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Very sharp, but not long enough

This account of Islamic arms and armour is superb, but a complete catalogue would have been better

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Atmosphere, thought and feeling: on Giorgione and his contemporaries

The mastery of his art and that of his Venetian contemporaries

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A monument to the living and the dead: on the Queen's arms and armour

Long in the making, the catalogue of her collection has been worth the wait

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Loose language: on Liam Gillick's Industry and Intelligence

The artist's new book is confused and lacking in rigour

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A sickly flower of Decadent London: on the work of Aubrey Beardsley

The complete works of the illustrator, presented in all their “corrupting” glory

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The stones cry out: on Medieval art in war-torn Syria

The Ayyubid glories of Syria, now mostly in ruins

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‘Utterly abolished, eradicated and erased out’—but never forgotten

The iconoclasms of the English Reformation may shed light on today’s cultural destructions

Badlands Unlimited launches series of e-books by artists

Rachel Rose and Howie Chen are among the first artists to work on the new project

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Where did it come from? On developments in icon painting

The source of a major change in icon painting may have been discovered

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The false Gods of Dada: on Dada Presentism by Maria Stavrinaki

A new book on the movement draws lessons on the dangers of eclecticism

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More royalty required: on the al-Sabah Collection

The non-courtly manuscripts and miniatures of the al-Sabah Collection come together in a new publication

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The power of the imagination: on Bernini's drawings

His drawings in the collection of the Vatican Library are the subject of a new book

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The Divine Comedy, a German classic: on Dante's German debut

After Schlegel, Dante was loosed from the Romantic moorings and entered the mainstream of German letters

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Deutschland über alles? On the early Renaissance art market

Contrary to popular opinion, the Early Renaissance German art market developed simultaneously with, not later than, those in Italy and the Low Countries

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Vision, virtuosity, versatility: on Hellenistic bronzes

A valuable overview of the current state of scholarship

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Only for the rich: Islamic art is overshadowed by morally questionable Gulf labour conditions

Jane Jakeman reviews two very different takes on art in the Middle East

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Robert Motherwell at 100: Gregory Gilbert reflects on the artist’s centenary

New research into the artist's work has offered new perspectives, but much work remains to be done

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A lifelong dedication to Gothic architecture: Peter Howell on A.W.N. Pugin

The final instalment in the collected letters of a revivalist pioneer

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Full of prim euphemism: Brian Dillon on Dave Hickey’s 25 Women

The book’s finest points are overshadowed by dispiriting foolishness

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Time was of the essence: on Impressionism versus Realism

In the battle with tradition, Impressionism’s “triumph” was not a foregone conclusion