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Pseudoniemen en naamsvarianten: Smith, Timothy David Wilson
Geboortedatum: 1936-04-14
Overlijdensdatum: 2006-07-16
Geslacht: male
Nationaliteit: UK
Opleiding: Harrow School
University of Cambridge (Peterhouse College)
Beroepen: history teacher at Eton
Relaties: Smith, Henry (father)
Smith, Pam (wife)
Smith, Denys Mack (tutor)
Organisaties: Catholic Church
Korte biografie: His obituary can be found online on the Daily Telegraph's website: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obitu...

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Caravaggio: Colour Library door Timothy Wilson-Smith

Using/used as paper reference as I read and research Caravaggio biographies during school. Very beautiful reproductions, though I am disappointed in the absence of large reproductions of his Boy Peeling Fruit (how can you see an artist's growth without the first one!?) Narcissus, Portrait of a Courtesan, and the first Sacrifice of Isaac and David and Goliath paintings. More geared to post-1600 Biblical paintings than earlier works.

Edit: Disappointed (to say the least) in the authors assertion that "It has become commonplace of modern criticism to see Caravaggio as a member of some homosexual set", then goes on to dismiss the written record that he quite possibly had a catamite and the fact that the boy in Amor Vincit Omnia is quite literally stepping out of a bed naked. He continues to argue that the focus of the aforementioned painting is instead the scientific tools he is stepping over, with Mr. Smith seeming to forget the erotic connotations of compasses and other wares at this time period in Italy, and the abundance of contemporary poetry written on it. Reminds me of words from a wonderful article:

"Scholars now seem more or less to agree in the perverse and counterintuitive assertion that first, there is no evidence that Caravaggio was homosexual, and second, he is primarily a spiritual Catholic artist...I do not recognise this Caravaggio, the sexually and confessionally straight altar boy. In fact, it is an absurdity, the product of art-historical research that obsesses about patrons and forgets to look at the pictures themselves."

Oh well, I was here for the pictures...… (meer)

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Eavans | 1 andere bespreking | Feb 17, 2023 |

Joan of Arc: Maid, Myth and History door Tim Wilson-Smith

Read my review here: http://braveheart1305.wordpress.com/2014/02/23/book-review-timothy-wilson-smiths...

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TheTrueBookAddict | Mar 22, 2020 |

Caravaggio door Timothy Wilson-Smith

My first introduction to Caravaggio - all the main paintings, in whole-page colour plates, along with detailed notes. A great way to start learning about his work.

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