Exhibition and Exhibition Catalogue Reviews

Rubens. Drawing on Italy

By Jeremy Wood

[Cat. exh. National Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh, June 14 - September 1, 2002; Djanogly Art Gallery, Nottingham, September 21 - December 8, 2002.] Edinburgh: National Gallery of Scotland, 2002. 95 pp, with illus., 20 in color, ISBN 1-903278-31-7

Review published April 2003

The outstanding exhibition, Rubens, Drawing on Italy, shown in Edinburgh and Nottingham, shed considerable light on the highly complex subject of Rubens's reworking and 'improvement' of drawings by [...] Read More

Sinn und Sinnlichkeit. Das Flämische Stilleben: 1550-1680

By Karl Schütz, Ute Kleinmann, Konrad Renger, Alexander Wied, Arnout Balis, Stephan Brakensiek, Uwe Wieczorek, Klaus Ertz and Wolfgang Prohaska

[Cat. exh. Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, March 18 - July 21, 2002; Kulturstiftung Ruhr Essen, Villa Hügel, Essen, September 1 - December 8, 2002.] Lingen: Luca Verlag, 2002. 402 pp, ISBN 3-932641-49-4

Review published April 2003

My first impression of the exhibition, which I saw in Essen, was that it was unusually large and impressive for a thematically-focused show (126 works). It comprised eleven sections correspond ing to [...] Read More

Kein Tag wie jeder andere. Fest und Vergnügen in der niederländischen Kunst, ca. 1520-1630

By Silke Gatenbröcker and Andreas W. Vetter, eds.

[Cat. exh. Herzog Anton Ulrich-Museum, Braunschweig, September 12 - December 8, 2002.] Braunschweig: Herzog Anton Ulrich-Museum, 2002. 143 pp, 16 plates, 16 figs., 36 cat. illus. ISBN 3-922279-56-2

Review published April 2003

One of the wonderful things about exhibition catalogues in Europe is their combination of seriousness and scope. America is so obsessed with blockbuster exhibitions and mega-catalogues to accompany [...] Read More

Aelbert Cuyp

By Arthur K. Wheelock (ed.), with contributions by Alan Chong, Emilie E.S. Gordenker, Egbert Haverkamp-Begemann, and Arthur K. Wheelock

[Cat. exh. National Gallery of Art, Washington, October 7, 2001 - January 13, 2002; National Gallery, London, February 13 - May 12, 2002; Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, June 7 - September 1, 2002]. Washington, DC: National Gallery of Art, 2001. 320 pp, 110 col. illus. ISBN 0-89468-286-5 (softcover); ISBN 0-500-51057-1 (hardcover)

Review published November 2002

The pleasure of losing oneself in the golden world of Aelbert Cuyp is enhanced by total immersion. For this reason viewers of the Cuyp exhibition in Washington, London, and Amsterdam owe the [...] Read More

Hans Vredeman de Vries und die Renaissance im Norden

By Heiner Borggrefe, Thomas Fusenig and Barbara Uppenkamp

Ed. by Heiner Borggrefe, Vera Lüpkes, Paul Huvenne, Ben Van Beneden [Cat. exh. Schloss Brake, Lemgo, May 26 - August 25, 2002; Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Antwerp, September 15 Ð December 8, 2002]. Munich: Hirmer, 2002. 397 pp, 500 illus. ISBN 3-7774-9470-4

Review published November 2002

In today's world Hans Vredeman de Vries (Leeuwarden 1526 - Hamburg 1609) would probably be much in demand as an 'in-designer', but in his own day he enjoyed a more diverse reputation: as painter, [...] Read More

Pieter Saenredam, the Utrecht Work: Paintings and Drawings by the 17th-century Master of Perspective

By Liesbeth M. Helmus (ed.)

[Exh. cat., Centraal Museum, Utrecht, November 4, 2000 – February 4, 2001]. Utrecht: Centraal Museum, 2000. 304 pp, 67 col. illus., many b&w col. comparative illus. ISBN 90-73285-75-5

Review published May 2002

This marvelous exhibition, and its handsome and informative catalogue, have succeeded in bringing alive a fascinating period in Pieter Saenredam’s life, his twenty-week sojourn in Utrecht from [...] Read More

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