Paul Taylor’s Condition: The Ageing of Art provides an invaluable introduction to a topic often overlooked by art historians: how the chemistry of materials collides with the caprices of time, and how [...] Read More
Miscellaneous
Inganno. The Art of Deception. Imitation, Reception, and Deceit in Early Modern Art
The Italian in its title (inganno means "deception") ought to give away the fact that this book is really not intended for HNA members, despite its otherwise neutral designated subject of "early [...] Read More
“Nach dem Leben und aus der Phantasie”. Niederländische Zeichnungen vom 15. bis 18. Jahrhundert aus dem Städelschen Kunstinstitut
Frankfurt’s Städel has a distinguished history, and it is sensibly offering its own treasures to the public in a series of exhibitions of the permanent collection, including remarkable holdings in [...] Read More
Old Master Prints and Drawings, a Guide to Preservation and Conservation
This beautifully produced book is packed with information that will be of great interest and utility to anyone involved with old prints and drawings. Far from being a narrowly prescriptive manual, the [...] Read More
Zeichnungen von Meisterhand. Die Sammlung Uffenbach aus der Kunstsammlung der Universität Göttingen
In 1763 the Frankfurt patrician Johann Friedrich Arman Uffenbach bequeathed his collection of books, instruments, about ten thousand prints, including an impressive Rembrandt collection, and one [...] Read More
Gärten und Höfe der Rubenszeit im Spiegel der Malerfamilie Brueghel und der Künstler um Peter Paul Rubens
The transitory nature of gardens certainly does not make them the most obvious subject for a museum exhibition, and indeed many would be hard put to envisage such an undertaking. Those who visit the [...] Read More