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Turner’s ‘Staffa, Fingal’s Cave’: exporting ‘indistinctness’

04/2025 | 1465 | 167

Pages: 330-341

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Author:

Warrell, Ian (Warrell, Ian)

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dates:

1830-1849

museums and institutions:

New York Public Library, New York, United States / Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, United States

subjects:

Turner, Joseph Mallord William / Lenox, James / Leslie, Charles Robert / Cultural tourism / Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Felix / Travel / Critical Reception / Lenox, James / Stanfield, Clarkson

Illustrations

Attributed works:

1. James Lenox, by Francis Grant. 1848. Oil on canvas. (New York Public Library)

Attributed works:

10. Cotopaxi, by Frederic Edwin Church. 1862. Oil on canvas, 121.9 by 215.9 cm. (Detroit Museum of Arts; Bridgeman Images).

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11. Bally-burgh Ness, by J.M.W Turner. c.1835. Watercolour and gouache, with scratching-out, on cream wove paper, 8.3 by 13.5 cm. (© President and Fellows of Harvard College; Fogg Museum, Harvard Art Museums).

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2. Staffa, Fingals' Cave, by J.M.W. Turner. 1832. Oil on canvas, 90.8 x 121.3 cm. (Yale Center for British Art, New Haven).

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3. Van Tromp's Shallop, at the Entrance of the Scheldt (previously mistitled Van Tromp Returning after the Battle off the Dogger Bank) by J.M.W. Turner. 1832 (previously misdated 1833). Oil on canvas, 90.5 x 120.8 cm. (Tate).

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4. Fingal's Cave, by J.M.W. Turner, c.1832. Pencil and watercolour, heightened with white, 29.2 x 21.6 cm. (Private collection).

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5. North wall of the Lenox Library Picture Gallery, Showing Turner's Staffa, Fingal's Cave in its original frame/ c.1882. Photograph. (New York Public Library Archives).

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6. Turner's Watteau Study by Fresnoy's rules (1831) in its original frame. Photograph. (Tate).

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7. The New York and London packet ship 'Victoria'. 1000 tons (entering New York Harbour), by Thomas Goldsworth Dutton. 1843. Hand-coloured lithograph, 26.2 by 40.1 cm. (National Maritime Museum, Greenwich).

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8. Lenox Library, from the west, designed by Richard Morris Hunt, by H.N. Tuimann & Co. 1909. Gelatin silver print. 35.5 x 27.8 cm. (Museum of the City of New York).

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9. Detail of the Lenox Library Picture Gallery Digital Recreation, showing the north and west walls. (From S. Webster and D. Schwittek, eds: ‘A digital recreation of the Lenox Library Picture Gallery: a contribution to the early history of public art museums in the United States’, Nineteenth-Century Art Worldwide 17, no.2 (2018)).

Editorial

La Serenissima

06/2024 | 1455 | 166

Pages: 543

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museums and institutions:

Venice in Peril, London, Great Britain

places:

Venice

subjects:

Cultural tourism / Conservation

Letter

Croatia across borders

11/2023 | 1448 | 165

Pages: 1172

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Author:

Webster, Harry (Webster, Harry)

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places:

Croatia / Dubrovnik

subjects:

Cultural tourism

Exhibition Review

Grand Tour: Sogno d’Italia da Venezia a Pompei

03/2022 | 1428 | 164

Pages: 295-298

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Reviewer:

Hornsby, Clare (Hornsby, Clare)

Subjects

dates:

2020-2030

dates:

1750-1849

museums and institutions:

Gallerie d'Italia, Milan, Italy

subjects:

Grand tours / Cultural tourism / Ruins / Collectors / Genre paintings / Landscapes (visual works) / Portraits

Reviewed Items

subjects:

Grand Tour: Sogno d’Italia da Venezia a Pompei Gallerie d’Italia - Piazza Scala, Milan 19th November 2021– 27th March 2022 | :

Illustrations

Attributed works:

15. The Tolstoy family in Venice, by Giulio Carlini. 1855. Oil on canvas, 88 by 110 cm. (State Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg; exh. Gallerie d’Italia - Piazza Scala, Milan).

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16. Peter Beckford, by Pompeo Batoni. 1766. Oil on canvas, 239 by 163 cm. (Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen; exh. Gallerie d’Italia - Piazza Scala, Milan).

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17. Capriccio of Roman ruins with the Pantheon, by Giovanni Paolo Panini. 1734. Oil on canvas, 98 by 135 cm. (Private collection; exh. Gallerie d’Italia - Piazza Scala, Milan).

Exhibition Review

Museo del Prado 1819–2019: Un lugar de memoria

06/2021 | 1419 | 163

Pages: 546-549

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Reviewer:

Dotseth, Amanda (Dotseth, Amanda)

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art literature:

Catalogues

museums and institutions:

Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid, Spain / Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid, Spain

subjects:

Art museums / Museology / Collections, Public / Spanish (people) / Spanish art / Cultural tourism / Politics / Historiography

Reviewed Items

subjects:

Museo del Prado 1819–2019: Un lugar de memoria Edited by Javier Portús et al. 304 pp. incl. numerous col. ills. (Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid, 2018), €18.95. ISBN 978–84–8480–516–8. | :

Illustrations

Attributed works:

13. María Isabel de Braganza, Queen of Spain, as founder of the Museo del Prado, by Bernardo López Piquer. 1829. Oil on canvas, 258 by 174 cm. (Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid; Bridgeman Images).

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14. Museo del Prado 7, by Thomas Struth. 2005. Chromogenic print, 177.5 by 218.6 cm. (Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid).

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15. View of the Real Museo de Pintura de Madrid, by Léon-Auguste Asselineau after Fernando Brambilla. c.1833. Illuminated lithograph, 29.5 by 46.5 cm. (Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid).

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16. Sala de la Reina Isabel II, by Jean Laurent. c.1895. Gelatin silver print, 24.8 by 35.7 cm. (Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid).

Article

Picturing Mount Yandang: the travel paintings and landscape aesthetics of Yu Jianhua

10/2020 | 1411 | 162

Pages: 840-849

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Author:

Chan, Pedith (Chan, Pedith)

Subjects

artists:

Yu Jianhua

media:

Watercolours

patrons:

Jiang Shunan

places:

Mount Yandang (China)

subjects:

Chinese art / Landscapes (visual works) / Nature / Aesthetics / Mountains / Travel / Cultural tourism / Guidebooks / Illustrations / Photographs / Plein-air / Sketches / Brushwork / Albums / Art theory

Illustrations

Attributed works:

1. View of the Lingyan Temple, by Yu Jianhua. 1931. Ink and colour on paper, 30.6 by 22.5 cm. (Collection of the Library of the Nanjing University of the Arts).

Attributed works:

10. Illustration of the Spirit Peak, Yan shan zhi, 15th−16th century. Blockprint. (Repr. in Gazetteer of Mount Yan, 1601).

Attributed works:

11. A view of the Spirit Peak, by Jiang Shunan. Photograph. (Repr. in Scenic China series X: Yen T’ang Shan, Shanghai 1917).

Attributed works:

12. Spirit Peak, by Yu Jianhua. 1931. Ink and colour on paper, 22.5 by 30.6 cm. (Collection of the Library of the Nanjing University of the Arts).

Attributed works:

13. Jinzhu Brooks, by Yu Jianhua. 1931. Ink and colour on paper, 22.5 by 30.6 cm. (Collection of the Library of the Nanjing University of the Arts).

Attributed works:

14. View of Furong Village, by Yu Jianhua. 1931. Ink and colour on paper, 22.5 by 30.6 cm. (Collection of the Library of the Nanjing University of the Arts).

Attributed works:

15. Tandang Rock, by Yu Jianhua. 1931. Ink and colour on paper, 22.5 by 30.6 cm. (Collection of the Library of the Nanjing University of the Arts).

Attributed works:

2. Yangtianwo Studio, by Yu Jianhua, a section from the handscroll Yantianwo. 1931. Ink and colour on paper, 26 by 91.8 cm. Collection of Kyoto National Museum

Attributed works:

3. View of the Geese Lake and Baigang Summit, by Yu Jianhua. 1931. Ink and colour on paper, 22.5 by 61.2 cm. (Collection of the Library of the Nanjing University of the Arts).

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4. Magnificent view of the Spirit Peak, by Yu Jianhua. 1931. Ink on paper, 22.5 by 30.6 cm. (Collection of the Library of the Nanjing University of the Arts).

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5. Duxiu Peak, by Yu Jianhua. 1931. Ink and colour on paper, 22.5 by 15.3 cm. (Collection of the Library of the Nanjing University of the Arts).

Attributed works:

6. Duxiu Peak. Blockprint. (Repr. in Extended Gazetteer of Mount Yan-dang [Guang Yandang shan zhi], 1790; Harvard Library, Cambridge, MA).

Attributed works:

7. Dragon Waterfall, by Yu Jianhua. 1931. Ink and colour on paper, 22.5 by 30.6 cm. (Collection of the Library of the Nanjing University of the Arts).

Attributed works:

8. Peaks in strange shapes, by Yu Jianhua. 1931, Ink on paper, 22.5 by 15.3 cm. (Collection of the Library of the Nanjing University of the Arts).

Attributed works:

9. Peaks in strange shapes. China, late 18th century. Blockprint. (Repr. in Extended Gazetteer of Mount Yandang [Guang Yandang shan zhi], 1790; Harvard Library, Cambridge, MA).

Exhibition Review

Glasgow International. Various locations

07/2018 | 1384 | 160

Pages: 599-601

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Reviewer:

Thompson, Susannah (Thompson, Susannah)

Subjects

art literature:

Obrist, Hans-Ulrich

artists:

Himid, Lubaina / Jane, E. / Pandhal, Hardeep / Eatough, Graham / Sutcliffe, Stephen / Peter, Mick / Leckey, Mark / Kiwanga, Kapwani / Shani, Tai / Nicoll, Janie / Rutherford, Ailie / Ottinger, Ulrike / Ferrer, Esther / Linder / Fields, Duggie / Fields, Duggie

dates:

2010-2019

media:

Paintings / Sculpture / Videos / Mixed media / Installations (visual works) / Performance art / Ceramics / Art objects

museums and institutions:

places:

Great Britain / Glasgow

subjects:

Glasgow International / Conceptual art / Gender / Race / Class / Politics / Feminism / Theatre design / Literature in art

subjects:

Science fiction / Cultural tourism / Colonialism / Postcolonialism

Illustrations

Attributed works:

31. Installation view of Duggie Fields at The Modern Institute, Osborne Street, Glasgow (photograph Patrick Jameson).

Attributed works:

32. Performance photograph of Dark continent: SEMIRAMIS, by Tai Shani. Tramway, Glasgow (photograph Keith Hunter).

Attributed works:

33. Installation view of The regenerators, by Mick Peter at Dalmarnock Gas Purifier Shed, Glasgow (photograph Keith Hunter).

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