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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
Non-western art unattributed:
11. Detail of Fig.12
Non-western art unattributed:
12. Apse of the church of Santiago Apóstol, Chalchupa
Non-western art unattributed:
13. Detail of Fig.12
Non-western art unattributed:
14. Detail of crowning of façade from the back of the church of Santiago Apóstol, Chalchupa
Non-western art unattributed:
15. Cupola of the church of Santiago Apóstol, Chalchupa
Non-western art unattributed:
16. Façade of the church of S. Pedro, Metapán. 1736-43
Non-western art unattributed:
17. Nave of the church of S. Pedro, Metapán. 1736-43
Non-western art unattributed:
18. Façade of the church of El Pilar, San Vicente. 1762-69
Non-western art unattributed:
19. Detail of left lateral wall and cupola of the church of El Pilar, San Vicente
Non-western art unattributed:
20. Detail of Fig.18
Non-western art unattributed:
21. Detail of Fig.18
Non-western art unattributed:
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
Exhibition Review
Made in the Americas
12/2015 | 1353 | 157
Pages: 885-886
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Reviewer:
Zafran, Eric (Zafran, Eric)
Subjects
dates:
2010-2019
museums and institutions:
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, United States / Winterthur Museum, Winterthur, Delaware, United States
places:
United States / Boston
places:
Winterthur (DE)
subjects:
Reviews / Exhibitions / Art objects / Furniture / Textiles / Paintings / Mexican / Latin American / Spanish Colonial
Illustrations
Attributed works:
87. Nicholas Boylston, by John Singleton Copley. c.1769 (Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)
Non-western art unattributed:
86. Desk and bookcase, Puebla de Los Angeles, Mexico, mid-eighteenth century (Ann and Gordon Getty Collection; exh. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)
Non-western art unattributed:
89. Bedcover, probably Peruvian, colonial. 1661 (Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)
Western art unattributed:
88. Altar frontal with the Dove of the Holy Spirit, made by the Ursuline nuns of Quebec City. c.1700 (Collection de monastère des Ursulines de Québec; exh. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)
Book Review
Painting in Latin America, 1550–1820: From Conquest to Independence, L.E. Alcalá and J. Brown, eds.
12/2015 | 1353 | 157
Pages: 856
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Reviewer:
Cruz González, Cristina (Cruz González, Cristina)
Subjects
dates:
1550-1599 / 1600-1799 / 1810-1819
subjects:
Paintings / Latin American / Spanish Colonial / Art historiography
subjects:
Mexican School / Mexican painting
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
Amsterdam broadsheets as sources for a painted screen in Mexico City, c.1700
06/2014 | 1335 | 156
Pages: 356-365
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Author:
Hale , Meredith M. (Hale , Meredith M. )
Subjects
artists:
Hooghe, Romeyn de
dates:
1700-1709
subjects:
Visual sources / Screens (furniture) / Mexican / Newspapers / Prints / Published illustrations / Dutch / Spanish Colonial / Hunting / Battles / Iconography
subjects:
Paintings / Furniture
Illustrations
Attributed works:
10. Siege of Belgrade, by Romeyn de Hooghe (Koninklijke Bibliotheek, The Hague)
Attributed works:
5. Siege of Vienna, by Romeyn de Hooghe. Etching and typeset text (Atlas van Stolk, Rotterdam)
Attributed works:
6. Siege of Vienna, by Romeyn de Hooghe (Koninklijke Bibliotheek, The Hague)
Attributed works:
8. Taking the Turkish standard, by Romeyn de Hooghe. From IOVI PROPITIO MARTI BIS ULTORI MDCLXXXIII..., Amsterdam 1683 (Koninklijke Bibliotheek, The Hague)
Attributed works:
9. Title page of IOVI PROPITIO MARTI BIS ULTORI MDCLXXXIII..., Amsterdam 1683, by Romeyn de Hooghe (Koninklijke Bibliotheek, The Hague)
Non-western art unattributed:
1. Folding screen with the Siege of Vienna (front). Mexico (Museo Nacional del Virreinato, INAH, Tepotzotlán, Mexico)
Non-western art unattributed:
2. Folding screen with a Hunting scene. Back of Fig. 1
Non-western art unattributed:
3. Folding screen with the Siege of Belgrade (front). Mexico (Brooklyn Museum, gift of Lilla Brown in memory of her husband, John W. Brown, by exchange)
Non-western art unattributed:
4. Folding screen with a Hunting scene. Back of Fig. 3
Western art unattributed:
11. Typeset text accompanying Fig. 10
Western art unattributed:
7. Typeset text accompanying Fig. 6
Publication Received
Art in Spain and the Hispanic World. Essays in Honor of Jonathan Brown
09/2012 | 1314 | 154
Pages: 648
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Reviewer:
Mulcahy, Rosemarie (Mulcahy, Rosemarie)
Subjects
art literature:
Brown, Jonathan
dates:
2000-2009
museums and institutions:
Frick Collection, New York, United States
print:
Spanish art
subjects:
Festschriften / Spanish painting / Spanish sculpture / Spanish architecture / Papers / Spanish Colonial School / Spanish / Spanish Colonial / Sculpture / Paintings / Architecture
subjects:
Conferences
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Art in Spain and the Hispanic World. Essays in Honor of Jonathan Brown | editor: Schroth, Sarah Walker
Article
The ‘St Sebastian’ of Los Andes: a Chilean cultural treasure re-examined
11/2011 | 1304 | 153
Pages: 721-726
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Author:
Bailey, Gauvin Alexander (Bailey, Gauvin Alexander)
Author:
Guzmán, Fernando (Guzmán, Fernando)
Subjects
artists:
Engelhard, Adam
artists:
Bitterich, Johannes
buildings:
Santa Rosa de Los Andes, Los Andes, Chile
dates:
1730-1739
places:
Chile
print:
Polychromed wood sculpture
print:
Engelhard, Adam
subjects:
Sebastian, Saint
subjects:
Sculpture / Wood sculpture / Polychromy / Religious art / Attribution / Attributions / Attributions, tentative / German sculpture / Latin American / Spanish Colonial
Illustrations
Attributed works:
14. St Sebastian, here attributed to Adam Engelhard. c.1730–35. Polychrome American cedar with glass eyes, 195 by 95 by 73 cm. (Church of S. Rosa de Los Andes, Chile; photograph by Fernando Guzmán).
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15. Detail of Fig.14.
Attributed works:
16. Detail of Fig.14.
Attributed works:
17. St Ignatius of Loyola, by Johannes Bitterich. 1711. Polychrome wood. (Martinskirche, Bamberg; photograph by Fernando Guzmán).
Attributed works:
18. St Francis Xavier, by Johannes Bitterich. 1711. Polychrome wood. (Martinskirche, Bamberg; photograph by Fernando Guzmán).
Attributed works:
19. St Francis Borgia, by Johannes Bitterich. 1711. Polychrome wood. (Martinskirche, Bamberg; photograph by Peta Gillyatt Bailey).
Attributed works:
21. St Aloysius Gonzaga, by Johannes Bitterich. 1711. Polychrome wood. (Martinskirche, Bamberg; photograph by Peta Gillyatt Bailey).
Attributed works:
22. James Chisai, by Johannes Bitterich. 1711. Polychrome wood. (Martinskirche, Bamberg; photograph by Peta Gillyatt Bailey).
Attributed works:
23. St Sebastian, by Konrad Hegenauer. c.1760. Polychrome wood. (Marienkapelle, Sankt Georg und Jacobus, Isny im Allgäu; photograph by Peta Gillyatt Bailey).
Attributed works:
26. Death of St Francis Xavier, attributed to Jacob Kellner. After 1748. Polychrome wood, 50 by 170 by 80 cm. (Cathedral Museum, Santiago; photograph by Fernando Guzmán).
Attributed works:
27. Pulpit (detail), attributed to Georg Lanz. After 1751. (Church of La Merced, Santiago).
Attributed works:
St Stanislas Kostka, by Johannes Bitterich. 1711. Polychrome wood (Martinskirche, Bamberg)
Western art unattributed:
24. St Sebastian, anonymous. First half of the eighteenth century. Polychrome wood. (Church of Maria Schnee, Lehenbühl; photograph by Peta Gillyatt Bailey).
Western art unattributed:
25. St Sebastian, anonymous. First half of the eighteenth century. Polychrome wood. (Church of St Wolfgang, Kleukheim; photograph by Peta Gillyatt Bailey).
Exhibition Review
Painting in the Hispanic Kingdoms. Madrid and Mexico City
04/2011 | 1297 | 153
Pages: 286-287
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Reviewer:
Bassegoda i Hugas, Bonaventura (Bassegoda i Hugas, Bonaventura; Hugas, Bonaventura Bassegoda i)
Subjects
dates:
2010-2019
museums and institutions:
Palacio de Cultura Banamex, Mexico City, Mexico / Palacio Real de Madrid, Madrid, Spain / Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid, Spain
places:
Spain / Mexico / Mexico City / Madrid
print:
Spanish colonial paintings
subjects:
Reviews / Exhibitions / Spanish Colonial / Spanish Colonial School / Paintings
subjects:
New World Exploration
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Pintura de los Reinos. Iden­tidades compartidas en el mundo hispánico | institution: Museo Nacional del Prado , institution: Palacio de Cultura Banamex , institution: Palacio Real de Madrid
Illustrations
Attributed works:
94. Allegory of the name of the Virgin Mary, by Cristóbal de Villalpando. c.1690–1700. Canvas, 183 by 291 cm. (Museo de la Basílica de Santa María de Guadalupe, Mexico City; exh. Palacio de Cultura Banamex, Mexico City).
Attributed works:
95. The Immaculate Conception, by Alonso Vázquez. c.1590. Canvas, 283 by 206 cm. (Museo de Bellas Artes, Seville; exh. Palacio de Cultura Banamex, Mexico City).
Exhibition Review
Missionary art of Northern New Spain. Tijuana
10/2010 | 1291 | 152
Pages: 702-703
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Reviewer:
Wilson, Timothy (Wilson, Timothy; W., T. H.; W., T.; Wilson, Timothy H.; Thw)
Subjects
dates:
2010-2019
museums and institutions:
Centro Cultural, Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico
museums and institutions:
Antiguo Colegio de San Ildefonso, Mexico City, Mexico / Oakland Museum of California, Oakland, United States
museums and institutions:
San Antonio Museum of Art, San Antonio, United States
museums and institutions:
Museo Amparo, Puebla, Mexico
places:
Mexico City
places:
Puebla (Mexico) / Mexico / Oakland (United States) / San Antonio (United States) / United States
places:
Tijuana
print:
Missionary art
subjects:
Reviews / Exhibitions / Religious art / Spanish Colonial / Spanish Colonial School
subjects:
Mexican painting / Mexican sculpture
Reviewed Items
subjects:
The Arts of the Missions of Northern New Spain, 1600–1821 | institution: Antiguo Colegio de San Ildefonso , institution: Centro Cultural , institution: Oakland Museum of California , institution: San Antonio Museum of Art
Illustrations
Western art unattributed:
55. Mezquital Crucifixion. Anonymous artist working in New Spain. c.1585. Polychromed cornstalk paste, 160 by 140 by 50 cm. (Durango Cathedral; exh. Centro Cultural, Tijuana).
Western art unattributed:
56. St Francis of Assisi. Anonymous artist working in ?Spain. Seventeenth century. Carved, polychromed and gilded wood, 130 by 65 cm. (Museo Nacional del Virreinato, Tepoltzotlán; exh. Centro Cultural, Tijuana).
Western art unattributed:
57. The martyrdom of San Felipe de Jesús. Anonymous artist working in New Spain. c.1650. Canvas, 152.4 by 121.9 cm. (Museo Regional de Guadalupe; exh. Centro Cultural, Tijuana).
Exhibition Review
Latin America 1492-1820. Philadelphia, Mexico City and Los Angeles
11/2007 | 1256 | 149
Pages: 807-810
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Reviewer:
Bray, Xavier (Bray, Xavier)
Subjects
dates:
2000-2009 / 1490-1499 / 1500-1799 / 1800-1819
museums and institutions:
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, United States / Antiguo Colegio de San Ildefonso, Mexico City, Mexico / Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, United States
places:
Philadelphia / Los Angeles / Mexico City / United States / Mexico
print:
Latin American art
subjects:
Reviews / Exhibitions / Art / Decorative arts / Religious art / Latin American / Aztec / Spanish Colonial
Reviewed Items
subjects:
The Arts in Latin America 1492–1820 | institution: Antiguo Colegio de San Ildefonso , institution: Los Angeles County Museum of Art , institution: Philadelphia Museum of Art
Illustrations
Attributed works:
86. Don Francisco de la Robe and his sons Pedro and Domingo, by Andrés Sánchez Gallque. 1599. Canvas, 92 by 175 cm. (Museo del Prado, Madrid, on deposit at the Museo de América, Madrid; exh. Los Angeles County Museum of Art).
Non-western art unattributed:
82. Christ Child of Huanca. Peru, c.1600–10. Polychromed wood with gilding, 82 cm. high. (Church of San Pedro, Lima; exh. Los Angeles County Museum of Art).
Non-western art unattributed:
83. Altarpiece of the Virgin of Sorrows. Mexico, c.1690. Gilt and polychromed wood, oil on panel and canvas, silver and cloth, 615 by 425.3 by 74 cm. (Fundación Televisa A.C., Mexico City; exh. Los Angeles County Museum of Art).
Non-western art unattributed:
84. Feather mitre with infulae. Mexico, sixteenth century. Feathers glued on parchment and textile with embroidery, 40.5 by 29 cm. (mitre); 42 by 10 cm. (infulae). (Museo degli Argenti, Palazzo Pitti, Florence; exh. Los Angeles County Museum of Art).
Non-western art unattributed:
85. Ecce Homo. Mexico, late sixteenth century. Corn paste, painted, 54.5 cm. high. (Patrimonio Nacional, Monasterio de las Descalzas Reales, Madrid; exh. Los Angeles County Museum of Art).
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