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Exhibition Review
Alexander von Humboldt and the United States: Art, Nature, and Culture
12/2020 | 1413 | 162
Pages: 1095-1097
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Reviewer:
Sullivan, Edward J. (Sullivan, Edward J.; S., E. J.)
Subjects
museums and institutions:
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington DC, United States
places:
North America / Central America / South America
subjects:
Humboldt, Alexander von / Enlightenment / Environmental protection / Slavery / Colonialism / American art / Hudson River School (art movement) / Travel accounts / Social history
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Alexander von Humboldt and the United States: Art, Nature, and Culture By Eleanor Jones Harvey. 448 pp. incl. 215 col. + 22 b. & w. ills. (Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, and Princeton University Press, Princeton NJ and Oxford, 2020), £62. ISBN 978–0–691–20080–4. | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
13. Alexander von Humboldt, by Friedrich Georg Weitsch. 1806. Oil on canvas, 126 by 92.5 cm. (Nationalgalerie, Berlin; exh. Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington).
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14. Géographie des plantes équinoxiales, by Alexander von Humboldt and Aimé Bonpland. 1805. Handcoloured print, 61 by 91.4 cm. (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew; exh. Smithsonian, American Art Museum, Washington).
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15. Heart of the Andes, by Frederic Edwin Church. 1859. Oil on canvas, 168 by 302.9 cm. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; exh. Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington).
Article
The Baroque churches of El Salvador
07/2016 | 1360 | 158
Pages: 529-539
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Author:
Bailey, Gauvin Alexander (Bailey, Gauvin Alexander)
Subjects
dates:
1650-1749
places:
El Salvador / Guatemala / Central America
subjects:
Architecture / Religious architecture / Churches / Latin American / Spanish Colonial / Interiors / Facades
subjects:
Baroque
Illustrations
Non-western art unattributed:
10. Façade of the church of Santiago Apóstol, Chalchupa. 1681-before 1723
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11. Detail of Fig.12
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12. Apse of the church of Santiago Apóstol, Chalchupa
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13. Detail of Fig.12
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14. Detail of crowning of façade from the back of the church of Santiago Apóstol, Chalchupa
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15. Cupola of the church of Santiago Apóstol, Chalchupa
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16. Façade of the church of S. Pedro, Metapán. 1736-43
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17. Nave of the church of S. Pedro, Metapán. 1736-43
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18. Façade of the church of El Pilar, San Vicente. 1762-69
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19. Detail of left lateral wall and cupola of the church of El Pilar, San Vicente
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20. Detail of Fig.18
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21. Detail of Fig.18
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22. Interior from inside the right lateral portal of the church of El Pilar, San Vicente
Non-western art unattributed:
23. Interior of the nave of the church of El Pilar, San Vicente
Book Review
La imagen religiosa en la Monarquía hispánica. Usos y espacios
01/2010 | 1282 | 152
Pages: 43-44
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Reviewer:
Mulcahy, Rosemarie (Mulcahy, Rosemarie)
Subjects
dates:
1500-1699
dates:
2000-2009
museums and institutions:
Casa de Velázquez, Madrid, Spain
places:
Spain / South America / Central America
print:
Spanish art
subjects:
Essays / Conferences / Spanish painting / Religious art / Devotional images
subjects:
Christian iconography / Latin American
subjects:
Monasteries / Jesuits
Reviewed Items
subjects:
La imagen religiosa en la Monarquía hispánica. Usos y espacios | editor: Civil, Pierre , editor: Cruz de Carlos, María , editor: Pereda, Felipe , editor: Vincent-Cassy, Cécile
Book Review
A new look at the Maya
11/1986 | 1004 | 128
Pages: 826-827
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Reviewer:
Fraser, Valerie (Fraser, Valerie)
Subjects
places:
Central America
subjects:
Mayan
Reviewed Items
subjects:
The Blood of Kings: Dynasty and Ritual in Maya Art; the Murals of Bonampak; The sculpture of Palenque voll. II and III | author: Miller, Mary Ellen , author: Miller, Mary Ellen , author: Robertson, Merle Greene , author: Robertson, Merle Greene , author: Schele, Linda
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Elephants and Maya Art
12/1924 | 261 | 45
Pages: 262-265+268-269
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Author:
Yetts, W. Perceval (Yetts, W. Perceval; Yetts, Walter Perceval; Yetts, W. Percival; Y., W. P.; Yetts, Perceval; Y., P.; Yetts, W. P.)
Subjects
places:
Central America / Honduras
subjects:
Mayan / Influence / Indian
subjects:
Iconography / Elephants / Native American (North American)
subjects:
Anthropology / Visual sources
Illustrations
Non-western art unattributed:
Plate I. A and D-Stela B at Copan, from Dr. Maudslay's Photographs. B-Wood-Cut from Elephants and Ethnologists. C-Diagram of Upper Design on Front of Stela B, after Dr. Maudslay. Elephants and Maya Art
Non-western art unattributed:
Plate II. E and F-Wood-Cuts of Numeral Glyphs on Stela D at Copan, from Elephants and Ethnologists. G-Stela N at Copan, from Dr. Maudslay's Photograph. H-Diagram of Design at Back of Stela B after Dr. Maudslay. Elephants and Maya Art