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2. Mattia Preti's Passage to Malta.

Author

Spike, John T.

Abstract

The article focuses on the passage of Mattia Preti to Malta and looks into his paintings found in the island. Known as the discoverer of the Late Baroque style applied in Italian painting, Preti's travel to Malta led to the creation of his painting on the ceiling of the Conventual Church of the Order of St. John, Valleta between 1661 to 1666. The author stresses that Preti's earliest painting in the island is the altarpiece "St. George and the Dragon," appearing as a decoration at the Chapel of Aragon in St. John. Analyses of the artworks of Preti during his stay in Malta are offered.

Published
1978

3. Washington.

Author

Spike, John T.

Abstract

The article reports on the inauguration of the new East Building of the National Gallery of Art in Washington. The author mentioned that the building architect I.M. Pei had respected the monolithic tradition of Washington Official Architecture without following its dullness. He described the building as a great trapezoid that was composed of two contiguous triangle. He also reported several exhibitions that will be held at the said building including " Giovanni Battista Piranesi: The Early Architectural Fantasies" and the "American Art at Mid-Century/The Subjects of the Artist".

Published
1978

4. A 'Voyage of Rebecca', signed and dated by Francesco Castiglione.

Author

Spike, John T.

Abstract

The article focuses on the painting "Voyage of Rebecca" by Italian artist Francesco Castiglione, which appeared at Christie's East in New York on March 13, 1980. The painting bears Castiglione's signature and an autograph inscription which identifies that this work depicts the story of Rebecca, who was fetched by the servant of the patriarch Abraham to be the wife of Isaac. This large canvas, which exhibits an overall reddish cast of unappealing intensity, and a similar work in 1687 or 1689 in Milan are the only dated known works of Castiglione.

Published
1980

8. New York Whitney Museum of American Art.

Author

Spike, John T.

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The article reviews the exhibition featuring the works of artist Philip Guston at the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York City.

Published
1981

9. New York: Exhibitions of drawings.

Author

Spike, John T.

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The article reviews the drawing exhibitions in several museums in New York City in 1981 including Pierpont Morgan Library, Grey Art Gallery in New York University, Drawing Center and Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Published
1981

10. New York and New England: Exhibitions of Drawings.

Author

Spike, John T.

Abstract

The article reviews two exhibitions in New York City in 1980 including "Dutch Drawings of the Seventeenth Century from a Collection" at the Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art in Cornell University and "French Drawings from a Private Collection: Louis XIII to Louis XVI" at the Fogg Art Museum in Harvard University.

Published
1980

11. A Maltese Exhibition Catalogue.

Author

Spike, John T.

Abstract

A letter to the editor is presented in response to a letter by John A. Cauchi about painter Mario Minniti.

Published
1979

12. The Snake as Heresy.

Author

Spike, John T.

Abstract

A letter to the editor is presented in response to the article by Mary Crawford Volk regarding the equestrian portrait of Philip IV in the March 1980 issue.

Published
1980

13. Florence and Rome Caravaggio.

Author

Spike, John T.

Abstract

The article reviews the art exhibition "Caravaggio: come nascono i capolavori," at the Palazzo Pitti gallery in Florence, Italy and the Fondazione Memmo, Palazzo Ruspoli gallery in Rome.

Published
1992

15. Florence, Casa Buonarroti Artemisia Gentileschi.

Author

Spike, John T.

Abstract

The article reviews the exhibition of paintings by Artemisia Gentileschi at the Casa Buonarroti in Florence, Italy through November 4, 1991.

Published
1991

18. New York.

Author

Spike, John T.

Abstract

The article reviews several art exhibitions in New York City in January 1979 including the paintings of Mark Rothko at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, the paintings of Henri Matisse at the Museum of Modern Art and a loan exhibition "Romance and Reality/Aspects of Landscape Painting" at the Wildenstein & Co.

Published
1979

19. New York.

Author

Spike, John T.

Abstract

The article reviews the exhibition of Giovanni Battista Piranesi's paintings at the Pierpont Morgan Library in New York City until November 26, 1978.

Published
1978

21. La natura morta in Italia.

Author

Spike, John T.

Abstract

The article reviews the book "La natura morta in Italia. Scientific Direction by Federico Zeri," edited by Francesco Porzio.

Published
1991

24. New York.

Author

Spike, John T.

Abstract

The article reviews exhibitions in New York including "Pompeo Batoni and his British Patrons" and the works of Morton Livingston Schamberg at the Salander-O'Reilly Galleries.

Published
1983

25. Painting in Spain 1650-1700.

Author

Spike, John T.

Abstract

The article reviews the exhibition entitled "Painting in Spain 1650-1700 From North American Collections," at the Detroit Institute of Arts in Detroit, Michigan, until September 9, 1982.

Published
1982

26. Boston Bernini Drawing.

Author

Spike, John T.

Abstract

The article reviews the exhibition of the drawings of Gian Lorenzo Bernini which traveled to various museums in the United States.

Published
1982

27. New York: Eugene Boudin and Pierre Bonnard.

Author

Spike, John T.

Abstract

The article reviews two exhibitions in New York, such as the paintings by Eugène Boudin at the M. Knoedler & Co. from November 10 to December 12, 1981 and Pierre Bonnard's "The Inquiring Eye of Pierre Bonnard" at the Wildenstein & Co. from November 6 to December 18, 1981.

Published
1982

28. Ingres at the Fogg Art Museum.

Author

Spike, John T.

Abstract

The article reviews the exhibition of the art works by Jean -Auguste-Dominique Ingres at the Fogg art Museum in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Published
1981

29. Washington.

Author

Spike, John T.

Abstract

The article reviews the exhibition "Old Master Paintings from the Collection of Baron Thyssen-Bornemisza," which will be held at the National Gallery of Art in Washington.

Published
1980

30. Baltimore Museum of Art.

Author

Spike, John T.

Abstract

The article reviews the 1979 exhibition "Eighteenth Century Master Drawings from the Ashmolean," including masterpieces by Jean-Honore Fragonard and Thomas Gainsborough, at the Baltimore Museum of Art in Maryland.

Published
1979

31. Treasures from Chatsworth at Richmond, Virginia.

Author

Spike, John T.

Abstract

The article reviews the 1979 exhibition of the private art collection from the Chatsworth home of the Dukes of Devonshire, at the Richmond-based Virginia Museum.

Published
1979

32. New York.

Author

Spike, John T.

Abstract

The article reviews the exhibition "The Legacy of Leonardo," at Knoedler & Co. in September 1979.

Published
1979

33. New York.

Author

Spike, John T.

Abstract

The article reviews the exhibition "17th Century Italian Drawings," at The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York on 1979.

Published
1979

34. New York.

Author

Spike, John T.

Abstract

The article reviews several art exhibitions in New York City as of June 1979 including the exhibition of 16th century Italian drawings from the Robert Lehman collection at the Metropolitan Museum and "Michelangelo and His World" at the Pierpont Morgan Library.

Published
1979

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