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Exhibition Review
Dürer to Van Dyck: Drawings from Chatsworth House
02/2025 | 1463 | 167
Pages: 172–175
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Reviewer:
Horbatsch, Olenka (Horbatsch, Olenka)
Subjects
artists:
Rubens, Peter Paul / Dyck, Anthony van / Rembrandt van Rijn / Holbein, Hans the Younger, ca. 1497-1543 / Dürer, Albrecht / Gossaert, Jan / Goltzius, Hendrick / Savery, Roelant / Hollar, Wenceslaus
dates:
1500-1599 / 1600-1649 / 2020-2030
museums and institutions:
Chatsworth, Derbyshire, Great Britain
museums and institutions:
Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh, Great Britain
subjects:
German art / Dutch art / Flemish art / Drawings
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Dürer to Van Dyck: Drawings from Chatsworth House Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh 9th November 2024–23rd February 2025 | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
10. Arcadian landscape, by Hendrick Goltzius. 1593. Pen and black ink, 35.7 by 46.8 cm. (Chatsworth House, Derbyshire; exh. National Galleries of Scotland, Edinburgh).
Attributed works:
11. A dying tree, its trunk covered in brambles, beside a fence, by Peter Paul Rubens. c.1618. Pen, brown ink, red and black chalk and watercolour, 35.2 by 29.8 cm. (Chatsworth House, Derbyshire; exh. National Galleries of Scotland, Edinburgh).
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12. View of the Amsteldijk at Meerzhuizen, looking towards the little windmill, by Rembrandt. c.1648–50. Pen, brown ink and brown wash with watercolour on paper prepared with brown wash, 13 by 21.2 cm. (Chatsworth House, Derbyshire; exh. National Galleries of Scotland, Edinburgh).
Exhibition Review
Paula Modersohn-Becker: Ich bin Ich / I Am Me
01/2025 | 1462 | 167
Pages: 46-8
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Reviewer:
Buenger, Barbara Copeland (Buenger, Barbara Copeland)
Subjects
artists:
Modersohn-Becker, Paula
dates:
2020-2030
museums and institutions:
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, United States
subjects:
German art / Women artists
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Paula Modersohn-Becker: Ich bin Ich / I Am Me Art Institute of Chicago 10th October 2024–13th January 2025 | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
16. Mädchen zwischen Bäumen auf einer Wiese mit blühenden Anemonen sitzend, by Paula Modersohn- Becker. c.1901. Oil tempera on canvas, 110 by 100 cm. (Paula- Modersohn- Becker-Stiftung, Bremen; exh. Art Institute of Chicago).
Book Review
Peintures germaniques des collections françaises (1370–1550)
12/2024 | 1461 | 166
Pages: 1264–7
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Reviewer:
Viehweger, Lea (Viehweger, Lea)
Subjects
art literature:
Catalogues / Exhibition catalogues
dates:
2020-2030
museums and institutions:
Musée des Beaux-Arts, Besançon, France / Musée des Beaux Arts de Dijon, Dijon, France / Musée d'Unterlinden, Colmar, France
places:
France
subjects:
German art / Art museums / Holy Roman Empire
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Peintures germaniques des collections françaises (1370–1550) Edited by Isabelle Dubois-Brinkmann and Aude Briau. 416 pp. incl. 200 ills. (Éditions Faton, Paris, and Institut national d’histoire de l’art, Dijon, 2024), €39. ISBN 978–2–87844–348–6. | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
2. Emperor Augustus and the Tiburtine Sibyl, Konrad Witz. c.1435. Mixed media on panel, 108 by 83 cm. (Musée des Beaux-Arts, Dijon; Bridgeman Images).
Western art unattributed:
1. Tree of Jesse. Upper Rhenish, Basel(?), c.1490– 1500. Mixed media on panel, 213.4 by 229.5 cm. (Saint-George, Marckolsheim)
Western art unattributed:
3. St Catherine. Switzerland, c.1460. Oil on panel, 60 by 66 cm. (Museo Nazionale del Bargello, Florence).
Exhibition Review
Welterbe des Mittelalters: 1300 Jahre Klosterinsel Reichenau
10/2024 | 1459 | 166
Pages: 1059–62
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Cohen, Adam S. (Cohen, Adam S.)
Subjects
dates:
2020-2030
museums and institutions:
Archäologisches Landesmuseum Baden-Württemberg, Konstanz, Germany
places:
Reichenau
subjects:
Abbeys / German art / German architecture / Monks / Benedictines / Medieval art / Illuminated manuscripts / Churches
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Welterbe des Mittelalters: 1300 Jahre Klosterinsel Reichenau Archäologisches Landesmuseum Baden-Württemberg, Konstanz | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
4. St George, Reichenau. Nave, 9th–10th century; wall paintings, 10th century (photograph Theo Keller).
Attributed works:
5. St John the Evangelist, from the Gero Codex. c.969. Tempera and gold on parchment, 29.7 by 22.2 cm. (Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Darmstadt, Cod. 1948, fol.5v; exh. Archäologisches Landesmuseum Baden- Württemberg, Konstanz).
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6. The scribe Ruodprecht presents the book to Bishop Egbert, from the Egbert Psalter. c.980. Tempera and gold on parchment, each folio 23.8 by 18.8 cm. (Museo Archeologico Nazionale, Cividale del Friuli, Cod.136, fols.16v–17r; exh. Archäologisches Landesmuseum Baden- Württemberg, Konstanz).
Book Review
Dürer’s Lost Masterpiece: Art and Society at the Dawn of a Global World
10/2024 | 1459 | 166
Pages: 1084–5
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Reviewer:
Kunz, Armin (Kunz, Armin)
Subjects
artists:
Dürer, Albrecht
patrons:
Heller, Jakob / Fugger, Hans, 1531-1626
subjects:
Taste (aesthetics) / Material culture (genre) / Patronage / German art
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subjects:
Dürer’s Lost Masterpiece: Art and Society at the Dawn of a Global World By Ulinka Rublack. 448 pp. incl. 70 col. ills. (Oxford University Press, 2023), £30. ISBN 978–01–9887–310–5. | :
Book Review
‘Meine Tendenz ist die der Wahrheit’: Otto Griebel (1895–1972): Leben und Werk
10/2024 | 1459 | 166
Pages: 1090–91
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Porstmann, Gisbert (Porstmann, Gisbert)
Subjects
artists:
Griebel, Otto
artists:
Grosz, George / Dix, Otto
subjects:
German art / World War (1914-1918) / World War (1939-1945) / Politics / Satire
Reviewed Items
subjects:
‘Meine Tendenz ist die der Wahrheit’: Otto Griebel (1895–1972): Leben und Werk By Johannes Schmidt. 400 pp. incl. numerous col. + b. & w. ills. (Georg Olms Verlag, Baden- Baden, 2022), €88. ISBN 978–3–487–16093–1. | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
6. Self-portrait in front of Dresden burning, by Otto Griebel. 1945. Oil on canvas, 50.3 by 39.9 cm. (Museum der bildenden Künste, Leipzig).
Exhibition Review
Bauhaus and National Socialism
09/2024 | 1458 | 166
Pages: 968-71
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Reviewer:
Voigt, Wolfgang (Voigt, Wolfgang)
Subjects
dates:
2020-2030
museums and institutions:
Klassik Stiftung Weimar, Weimar, Germany
subjects:
Bauhaus / Nazism / German art / Gothic architecture / Designers / Design
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Bauhaus and National Socialism Klassik Stiftung Weimar 9th May–15th September | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
26. Cover for Die Neue Linie, designed by Kurt Kranz. 1937. Print, 36.5 by 27 cm. (Private collection; exh. Klassik Stiftung Weimar).
Attributed works:
27. Advertisement for the Association of German- Aryan Clothing Manufacturers (ADEFA), designed by Herbert Bayer. 1936/37. Colour lithograph, 59.9 by 41.9 cm. (Lentos Munstmuseum, Linz; exh. Klassik Stiftung Weimar).
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28. Copy of the entrance gate to the Buchenwald concentration camp, designed by Franz Ehrlich. 2009 (original 1938). Steel, 186 by 99 by 24 cm. (Gedenkstätte Buchenwald, Weimar; exh. Klassik Stiftung Weimar).
Exhibition Review
Anselm Kiefer: Fallen Angels
07/2024 | 1456 | 166
Pages: 740–2
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Reviewer:
Lai, Alyson (Lai, Alyson)
Subjects
artists:
Kiefer, Anselm
dates:
2020-2030
museums and institutions:
Palazzo Strozzi, Florence, Italy
subjects:
German art / Contemporary art
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Anselm Kiefer: Fallen Angels Palazzo Strozzi, Florence 22nd March–21st July | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
18. Luzifer, by Anselm Kiefer. 2012–23. Emulsion, oil, acrylic, shellac, gold leaf, sediment of electrolysis, fabric and photographic print on canvas, 3.3 by 7.6 m. (© Anselm Kiefer; photograph Ela Bialkowska; exh. Palazzo Strozzi, Florence).
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19. Engelssturz, by Anselm Kiefer. 2022–23. Emulsion, oil, acrylic, shellac, gold leaf, fabric, sediment of electrolysis and charcoal on canvas, 7.5 by 8.4 m. (© Anselm Kiefer; photograph Ela Bialkowska; exh. Palazzo Strozzi, Florence).
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20. Verstrahlte Bilder, by Anselm Kiefer. 1983– 2023. 60 painting elements and mirrors, overall dimensions 6 by 14.82 by 6.73 m. (© Anselm Kiefer; photograph Ela Bialkowska; exh. Palazzo Strozzi, Florence).
Book Review
Baroque Sculpture in Germany and Central Europe 1600–1770
04/2024 | 1453 | 166
Pages: 428–429
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Reviewer:
Kryza-Gersch, Claudia (Kryza-Gersch, Claudia)
Subjects
subjects:
German art / Baroque sculpture
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Baroque Sculpture in Germany and Central Europe 1600–1770 By Marjorie Trusted. 288 pp. incl. 150 col. + 3 b. & w. ills. (Harvey Miller Publishers, London, 2022), £50. ISBN 978–1–909400–95–5. | :
Exhibition Review
Art of Enterprise: Israhel van Meckenem’s fifteenth-century print workshop
02/2024 | 1451 | 166
Pages: 185–188
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Reviewer:
Kunz, Armin (Kunz, Armin)
Subjects
artists:
Meckenem, Israhel van, the younger, 1440/1445-1503
dates:
2020-2030
media:
Prints / Engravings
museums and institutions:
Chazen Museum of Art, Madison, United States
subjects:
German art / Printmakers
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Art of Enterprise: Israhel van Meckenem’s fifteenth-century print workshop Chazen Museum of Art, Madison 18th December 2023–24th March 2024 | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
10. Ornamental panel with the engraver’s name, by Israhel van Meckenem. c.1490s. Engraving, 18.6 by 25.9 cm. (Albertina Museum, Vienna; exh. Chazen Museum of Art, Madison).
Attributed works:
8. Four nude women, by Israhel van Meckenem. c.1498. Copper-plate, 20.5 by 13.5 cm. (Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, Massachusetts; exh. Chazen Museum of Art, Madison).
Attributed works:
9. Marriage of the Virgin, by Israhel van Meckenem. c. 1493. Engraving, 26.5 by 18.2 cm. (National Gallery of Art, Washington; exh. Chazen Museum of Art, Madison).
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