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Book Review
The Lost Library of the King of Portugal
06/2020 | 1407 | 162
Pages: 547
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Reviewer:
Purcell, Mark (Purcell, Mark)
Subjects
places:
Lisbon
subjects:
Libraries / Royalty / Portuguese (people) / Books / Manuscripts / Prints / Medals / Coins / Drawings
subjects:
Earthquakes
Reviewed Items
subjects:
The Lost Library of the King of Portugal By Angela Delaforce. 330 pp. incl. 200 col. ills. (Ad Ilissvm, London, 2019),  45. ISBN 978–1– 912168–15–6. | :
Article
Russia, Rome and the tricky business of disaster painting
12/2018 | 1389 | 160
Pages: 996-1005
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Author:
Blakesley, Rosalind P. (Blakesley, Rosalind P.)
Subjects
art literature:
Gogol, Nikolay / Pushkin, Alexander
artists:
Kiprensky, Orest / Bryullov, Karl / Martin, John, 1789-1854 / Basin, Petr / Gagarin, Grigory / Bruni, Fyodor / Markov, Aleksei / Raev, Vasily / Surikov, Vasily / Repin, Ilya
dates:
1800-1849 / 1830-1839 / 1840-1849
media:
Paintings / Drawings / Sketches
museums and institutions:
Russian Academy of Arts, Saint Petersburg, Russia
patrons:
Catherine II, Empress of Russia, 1729-1796
places:
Russia / Saint Petersburg / Italy / Rome
subjects:
Russian painting / Russian School / History paintings / Genre paintings / Landscapes (visual works) / Style / Academic art / Neo-classicism / Sublime / Natural disasters / Earthquakes / Portraits / Influence / Formal analysis / Nationalism / Travel / Grand tours / Academies / Study and teaching / Students / Salons (art exhibitions) / Commissions / Patronage / Awards / Critical Reception / Iconography / Christian iconography
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Last day of Pompeii, by Karl Bryullov. 1830–33. Canvas, 456.5 by 651 cm. (State Russian Museum, St Petersburg).
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10. Ivan the Terrible and his son Ivan. 16th November 1581, by Ilya Repin. 1885. Canvas, 199.5 by 254 cm. (State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow).
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2. Destruction of Pompeii and Herculaneum, by John Martin. 1822. Canvas, 161.6 by 253 cm. (Tate, London).
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3. Earthquake in Rocca di Papa, near Rome, by Petr Basin. 1830. Canvas, 84 by 99 cm. (State Russian Museum, St Petersburg).
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4. Sketch for ‘Genseric’s invasion of Rome’, by Karl Bryullov. 1835–36. Canvas, 88 by 117.9 cm. (State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow).
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5. Siege of Pskov by King Stefan Batory of Poland in 1581, by Karl Bryullov. 1839–43. Canvas, 482 by 675 cm. (State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow).
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6. Death of Camilla, sister of Horatius, by Fedor Bruni. 1824. Canvas, 350 by 526.5 cm. (State Russian Museum, St Petersburg).
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7. The brazen serpent, by Fedor Bruni. 1834–41. Canvas, 565 by 852 cm. (State Russian Museum, St Petersburg).
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8. Sketch for ‘St Eustace Placidus in the Colosseum’, by Aleksei Markov. 1836–42. Canvas, 98 by 136.5 cm. (State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow).
Attributed works:
9. Morning of the execution of the Streltsy, by Vasily Surikov. 1881. Canvas, 218 by 375 cm. (State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow).
Exhibition Review
Nature Unleashed: the Image of Catastrophe since 1600. Hamburger Kunsthalle
10/2018 | 1387 | 160
Pages: 850-852
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Reviewer:
Saß, Maurice (Saß, Maurice)
Subjects
artists:
Géricault, Théodore / Regnault, Jean Baptiste / Danloux, Henri-Pierre / Girodet-Trioson, Anne-Louis / Poel, Egbert van der / Hollar, Wenceslaus / Piranesi, Giovanni Battista / Achenbach, Andreas / Hackert, Jacob Philipp / Martin, John, 1789-1854 / Füssli, Henry (1741-1825) / Friedrich, Caspar David / Odenbach, Marcel / Ezawa, Kota / Draeger, Christoph
artists:
Luyken, Caspar / Lodge, William / Lebas, Jacques Philippe / Vlieger, Jacobsz de / Wutki, Michael
dates:
2010-2019
media:
Paintings / Prints / Photographs / Etchings / Videos
museums and institutions:
Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg, Germany
places:
Germany / Hamburg
subjects:
Natural disasters / Nature / Destruction / Earthquakes / Great Fire of London (1666) / Shipwrecks / Sublime / Raft of the Medusa (Louvre, Paris) / Slavery / Immigration
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. View of Delft after the explosion of 1654, by Egbert Lievensz van der Poel. c.1654. Panel, 36.2 by 9.5 cm. (National Gallery, London; exh. Hamburger Kunsthalle).
Attributed works:
2. The sea of ice, by Caspar David Friedrich. 1823–24. Canvas, 96.7 by 126.9 cm. (Hamburger Kunsthalle).
Attributed works:
3. Flood, by Kota Ezawa. 2011. Transparency, 100 by 150 cm. (Collection the artist and Galerie Anita Beckers, Frankfurt a.M.; exh. Hamburger Kunsthalle).
Editorial
The earthquake in Amatrice, Norcia and the Marche: a cultural emergency
03/2017 | 1368 | 159
Pages: 183
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Author:
Delpriori, Alessandro (Delpriori, Alessandro)
Subjects
dates:
2010-2019
places:
Italy / Marche
subjects:
Editorials / Damage to works of art / Natural disasters / Earthquakes
Letter
Christchurch Cathedral
01/2016 | 1354 | 158
Pages: 036
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Author:
Lochhead, Ian (Lochhead, Ian)
Author:
Stocker, Mark (Stocker, Mark)
Subjects
places:
Christchurch (NZ) / New Zealand
subjects:
Correspondence / Damage to works of art / Demolition / Destruction / Cathedrals / Earthquakes
Editorial
The Italian Earthquake
09/2012 | 1314 | 154
Pages: 611
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Author:
Francesco, Carla di (Francesco, Carla di)
Subjects
artists:
Loschi, Bernardino
artists:
Plas, Louwerencius / Flegel, Georg / Piazzetta, Giovanni Battista
dates:
2010-2019
places:
Emilia-Romagna / Italy
print:
Italy
subjects:
Editorials / Earthquakes / Damage to works of art / Churches / Italian architecture
Short Notice
Works of Art in Japan's Devastated Area
04/1924 | 253 | 44
Pages: 208
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Subjects
dates:
1920-1929
places:
Japan
subjects:
Works of art / Earthquakes / Destruction
Editorial
Works of Art in Japan's Devastated Area
02/1924 | 251 | 44
Pages: 57-58
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Author:
Visser, H. F. E. (Visser, H. F. E.; Visser, Herman Floris Eduard)
Subjects
dates:
1920-1929
places:
Japan
subjects:
Natural disasters / Earthquakes / Historic monuments
Editorial
Japan
10/1923 | 247 | 43
Pages: 153
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Subjects
dates:
1920-1929
places:
Japan
subjects:
Earthquakes
Short Notice
Works of Art in Messina
02/1909 | 71 | 14
Pages: 307
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Author:
Wiel, Alethea (Wiel, Alethea)
Subjects
places:
Italy / Sicily / Messina
subjects:
Natural disasters / Earthquakes / Works of art / Churches