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Exhibition Review
Welterbe des Mittelalters: 1300 Jahre Klosterinsel Reichenau
10/2024 | 1459 | 166
Pages: 1059–62
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Reviewer:
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
Elias Holl (1573–1646): Meister Werk Stadt
03/2024 | 1452 | 166
Pages: 309–312
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Reviewer:
Fox, Celina (Fox, Celina)
Subjects
art literature:
Exhibition catalogues
artists:
Holl, Elias
dates:
2020-2030
places:
Augsburg
subjects:
German architecture
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Elias Holl (1573–1646): Meister Werk Stadt Edited by Christoph Emmendörffer and Christof Trepesch. 672 pp. incl. 770 col. + 23 b. & w. ills. (Maximilian Museum and Michael Imhof Verlag, 2023). €79. ISBN 978–3–7319–1358–0 | :
Illustrations
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4. Second model for the new city hall, Augsburg, by Elias Holl. 1614. Painted wood, 94.5 by 93 by 71.5 cm. (Kunstsammlungen und Museen, Augsburg).
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5. Allegory of Construction, by Johann Matthias Kager. c.1620. Chalk, ink and wash on paper, 31.8 by 34.2 cm. (Kupferstichkabinett, Berlin).
Attributed works:
6. Elias Holl, by Lucas Kilian. 1619. Engraving, 19.6 by 15.5 cm. (Kunstsammlungen und Museen, Augsburg).
Book Review
1000 Jahre Bartholomäuskapelle in Paderborn: Geschichte – Liturgie – Denkmalpflege
02/2021 | 1415 | 163
Pages: 180-181
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Reviewer:
Plant, Richard (Plant, Richard)
Subjects
buildings:
Chapel of St Bartholomew, Paderborn, Germany
subjects:
German architecture / Architectural history / Conservation
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1000 Jahre Bartholomäuskapelle in Paderborn: Geschichte – Liturgie – Denkmalpflege Edited by Norbert Börste and Stefan Kopp. 240 pp. incl. 204 col. + 59 b. & w. ills. (Michael Imhof, Petersberg, 2018), €29.95. ISBN 978–3–7319– 0621–6. | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
2. St Bartholomew, Paderborn. c.1000. (Photograph Ansgar Hoffmann).
Book Review
Die Büchersammlung Friedrich Gillys (1772–1800): Provenienz und Schicksal einer Architektenbibliothek im theoretischen Kontext des 18. Jahrhunderts
12/2020 | 1413 | 162
Pages: 1112
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Reviewer:
Bergdoll, Barry (Bergdoll, Barry)
Subjects
artists:
Gilly, Friedrich
places:
Berlin
subjects:
German architecture / Libraries / Academies / Bibliographies
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Die Büchersammlung Friedrich Gillys (1772–1800): Provenienz und Schicksal einer Architektenbibliothek im theoretischen Kontext des 18. Jahrhunderts By Michael Bollé and Maria Ocón Fernández. 592 pp. incl. 160 b. & w. ills. (Gebr. Mann Verlag, Berlin, 2019), €79. ISBN 978–3–7861–2791–8. | :
Book Review
Der Hochmeisterpalast auf der Marienburg: Konzeption, Bau und Nutzung der modernsten europäischen Fürstenresidenz um 1400 (Berliner Beiträge zur Bauforschung und Denkmalpflege, 17)
08/2020 | 1409 | 162
Pages: 717
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Reviewer:
Peltzer, Jörg (Peltzer, Jörg)
Subjects
buildings:
Marienburg Castle, Marienburg, Germany
places:
Marienburg
subjects:
Castles / German architecture / Architectural history
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Der Hochmeisterpalast auf der Marienburg: Konzeption, Bau und Nutzung der modernsten europäischen Fürstenresidenz um 1400 (Berliner Beiträge zur Bauforschung und Denkmalpflege, 17) By Christofer Herrmann. 600 pp. incl. 557 col. + 81 b. & w. ills. (Michael Imhoff Verlag, Petersberg, 2019), £90. ISBN 978–3–7319–0813–5. | :
Illustrations
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4. Sommerremter, assembly room at Marienburg (Malbork) Castle, Poland, facing south-west. (Photograph Christofer Herrmann).
Book Review
A Rare Treatise on Interior Decoration and Architecture: Joseph Friedrich zu Racknitz’s ‘Presentation and History of the Taste of the Leading Nations’
08/2020 | 1409 | 162
Pages: 718-719
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Reviewer:
Koot, Geert-Jan (Koot, Geert-Jan)
Subjects
artists:
Racknitz, Joseph Friedrich zu
patrons:
Friedrich August III, Elector of Saxony
places:
Dresden
subjects:
Interiors / German architecture / Taste (aesthetics)
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subjects:
A Rare Treatise on Interior Decoration and Architecture: Joseph Friedrich zu Racknitz’s ‘Presentation and History of the Taste of the Leading Nations’ Edited and translated by Simon Swynfen Jervis. 368 pp. incl. 59 col. + 58 b. & w. ills. (Getty Publications, Los Angeles, 2020), £65. ISBN 978–1–60606–624–9. | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
5. Arabesque taste, from J.F. zu Racknitz: Darstellung und Geschichte des Geschmacks der vorzüglichsten Völker , Leipzig 1796–99. Coloured engraving, 34 by 45 cm.
Exhibition Review
Gothic: Paderborn Cathedral and 13th-Century Architecture in Europe. Diözesanmuseum, Paderborn
12/2018 | 1389 | 160
Pages: 1047-1049
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Reviewer:
Gajewski, Alexandra (Gajewski, Alexandra)
Subjects
buildings:
Paderborn Cathedral, Paderborn, Germany
dates:
2010-2019
media:
Architecture / Architectural drawings / Sculpture / Reliefs / Ivories / Stained glass / Reliquaries
museums and institutions:
Diözesanmuseum, Paderborn, Germany
places:
Germany / Paderborn
subjects:
German architecture / German sculpture / Gothic (Medieval) / Medieval / Cathedrals / Style / Patronage / Patrons / Relics / Reconstruction / Workshops (Organisations) / Fragments / Scientific analysis
Illustrations
Western art unattributed:
12. Three-tower reliquary. c.1350–1400. Silver gilt, precious stones and enamels, 93.5 by 74.3 by 38.2 cm. (Domschatzkammer, Aachen; exh. Diözesanmuseum, Paderborn).
Western art unattributed:
13. Bust of an angel. c.1250–1300. Limestone, 43.2 by 41.6 by 26 cm. (Musée du Louvre, Paris; exh. Diözesanmuseum, Paderborn).
Western art unattributed:
14. Bishop crowned by angels with a mitre, from the south façade of the eastern transept of Paderborn Cathedral. Sandstone. (Photograph Ansgar Hoffmann).
Publication Received
German Architects in Great Britain: Planning and Building in Exile, 1933–1945. By Andreas Schätzke, in collaboration with Meike Schultz.
01/2015 | 1342 | 157
Pages: 40
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Reviewer:
Kidd, Alex (Kidd, Alex)
Subjects
dates:
1930-1939 / 1940-1949
places:
United Kingdom
subjects:
German architecture / Exiled artists / Architectural history
Book Review
The Gothic Screen: Space, Sculpture and Community in the Cathedrals of France and Germany ca.1200–1400, J.E. Jung
11/2014 | 1340 | 156
Pages: 758-759
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Reviewer:
Luxford, Julian (Luxford, Julian)
Subjects
dates:
1200-1299 / 1300-1399
places:
France / Germany
subjects:
Choir screens / Gothic (Medieval) / Cathedrals / Churches / French architecture / French sculpture / German architecture / German sculpture / Christian iconography
Illustrations
Western art unattributed:
50. Fragment of a choir screen with the Annunciation to the shepherds. From Chartres Cathedral
Publication Received
J.B. Fischer von Erlach. By Esther Gordon Dotson and Mark Richard Ashton
02/2014 | 1331 | 156
Pages: 118
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Reviewer:
Bailey, Gauvin Alexander (Bailey, Gauvin Alexander)
Subjects
artists:
Fischer von Erlach, Johann Bernhard
subjects:
Rococo / German architecture / Baroque / Treatises / Architectural theory
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