The Value of Taste Auction Prices and the Evolution of Taste in Dutch and Flemish Golden Age Painting (1642–2011) By Peter Carpreau Taste is a well known but largely underestimated phenomenon. Yet it is one of the factors that has shaped our knowledge and view of art. Why is Rembrandt van Rijn today considered to be…
Paul Needham on ‘Editio princeps: A History of the Gutenberg Bible’
A contribution by Paul Needham Scheide Librarian, Princeton University Library Editio princeps is a history of the Gutenberg Bible that provides an account, both detailed and highly readable, of the fates and vicissitudes of all surviving copies, including those attested only by fragments from bookbindings. There is not a copy for which Dr. White’s researches…
Andria Derstine on ‘The Journal of a Transatlantic Art Dealer: René Gimpel (1918-1939)’
A contribution by Dr. Andria Derstine John G. W. Cowles Director Allen Memorial Art Museum Oberlin College The Journal of a Transatlantic Art Dealer René Gimpel (1918-1939) In The Journal of a Transatlantic Art Dealer, René Gimpel 1918-1939, Diana J. Kostyrko traces the life and work of René Gimpel, his social milieu, and the patterns…
‘Colossi that Move’ by Estelle Lingo
A contribution by Estelle Lingo Andrew W. Mellon Professor, 2016-18 Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC Associate Professor of Early Modern European Art Donald E. Petersen Endowed Professor University of Washington, Seattle Colossi that Move The majority of the sculptures of Francesco Mochi (1580-1654) are colossi, a…
Pamela Patton on the “Index of Medieval Art”at 100
A contribution by Pamela Patton Director of the Index of Medieval Art, Princeton University The Index at 100 The 2016 retirement of Adelaide Bennett Hagens, a much-beloved manuscript scholar whose expertise enriched the Index of Medieval Art at Princeton University for fifty years, coincided closely with the 100th anniversary of the archive’s 1917 founding as the…
Elizabeth Cropper on Carlo Cesare Malvasia’s ‘Felsina pittrice’
A contribution by Elizabeth Cropper Dean, Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. Life of Marcantonio Raimondi and Critical Catalogue of Prints by or after Bolognese Masters Carlo Cesare Malvasia’s Felsina pittrice (Bologna, 1678) is a challenging and rich text. From the very beginning our plan has been…
