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Article
Spatial rhetoric: echoes of Madrid’s Alcázar in palaces overseas
03/2021 | 1416 | 163
Pages: 236-243
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Author:
Luengo, Pedro (Luengo, Pedro)
Subjects
buildings:
Alcázar, Madrid, Spain / Alcazar, Seville, Spain / Viceregal Palace (National Palace), Mexico City , Mexico
places:
South America
places:
Lima
places:
Bogotá, Colombia
subjects:
Spanish architecture / South America / Palaces / Monarchy / Staircases / Chapels / Galleries (display spaces) / Courts (social groups)
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. The proclamation of Philip V in front of the Alcázar, Madrid, by Filippo Palotta. 1700. Pen, ink and wash, 47.3 by 135 cm. (Museo de Historia de Madrid).
Attributed works:
2. Plan of the first floor of the Alcázar, Madrid, by Juan Gómez de Mora. 1626. Pen, ink and watercolour on paper, 49 by 62 cm. (Library of Congress, Washington).
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3. The tribune in the transept of the chapel, El Escorial, Spain. (Photograph © Patrimonio Nacional, Madrid).
Attributed works:
4. Plan of the chapel in the Alcázar, Madrid, by Juan Gómez de Mora. c.1660. Pen and ink on paper, 19.5 by 28.6 cm. (Madrid, Archivo General de Palacio, Sección Histórica, caja 51 (1), fol.186r; © Patrimonio Nacional, Madrid).
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5. Reconstruction of the plan of a proposed royal palace, Naples, by Domenico Fontana. c.1600. (From P.C. Verde: Domenico Fontana a Napoli. 1592–1607, Naples 2007, p.78).
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6 and 7. Plans of the ground and first floor of the viceregal palace, Mexico City. c.1771. Ink and red gouache on paper, 42.5 by 49 cm; and 40 by 48 cm. (Archivo General de Indias, Mexico City, MP-MEXICO,105).
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8. Detail of a map of Lima, showing the viceregal palace between the fountain and the river. Engraving, 38 by 53 cm. (From J. Mulder: Lima, Ciudad de los Reyes, 1688; photograph National Library of Spain, Madrid).
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9. Plan of the top floor of the viceregal palace, Bogotá, by Juan Jimenez Donoso. 1781. Coloured manuscript on paper, 54 by 54 cm. (Archivo General Militar, Madrid).
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).
Attributed works:
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).
Publication Received
Agents of Faith: Votive Objects in Time and Place. Edited by Ittai Weinryb
10/2019 | 1399 | 161
Pages: 888
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Reviewer:
Maniura, Robert (Maniura, Robert)
Subjects
dates:
Antiquity / Twentieth-century
museums and institutions:
Bard Graduate Center for Studies in the Decorative Arts, Design and Culture, New York, United States
places:
South Asia / Europe / United States / South America
subjects:
Votive images / Religion / Secular
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Agents of Faith: Votive Objects in Time and Place Edited by Ittai Weinryb. 352 pp. incl. numerous col. ills. (Bard Graduate Center Gallery, New York, and Yale University Press, New Haven and London, 2018), $65. ISBN 978–0–300–22296–8. | :
Book Review
The New World in Early Modern Italy, 1492–1750, E. Horodowich and L. Markey, eds.
05/2019 | 1394 | 161
Pages: 438-439
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Reviewer:
Bailey, Gauvin Alexander (Bailey, Gauvin Alexander)
Subjects
dates:
1490-1549 / 1550-1649 / 1650-1749
subjects:
Renaissance Italy / South America / Aztec / Exoticism / Collecting / New World Exploration
Article
The fantastical Rococo altarpieces of Santiago de Surco, Peru
11/2015 | 1352 | 157
Pages: 769-775
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Author:
Bailey, Gauvin Alexander (Bailey, Gauvin Alexander)
Subjects
artists:
Rehr, Johann, architect, act. 1773 / Rosales, Santiago, architect, act. 1773
dates:
1750-1779
places:
Peru
places:
South America
subjects:
Rococo / Altarpieces / Spanish Colonial / Spanish Colonial School / Architecture / Sculpture
Illustrations
Attributed works:
38. Interior of the church of Santiago de Surco, here attributed to Johann Rehr and Santiago Rosales. Before 1759-1773
Attributed works:
41. Detail of the façade of the church of Santiago de Surco, here attributed to Johann Rehr and Santiago Rosales. Completed 1773
Attributed works:
42. Altarpiece model from series 49, by Franz Xaver Habermann and published by Johann Georg Hertel the Elder. Augsburg, mid-eighteenth century (Kunstsammlungen und Museen, Augsburg)
Attributed works:
43. Confessional model from series 37, by Ignaz Carl Junck and published by Johann Georg Hertel the Elder. Augsburg, mid-eighteenth century (Kunstsammlungen und Museen, Augsburg)
Attributed works:
44. Altar of the Virgin Immaculate (high altar), here attributed to Johann Rehr and Santiago Rosales. Before 1762 (Church of Santiago de Surco)
Attributed works:
45. Pulpit, here attributed to Santiago Rosales. Before 1762 (Church of Santiago de Surco)
Attributed works:
46. Altar of Christ the Nazarene, here attributed to Johann Rehr and Santiago Rosales. Before 1762 (Church of Santiago de Surco)
Attributed works:
47. Epitaph model from series 115, by Jeremias Wachsmuth and published by Johann Georg Hertel the Elder. Augsburg, mid-eighteenth century (Staatliche Graphische Sammlung, Munich)
Attributed works:
48. Altar of Our Lady of the Rosary, here attributed to Johann Rehr and Santiago Rosales. Before 1762 (Church of Santiago de Surco)
Attributed works:
49. Calvary altar, here attributed to Johann Rehr and Santiago Rosales. Before 1762 (Church of Santiago de Surco)
Attributed works:
50. Altarpiece model from series 78, by Emanuel Eichel the Elder and published by Johann Georg Hertel the Elder. Augsburg, mid-eighteenth century (Victoria and Albert Museum, London)
Western art unattributed:
39. Altar of Our Lady of the Remedies and the Guardian Angel. 1786-98 (Church of La Merced, Lima)
Western art unattributed:
40. Altar of the Infant Jesus. c.1759-1773 (Church of the Carmen, Trujillo)
Article
Two German sculptors who transformed the arts of colonial Chile: Johannes Bitterich and Jacob Kelner
11/2014 | 1340 | 156
Pages: 741-745
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Author:
Bailey, Gauvin Alexander (Bailey, Gauvin Alexander)
Author:
Guzmán, Fernando (Guzmán, Fernando)
Subjects
artists:
Bitterich, Johannes / Kelner, Jakob
dates:
1710-1719 / 1720-1729 / 1730-1739 / 1740-1749 / 1750-1759 / 1760-1769
places:
South America / Chile
subjects:
German sculpture / Wood sculpture / Polychromy / Religious art / Churches / Influence
subjects:
Germanic / Central European / Colonial
subjects:
Composition (artistic arrangement) / Physiognomy
subjects:
Saints / Commissions / Jesuits
Illustrations
Attributed works:
21. St Anne, here attributed to Johannes Bitterich (Museo del Carmen de Maipú)
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22. St Joaquim, here attributed to Johannes Bitterich (Sacristy, Santiago Cathedral)
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23. Detail of Fig.21
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24. Detail of Fig.22
Attributed works:
25. Detail of Fig.26
Attributed works:
26. Dying St Francis Xavier, here attributed to Jacob Kelner (Cathedral, Santiago)
Attributed works:
27. St Francis Xavier, by Johannes Bitterich (Martinskirche, Bamberg)
Attributed works:
28. St Ignatius of Loyola (detail), by Johannes Bitterich (Martinskirche, Bamberg)
Attributed works:
29. St Cunigunde, by Johannes Bitterich (Chapel, Schloss Weissenstein, Pommersfelden)
Attributed works:
30. St John Nepomuk, circle of Matthias Bernhard Braun (National Gallery, Prague)
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31. St Martin of Tours, by Johannes Bitterich (Chapel, Schloss Weissenstein, Pommersfelden)
Attributed works:
32. Virgin of Sorrows, by Johann Georg Pinsel (Former church of the Poor Clares, Lvov)
Attributed works:
33. St John Nepomuk, by Antoni Osinski (Bernardine Church, Lvov)
Publication Received
Surrealism in Latin America: Vivísimo Muerto
09/2013 | 1326 | 155
Pages: 633
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Reviewer:
Radford, Robert (Radford, Robert)
Subjects
dates:
1940-1949
places:
Mexico / South America
subjects:
Surrealism / Exiled artists / Influence / Pre-Columbian (American)
subjects:
Latin American
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
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