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Exhibition Review
Faire parler les pierres: Sculptures médiévales de Notre-Dame
03/2025 | 1464 | 167
Pages: 268–70
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Author:
Williamson, Paul (Williamson, Paul)
Subjects
buildings:
Notre-Dame de Paris, Paris, France
dates:
2020-2030
museums and institutions:
Musée de Cluny (Musée National du Moyen Âge), Paris, France
subjects:
French sculpture / Gothic architecture / Gothic art / French medieval art / Fire of Notre Dame / Polychromy
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Faire parler les pierres: Sculptures médiévales de Notre-Dame Musée de Cluny – Musée national du Moyen Âge, Paris 19th November 2024–16th March 2025 | :
Illustrations
Western art unattributed:
4. Bearded head. c.1230. Painted limestone, 21 by 20 by 18 cm. (Inrap, Paris; exh. Musée de Cluny, Paris).
Western art unattributed:
5. Corner block with Aaron(?). c.1230. Painted limestone, 80 by 56 by 40 cm. (Inrap, Paris; exh. Musée de Cluny, Paris).
Western art unattributed:
6. Jamb figure of St Paul. c.1145. Limestone, 135 by 45 by 36 cm. (Musée de Cluny, Paris).
Book Review
French Gothic Ivories: Material Theologies and the Sculptor’s Craft
06/2024 | 1455 | 166
Pages: 650–651
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Reviewer:
Speakman, Naomi (Speakman, Naomi)
Subjects
dates:
1200-1299 / 1300-1349
subjects:
French medieval art / Ivories / Gothic art / Statuettes / Sculpture / Religious art
Reviewed Items
subjects:
French Gothic Ivories: Material Theologies and the Sculptor’s Craft By Sarah M. Guérin. 334 pp. incl. numerous col. + b. & w. ills. (Cambridge University Press, 2022), £90. ISBN 978–1–316–51100–8. | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
2. Descent from the cross, central part of Deposition. c.1260–70. Ivory, height 20 cm. (Musée du Louvre, Paris; Bridgeman Images).
Book Review
Toulouse 1300–1400: L’éclat d’un gothique méridional
01/2024 | 1450 | 166
Pages: 92–93
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Reviewer:
Williamson, Paul (Williamson, Paul)
Subjects
art literature:
Exhibition catalogues
dates:
1300-1399
museums and institutions:
Musée de Cluny (Musée National du Moyen Âge), Paris, France
places:
Toulouse
styles:
Gothic architecture / Gothic art / Sculpture / Manuscripts / Ivories / Seals / Ceramicists / Metalwork / Paintings / Altarpieces / Reliquaries
Reviewed Items
styles:
Toulouse 1300–1400: L’éclat d’un gothique méridional Edited by Béatrice de Chancel-Bardelot and Charlotte Riou. 320 pp. incl. 240 col. ills. (Réunion des musées nationaux – Grand Palais, Paris, 2022), €39. ISBN 978–2–7118–7501–6. | :
Illustrations
Western art unattributed:
1. Jean Tissendier with a model of the Rieux Chapel. French (Toulouse), c.1333–43. Limestone, with paint and gilding, 132.5 by 60 by 42 cm. (Musée des Augustins, Toulouse).
Western art unattributed:
2. Detail of St Paul. French (Toulouse), c.1333– 43. Limestone, with paint and gilding, 185 by 63 by 45 cm. (Musée des Augustins, Toulouse).
Book Review
Barbarossa: Die Kunst der Herrschaft
09/2023 | 1446 | 165
Pages: 1025-27
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Reviewer:
Schwarzer, Isabella (Schwarzer, Isabella)
Subjects
art literature:
Exhibition catalogues
museums and institutions:
Westfälisches Landesmuseum, Münster, Germany
museums and institutions:
Schloss Cappenberg, Cappenberg, Germany
places:
Westphalia
styles:
Medieval art / Medieval sculpture / Romanesque / Gothic art
subjects:
Frederick I (Barbarossa), Emperor (1122–90) / German art
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Barbarossa: Die Kunst der Herrschaft Edited by Petra Marx. 304 pp. incl. 278 col. + 9 b. & w. ills. (LWL-Landesmuseum für Kunst und Kultur, Münster, and Michael Imhof Verlag, Petersberg, 2022), €39.95. ISBN 978–3–7319–1260–6. | :
Illustrations
Western art unattributed:
7. So-called baptismal basin of Emperor Frederick I Barbarossa. Western Germany or Rhineland (Cologne), mid- 12th century. Gilded silver, diameter 24.2 cm. (Kunstgewerbemuseum, Berlin).
Western art unattributed:
8. Cappenberg emphasise the cosmopolitan character head. Western Germany, perhaps Hildesheim, c.1160. Gilded bronze and niello, height 31.4 cm. (St John the Evangelist, Cappenberg).
Western art unattributed:
9. Copy of the effigy of Count Gottfried of Cappenberg with the Cappenberg Head. Sandstone, 222 by 109 cm. (St John the Evangelist, Cappenberg).
Article
Medieval and Renaissance enamels and other works of art in the Wyvern Collection
04/2022 | 1429 | 164
Pages: 374-379
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Author:
Westermann-Angerhausen, Hiltrud (Westermann-Angerhausen, Hiltrud; Angerhausen, Hiltrud Westermann-)
Subjects
museums and institutions:
Wyvern Collection
places:
Limoges
styles:
Romanesque / Gothic art
subjects:
Medieval art / Renaissance art
subjects:
Enamels / Gilding / Goldsmiths / Crystals / Stained glass / Ivory / Bronzes / Tapestry (process)
subjects:
Chalices / Caskets / Drinking horns / Jewellery / Paxes
Illustrations
Attributed works:
4. Badge of St Margaret. Probably eastern France, second half of the fifteenth century. Alloy of gold and copper, 5.9 by 4 cm. (The Wyvern Collection).
Attributed works:
6. Horn, by Léonard Limosin. Limoges, 1538. Enamel painted on copper with silver fittings, mounted on a cow’s horn, length 30.5 cm. (The Wyvern Collection).
Attributed works:
7. Head of the Virgin. Northern Spain, c.1270–1300. Wood, paint, gilding and gesso, height 59 cm. (The Wyvern Collection).
Attributed works:
8. Head of the mourning Virgin. France (Paris or Normandy), c.1530–40. Clear glass painted with stipple shading, leaded in a later setting, 13.5 by 11.5 cm. (The Wyvern Collection).
Western art unattributed:
1. Phylactery. Mosan, c.1160–70. Champlevé enamel on copper with gilding, vernis brun, rock crystal and gems on a wooden core, 22.5 by 22 cm. (The Wyvern Collection).
Western art unattributed:
2. Chrismatory. Anglo-Saxon, c.800, and Carolingian, late 9th century. Repoussé copper-alloy sheets with gilding and silver on an oak core, height 15.6 cm. (The Wyvern Collection).
Western art unattributed:
3. Plaque. England, c.1180–1200. Champlevé enamel on copper with gilding, height 5.7 cm. (The Wyvern Collection).
Western art unattributed:
5. Travelling chalice. Lower Rhine (probably Cologne), c.1240–50. Silver, parcel-gilt, with filigree, pearls and semi-precious stones, height 8.2 cm. (The Wyvern Collection).
Book Review
La sculpture gothique 1140–1430
11/2021 | 1424 | 163
Pages: 1084-1085
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Reviewer:
Williamson, Paul (Williamson, Paul)
Subjects
subjects:
Gothic (Medieval) / Gothic art / Medieval sculpture
Reviewed Items
subjects:
La sculpture gothique 1140–1430 By Pierre-Yves Le Pogam. 440 pp. incl. 371 col. + b. & w. ills. (Éditions Hazan, Paris, 2020), €185. ISBN 978–2–7541–1045–7. | :
Book Review
The Velislav Bible, Finest Picture-Bible of the Late Middle Ages: ‘Biblia Depicta’ as Devotional, Mnemonic and Study Tool
10/2021 | 1423 | 163
Pages: 975-976
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Reviewer:
Law-Turner, Frederica C.E. (Law-Turner, Frederica C.E.)
Subjects
subjects:
Bible / Illustrations / Manuscripts / Gothic art / Czech School / Bohemia / Medieval art
Reviewed Items
subjects:
The Velislav Bible, Finest Picture-Bible of the Late Middle Ages: ‘Biblia Depicta’ as Devotional, Mnemonic and Study Tool Edited by Lenka Panušková. 336 pp. incl. numerous col. ills. (Amsterdam University Press, Amsterdam, 2018), £123. ISBN 978–94–6298–044–0. | :
Book Review
Eloquent Bodies: Movement, Expression, and the Human Figure in Gothic Sculpture
02/2021 | 1415 | 163
Pages: 181-183
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Reviewer:
Luxford, Julian (Luxford, Julian)
Subjects
styles:
Gothic architecture / Gothic art
subjects:
French sculpture / German sculpture / Medieval sculpture / Expression / Perception
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Eloquent Bodies: Movement, Expression, and the Human Figure in Gothic Sculpture By Jacqueline E. Jung. 340 pp. incl. 211 col. + 322 b. & w. ills. (Yale University Press, New Haven and London, 2020), £60. ISBN 978–0–300–21401–7. | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
3. Faces of Wise and Foolish Virgins, seen from the ground and in natural light, arranged to show heightening of emotional expressions. Magdeburg, c.1240–50. (Photographs Jacqueline E. Jung).
Obituary
Alain Erlande-Brandenburg (1937–2020)
11/2020 | 1412 | 162
Pages: 1011-1012
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Author:
Taburet-Delahaye, Elisabeth (Taburet-Delahaye, Elisabeth)
Subjects
art literature:
Obituaries
museums and institutions:
Musée de Cluny (Musée National du Moyen Âge), Paris, France / Château d'Écouen, Écouen, France / Direction des musées de France
subjects:
Erlande-Brandenburg, Alain / French art / Gothic architecture / Gothic art / Sculpture / Tapestries / Conservation
Obituary
Robert Suckale (1943–2020)
04/2020 | 1405 | 162
Pages: 367-368
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Reviewer:
Hamburger, Jeffrey (Hamburger, Jeffrey)
Subjects
subjects:
Suckale, Robert / Medievalists / Eastern Europe / Central Europe / Netherlandish painting / French architecture / Gothic architecture / Gothic art / Art history
Illustrations
Attributed works:
2. Robert Suckale in 2017. (Photograph Kunsthistorischen Instituts der Technische Universität, Berlin).
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