A contribution by Stefania Mason A native Venetian, Stefania Mason formerly taught Art History at the University of Udine (Italy) where she was coordinator for two programs, the dottorato di ricerca and the specializzazione in storia dell’arte. Her own scholarly work focuses principally on Venetian painting and drawing, on the relationship between art, devotion, and…
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AVAILABLE: Cesare Malvasia’s Felsina pittrice, or Lives of the Bolognese Painters, Vol. IX. Life of Guido Reni
NOW AVAILABLE Cesare Malvasia’s Felsina pittrice, or Lives of the Bolognese Painters, Vol. IX Life of Guido Reni Edited by Elizabeth Cropper and Lorenzo Pericolo Celebrated by Malvasia as the creator and promoter of the new maniera moderna, Guido Reni (1575–1642) introduces the fourth age of painting: a period marked by an original and…
Harvey Miller Catalogue – Spring & Summer 2019
The catalogue for Harvey Miller on new and forthcoming titles scheduled to appear in Spring & Summer 2019 is now available. Download your copy here.
The Print Collection of Cassiano dal Pozzo, Part II. Architecture, Topography and Military Maps
The Print Collection of Cassiano dal Pozzo, Part II Architecture, Topography and Military Maps The dal Pozzo print collection was unique in its scope and organisation. Some 3,000 prints are known, in fourteen albums and many loose impressions mainly divided between the British Library and the Royal Library at Windsor Castle. Acquired from the flourishing…
‘Africans in English Caricature 1769–1819’ wins the 2019 Book Award of the Historians of British Art
The Book Prize Committee of The Historians of British Art is pleased to announce that “Africans in English Caricature 1769–1819: Black Jokes, White Humour” by Temi Odumosu has won the 2019 award for a single-authored book with a subject between 1600-1800. The book cleverly explores how and why satirical artists both mocked and utilized Africans as…
“The History of Venetian Renaissance Sculpture” was named Apollo’s BOOK OF THE YEAR 2018
“The History of Venetian Renaissance Sculpture, ca. 1400–1530” by Anne Markham Schulz was named BOOK OF THE YEAR 2018 by Apollo, The International Art Magazine. “Markham Schulz takes us back to the roots of art history and the importance of looking. And she enables the reader to do the same. Through what must have been…