Italia, Milan, Italy
subjects:
Grand tours / Cultural tourism / Ruins / Collectors / Genre paintings / Landscapes (visual works) / Portraits
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Grand Tour: Sogno d’Italia da Venezia a Pompei Gallerie d’Italia - Piazza Scala, Milan 19th November 2021– 27th March 2022 | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
15. The Tolstoy family in Venice, by Giulio Carlini. 1855. Oil on canvas, 88 by 110 cm. (State Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg; exh. Gallerie d’Italia - Piazza Scala, Milan).
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16. Peter Beckford, by Pompeo Batoni. 1766. Oil on canvas, 239 by 163 cm. (Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen; exh. Gallerie d’Italia - Piazza Scala, Milan).
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17. Capriccio of Roman ruins with the Pantheon, by Giovanni Paolo Panini. 1734. Oil on canvas, 98 by 135 cm. (Private collection; exh. Gallerie d’Italia - Piazza Scala, Milan).
Exhibition Review
Roman Vishniac Rediscovered. Jewish Museum, London, and The Photographers’ Gallery, London
02/2019 | 1391 | 161
Pages: 156-158
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Reviewer:
Vaizey, Marina (Vaizey, Marina)
Subjects
artists:
Vishniac, Roman
dates:
2010-2019
media:
Photographs
museums and institutions:
Jewish Museum, London, Great Britain / Photographers' Gallery, London, Great Britain
places:
Great Britain / London
subjects:
Jews / Jewish iconography / Cultural history / Religion / World War (1939-1945) / Holocaust (1939-1945) / Ruins / Portraits / Travel / Commissions / Photography
Illustrations
Attributed works:
22. Jewish school children, Mukacevo, by Roman Vishniac. c.1935–38. Gelatin silver print, 24 by 16.5 cm. (© Mara Vishniac Kohn; International Center of Photography, New York; exh. Jewish Museum London).
Attributed works:
23. Skin from Roman Vishniac’s thumb, magnified 280 times, by Roman Vishniac. 1950s–1970s. Photomicrograph. (© Mara Vishniac Kohn; International Center of Photography, New York; exh. Jewish Museum London and The Photographers’ Gallery, London).
Attributed works:
24. Boy standing on a mountain of rubble, Berlin, by Roman Vishniac. 1947. Inkjet print, 30 by 30 cm. (© Mara Vishniac Kohn; International Center of Photography, New York; exh. The Photographers’ Gallery, London).
Article
Hope in time of war: George Clausen’s ‘Renaissance’ rediscovered
11/2018 | 1388 | 160
Pages: 938-945
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Author:
McConkey, Kenneth (McConkey, Kenneth)
Subjects
artists:
Clausen, George / Puvis de Chavannes, Pierre / Wollen, William Barnes / Jack, Richard / Mostyn, Thomas Edwin / Olivier, Herbert Arnould / Lavery, John / Brangwyn, Frank / Sickert, Walter / Orpen, William
artists:
Rousseau, Victor
dates:
1900-1949 / 1910-1919
media:
Paintings
museums and institutions:
Royal Academy of Arts, London, Great Britain / The Imperial Arts League, London, Great Britain / New English Art Club (NEAC)
places:
Belgium / Great Britain / London
subjects:
British painting / World War (1914-1918) / Franco-Prussian War (1870-1871) / War / Soldiers / Ruins / Damage to works of art / Lost works / Art criticism / Criticism / Critical Reception / Exhibitions / Exhibition reviews / Influence / Identification / Sitters / Allegory / Allegorical figures / Symbolism (artistic concept) / Colour / Style / Neo-classicism / Realism / Murals / Figure paintings / Portraits / Landscapes (visual works) / Flower pieces / Workers / Nudes
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Renaissance, by George Clausen. 1915. Canvas, 152.4 by 177.8 cm. (Belgian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, on deposit in the Belgian ambassador’s residence, London).
Attributed works:
10. Detail of Fig.1.
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11. Figure study, by George Clausen. 1914–15. Graphite on paper, 24 by 39 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London).
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12. Youth mourning, by George Clausen. 1916. Canvas, 91.4 by 91.4 cm. (Imperial War Museum, London).
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2. Primavera, by George Clausen. 1914. Canvas, 91.4 by 71.7 cm. (Private collection; photo Christie’s, London).
Attributed works:
3. Wounded, London Hospital, by John Lavery. 1915. Canvas, 176 by 201 cm. (Dundee Art Galleries and Museums Collection).
Attributed works:
4. Study for ‘Renaissance’, by George Clausen. 1915. Graphite on paper, 25.7 by 18.4 cm. (Royal Academy of Arts, London).
Attributed works:
5. Study for ‘Renaissance’, by George Clausen. 1915. Graphite on paper, 38.1 by 32.3 cm. (Royal Academy of Arts, London).
Attributed works:
6. L’Esperance, by Pierre Puvis de Chavannes. 1872. Canvas, 70.5 by 82 cm. (Musée d’Orsay, Paris).
Attributed works:
7. Sowing new seed (for the Board of Agriculture and Technical Instruction for Ireland), by William Orpen. 1913. Canvas, 137 by 137 cm. (Mildura Arts Centre, Australia).
Attributed works:
8. St Francis at prayer, by Frederick Cayley Robinson and Winifred Dalley, from H.E. Manning: The Little Flowers of St Francis of Asissi, London 1915.
Attributed works:
9. Detail of Victor Rousseau, by George Clausen, c.1915. Graphite on paper, 39.2 by 28.8 cm. (Royal Academy of Arts, London).
Exhibition Review
Aftermath: Art in the Wake of World War One. Tate Britain, London
09/2018 | 1386 | 160
Pages: 788-790
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Reviewer:
Vaizey, Marina (Vaizey, Marina)
Subjects
artists:
Nevinson, C. R. W. / Picasso, Pablo / Moore, Henry Spencer, 1898-1986 / Beckmann, Max / Braque, Georges / Epstein, Jacob, 1880-1959 / Lehmbruck, Wilhelm / Ernst, Max / Barlach, Ernst / Nash, Paul / Orpen, William / Spencer, Stanley / Mare, André / Grosz, George / Tonks, Henry
artists:
Lenk, Franz / Jouve, Paul / Birkle, Albert / Branson, Clive
dates:
2010-2019
media:
Paintings / Sculpture / Photographs / Videos / Documents / Pastels / Drawings
museums and institutions:
Tate Britain, London, Great Britain
places:
Great Britain / London
subjects:
World War (1914-1918) / World War (1939-1945) / Politics / War Artists / Collections, Public / Archives / Diaries / Correspondence / Soldiers / Nazism / Fascism / Class / Futurism / Abstract art / Figurative art / Neo-classicism / Military art and science / Destruction / Dada / Surrealism / Ruins / War memorials / British painting / French painting / German painting
Illustrations
Attributed works:
22. The floating one, by Ernst Barlach. 1927, cast 1987. Bronze, 213 by 74 by 68 cm. (SchleswigHolsteinische Landesmuseen Schloss Gottorf, Schleswig; exh. Tate Britain, London).
Attributed works:
23. Grey day, by George Grosz. 1921. Canvas, 115 by 80 cm. (Nationalgalerie, Berlin; exh. Tate Britain, London).
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24. Wire, by Paul Nash. 1918–19. Watercolour, chalk and ink on paper, 48.6 by 63.5 cm. (Imperial War Museums, London; exh. Tate Britain, London).
Article
Rescuing from oblivion: the ruins of Palmyra and Baalbek in the eighteenth century
09/2016 | 1362 | 158
Pages: 715-722
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Author:
Anderson, Jocelyn (Anderson, Jocelyn)
Subjects
art literature:
Dawkins, James, 1722-1757 / Wood, Robert, 1717-1771
artists:
Borra, Giovanni Battista
dates:
1750-1759
places:
Palmyra / Baalbek / Lebanon / Syria
subjects:
Architectural history / Archaeology / Architectural drawings / Published illustrations
subjects:
Visual sources / Ruins
subjects:
Travel accounts
Illustrations
Attributed works:
21. James Dawkins and Robert Wood discovering the ruins of Palmyra, by Gavin Hamilton. 1758 (Scottish National Gallery, Edinburgh)
Attributed works:
22. Upright of the grand entrance to the court of the temple, Plate IV of J. Dawkins and R. Wood: The Ruins of Palmyra, Otherwise Tedmor, in the Desert, by Paul Fourdrinier after Giovanni Borra. 1753 (British Library, London © The British Library Board, 74/744.f.16)
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23. Upright of the portico within the court of the temple, Plate XIV of The Ruins of Palmyra, Otherwise Tedmor, in the Desert, by Paul Fourdrinier after Giovanni Borra. 1753 (British Library, London © The British Library Board, 74/744.f.16)
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24. Ornaments of the inside of the portico of the grand entrance, Plate VI of The Ruins of Palmyra, Otherwise Tedmor, in the Desert, by Paul Fourdrinier after Giovanni Borra. 1753 (British Library, London © The British Library Board, 74/744.f.16)
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25. 'Capital and entablature of the order in the foregoing plate', Plate XV of The Ruins of Palmyra, Otherwise Tedmor, in the Desert, by Paul Fourdrinier after Giovanni Borra. 1753 (British Library, London © The British Library Board, 74/744.f.16)
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26. 'View of the portico in it's [sic] present ruinous state', Plate IV, The Ruins of Balbec, Otherwise Heliopolis, in Coelosyria, by Thomas Major after Giovanni Borra. 1757 (British Library, London © The British Library Board, 74/744.f.9)
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27. 'Upright of the portico in it's [sic] perfect state', Plate V, The Ruins of Balbec, Otherwise Heliopolis, in Coelosyria, by Thomas Major after Giovanni Borra. 1757 (British Library, London © The British Library Board, 74/744.f.9)
Book Review
Speaking Ruins: Piranesi, Architects, and Antiquity in Eighteenth-Century Rome, J.A. Pinto
11/2013 | 1328 | 155
Pages: 780-781
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Reviewer:
Yarker, Jonathan (Yarker, Jonathan)
Subjects
artists:
Piranesi, Giovanni Battista
dates:
1700-1799
places:
Rome
subjects:
Antiquity / Italian architecture / Architects / Ruins
Illustrations
Attributed works:
31. View through the Herculaneum Gate, Pompeii, by G.B. Piranesi (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York)
Book Review
A Story of Ruins. Presence and Absence in Chinese Art and Visual Culture
12/2012 | 1317 | 154
Pages: 858-859
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Reviewer:
Kerr, Rose (Kerr, Rose; K., R.)
Subjects
places:
China / Beijing
subjects:
Visual culture / Chinese / Chinese Art / Cultural history / Art history / Ruins / Urban planning / Urban history
Illustrations
Attributed works:
32. Red humour, by Wu Shanzhuan. 1986. Mixed media installation, dimensions variable. (Collection of the artist).
Book Review
Roman House – Renaissance Palaces. Inventing Antiquity in Fifteenth-Century Italy
06/2006 | 1239 | 148
Pages: 420-421
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Reviewer:
Pellecchia, Linda (Pellecchia, Linda)
Subjects
dates:
1400-1499
places:
Italy
print:
Italian Renaissance architecture
subjects:
Italian architecture / Palaces / Houses / Antiquity / Renaissance / Architectural theory / Architectural history / Roman (ancient) architecture / Architectural components
subjects:
Influence / Ruins
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Roman House – Renaissance Palaces. Inventing Antiquity in Fifteenth-Century Italy | author: Clarke, Georgia
Exhibition Review
Landscapes and ruins. Houston and Sarasota
08/2005 | 1229 | 147
Pages: 578-580
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Reviewer:
Sutherland Harris, Ann (Sutherland Harris, Ann)
Subjects
dates:
2000-2009
dates:
1600-1699
museums and institutions:
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Houston, United States / Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota, United States
museums and institutions:
Speed Art Museum, Louisville, United States
places:
Houston / Louisville / Sarasota / United States
print:
Landscapes (visual works)
subjects:
Reviews / Exhibitions / Landscapes (visual works) / Ruins / French painting / Dutch painting
Reviewed Items
subjects:
The Splendour of Ruins in French Landscape Painting, 1630-1800 | institution: Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
subjects:
Time and Transformation in Seventeenth-Century Dutch Art | institution: Ringling Museum of Art
Illustrations
Attributed works:
59. View of a Dutch town, by Daniel Vosmaer. Early 1660s. panel 66 by 53 cm. (The Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie; exh. John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota).
Attributed works:
60. Landscape with classical ruins and figures, by Pierre-Antoine Patel the Younger. 1698. 65 by 97 cm. (Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin; exh. Museum of Fine Arts , Houston).
Attributed works:
61. Coast view with the embarkation of Carlo and Ubaldo, by Claude Lorrain. c.1667. 92.7 by 138.4 cm. (Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto; exh. Museum of Fine Arts, Houston).
Attributed works:
62. Roman Ruins, by Hubert Robert. c.1760. 74.3 by 62.2 cm. (Worcester Art Museum, Worcester MA; exh. Museum of Fine Arts, Houston).
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