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Book Review
Baroque Sculpture in Germany and Central Europe 1600–1770
04/2024 | 1453 | 166
Pages: 428–429
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Reviewer:
Kryza-Gersch, Claudia (Kryza-Gersch, Claudia)
Subjects
subjects:
German art / Baroque sculpture
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subjects:
Baroque Sculpture in Germany and Central Europe 1600–1770 By Marjorie Trusted. 288 pp. incl. 150 col. + 3 b. & w. ills. (Harvey Miller Publishers, London, 2022), £50. ISBN 978–1–909400–95–5. | :
Book Review
Bernini and His World: Sculpture and Sculptors in Early Modern Rome
11/2022 | 1436 | 164
Pages: 1160-1162
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Reviewer:
Connors, Joseph (Connors, Joseph)
Subjects
artists:
Bernini, Gian Lorenzo
places:
Rome
subjects:
Italian sculpture / Baroque sculpture / Sculptors
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subjects:
Bernini and His World: Sculpture and Sculptors in Early Modern Rome By Livio Pestilli. 288 pp. incl. 140 col. + 27 b. & w. ills. (Lund Humphries, London, 2022), £60. ISBN 978–1–84822–549–7. | :
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Attributed works:
1. Detail of Cardinal Scipione Borghese, by Gian Lorenzo Bernini. 1632. Marble, height 78 cm. (Galleria Borghese, Rome).
Article
Sicilian salvage at Sharnbrook: the Magniac monuments by William Burges
08/2022 | 1433 | 164
Pages: 768-773
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Author:
Knox, Tim (Knox, Tim)
Subjects
artists:
Burges, William
buildings:
St Peter's church, Sharnbrook, Great Britain
dates:
1860-1869
patrons:
Magniac family
subjects:
Mausoleums / Commemorative monuments / Fragments / Sicilian / Marbles / Baroque sculpture
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Attributed works:
1. The Magniac Mausoleum, designed by William Burges. c.1867. (St Peter’s church, Sharnbrook, Bedfordshire; photograph Todd Longstaffe-Gowan).
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2. Detail of the mausoleum in Fig.1, showing one of the cartouches in the centre of each side. (Photograph Todd Longstaffe-Gowan).
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3. Detail of the mausoleum in Fig.1, showing one of the friezes inlaid with jasper and other stones. (Photograph Todd Longstaffe-Gowan).
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4. Detail of the monument in Fig.5, showing the marble inlay, scrolls and putti. (Photograph Todd Longstaffe-Gowan).
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5. The Magniac Monument, designed by William Burges. c.1867. (St Peter’s church, Sharnbrook, Bedfordshire; photograph Todd Longstaffe-Gowan).
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6. Chapel of the Holy Crucifix, Monreale Cathedral, by Giovanni di Monreale and Angelo Italia. Completed 1686. (Bridgeman Images).
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7. Detail of carving in the Church of the Gesù, Palermo. (Photograph Per-Erik Skramstad; Wondersofsicily.com).
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8. Detail of the monument in Fig.5, showing the central cartouche. (Photograph Todd Longstaffe-Gowan).
Obituary
Christian Theuerkauff (1936–2021)
02/2022 | 1427 | 164
Pages: 223-224
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Author:
Trusted, Marjorie (Trusted, Marjorie)
Subjects
museums and institutions:
Bodemuseum, Berlin, Germany
subjects:
Theuerkauff, Christian / scholars / Connoisseurs / Ivories / Baroque sculpture
Illustrations
Attributed works:
Christian Theuerkauff, photographed in 2010 by Hiltrud Jehle.
Exhibition Review
Doccia porcelain sculpture. Florence
09/2017 | 1374 | 159
Pages: 748-749
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Reviewer:
Dawson, Aileen (Dawson, Aileen; D., A.)
Subjects
dates:
2010-2019
media:
Porcelain
museums and institutions:
Museo Nazionale del Bargello, Florence, Italy
subjects:
Doccia Manufactory
subjects:
Baroque sculpture
Reviewed Items
subjects:
La fabbrica della bellezza. La manifattura Ginori e il suo popolo di statue | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
74. Tempietto Ginori, modelled by Gaspero Bruschi. 1750–51 (Museo dell'Accademia Etrusca e della Città di Cortona; exh. Museo Nazional del Bargello, Florence)
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75. Chimneypiece, modelled by Gaspero Bruschi and Domenico Stagi. 1754 (Museo Richard Ginori. Sesto Fiorentino; exh. Museo Nazionale del Bargello, Florence)
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76. Lamentation over the dead Christ, after Massimo Soldani Benzi. 1745–50 (Palazzo Corsini, Rome; exh. Museo Nazionale del bargello, Florence)