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Sphinx: The Life and Art of Leonor Fini
05/2010 | 1286 | 152
Pages: 337
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Reviewer:
Adams, Alexander (Adams, Alexander)
Subjects
artists:
Fini, Leonor
dates:
1930-1939 / 1940-1949 / 1950-1999
print:
Fini, Leonor
subjects:
Women artists / French painting / Surrealism / Sphinx (iconography) / Eroticism
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Sphinx: The Life and Art of Leonor Fini | author: Webb, Peter
Article
Gustave Moreau's 'Oedipus and the sphinx': archaism, temptation and the nude at the Salon of 1864
09/2004 | 1218 | 146
Pages: 609-615
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Author:
Cooke, Peter (Cooke, Peter)
Subjects
artists:
Moreau, Gustave
dates:
1850-1899
places:
France
print:
Moreau, Gustave
subjects:
French painting / Salons (art exhibitions)
subjects:
Classical mythology / Oedipus / Sphinx (iconography)
Illustrations
Attributed works:
18. Oedipus and the sphinx, by Gustave Moreau. Salon of 1864. 206.4 by 104.8 cm. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).
Attributed works:
19. Oedipus and the sphinx, by Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres. 1808-25. 189 by 144 cm. (Musée du Louvre, Paris)
Attributed works:
20. The temptation of St Hilarion, by Dominique-Louis-Féréal Papety. 1843-44. Panel, 47 by 59.7 cm. (Wallace Collection, London).
Attributed works:
21. The birth of Venus, by Alexandre Cabanel. Salon of 1863. 130 by 125 cm. (Musée d'Orsay, Paris).
Attributed works:
22. The pearl and the wave, by Paul Baudry. Salon of 1863. (Museo del Prado, Madrid).
Attributed works:
23. La Source, by Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres. 1820-56. 163 by 80 cm. (Musée d'Orsay, Paris).
Article
A Note on 'La Vierge aux Rochers'
10/1952 | 595 | 94
Pages: 284-286
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Author:
Holland, Ralph (Holland, Ralph; Holland, R.)
Subjects
artists:
Leonardo da Vinci
dates:
1450-1499
museums and institutions:
Musée du Louvre, Paris, France
places:
Italy / Milan
subjects:
Italian painting / Mary, Virgin / Angels / Putti / Iconography
subjects:
Classical mythology / Greek iconography / Sphinx (iconography)
works:
Virgin of the Rocks (Paris, Louvre)
Illustrations
Attributed works:
12. Detail from La Vierge aux Rochers, by Lconardo da Vinci. (Louvre.)
Attributed works:
13. Detail from The Virgin of the Rocks, by Leonardo da Vinci. (National Gallery, London.)
Attributed works:
15. Detail from Jacopo Galli's 'Antique Garden', by Martin van Heemskerck. Drawing. (Kupferstichkabinett, Berlin.)
Attributed works:
17. Relief, attributed to Agostino di Duccio. (?Aynard Collection, Paris.)
Western art unattributed:
14. Detail from the First Page of the Text in the Grenville Sforziada. (British Museum.)
Western art unattributed:
16. Detail from the First Page of the Text in the Grenville Sforziada. (British Museum.)