8 March 2007 | Ancient, Books, Modern, Theory
Numerous engaging book reviews can be found in the November 2006 issue of Art History (reviews editor Liz James). On John Henderson’s The Triumph of Art at Thorvaldsens Museum: ‘Løve’ in Copenhagen, writes: “Which of us, nowadays, would dare to declare our love for a monument as the motive for a scholarly study? John Henderson [...]
7 March 2007 | Americas, Museums
From the Chicago Tribune: “Asking who designed Louis Comfort Tiffany’s iconic lamps might seem the decorative art world’s equivalent to the schoolyard stumper, ‘Who’s buried in Grant’s tomb?’ While Ulysses S. Grant is indeed buried in Grant’s tomb, fresh evidence reveals that Tiffany did not design most of the lavish leaded-glass lamps bearing his name, [...]
7 March 2007 | Museums
From the AP: “France’s storied Louvre museum, home to priceless art works like the Mona Lisa, said today it will open a new Louvre in this Persian Gulf boomtown, prompting outcries from some who accuse the museum of shilling France’s patrimony for $1.3 billion in oil money. The 30-year agreement, signed by French Culture Minister [...]
7 March 2007 | Books
The Winter 2006 issue of Art Journal contains a special section on “Publishing Paradigms in Art History,” which includes a transcript of a panel discussion that took place recently at the Clark Art Institute. A couple highlights: UC Santa Cruz professor Catherine M. Soussloff: “Art history is in transition and has been for a long [...]
6 March 2007 | Journals
The Winter 2006-07 issue of Cabinet is devoted to “shadows.” It includes an interview with Victor I. Stoichita, author of A Short History of the Shadow, which explored “how the shadow has always been integral to theories of art and knowledge.” Excerpts from the interview: “art historians took a long time in paying attention to [...]
5 March 2007 | Journals, Museums
In reviewing the catalogue to “From Callot to Greuze: French Drawings from Weimar” in the Winter 2006 issue of Master Drawings, Alastair Laing writes that it has brought “to light previously unpublished sheets from the until now seriously underpublished Schlossmuseum” but that “I cannot close this review without saying something about the American edition of [...]
2 March 2007 | Ancient, Books, Contemporary
The December 2006 issue of Antiquity includes a review by Leo S. Klejn of Colin Renfrew’s Figuring It Out, followed by a reply from Renfrew. Klejn: “[Renfrew's book] is a remarkable phenomenon both in art criticism and archaeology. He poses the eternal questions (what are we? where do we come from?) and hopes to figure [...]
1 March 2007 | Architecture, Books
In the most recent Bulletin Monumental (Tome 164-3), Patrick Ponsot reviews two recent books from France on the restoration and adaptation of architectural monuments: “The ‘theoretical essay’ that introduces [Dominique Rouillard's Architectures contemporaines et monuments historiques] sets out to give a clear overview of state practices of the last 25 years. The brilliant and admittedly [...]
