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Book Review
La sagrestia di Michelangelo: Nuovi studi e restauro
02/2025 | 1463 | 167
Pages: 191–193
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Lupi, Livia (Lupi, Livia; Lupi, Livia)
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La sagrestia di Michelangelo: Nuovi studi e restauro Edited by Monica Bietti and Claudia Echinger- Maurach. 376 pp. incl. 330 col. + 50 b. & w. ills. (Mandragora, Florence, 2023), €80. ISBN 978–88–7461–668–8. | :
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4. Detail of Twilight, by Michelangelo Buonarroti. c.1524–c.1531. Marble. (New Sacristy, S. Lorenzo, Florence).
Book Review
Building Santa Maria Novella: Materials, Tradition and Invention in Late Medieval Florence
04/2024 | 1453 | 166
Pages: 421–423
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Howard, Deborah (Howard, Deborah)
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Building Santa Maria Novella: Materials, Tradition and Invention in Late Medieval Florence By Elizabeth Bradford Smith. 222 pp. incl. 116 col. + b. & w. ills. (L’Erma di Bretschneider, Rome, 2022), €170. ISBN 978–88–913–2609–6. | :
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3. Ground-plan of the nave of S. Maria Novella, Florence (after E.B. Smith: Building Santa Maria Novella, Rome 2022).
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4. Nave of S. Maria Novella, Florence. 1279–1355.
Book Review
La chiesa di Santa Maria dei Servi e la comunità veneziana dei Servi di Maria (secoli XIV–XIX)
12/2023 | 1449 | 165
Pages: 1374–1375
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Humfrey, Peter (Humfrey, Peter)
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La chiesa di Santa Maria dei Servi e la comunità veneziana dei Servi di Maria (secoli XIV–XIX) Edited by Eveline Baseggio, Tiziana Franco and Luca Molà. 562 pp. incl. numerous col. + b. & w. ills. (Viella, Rome, 2023), €50. ISBN 979–12–5469–355–1. | :
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6. The remains of the west façade of S. Maria dei Servi, Venice. (Photograph Francesco Turio Böhm).
Book Review
Giuliano da Sangallo and the Ruins of Rome
07/2023 | 1444 | 165
Pages: 800–802
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Strauch, Timo (Strauch, Timo)
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Giuliano da Sangallo and the Ruins of Rome By Cammy Brothers. 320 pp. incl. 211 col. + 53 b. & w. ills. (Princeton University Press, Princeton NJ and Oxford, 2022), £62. ISBN 978–0–691–19379–3. | :
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Roma ritrovata: Disegni sconosciuti della cerchia dei Sangallo alla Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale di Firenze Edited by Anna Rebecca Sartore, Arnold Nesselrath, Simona Mammana and David Speranzi. 271 pp. incl. 102 col. ills. (Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale, Florence, 2022). ISBN 978–88–8366–098–6. | :
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1. Substructions of the Claudianum on the Caelian Hill and of the Portico di Cacabari on Via di S. Maria dei Calderari, Rome. Early sixteenth century. Pen and ink, wash and white heightening over a metalpoint preparation with ruler and compass on parchment, 48.8 by 38.4 cm. (Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale, Florence; Gino Capponi 386, fol.11r).
Exhibition Review
Raffaello: Nato Architetto
07/2023 | 1444 | 165
Pages: 781–784
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Hemsoll, David (Hemsoll, David)
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Raffaello: Nato Architetto Palladio Museum, Vicenza 7th April–9th July | :
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5. Installation view of Raffaello: Nato Architetto at the Palladio Museum, Vicenza, 2023. (Courtesy Centro Internazionale di Studi di Architettura Andrea Palladio, Vicenza; photograph Lorenzo Ceretta).
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7. Model of Palazzo Branconio dell’Aquila, Rome. (Photograph David Hemsoll).
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6. The eastern and northern façades of the courtyard of Palazzo Branconio dell’Aquila, Rome, by an anonymous Italian draughtsman. c.1545–56. Pen and ink with watercolour, 28.4 by 21.2 cm. (Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale, Florence; exh. Palladio Museum, Vicenza).
Book Review
On Bramante
01/2023 | 1438 | 165
Pages: 93-94
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Hemsoll, David (Hemsoll, David)
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On Bramante By Pier Paolo Tamburelli. 348 pp. incl. 32 col. + 43 b. & w. ills. (MIT Press, Cambridge MA and London, 2022), £36. ISBN 978–0–262–54342–2. | :
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3. Design for St Peter’s, Rome, by Donato Bramante. 1506 or later. Pen and wash on parchment, 54 by 111 cm. (Gallerie degli Uffizi, Florence).
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The source for Lutyens’s Memorial to the Missing of the Somme
08/2022 | 1433 | 164
Pages: 773-779
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Hopkins, Andrew (Hopkins, Andrew)
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1. Memorial to the Missing of the Somme, Thiepval, designed by Edwin Lutyens and built 1927–32. (Wikimedia Commons).
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10. Plan and elevations of the Memorial to the Missing of the Somme, Thiepval, by Roderick Gradidge. 1995. Pen and ink on paper, 15 by 13 cm. (Private collection).
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11. Arch of the Four Winds, Rome, wall of the central arch with ancient and modern spolia. (Photograph the author, 2022).
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12. The Garibaldi Ossuary Mausoleum, Rome, designed by Giovanni Jacobucci and built 1939–41. (Wikimedia Commons).
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13. Some of the names of the Lost on the Memorial to the Missing of the Somme, Thiepval. (Photograph the author, 2022).
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2. Arch of the Four Winds, Rome, designed by Andrea Busiri Vici and built 1857–59, seen from the west. (Photograph Enrico Luciani, Comitato Gianicolo, Rome 2002).
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3. The destroyed casino dei Quattro Venti in 1849, by the circle of Stefano Lecchi. Watercolour on card, 43 by 60 cm. (Collezione Apolloni, Rome).
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4. The damaged Porta San Pancrazio, Rome, by Virginio Vespignani. 1854. Pen and coloured washes, 55 by 110 cm. (sheet). (Courtesy of Nuova Argos, Rome).
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5. The restored Porta San Pancrazio, Rome, by Virginio Vespignani. 1854. Pen and coloured washes, (sheet 55 by 110 cm. (sheet). (Courtesy of Nuova Argos, Rome).
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6. The Arch of the Four Winds, Rome, seen from the west. (Photograph the author, 2022).
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7. The Arch of the Four Winds, Rome, detail of the interior. (Photograph the author, 2022).
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8. The Arch of Janus (after Piranesi), Rome, by Thomas Girtin. 1798. Watercolour with pen and brown ink over graphite on paper, 21.1 by 30.8 cm. (Yale Center for British Art, New Haven).
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9. The Arch of Constantine, Rome, by Charles Smeaton. 1855. Albumen print on card, 23 by 18.5 cm. (The British School at Rome, Parker Collections).
Exhibition Review
Medioevo a Pistoia: Crocevia di artisti fra Romanico e Gotico
05/2022 | 1430 | 164
Pages: 495-497
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Palozzi, Luca (Palozzi, Luca)
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Medioevo a Pistoia: Crocevia di artisti fra Romanico e Gotico Antico Palazzo dei Vescovi and Museo Civico, Pistoia 27th November 2021–8th May 2022 | :
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4. Fragments of fresco painting in the chapel of St Nicholas in Antico Palazzo dei Vescovi, Pistoia. 14th century.
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5. Fragment from the staircase parapet of the pulpit in S. Giovanni Fuorcivitas, by Fra’ Guglielmo and assistants. c.1270. Marble and verre églomisé, 102 by 80 by 5.5 cm. (Museo Diocesano, Pistoia; photograph Lorenzo Gori).
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6. St Francis receiving the stigmata, by Nicola Pisano. Marble, 59.8 by 62.7 by approx. 6 cm. (Museo Civico, Pistoia).
Book Review
Objects, Relics, and Migrants: The Basilica of Sant’Ambrogio in Milan and the Cult of its Saints (386–972)
04/2022 | 1429 | 164
Pages: 419-421
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Quadri, Irene (Quadri, Irene)
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Objects, Relics, and Migrants: The Basilica of Sant’Ambrogio in Milan and the Cult of its Saints (386–972) By Ivan Foletti. 250 pp. incl. 106 col. + 38 b. & w. ills. (Viella, Rome, 2020), €45. ISBN 978–88– 6728–950–9. | :
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2. Detail of the reverse of the Golden Altar, S. Ambrogio, Milan. 824–59. (Photograph Domenico Ventura).
Book Review
Intagli rococo : Professionalita  ed elaborazione del gusto negli interni del Palazzo Reale di Torino
03/2022 | 1428 | 164
Pages: 318-320
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Zanuso, Susanna (Zanuso, Susanna)
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Intagli rococò: Professionalità ed elaborazione del gusto negli interni del Palazzo Reale di Torino By Aurora Laurenti. 284 pp. incl. numerous col. ills. (Accademia University Press, Turin, 2020), €24. ISBN 978–88–319–7856–9. | :
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6. Detail of the Summer Apartment, Gabinetto del Pregadio, Palazzo Reale, Turin, showing carved and pastiglia decorations on the wall panelling and pier table, by Giovanni Luigi Bosso. 1738–40. (Royal Palace, Royal Museums, Turin; photograph Aurora Laurenti).
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