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Book Review
Princeton’s Great Persian Book of Kings: The Peck Shahnama, by Marianna Shreve Simpson
04/2017 | 1369 | 159
Pages: 322-323
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Reviewer:
Brend, Barbara (Brend, Barbara)
Subjects
dates:
1550-1599
museums and institutions:
Princeton University Library, Princeton, United States
subjects:
Collections, Public / Bequests / Epics / Books / Illuminated manuscripts / Persian
subjects:
Iranian
Exhibition Review
The legacy of Homer. Paris, New York and Princeton
11/2005 | 1232 | 147
Pages: 770-772
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Reviewer:
McLauchlan, Kathy (McLauchlan, Kathy)
Subjects
dates:
2000-2009
museums and institutions:
Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts, Paris, France / Dahesh Museum of Art, New York, United States / Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton, United States
places:
United States / Paris / New York / Princeton / France
print:
Homer
subjects:
Reviews / Exhibitions / Homer / Epics / Art education / Art schools / Literature in art
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Dieux et Mortels: les thèmes homérique dans les collections de l'Ecole nationale supérieure des beaux-arts de Paris | institution: Dahesh Museum of Art , institution: Princeton University Art Museum
Illustrations
Attributed works:
56. Andromache mourning Hector, by Jacques-Louis David. 1783. 275 by 203 cm. (Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts, Paris; exh. Dahesh Museum of Art, New York)
Attributed works:
57. Nisus attempts to save Euryalus, by Henry-Auguste-Calixte-César Serrur. 1820. Oil on paper mounted on canvas, 32 by 40.5 cm. (Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts, Paris; exh. Dahesh Museum of Art, New York)
Attributed works:
58. Creusa seeks to retain Aeneas, by Paul-Célestin-Louis Nanteuil. 1862. 40.5 by 32.5 cm. (Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts, Paris; exh. Dahesh Museum of Art, New York)
Attributed works:
59. Menelaus in victory, by Honoré Daumier. 1841. Lithograph, 34.4 by 26.7 cm. (Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts, Paris; exh. Dahesh Museum of Art, New York)
Book Review
Milton's Imagery and the Visual Arts: Iconographic Tradition in the Epic Poems
05/1979 | 914 | 121
Pages: 328+331
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Reviewer:
Pointon, Marcia (Pointon, Marcia)
Subjects
dates:
1600-1799
places:
England
sources:
Milton, John
subjects:
Epics / Poetry
subjects:
British painting / Iconography
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Milton's Imagery and the Visual Arts: Iconographic Tradition in the Epic Poems | author: Frye, Roland Mushat
Article
The Bayeux Tapestry and the French Secular Epic
11/1966 | 764 | 108
Pages: 549-560
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Author:
Dodwell, C. R. (Dodwell, C. R.; Dodwell, Reginald)
Subjects
dates:
1000-1099
patrons:
Odo of Bayeux, 1036-1097
places:
France / England
subjects:
Textiles / Tapestries / Embroidery
subjects:
Literature in art / Romance literature
subjects:
Chivalry / Iconography
subjects:
Chansons de geste / Epics
subjects:
Anglo-Saxon / French / Influence
works:
Bayeux Tapestry
Illustrations
Western art unattributed:
Details from Bayeux Tapestry (By Courtesy of Phaidon Press Ltd.). 15. Prognostication of Future Invasion., 16. Harold and Companions Wade Out to Their Ship (Left); The Ship Bears the Party across the English Channel (Right). (Note Sequence of Fable Scencs below.). 17. Ship Nearing French Coast (Left); Harold is Met on Shore and Seized by Count Guy of Ponthieu (Right). (Note Sequence of Fable Scenes below.)
Western art unattributed:
Details from Bayeux Tapestry (By Courtesy of Phaidon Press Ltd.). 6. Norman Horsemen Advance into Battle., 7. William Gives Arms to Harold., 8. Harold Leaves Edward the Confessor and Departs with Hawks and Hounds., 9. Harold Counselling William., 10. Harold, Giving His Own Support in William's Campaign, Rescues Normans from Quicksands.
Western art unattributed:
Details from Bayeux Tapestry Reproduced by Courtesy of the Observed. 2. Harold, Touching Two Shrines, Takes an Oath of Allegiance to William., 3. Detail from Breton Campaign., 4. Detail from Battle of Hastings., 5. Harold Brought to William's Palace after Release from Imprisonment.
Western art unattributed:
Details from Bayeux Tapestry. (By Courtesy of Phaidon Press Ltd.). 11. Harold Goes to Church at Bosham (Left), and Feasts in His Manor House at Bosham (Right)., 12. William in Council with Bishop Odo of Bayeux., 13. Ælfgyva and Cleric., 14. Bishop Odo in Battle (Left), and Eustace of Boulogne Pointing to William Who Lifts His Helmet to Dispel Rumour That He Has Been Killed (Right).