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Book Review
The Architecture of Steam: Waterworks and the Victorian Sanitary Crisis
09/2023 | 1446 | 165
Pages: 1045-46
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Reviewer:
Ribner, Jonathan (Ribner, Jonathan)
Subjects
subjects:
Victorian / Architecture / Water / Buildings / Engineering
Reviewed Items
subjects:
The Architecture of Steam: Waterworks and the Victorian Sanitary Crisis By James Douet. 148 pp. incl. 78 b. & w. ills. (Historic England, Swindon, and Liverpool University Press, 2023), £36. ISBN 978–1– 80207–753–7. | :
Book Review
Watermarks: Leonardo da Vinci and the Mastery of Nature
02/2022 | 1427 | 164
Pages: 215-216
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Reviewer:
Ames-Lewis, Francis (Ames-Lewis, Francis; Lewis, Francis Ames; Ames-Lewis, F.)
Subjects
artists:
Leonardo da Vinci
subjects:
Italian art / Drawings / Water
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Watermarks: Leonardo da Vinci and the Mastery of Nature By Leslie A. Geddes. 256 pp. incl. 124 col. + 14 b. & w. ills. (Princeton University Press, Princeton NJ and Oxford, 2020), £48. ISBN 978–0–691–19269–7. | :
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Attributed works:
4. Studies of water, and a seated old man, by Leonardo da Vinci. c.1512–13. Pen and ink on paper, 15.2 by 21.3 cm. (Royal Library, Windsor Castle, RL 12579r).
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Bicci di Lorenzo’s altarpiece for the Compagni family chapel in S. Trinita, Florence
01/2019 | 1390 | 161
Pages: 36-43
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Author:
Gordon, Dillian (Gordon, Dillian)
Subjects
art literature:
Vasari, Giorgio / Richa, Giuseppe, 1693-1761 / Zeri, Federico / Kaftal, George
artists:
Bicci di Lorenzo / Bonaiuto di Giovanni / Stefano d'Antonio / Ugolino di Nerio / Lorenzo Monaco / Gentile da Fabriano / Toscani, Giovanni di Francesco / Angelico, Fra
dates:
1400-1499 / 1400-1449
media:
Paintings
museums and institutions:
Westminster Abbey, London, Great Britain / Santa Trinita, Florence, Italy
patrons:
Compagni, Cante di Giovanni
places:
Italy / Florence / Great Britain / London
subjects:
Italian painting / Altarpieces / Chapels / Coats of arms / Patronage / Commissions / Identification / Attributions / Attributions, former / Style / Iconography / Christian iconography / Saints / Water / Benedictines / Collections / Conservation
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Hypothetical reconstruction of the altarpiece for the Compagni chapel in S. Trinita, Florence, by Bicci di Lorenzo with the assistance of Stefano d’Antonio. Reconstruction by the author with the help of Rachel Billinge. Panels photographed by John Hammond. The main tier, roundels and pilasters are illustrated as Fig.2 and the predella panels as Figs.3, 4 and 9.
Attributed works:
2. Altarpiece of the Virgin and Child with Saints for the Compagni chapel in S. Trinita, Florence, by Bicci di Lorenzo, assisted by Stefano d’Antonio, 1434. Egg tempera on wood, 207 by 299.4 cm. (Westminster Abbey, London; WA 0045; © The Dean and Chapter of Westminster).
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3. St John Gualberto and the destruction of the Abbey of Moscheta, by Bicci di Lorenzo. 1434. Egg tempera on panel, 27.5 by 31 cm. (Private collection; courtesy the Salamon Gallery, Milan).
Attributed works:
4. The baptism of Christ, by Bicci di Lorenzo. 1434. Egg tempera on panel, 27.9 by 31 cm. (York Art Gallery; courtesy York Museums Trust).
Attributed works:
5. Detail of Fig.3, showing the head of St John Gualberto.
Attributed works:
6. Detail of Fig.4, showing the head of Christ.
Attributed works:
7. Detail of Fig.1, showing the pilaster figure of St Benedict. (Photograph by John Hammond; © The Dean and Chapter of Westminster)
Attributed works:
8. Detail of Fig.9, showing the Virgin and Child.
Attributed works:
9. Nativity and Adoration of the Shepherds, by Bicci di Lorenzo. 1434. Egg tempera on panel, 25.5 by 62 cm. (Private collection.)
Publication Received
Sea Monsters on Medieval and Renaissance Maps. By Chet Van Duzer
03/2015 | 1344 | 157
Pages: 201
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Reviewer:
Vernon, Jonathan (Vernon, Jonathan ; V., J.)
Subjects
subjects:
Maps / Medieval / Renaissance / Monsters / Mythical animals
subjects:
Water / Illustrations
Book Review
Il Teatro delle Acque
02/1994 | 1091 | 136
Pages: 113-114
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Reviewer:
Contadini, Anna (Contadini, Anna)
Subjects
subjects:
Architecture / Water
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subjects:
Il Teatro delle Acque | author: Jones, Dalu
Short Notice
Some Reflections on Watery Metaphors in Winckelmann, David and Ingres
05/1968 | 782 | 110
Pages: 266+269-270+272
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Author:
Kemp, Martin (Kemp, Martin)
Subjects
artists:
David, Jacques-Louis
artists:
Ingres, Jean-Auguste-Dominique
dates:
1750-1799
places:
France
sources:
Winckelmann, Johann Joachim
subjects:
French painting / Symbolism (artistic concept)
subjects:
Water
Illustrations
Attributed works:
57. Paris and Helen, by Jacques-Louis David. Signed and Dated 1788. Canvas, 147 by 180 cm. (Musée du Louvre.)