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Aretino in Print Quarterly

commentary and criticism, hype & linkage, pictorial artsBy Matthias Wivel 16 May 2022

In the latest issue of Print Quarterly, vol. 39, no. 1, I review three publications — an exhibition catalogue from the Uffizi and two scholarly anthologies — around the Venetian writer, polemicist and literary activist Pietro Aretino (1492-1556), with a specific view to their treatment of Aretino’s relationship with prints and printmaking. Aretino was involved…

Arcadia in Print Quarterly

commentary and criticism, hype & linkage, pictorial artsBy Matthias Wivel 19 November 2014

In the latest issue of Print Quarterly (vol. XXXI, no. 4), I’ve reviewed the catalogue of the exhibition “Arcadia — Paradies auf Papier, Landschaft und Mythos in Italien”, displayed at the Kupferstichkabinett of the Staatliche Museen in Berlin earlier this year. The exhibition was based entirely on the Kupferstichkabinett’s incredibly rich holdings and provides a…