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Book Review
Zeichnen im Zeitalter Goethes: Zeichnungen und Aquarelle aus dem Freien Deutschen Hochstift
09/2023 | 1446 | 165
Pages: 1040-42
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Reviewer:
Kunz, Armin (Kunz, Armin)
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Zeichnen im Zeitalter Goethes: Zeichnungen und Aquarelle aus dem Freien Deutschen Hochstift Edited by Mareike Hennig and Neela Struck. 312 pp. incl. 186 col. ills. (Hirmer, Munich, 2022), €40. ISBN 978–3–7774–3976–1. | :
Article
‘Goethe’s house is severely wrecked’: Lee Miller at Buchenwald and Weimar
05/2023 | 1442 | 165
Pages: 502-512
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Author:
Günther, Katharina (Günther, Katharina)
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Attributed works:
1. Lee Miller with the essentials of life, by David E. Scherman. 1945. Scan from a vintage negative, 6.1 by 6.1 cm. (Lee Miller Archives, East Sussex).
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10. An Allied flag (probably French) flies in the central courtyard of the Buchenwald concentration camp following liberation, by John M. Stix. April 1945. (United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Judith Saul Stix).
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11. Buidings in Weimar, by Lee Miller. 1945. Schiller’s House is shown in frames 50 and 51. Detail of a vintage contact sheet, 25.4 by 20.2 cm. (Lee Miller Archives, East Sussex).
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2. Buildings in Weimar, showing Goethe’s House in frames 8–12, by Lee Miller. 1945. Vintage contact sheet, 25.4 by 20.2 cm. (Lee Miller Archives, East Sussex).
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3. Released prisoners in striped prison dress beside a heap of bones from bodies burned in the crematorium at Buchenwald, by Lee Miller. Vintage negative, 5.7 by 5.5 cm. (Lee Miller Archives, East Sussex).
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4. The Deputy Bürgermeister’s daughter (Regina Lisso), by Lee Miller. 1945. Scan from a vintage negative, 5.7 by 5.6 cm. (Lee Miller Archives, East Sussex).
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5. Lee Miller in the bathtub in Hitler’s apartment, Munich, by Lee Miller with David E. Scherman. 1945. Vintage gelatin silver print, 11.4 by 10.8 cm. (Lee Miller Archives, East Sussex).
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6. Released prisoner, Buchenwald, by Lee Miller. 1945. Scan from a vintage negative, 5.7 by 5.5 cm. (Lee Miller Archives, East Sussex).
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7. Horrors of a concentration camp, unforgettable, unforgivable, by Lee Miller. 1945. Vintage contact print, 5.8 by 5.6 cm. (Lee Miller Archives, East Sussex).
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8. First funeral procession, Buchenwald, by Lee Miller. 1945. Vintage contact sheet, 25.7 by 20.2 cm. (Lee Miller Archives, East Sussex).
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9. First funeral procession, Buchenwald, by Lee Miller. 1945. Vintage contact print 5.9 by 5.6 cm. (Lee Miller Archives, East Sussex).
Article
The reopening of the Dresden Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister
11/2020 | 1412 | 162
Pages: 992-977
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Author:
Gajewski, Alexandra (Gajewski, Alexandra)
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1. Hall of antiquities, Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister und Skulpturensammlung bis 1800 (Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden; photograph H.C. Krass).
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2. Christ flagellated, by Balthasar Permoser. 1728. Coloured marble, 81 by 27 by 25 cm. (Skulpturensammlung bis 1800, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden; photograph David Brandt).
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3. Plan of the first storey of the Gemäldegalerie, with the south-side at the top. c.1845. Lithograph, 23 by 41.5 cm. (Kupferstich-Kabinett, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden).
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4. Installation view of the Italian galleries, looking towards Raphael’s Sistine Madonna, Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister (Staatliche Kunstsammlungen, Dresden; photograph H.C. Krass).
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5. Frederick III of Saxony, called the Wise, by Adriano Fiorentino. 1498. Bronze, 62.8 by 51 by 30.6 cm. (Skulpturensammlung bis 1800, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden).
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6. Madonna of the Cuccina family, by Paolo Veronese. c.1571. Oil on canvas, 167 by 416 cm. (Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden).
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8. Installation view of the ‘Rubens and Van Dyck’ gallery, Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister und Skulpturensammlung bis 1800 (Staatliche Kunstsammlungen, Dresden; photograph Alexandra Gajewski).
Article
Avatars of Antiquity I: From the nude warrior in Florence to the alien maiden in Piccadilly
11/2020 | 1412 | 162
Pages: 956-971
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Author:
Penny, Nicholas (Penny, Nicholas)
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1. Theseus and the minotaur, by Antoine-Louis Barye. Modelled 1841 or 1842. Bronze, height 45.9 cm., including the integral plinth. (Private collection).
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10. Bronze head, by John Samuel Agar. 1809. Stipple engraving of a marble copy of an archaic bronze head (from Specimens of Antient Sculpture published 1809).
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12. Detail of Lady Caroline Crichton and her Grandfather the 4th Earl of Bristol and Bishop of Derry, by Hugh Douglas Hamilton. 1790. Oil on canvas, 224.4 by 199.5 cm. (National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin).
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13. Speranza, by Bertel Thorvaldsen. 1859. Marble, height 160.5 cm. (Thorvaldsen Museum, Copenhagen).
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14. Detail of the sculpture in Fig.1, showing Theseus’s head.
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16. St Cecilia with angels, by Paul Delaroche. 1836. Oil on canvas, 202 by 162 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London).
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17. Mrs Robert Hollond, by Ary Scheffer. 1851. Oil on canvas, 81.9 by 60.3 cm. (National Gallery, London).
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18. Preparatory painting for the St Pelagia in the frieze in Saint-Vincent-de- Paul, Paris, by Hippolyte Flandrin. c.1850. Oil on canvas, 73 by 60 cm. (Musée des Beaux Arts, Besançon).
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19. Rachel in the role of Phèdre, by Jean Jacques Barre. 1848. Ivory, height 46 cm. (Musée du Louvre, Paris).
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2. Atalanta (right), by Pierre Lepautre. 1703–04. Carrara marble, height 126 cm.; with Hippomenes (left) by Guillaume Coustou I. 1711–12. Carrara marble, height 134 cm. (Both Musée du Louvre, Paris; photograph © RMN-Grand Palais/Tony Querrec).
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20. ‘Pourtalès Aphrodite’. Hellenistic, 200–100 BC. Bronze, height 25.4 cm. (British Museum, London).
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21. Gentle spring, by Frederick Sandys. 1864–65. Oil on canvas, 121 by 64 cm. (Ashmolean Museum, Oxford; Bridgeman Images).
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22. Salome, by Paul Manship. 1915. Bronze, height 47 cm. (Smithsonian Museum of American Art, Washington; SCALA Archives).
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23. Artemis (kneeling dancer), with a portion of its integral pedestal, by Elie Nadelman. 1916–18. Limestone, height 114.3 cm. (Chrysler Art Museum, Norfolk, VA).
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24. Figure V, by Barbara Hepworth. Cast 1925. Bronze, height 42 cm. (Daniel Katz Gallery, London).
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25. Peace, by Alfred F. Hardiman. 1946 (based on a model of 1920–24). Bronze, life-size. (Memorial Garden, St James’s Piccadilly, London).
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3. Princely glory, by Giovanni Baratta. Dated 1715. Carrara marble, 335.5 cm., excluding the later English pedestal. (Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge; Bridgeman Images).
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4. Detail of Marriage à-la-mode: Scene 2 The tête-à-tête, by William Hogarth, showing the mantel shelf. c.1743. (National Gallery, London; Bridgeman Images).
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5. Engraving after ‘Quonin Household God of the Chinese’, by Bernard Picart. (From B. Picart: Ceremonies et coutumes Religieuses des peoples idolatres, Amsterdam 1728, II, pp.222–23).
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6. Detail of Battle relief, by Bertoldo di Giovanni. 1480s. Bronze, 99 by 45 cm. (Museo Nazional del Bargello, Florence; Bridgeman Images).
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7. Warriors fighting, by Raphael. c.1510. Red chalk over stylus on paper, 37.9 by 28.1 cm. (Ashmolean Museum, Oxford; Bridgeman Images).
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9. Detail of The fire in the Borgo, by Raphael. 1516– 17. (Stanza dell’Incendio, Vatican; Bridgeman Images).
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11. Apollo of Piombino. Greek, First century BC. Bronze, height 115 cm. (Musée du Louvre, Paris; Bridgeman Images).
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15. Detail of a Greek or Etruscan statue of an athlete. c.Fifth century BC. Bronze, height 45.8 cm. (Musée du Louvre, Paris; Bridgeman Images).
Western art unattributed:
8. Juno Ludovisi (portrait of the deified Antonia Minor, mother of Emperor Claudius). First century AD. Luna marble, height 115 cm. (Palazzo Altemps, Rome; Bridgeman Images).
Article
Canova’s copper head of Medusa
11/2019 | 1400 | 161
Pages: 916-923
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Author:
Gustin, Melissa L. (Gustin, Melissa L.)
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1. Triumphant Perseus, by Antonio Canova. Second version, 1804–06. Marble, 242.6 by 191.8 by 102.9 cm. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).
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2. Head of Medusa, by Antonio Canova. c.1797–1800. Embossed copper with bronze additions, 31 by 40.5 by 29.8 cm. (Museo Biblioteca Archivio, Bassano del Grappa).
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3. Detail of Fig.1, showing the head of Medusa.
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4. Head of Medusa, cast after Antonio Canova. 1806–07. Plaster, height 31.1 cm. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).
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6. Detail of Perseus and Medusa, by Antonio Canova. c.1798–99. Oil on canvas, 24 by 73 cm. (Museo Correr, Venice).
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7. Fig.2 during restoration. (Courtesy Museo Archivio Biblioteca Bassano del Grappa).
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8. Five dancers with garlands of flowers, by Antonio Canova. 1799. Mixed media on canvas, 72 by 178 cm. (© Museo e Gipsoteca Antonio Canova, Possagno).
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9. Fig.2 prior to restoration. (Courtesy Museo Archivio Biblioteca Bassano del Grappa).
Western art unattributed:
10. Archaising bust of a youth (bust of Apollo). Roman. Bronze, height 25 cm. (Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Napoli, Naples).
Western art unattributed:
10. Ptolemy Apion. Roman. Bronze, height 29 cm. (Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Napoli, Naples; photograph the author).
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5. The Rondanini Medusa. Roman copy after a bronze original of c.170 BC. Marble, height 29 cm. (Glypthotek, Munich; photograph © José Luiz Bernardes Ribeiro).
Western art unattributed:
9. Ptolemy Apion, from De’ bronzi di Ercolano e contorni incisi con qualche spiegazione: Tomo Primi: Busti, Naples 1767. Table LIX, p.203.
Exhibition Review
J.C. Dahl: The Power of Nature. KODE Art Museums and Composer Homes, Bergen
10/2018 | 1387 | 160
Pages: 860-862
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Reviewer:
Ljøgodt, Knut (Ljøgodt, Knut)
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16. Shipwreck on the coast of Norway, by Johan Christian Dahl. 1830. Canvas, 77.5 by 111 cm. (KODE Art Museums and Composer Homes, Bergen).
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17. View from a window at Quisisana, by Johan Christian Dahl. 1820. Canvas, 52 by 68.4 cm. (KODE Art Museums and Composer Homes, Bergen).
Book Review
Du bist Faust: Goethe’s Drama in der Kunst. Edited by Roger Diederen and Thorsten Valk
09/2018 | 1386 | 160
Pages: 802-803
Book Review
Italienische Majolika aus Goethes Besitz. Bestandskatalog Klassik Stiftung Weimar, Goethe-Nationalmuseum, by Johanna Lessmann, with contributions by Christiane Holm and Susanne Netzer
08/2016 | 1361 | 158
Pages: 650-651
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Reviewer:
Mallet, J. V. G. (Mallet, J. V. G.; Mallet, John)
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48. A flute-playing shepherd, with the coat of arms of the Scheuffelin family, from an engraving after Titian. Fontana workshop, Urbino. c.1560-75 (Goethe-National Musum, Weimar)
Exhibition Review
Goethe and Art. Frankfurt and Weimar
10/1994 | 1099 | 136
Pages: 717-719
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Reviewer:
Gage, John (Gage, John)
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71. Cornelia, Mother of the Gracchi, by Angelika Kauffman. 1785. 101.6 by 127 cm. (Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond. VA; Exh. Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt).
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72. Goethe as Poet and Artist before Vesuvius, by Heinrich Christoph Kölbe, 1826. 222.3 by 156.4 cm. (Thüringer Universitäts-und Landesbibliothek. Jena; Exh. Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt).
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73. Oath of the Rütli, by Johann Heinrich Fuseli. 1779-81. 267 by 178 cm. (Kunsthaus, Zürich; Exh. Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt).
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74. St Cecilia, by Raphael. 1514. Panel, 238 by 150 cm. (Pinacoteca Nazionale, Bologna; Exh. Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt).
Letter
The Cardiff Cartoons
01/1984 | 970 | 126
Pages: 40+43
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Author:
Jaffé, Michael (Jaffé, Michael)
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72. Inscription on Stretcher of Cardiff Tapestry Cartoon.
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