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Book Review
The Transformation of Athens: Painted Pottery and the Creation of Classical Greece. By Robin Osborne
06/2019 | 1395 | 161
Pages: 519-520
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Reviewer:
Rodriguez Perez, Diana (Rodriguez Perez, Diana)
Subjects
dates:
0499-0400 BC / 0599-0500 BC
media:
Vase paintings
places:
Athens
subjects:
Classical / Greek iconography / Formal analysis / Cultural history
Reviewed Items
subjects:
The Transformation of Athens: Painted Pottery and the Creation of Classical Greece By Robin Osborne. | :
Exhibition Review
Beyond the Nile: Egypt and the Classical World. J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles
09/2018 | 1386 | 160
Pages: 774-776
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Reviewer:
Cooney, Kathlyn M. (Cooney, Kathlyn M.)
Subjects
dates:
2010-2019
media:
Sculpture / Musical instruments / Silverwork / Documents / Stone / Marbles
museums and institutions:
J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, United States
patrons:
Amasis II, King of Egypt / Amenhotep III, King of Egypt / Alexander the Great
places:
United States / Los Angeles
subjects:
Egyptian sculpture / Greek (ancient) sculpture / Roman (ancient) sculpture / Egyptian School / Greek (ancient) School / Roman (ancient) School / Patronage / Politics / Influence / Diplomacy / Collecting / Monarchy / Emperors / Kings / Greek iconography / Roman iconography / Gods / Goddesses / Sarcophagi / Hieroglyphics / Scrolls (Rolls) / Jugs / Cups / Busts / Portraits / Caesar, Lucius Julius, 90-43 B.C. / Caracalla / Naturalism
Illustrations
Western art unattributed:
5. Sarcophagus of Wahibreemakhet, Egyptian. c.600 BC. Basalt, 230 by 94 by 105 cm. (Rijksmuseum van Oudheden, Leiden; exh. J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles).
Western art unattributed:
6. Julius Caesar, Roman. First century BC–First century AD. Graywacke, 44 by 26 by 25 cm. (Antikensammlung, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin; exh. J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles).
Western art unattributed:
7. Head of Caracalla, Romano-Egyptian. AD 211–17. Granite, 51 by 34 by 52 cm. (University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Philadelphia; exh. J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles).
Article
Georges de la Tour’s earliest painting?
07/2018 | 1384 | 160
Pages: 554-557
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Author:
Cuzin, Jean-Pierre (Cuzin, Jean-Pierre)
Subjects
art literature:
Rosenberg, Pierre, Paris, France
artists:
La Tour, Georges de / Ribera, Jusepe de / Pietro della Vecchia / Rosa, Salvator / Bellotti, Pietro, 1627-1700 / Manfredi, Bartolomeo / Stomer, Matthias / Bellange, Jacques
dates:
1600-1649
media:
Paintings
places:
France / Lorraine / Paris / Italy
subjects:
French painting / Italian painting / Copies / Chiaroscuro / Brushwork / Colour / Lighting / Mannerism / Caravaggism / Style / Diogenes / Greek iconography / Iconography / Cook collection / Collections, Private / Lost works / Attributions / Attributions, former / Attribution / Dating / Technical analysis / Scientific analysis
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Diogenes, here attributed to Georges de La Tour. c.1615–20. Canvas, 99.9 by 121.4 cm. (Private collection).
Attributed works:
2. Peasant couple eating, by Georges de La Tour. c.1620. Canvas, 74 by 87 cm. (Gemäldegalerie, Berlin; Bridgeman Images).
Attributed works:
3. Hurdy-gurdy player and his dog, by Georges de La Tour. c.1620s. Canvas, 186 by 120 cm. (Musée Municipal, Bergues; Bridgeman Images).
Attributed works:
4. St James the Less, by Georges de La Tour. c.1615–20. Canvas, 65 by 54 cm. (Musée Toulouse-Lautrec, Albi; Bridgeman Images).
Exhibition Review
Rodin and the Art of Ancient Greece. British Museum, London
07/2018 | 1384 | 160
Pages: 578-580
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Reviewer:
Thomson, Richard (Thomson, Richard)
Subjects
art literature:
Graf Kessler, Harry
artists:
Rodin, Auguste
dates:
2010-2019
media:
Sculpture / Reliefs
museums and institutions:
British Museum, London, Great Britain / Musée Rodin, Paris, France
places:
Great Britain / London / France / Paris
subjects:
French sculpture / Greek (ancient) sculpture / Greek (ancient) architecture / Greek iconography / Greek (ancient) / Neo-classicism / Antiquities / Parthenon, Athens, Greece / Exposition universelle internationale de Paris (1900) / Collecting / Restoration (process) / Friezes / Ornament / Franco-Prussian War (1870-1871)
works:
Elgin Marbles (British Museum, London) / The Gates of Hell (Musée Rodin, Paris)
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Ancient scene, by Auguste Rodin. Before 1870. Canvas, 81.2 by 126 cm. (Musée Rodin, Paris; exh. British Museum, London).
Attributed works:
2. Pallas (Athena) with the Parthenon, by Auguste Rodin. 1896. Marble and plaster, 47 by 38.7 by 31 cm. (Musée Rodin, Paris; exh. British Museum, London).
Attributed works:
3. The kiss, large version, by Auguste Rodin. 1888–98. Plaster, cast from marble after 1898, 184 by 112 by 110 cm. (Musée Rodin, Paris; exh. British Museum, London).
Western art unattributed:
4. Goddesses in diaphanous drapery, Figures L and M from the East Pediment of the Parthenon. c.438–32 BC. Marble, 123 by 233 by 98 cm. (British Museum, London).
Exhibition Review
Tiepolo Segreto. Palladio Museum, Vicenza
06/2018 | 1383 | 160
Pages: 495-497
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Reviewer:
Salomon, Xavier F. (Salomon, Xavier F.)
Subjects
art literature:
Scamozzi, Ottavio Bertotti
artists:
Tiepolo, Giovanni Domenico / Tiepolo, Giovanni Battista / Palladio, Andrea
artists:
Mingozzi, Girolamo
buildings:
Palazzo Trento Valmarana, Vicenza, Italy / Teatro Olimpico, Vicenza, Italy
dates:
2010-2019
media:
Paintings / Frescoes
museums and institutions:
Palladio Museum, Vicenza, Italy
patrons:
Valmarana, Gaetano / Valmarana, Giustino
places:
Italy / Vicenza
subjects:
Italian painting / Italian architecture / Fresco painting / Grisaille / Palladianism / Iconography / Greek iconography / World War (1939-1945) / Destruction / Damage to works of art
Illustrations
Attributed works:
10. Jupiter, by Giandomenico Tiepolo. 1772–73. Detached fresco on canvas, 448 by 316 cm. (Private collection; exh. Palladio Museum, Vicenza).
Attributed works:
8. Hercules, by Giandomenico Tiepolo. 1772–73. Detached fresco on canvas, 492 by 368 cm. (Private collection; exh. Palladio Museum, Vicenza).
Attributed works:
9. South wall of the salone of Palazzo Valmarana Franco, Vicenza. (Photograph Studio Ferruzzi, Venice, 11th March 1944).
Publication Received
Dans l'atelier des Colombe (Bourges 1470-1500). La représentation de l'Antiquité en France à la fine du XVe siècle. By Marie Jacob
03/2014 | 1332 | 156
Pages: 179
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Reviewer:
Reynolds, Catherine (Reynolds, Catherine; R., C.)
Subjects
artists:
Colombe family / Colombe, Jean
dates:
1470-1479 / 1480-1489 / 1490-1499
places:
Bourges
subjects:
Workshops (Organisations) / Illuminated manuscripts / Classical / Greek iconography / Antiquity
Article
A bronze Bacchus wearing a Silenus mask, made for Antonio Londonio
01/2011 | 1294 | 153
Pages: 13-21
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Author:
Wengraf, Patricia (Wengraf, Patricia)
Subjects
artists:
Vries, Adriaen de
artists:
Pellizzone, Andrea
buildings:
Villa Visconti Borromeo Litta, Lainate, Italy
dates:
1550-1599
patrons:
Londonio, Antonio
places:
Lainate / Italy
print:
Vries, Adriaen de
subjects:
Sculpture / Bronzes / Bacchus / Silenus / Provenance / Attribution
subjects:
Fountains
subjects:
Columns (architectural components) / Iconography / Greek iconography / Roman iconography
subjects:
Netherlandish sculpture / Italian sculpture
Illustrations
Attributed works:
14. Bacchus/Silenus, possibly by Adriaen de Vries(?). c.1579–80. Bronze, 89.5 cm. high. (Mr and Mrs J. Tomilson Hill, New York). Photograph: Maggie Nimkin, New York.
Attributed works:
18. The nymphaeum of Villa Litta (Weil-Weiss), Lainate, by Carlo Bossoli. 1852–53. Photograph of a now lost watercolour. (Civico Archivio Fotographfico, Milan).
Attributed works:
19. Detail of the south pulpit frontal, cast by Andrea Pellizzone. 1586. Thin repoussé copper sheets mounted onto a wood backing. (Milan Cathedral).
Attributed works:
20. Self-portrait, by Giovanni Paolo Lomazzo. c.1568–70. Canvas, 55 by 43 cm. (Pinacoteca di Brera, Milan).
Attributed works:
21. Detail of Fig.20 showing the hat badge worn by Giovanni Paolo Lomazzo.
Attributed works:
22. Detail of Fig.14 showing the beard of Bacchus beneath the Silenus mask.
Attributed works:
23. Compà Digliagor, by Aurelio Luini. c.1568. Ink on paper, 12 by 8.5 cm. (Musée du Louvre, Paris).
Western art unattributed:
15. Photograph of c.1910 showing the bronze Bacchus/Silenus on a marble column in the nymphaeum, known as the cortino delle piogge, at Villa Visconti Borromeo Litta di Lainate, near Milan. (Photograph: Civico Archivo Fotografico, Collection Lissoni 4972D, Castello Sforzesco, Milan).
Western art unattributed:
16. Detail of Fig.15 showing the inverted ‘umbrella’ apparatus emerging from the head of the bronze Bacchus/Silenus
Western art unattributed:
17. Cast in lead from the Bacchus/Silenus in Fig.14. c.1920s. (Uffici Comunali di Lainate). Photograph: Patricia Wengraf.
Book Review
The Mirror of the Gods. Classical Mythology in Renaissance Art
11/2006 | 1244 | 148
Pages: 783-784
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Reviewer:
Rietveld, Laura (Rietveld, Laura)
Subjects
print:
Classical mythology
subjects:
Italian painting / Greek iconography / Iconography / Roman iconography / Classical mythology / Mythology / Mythical animals / Antiquity / Visual sources / Renaissance
Reviewed Items
subjects:
The Mirror of the Gods. Classical Mythology in Renaissance Art | author: Bull, Malcolm
Article
Frederic Leighton's 'Daedalus and Icarus': antiquity, topography and idealised enlightenment.
04/2006 | 1237 | 148
Pages: 257-263
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Author:
Kilinski, Karl (Kilinski, Karl)
Subjects
artists:
Leighton, Frederic, First Baron Leighton of Stretton
dates:
1860-1869
museums and institutions:
Buscot Park, Buscot, Berkshire, Great Britain
places:
Rhodes / Greece
print:
Leighton, Frederic, First Baron Leighton of Stretton
subjects:
British painting / Daedalus / Icarus / Classical mythology / Greek iconography / Visual sources / Composition (artistic arrangement) / Landscapes (visual works) / Topographical views / Topography
Illustrations
Attributed works:
17. Daedalus and Icarus, by Frederic Leighton. c.1869. 138.2 by 106.5 cm. (Faringdon Collection Trust, Buscot Park, Oxfordshire).
Attributed works:
20. The acropolis of Lindos, by Frederic Leighton. 1867. Repr. from A. Corkran: Frederic Leighton, London 1904, pl. opp. p.55 (where wrongly entitled 'Bay of Salamis').
Western art unattributed:
16. Cameo with Daedalus and Icarus preparing for flight. Roman, early first century A.D. 3.5 by 4.4 cm. (Museo Nazionale, Naples).
Western art unattributed:
18. View of the acropolis of Lindos. Repr. from R. Ling: The Greek World, New York 1976. p.51.
Western art unattributed:
19. View from the acropolis of Lindos. 1968. (Photograph by the author).
Western art unattributed:
21. View of the town and fortified acropolis of Lindos. 1968. (Photograph by the author).
Western art unattributed:
22. View of promontory with towers on Lindos Bay. 2004. (Photograph by the author).
Short Notice
Giorgio de Chirico's 'Portrait of Guillaume Apollinaire' of 1914
11/2005 | 1232 | 147
Pages: 751-754
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Author:
Bohn, Willard (Bohn, Willard)
Subjects
artists:
Chirico, Giorgio de
dates:
1900-1919
museums and institutions:
Musée National d'Art Moderne, Paris, France
print:
Chirico, Giorgio de
subjects:
Italian painting / Portraits / Collections, Public / Apollinaire, Guillaume / Iconography / Greek iconography
Illustrations
Attributed works:
38. Portrait of Guillaume Apollinaire, by Giorgio de Chirico. 1914. 81.5 by 65 cm. (Musée Nationale d'Art Moderne, Paris).
Attributed works:
39. Portrait of the poet, by Giorgio de Chirico. 1914. Dimensions and collection unknown.
Attributed works:
40. The enigma of the oracle, by Giorgio de Chirico. 1910. 42 by 61 cm. (Private collection, Turin).
Attributed works:
42. The enigma of an autumn afternoon, by Giorgio de Chirico. 1910. Dimensions and collection unknown.
Western art unattributed:
41. The death mask of Dante Alighieri.
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