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Book Review
Cy Twombly Inscriptions
09/2023 | 1446 | 165
Pages: 1032-33
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Reviewer:
Shiff, Richard (Shiff, Richard)
Subjects
artists:
Twombly, Cy
subjects:
American art / Inscriptions / Literature in art
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Cy Twombly Inscriptions By Thierry Greub. Six vols, 2,280 pp. incl. approx. 2000 col. + b. & w. ills. (Brill Fink, Paderborn, 2022), €1,298. ISBN 978–3–7705–6620–4. | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Untitled, part I, by Cy Twombly. 1988. Acrylic, tempera, oil and pencil on panel with a painted frame, 191.77 by 108.6 cm. (Menil Collection, Houston).
Article
Dante 1321–2021
03/2022 | 1428 | 164
Pages: 270-275
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Author:
Ekserdjian, David (Ekserdjian, David; E., D.)
Subjects
art literature:
Divine Comedy (Dante)
subjects:
Dante Alighieri / Anniversaries / Exhibitions / art history publishing / Illustrators / Book illustrations / Biographies / Italian School / Italian art / Literature / Literature in art
Reviewed Items
subjects:
John Dickson Batten: Illustrations for Dante’s ‘Inferno’. By Peter Hainsworth. 124 pp. incl. 48 col. ills (Panarc Publishing, Ringwood, Hampshire, 2021) £20, ISBN 978–19–161–5666–1. | :
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Scaramuzza: Le tavole per la Divina Commedia, with a preface by Carlo Ossola and texts by Vittorio Sgarbi, Lina Bolzoni and Simone Verde. 316 pp. incl. 283 col. + b. & w. ills. (Allemandi, Turin, 2021), €50. ISBN 978–88–422–2544–7. | :
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Visions of Heaven: Dante and the Art of Divine Light, by Martin Kemp. 240 pp. incl. 122 col. ills. (Lund Humphries, London, 2021), £45. ISBN 978–18–482–2467–4. | :
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Dante: The Invention of Celebrity, Ashmolean Museum, Oxford. (17th September 2021– 9th January 2022) | :
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An Ancient and Honourable Citizen of Florence: The Bargello and Dante, Museo Nazionale del Bargello, Florence (21st April–31st July 2021). | :
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Dante a Verona, Museo di Castelvecchio, Verona and elsewhere (2020-21) | :
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Dante e la cultura del Trecento a Mantova, Museo di Palazzo Ducale, Mantua (15th October 2021–9th January 2022), | :
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Dante: La visione dell’arte, Musei San Domenico, Forlì (30th April–11th July 2021) | :
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Inferno, Scuderie del Quirinale, Rome (15th October 2021–9th January 2022). | :
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Un splendor mi squarciò il velo: Dante illustrato: dal codice 3285 a Scaramuzza, Complesso Monumentale della Pilotta, Parma (20th November 2021–13th February 2022). | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Virgil, by the Master of Campionese. c.1220. Red Verona marble, 124 by 73 by 40 cm. (Musei Civici, Mantua; Bridgeman Images; exh. Musei San Domenico, Forlì).
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2. Frontispiece of Purgatory, from the Divine Comedy by Dante, copied by Francesco di ser Nardo da Barberino, illuminated by the Master of the Dominican Effigies. 1337. (Codex Trivulsiano 1080, fol.36r; Archivio Storico Civico e Biblioteca Trivulziana, Milan; exh. Museo Nazionale del Bargello, Florence).
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3. Dante Alighieri, by Andrea del Castagno. c.1450. Fresco transferred to canvas, 247 by 153 cm. (Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence; exh. Musei san Domenico, Forlì).
Attributed works:
4. That is the man who went to Hell and came back, by Francesco Saverio Altamura. 1860–65. Oil on canvas, 88 by 203 cm. (Museo dell’ Ottocento, Pescara; exh. Galleria d’Arte Moderna ‘Achille Forti’, Verona).
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5. Cope of Pope Boniface VIII. Opus cyprense, second half of the 13th century. Red silk and gold thread, 140 by 325 cm. (Chapter of the Cathedral Basilica, Anagni; exh. Musei San Domenico, Forlì).
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6. Tree of Life, by Pacino di Buonaguida. 1310–15. Tempera on panel, 248 by 170 cm. (Galleria dell’Accademia, Florence; exh. Museo Nazionale del Bargello, Florence).
Attributed works:
7. Dante in Oxford, from The Poet’s Corner, by Max Beerbohm, London 1904. Lithograph, 37 by 28 cm. (Ashmolean Museum, Oxford).
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8. Antaeus, by John Dickson Batten. 1897–1900. Pen-and-ink on paper, 18.4 by 27.7 cm. (Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford; courtesy the Principal and Fellows of Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford).
Exhibition Review
Jenny Holzer: Thing Indescribable. Guggenheim Bilbao
06/2019 | 1395 | 161
Pages: 515-517
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Reviewer:
Trigg, David M. (Trigg, David M.)
Subjects
artists:
Holzer, Jenny
dates:
2010-2019
media:
Installations (visual works)
museums and institutions:
Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, Bilbao, Spain
styles:
Kinetic / Light
subjects:
Poetry / Literature in art / Politics / Feminism / War / Violence
Illustrations
Attributed works:
26. For Bilbao, by Jenny Holzer. 2019. Projection, site-specific dimensions. (Courtesy the artist).
Attributed works:
27. Installation for Bilbao, by Jenny Holzer. 1997. Electronic LED signs, 9 columns site-specific dimensions (Courtesy the artist and Guggenheim Bilbao).
Attributed works:
28. Ram, by Jenny Holzer. 2016. Threesided LED sign, RGB diodes, 14 by 762 by 14 cm. (Courtesy the artist and Hauser & Wirth).
Exhibition Review
Edward Burne-Jones. Tate Britain, London
01/2019 | 1390 | 161
Pages: 72-74
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Reviewer:
Harrison, Martin (Harrison, Martin)
Subjects
art literature:
Ruskin, John
artists:
Burne-Jones, Edward
dates:
2010-2019
media:
Paintings / Drawings / Watercolours / Stained glass / Tapestries
museums and institutions:
Tate Britain, London, Great Britain
places:
Great Britain / London
subjects:
British painting / Pre-Raphaelite / Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood / Aesthetic Movement / Taste (aesthetics) / Style / Visual sources / Influence / Iconography / Portraits / Sitters / Women / Psychoanalysis / Design / Decorative arts / James Powell & Sons / Literature in art
Illustrations
Attributed works:
19. Depths of the sea, by Edward Burne-Jones. 1886. Canvas, 197 by 75 cm. (Private collection; exh. Tate Britain, London).
Attributed works:
20. Dido and Cleopatra from Chaucer’s ‘Legend of Good Women’, designed by Edward Burne-Jones and made by Morris, Marshall, Faulkner & Co. Stained glass panel, 47 by 50.4 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London; exh. Tate Britain, London).
Attributed works:
21. The wine of Circe, by Edward Burne-Jones. 1863–69. Watercolour and bodycolour on paper, 71.1 by 101.6 cm. (Private collection; exh. Tate Britain, London).
Book Review
Lorenzo Ghiberti’s Gates of Paradise: Humanism, History, and Artistic Philosophy in the Italian Renaissance. By Amy R. Bloch; Il Paradiso ritrovato: Il restauro della Porta del Ghiberti. Edited by Annamaria Giusti
11/2018 | 1388 | 160
Pages: 979-980
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Reviewer:
Palozzi, Luca (Palozzi, Luca)
Subjects
art literature:
Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo / Vitruvius / Pliny, the Elder, 23-79 AD
artists:
Ghiberti, Lorenzo / Bonanno Pisano
dates:
1400-1499 / 1400-1449
media:
Sculpture / Bronzes / Doorways
museums and institutions:
Opificio delle Pietre Dure, Florence, Italy / Museo dell'Opera del Duomo, Florence, Italy
places:
Italy / Florence
subjects:
Italian sculpture / Art theory / Classical literature / Literature in art / Philosophy / Theology / Aesthetics / Optics / Humanism / Cultural history / Visual sources / Iconography / Christian iconography / Creation of the World / Restoration (process) / Scientific analysis / Technical analysis
Illustrations
Attributed works:
3. Genesis, from the east door of the Baptistery, Florence, by Lorenzo Ghiberti. 1425–52. Gilded bronze, 79.4 by 79.4 cm. (Museo dell’Opera del Duomo, Florence).
Book Review
Painting and Narrative in France, from Poussin to Gauguin. Edited by Peter Cooke and Nina Lübbren
09/2018 | 1386 | 160
Pages: 801
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Reviewer:
Lee, Simon (Lee, Simon)
Subjects
art literature:
Lessing, Gotthold Ephraim, 1729-1781
artists:
Poussin, Nicolas / Gauguin, Paul / Le Brun, Charles / David, Jacques-Louis / Delacroix, Eugène / Delaroche, Paul / Gérôme, Jean-Léon / Moreau, Gustave / Robert, Louis Léopold / Orsel, André Jacques Victor
dates:
1650-1699 / 1700-1799 / 1800-1899
media:
Paintings
places:
France
subjects:
French painting / History paintings / Conferences / Essays / Critical Reception / Art criticism / Ancien Régime (France) / Second Empire (France: 1852-1870) / Literature in art / Theatre (discipline) / Historiography
Illustrations
Attributed works:
3. The Execution of the Doge Marino Faliero, by Eugène Delacroix. 1825–26. Canvas, 145.6 by 113.8 cm. (Wallace Collection, London).
Book Review
Artemisia Gentileschi in a Changing Light. Edited by Sheila Barker.
09/2018 | 1386 | 160
Pages: 796-797
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Reviewer:
Spear, Richard E. (Spear, Richard E.)
Subjects
art literature:
Garrard, Mary D., Washington DC, United States / Bissell, R. Ward / Solinas, F. / Locker, Jesse
artists:
Gentileschi, Artemisia / Caravaggio, Michelangelo Merisi da / Gentileschi, Orazio / Michelangelo / Donatello / Rembrandt van Rijn / Cesari, Giuseppe, called Il Cavaliere d'Arpino / Vouet, Simon / Sirani, Elisabetta
artists:
Vaiani, Anna Maria
dates:
1600-1649
media:
Paintings
museums and institutions:
Medici Archive Project, Florence, Italy
patrons:
Barberini, Francesco, Cardinal, 1597-1679 / Dal Pozzo, Cassiano, 1588-1657
places:
Italy / Florence
subjects:
Italian painting / Catalogues raisonnés / Attributions / Attributions, former / Attribution / Archives / Correspondence / Monographs / Conferences / Style / Dating / Study and teaching / Poetry / Music / Iconography / Christian iconography / Mary Magdalene, Saint / Medea / Literature / Literature in art / Classical literature / Influence / Portraits / Self-portraits / Barberini family / Patronage / Feminism
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Mary Magdalene in ecstasy, by Artemisia Gentileschi. c.1620–25. Canvas, 80 by 106 cm. (Private collection).
Exhibition Review
Glasgow International. Various locations
07/2018 | 1384 | 160
Pages: 599-601
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Reviewer:
Thompson, Susannah (Thompson, Susannah)
Subjects
art literature:
Obrist, Hans-Ulrich
artists:
Himid, Lubaina / Jane, E. / Pandhal, Hardeep / Eatough, Graham / Sutcliffe, Stephen / Peter, Mick / Leckey, Mark / Kiwanga, Kapwani / Shani, Tai / Nicoll, Janie / Rutherford, Ailie / Ottinger, Ulrike / Ferrer, Esther / Linder / Fields, Duggie / Fields, Duggie
dates:
2010-2019
media:
Paintings / Sculpture / Videos / Mixed media / Installations (visual works) / Performance art / Ceramics / Art objects
museums and institutions:
Transmission Gallery, Glasgow, Great Britain / The Modern Institute, Glasgow, Great Britain / Gallery of Modern Art, Glasgow, Great Britain / Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum, Glasgow, Great Britain / Kelvin Hall, Glasgow, Great Britain / Tramway, Glasgow, Great Britain / Centre for Contemporary Arts, Glasgow, Great Britain / Trongate 103, Glasgow, Great Britain / Platform, Glasgow, Great Britain / Glasgow Project Room, Glasgow, Great Britain / Many Studios, Glasgow, Great Britain / Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, Glasgow, Great Britain
places:
Great Britain / Glasgow
subjects:
Glasgow International / Conceptual art / Gender / Race / Class / Politics / Feminism / Theatre design / Literature in art
subjects:
Science fiction / Cultural tourism / Colonialism / Postcolonialism
Illustrations
Attributed works:
31. Installation view of Duggie Fields at The Modern Institute, Osborne Street, Glasgow (photograph Patrick Jameson).
Attributed works:
32. Performance photograph of Dark continent: SEMIRAMIS, by Tai Shani. Tramway, Glasgow (photograph Keith Hunter).
Attributed works:
33. Installation view of The regenerators, by Mick Peter at Dalmarnock Gas Purifier Shed, Glasgow (photograph Keith Hunter).
Exhibition Review
Joan Jonas. Tate Modern, London
07/2018 | 1384 | 160
Pages: 595-597
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Reviewer:
Boaden, James (Boaden, James)
Subjects
artists:
Jonas, Joan
dates:
2010-2019
media:
Performance art / Videos / Drawings / Sculpture / Installations (visual works)
museums and institutions:
Tate Modern, London, Great Britain
places:
Great Britain / London
subjects:
Performance artists / Surveys / Dating / Literature in art / Visual sources / Influence
subjects:
Audiences
Illustrations
Attributed works:
26. Cones/May windows (after mirage) II, by Joan Jonas. 1976/2014. (Gavin Brown’s Enterprise, Rome; installa-tion view at Tate Modern, London, 2018).
Attributed works:
27. The juniper tree, by Joan Jonas. 1976/1994. (Tate, London; installation view at Tate Modern, London, 2018).
Exhibition Review
Delacroix (1798–1863). Musée du Louvre, Paris; A Modern Struggle: From Delacroix to the Present Day. Musée National Eugène Delacroix, Paris
07/2018 | 1384 | 160
Pages: 586-589
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Reviewer:
Lee, Simon (Lee, Simon)
Subjects
artists:
Delacroix, Eugène
buildings:
Church of Saint-Sulpice, Paris, France
dates:
2010-2019
media:
Paintings / Prints / Drawings
museums and institutions:
Musée du Louvre, Paris, France / Musée national Eugène Delacroix, Paris, France / Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, United States
places:
France / Paris / United States / New York
subjects:
French painting / Surveys / Salons (art exhibitions) / Portraits / Landscapes (visual works) / Animal Paintings / Flower pieces / Restoration (process) / Conservation / Hamlet / Literature in art / Colour / Orientalism / Exoticism / Gender / Visual sources / Influence / Wall paintings
subjects:
Colonialism
Illustrations
Attributed works:
14. Hamlet and Horatio in the cemetery, by Eugène Delacroix. 1839. Canvas, 81 by 65 cm. (Musée du Louvre, Paris).
Attributed works:
15. Women of Algiers in their apartment, by Eugène Delacroix. 1834. Canvas, 180 by 229 cm. (Musée du Louvre, Paris).
Attributed works:
16. Detail of Jacob wrestling with the Angel, by Eugène Delacroix. 1859–61. Oil and wax on plaster. (Church of St Sulpice, Paris; exh. Musée du Louvre, Paris).
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