Some Art History Notes

History Carnival XL is up at Rob MacDougall's Old is the New New and it is excellent. While you're over there, all the other Cliopatricians should be sure their crowns follow the little one's example. Hugo's, I notice, definitely needs an upgrade.

If you love visual history blogs or haven't found them yet, make pecay's BibliOdyssey, Mr. Haitch's Giornale Nuovo, and wood s lot a daily visit.

In conjunction with Tate Britain's exhibit,"Holbein in England," which runs from 28 September to 7 January 2007, the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography has a gallery of 35 Holbein portraits and accompanying biographies from the Tudor court, which will remain freely available for the duration of the exhibit. Thanks to Philip Carter for the tip.

Mark Thwaite,"Joseph Koerner," Ready Steady Book, 1 October, interviews the distinguished art historian about Dürer, Caspar David Friedrich, Koerner's book, The Reformation of the Image (University of Chicago Press, 2004), and modern and contemporary artists and art historians. Thanks to Brian Sholis at In Search of the Miraculous for the tip.

Francis Spalding,"The World in Miniature," Guardian, 30 September, reviews Jenny Uglow, Nature's Engraver: A Life of Thomas Bewick. Thanks to Sharon Howard at Early Modern Notes, who has additional comments and links on animal portraiture.

Michael Kimmelman's"Klimt's Go to Market; Museums Hold their Breath," NY Times, 19 September, sparked controversy for its criticism of heirs' sale of art recovered from Nazi theft. See: Tyler Green,"Kimmelman Goes Off -- in Wrong Direction," Arts Journal, 19 September; Eric Gibson,"With Klimt Comes Condemnation," OpinionJournal, 29 September; and Green,"WSJ's Gibson on the Bloch-Bauer Heirs," Arts Journal, 29 September.