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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)
Attributed works:
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)
Attributed works:
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)
Attributed works:
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)
Attributed works:
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)
Attributed works:
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)
Article
Horace Vernet’s ‘Orient’: photography and the Eastern Mediterranean in 1839, part I: a daguerrean excursion
04/2016 | 1357 | 158
Pages: 264-271
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Author:
Hannoosh, Michèle (Hannoosh, Michèle)
Subjects
artists:
Vernet, Horace
artists:
Goupil-Fesquet, Frédéric
dates:
1830-1859
places:
Algeria / Egypt / Palestine / Syria / Turkey / Morocco
subjects:
French painting / Orientalism / Photographs / Photography / Daguerreotypes / Travel accounts
subjects:
Topography
Illustrations
Attributed works:
38. Self-portrait, by Horace Vernet. 1835 (State Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg)
Attributed works:
39. The Arab tale-teller, by Horace Vernet. 1833 (Wallace Collection, London)
Attributed works:
40. Rebecca at the well, by Horace Vernet. 1833 (Location unknown)
Attributed works:
41. Central motif of the vault, Turkish Chamber, designed by Horace Vernet. 1833 (Villa Medici, Rome)
Attributed works:
42. Judah and Tamar, by Horace Vernet. 1840 (Wallace Collection, London)
Attributed works:
43. Portrait of Soliman Pasha, by Horace Vernet. 1840 (Location unknown, formerly in the collection of Sherif Sabry Pasha, Cairo). Fig.6 from J.M. Carré: Voyageurs et écrivains français en Egypte, Cairo 1932, II, p.54
Attributed works:
44. Arabs travelling in the desert, by Horace Vernet. 1843 (Wallace Collection, London)
Editorial
Destruction in the Middle East
11/2015 | 1352 | 157
Pages: 743
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Subjects
dates:
2010-2019
museums and institutions:
British Museum, London, Great Britain
places:
Middle East / Syria / Iraq
subjects:
Editorials / Damage to works of art / Archaeology / Antiquities / Cultural history / Destruction
Publication Received
Places in Syria. A pocket grand tour
11/2012 | 1316 | 154
Pages: 804
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Reviewer:
Rogers, J. M. (Rogers, J. M.; Rogers, John Michael; Rogers, Michael)
Subjects
places:
Syria
subjects:
Travel accounts / History / Topography / Historic monuments
subjects:
Syrian
Publication Received
Arts of the City Victorious: Islamic Art and Architecture in Fatimid North Africa and Egypt
11/2009 | 1280 | 151
Pages: 788
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Reviewer:
Stanley, Tim (Stanley, Tim)
Subjects
dates:
0900-0999 / 1000-1099 / 1100-1199
places:
Tunisia / Egypt / Cairo / Syria
places:
Mahdia
print:
Islamic art
subjects:
Islamic art / Islamic / Architecture / Fatimid School
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Arts of the City Victorious: Islamic Art and Architecture in Fatimid North Africa and Egypt | author: Bloom, Jonathan M.
Book Review
Die Mamlukische Architektur in Agypten und Syrien (648/1250 bis 923/1517) (Abhandlungen des Deutschen Archaologischen Instituts Kairo. Islamische Reihe 5)
01/1996 | 1114 | 138
Pages: 31-33
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Reviewer:
Rogers, J. M. (Rogers, J. M.; Rogers, John Michael; Rogers, Michael)
Subjects
places:
Syria / Egypt
subjects:
Mamluk / Architecture
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Die Mamlukische Architektur in Agypten und Syrien (648/1250 bis 923/1517) (Abhandlungen des Deutschen Archaologischen Instituts Kairo. Islamische Reihe 5) | author: Meinecke, Michael
Book Review
Qur'ans of the Mamluks
09/1989 | 1038 | 131
Pages: 648-649
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Reviewer:
Rogers, J. M. (Rogers, J. M.; Rogers, John Michael; Rogers, Michael)
Subjects
places:
Egypt / Syria / Iran / Iraq
subjects:
Quran / Illuminated manuscripts / Calligraphy
subjects:
Mamluk
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Qur'ans of the Mamluks | author: James, David
Book Review
Persia, Siria, Bisanzio e il Medioevo artistico Europeo
11/1985 | 992 | 127
Pages: 819-820
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Reviewer:
Rogers, J. M. (Rogers, J. M.; Rogers, John Michael; Rogers, Michael)
Subjects
places:
Persia / Syria
subjects:
Byzantine art / Medieval
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Persia, Siria, Bisanzio e il Medioevo artistico Europeo | author: Francovich, Géza de
Book Review
The Excavations at Dura-Europos Conducted by Yale University and the French Academy of Inscriptions and Letters. Final Report VIII, Part II
02/1970 | 803 | 112
Pages: 119-120
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Reviewer:
Beckwith, John (Beckwith, John)
Subjects
places:
Dura-Europos, Syria (deserted settlement)
places:
Syria
subjects:
Archaeology / Excavations
Reviewed Items
subjects:
The Excavations at Dura-Europos Conducted by Yale University and the French Academy of Inscriptions and Letters. Final Report VIII, Part II | author: Kraeling, Carl H. , author: Welles, C. Bradford
Short Notice
Recent Museum Acquisitions: Islamic Bottle (Corning Museum of Glass, New York)
03/1966 | 756 | 108
Pages: 143+145
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Subjects
dates:
1960-1969
dates:
1200-1299
museums and institutions:
Corning Museum of Glass, New York, United States
places:
United States / Syria / New York
subjects:
Art museums / Acquisitions
subjects:
Islamic / Syrian / Glassware / Glass / Enamels
subjects:
Bottles
Illustrations
Non-western art unattributed:
49. Bottle (Or Flask). Syrian (?) Workmanship, Thirteenth Century. Height, 18.5 cm. (Corning Museum of Glass, New York.)
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