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Mammon’s shrine in the groves of academe
This biography of Henry Clay Frick takes a psychological approach that leaves much to be desired
This study is based on a close look at conservation and restoration research, a scientific examination of the artist’s technique, and new documentary evidence
Catherine E. King's book reviewed
This study maintains that Verrocchio’s “Tobias and the angel” in London is the first example of the artist’s hand
A critical look at old and new conservation and preservation techniques
Reni is in for a late twentieth-century treatment as political activist and secretly gay
The story of the Regency dilettante, eccentric and collector is told in all its scandalous detail
Christine Sitwell and Sarah Staniforth (eds), Studies in the history of painting restoration
Over twenty-five years this Anglo-American has built up a great library of early books, manuscripts and incunabula
Three books demonstrate the revival of interest in portrait miniatures and the leading role of the Victoria and Albert Museum in this field
A valuable collection of papers from a recent symposium
Restoring a pioneer of the Gothic Revival to his rightful position
A Review of Mora's new book on photography
St Clair demands greater candour in the fallout of Lord Elgin and the Marbles' third edition, in which it was asserted that over-cleaning had irreparably damaged the marbles
At the Victoria and Albert Museum, a single curator, Mark Haworth-Booth, has developed one the four greatest collections in the world
“Do women have to be naked to get into the Met?” and other pointers on the good, the bad and the ugly of women in art
The second of the four volume series on the furniture of the Pitti Palace makes its debut
Christopher Wood's "The great art boom"
Ian Gibson on Surrealism as an escape and the façade of eccentricity
Designers Carl and Karin Larsson were creators of Swedish style, at present much featured in the glossies
A useful guide to European sculpture terminology
A round-up of some recent books on porcelain, pottery and delftware
This handy book is a reliable and well presented dictionary of terms used in European sculpture.
Synopsis of Sebastião Salgado's reissued paperback.
“Today the photo magazines have all folded or been turned into vehicles for lifestyles and personality portraits”
No great women artists? But they star in all the pictures
The birth of American collecting: Frick, Mellon and Carnegie analysed
A book on the social and monetary value of art and how big businessmen became big collectors