William Morris, Edward Burne-Jones and ‘The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam’
Michael Braesel
‘Here with a loaf of bread beneath the bough,…
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Landscape in the age of Tolstoy: later this month, an exhibition of nineteenth-century Russian landscape painting opens at the National Gallery,…
Displeasure of ruins: Piranesi and the monuments of ancient Rome: Piranesi’s depictions of the ruins of ancient Rome had enormous influence, but…
Nicoluso Francisco and the Medici tiles from the Castel S Angelo
Anthony Ray
The tiles with the devices of the Medici pope Leo X (F…
Innovating through imitation: Pairing Picasso with Ingres may sound unlikely but as David Platzer discovers in an exhibition which has just move…
Pleasure & politics: Cranach’s the judgement of Paris: the Kimbell recently acquired an extremely well preserved Judgement of Paris by Lucas Cra…
Cellini and the Principles of Sculpture
Lisa Pon
Michael W. Cole Cambridge University Press, 2002. ISBN 0 521 81321 2. 60 [pounds s…
Enlightened royal patronage: an exhibition at the Queen’s Gallery, London, reveals the full extent of the artistic patronage of George III and Q…
Frida the Mexican: Kahlo in her homeland: Mexico is embracing Frida Kahlo as an icon of national identity, as well as a feminist and communist. …
Leonardo da Vinci on beauty and ugliness: Carmen C. Bambach praises a ground-breaking exhibition of Leonardo’s drawings from the Royal Collectio…