| El Greco to Velazquez: Art During the Reign of Philip III |
Spring 2008
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El Greco and Velazquez are the twin giants of sixteenth- and seventeenth-century Spanish painting. They loom so large that it can be hard to see past them and discern the wider artistic landscape in Spain at the moment when it was the richest...
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| A California Collection |
Spring 2008
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California is not known for its large quantity of antiques, but searching in local shops, estate sales, and auctions has rewarded this collector with many rare, important, and undocumented pieces....
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| A Reviviscent Newport Colonial: The Nichols-Wanton-Hunter House |
Spring 2008
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The restoration of the Nichols-Wanton-Hunter House was completed by the Preservation Society of Newport County in 1953, providing a splendid example of mid-eighteenth century colonial architecture in the Newport vernacular (Fig. 1)....
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| An Appreciation of Nineteenth-Century Folk Portraits |
Spring 2008
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Many so-called "primitive" portraits of the first half of the nineteenth century are extraordinarily captivating in their abstract, imaginative, and seemingly humble execution....
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| Art Focus: The Influence of Wiliam Morris Hunt |
Spring 2008
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One of the most important American artists of the second half of the nineteenth century, William Morris Hunt (1824-1879) transmitted his enthusiasm for the aesthetic ideals he espoused through rhetoric, instruction, and essay....
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| Christian Beschler: The Sussel-Unicorn Artist |
Spring 2008
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The Arthur J. Sussel estate auction at Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, on October 23, 1958, included a religious text dated 1799 decorated with "a lion and unicorn and two pairs of parrots amid rosettes, tulips and vases of floral vines (Fig. 1)."...
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| Collecting Profile: J. Thomas Savage |
Spring 2008
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Are you curious to know what your art advisor may be buying when he/she is not buying for you? Ever wonder about the collections museum curators exhibit in their private homes? And -- just as important -- how do those working in a business that, more ofte...
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| Conservation of a Fabled Masterpiece |
Spring 2008
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The Philadelphia Museum of Art has in its collections numerous objects with carving attributed to Martin Jugiez (d. 1815), in addition to the historic Mount Pleasant...
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| Fore and Aft: Philadelphia Collects Maritime |
Spring 2008
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Philadelphia has a rich maritime history. Located along the Delaware River, it was a principal colonial port city. In celebration of this past, nautical art and antiques from public...
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| Joe Kindig III: 2008 ADA Merit Award Recipient |
Spring 2008
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Matisse once observed to his friend Pierre Bonnard that it took a combination of extraordinary circumstances for a man to arrive at the age of seventy and still pursue with passion what he loves. If so, it gives quite an edge to Joe Kindig III, this year'...
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