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A selection of Raichel Le Goff's articles 
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A QUESTION OF ICONOGRAPHY Cecco del Caravaggio painting difficult  to decipher
A NEWLY DISCOVERED PAINTING BY GIULIO ROMANO Joseph Reveals His Dreams to his Brothers, afrter Raphael
PAOLO de MATTEIS : PROVENANCE FOUND Pan and Syrinx, a painting with an interesting past
ART AND THE VIEW IN 17TH CENTURY ITALY Agostino Carracci as Teacher
VENETIAN PORTRAITURE 1475-1575 The so-called Belle Donne portraits
RE-CREATING ANTIQUITY IN THE RENAISSANCE Alfonso d'Este's camerino d'alabastro in Ferrara
DOLCE'S "L'ARETINO' AND VENETIAN ART THEORY  'L'Aretino' was published in 1557 by Ludovico Dolce
A LOOK AT EUGENE FROMENTIN'S  Les Maîtres d'autrefois (1876) travelogue by French artist
GIOTTO AND FILIPPINO LIPPI PAINT THE SAME SUBJECT The Raising of Drusiana : in the Perruzi and Strozzi Chapels, Florence
A LOOK AT HUIZINGA'S 'The Waning of the Middle Ages'  1924 Text examines sterility of the imagination in Middle Ages
FUNCTIONS OF POMPEII'S MYTHOLOGICAL PAINTINGS Fresco cycles and the Pompeiian viewer
THE HERITAGE OF APELLES Seeking an answer to Pollaiuolo's Battle of the Nudes
THE EMERGENCE OF THE VENETIAN PORTRAIT Did it all begin with Antonella da Messina?
THE SALA DEL'UDIENZE OF COSIMO I, DUKE OF TUSCANY Frescoes by Salviati in Florence's Palazzo Vecchio
THE VILLA OF THE MYSTERIES AT POMPEII The rituals of Dionysus and the legacy of Greece
HAVE YOU SEEN THESE FRESCOES? The hunt for Salviati's missing lunettes, Florence
READING THE PARTHENON  What we can do is look at the unwritten evidence....
20th Century and Contemporary Art :
A VOYAGE AROUND KOUNELLIS JIANNIS KOUNELLIS
Centro per l'Art Contemporanea Luigi Pecci, Prato, Italy
9th June - 9th September 2001
SOL  LE  WITT : RETROSPECTIVE SF MOMA, exhibition, San Francisco 2000
AURAS AND AVATARS Brice Marden, Tony Oursler, Dimitrios Georges Antonitsis - Eleni Christodoulou - Helen Marden - Allan McCollum  - Cathie Pilkington - Yorgos Sapountzis show works Hydra, Greece 2001
BEYOND THE PLEASURE PRINCIPLE - 
SARAH LUCAS at the FREUD MUSEUM		 BritArt personality adorns Sigmund Freud's house with sexy sculpture
BERNARD BUFFET Obituary of French artist, suicide 1999
PIERRE BONNARD Introduction to exhibition at Martigny, Switzerland, 1999
TRIBUTE TO LUIS BUNUEL IN SCULPTURE Angel Orensanz creates sculpture to the famous film director, Madrid 2001
FRANCESCO CLEMENTE Introduction to the exhibition of this Italian-born New York artist at the Guggenheim, Bilbao. 2000
LOVIS CORINTH'S ART : SURVIVING BERLIN Introduction to the 1999  exhbition in Madrid of this artist termed 'degenerate' by the Nazis
CRACKING ART : ITALY'S PLASTIC FANTASTICS Review of  'Musicarte' exhibition in Florence, Dec. 2000
JOHN CURRIN "Hollywood meets the court of Frederick III" a critique on the work of this successful American figurative painter
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PAUL DELVAUX RETROSPECTIVE Review of Exhibition at Palazzo Corsini, Florence, 1998
LE  FAUVISME : Wild Beasts+ the real meaning of
'avant-garde'		 Report on the Exhibition Musee d'Art Moderne de la Ville 
Paris, France, 2000
LONDON'S INSTITUTE OF CONTEMPORARY ARTS Introduction to the artists Miriam Bäckström and Urs Fischer in their 2000 exhibition at the ICA
ALDO MONDINO Italian artist, review of exhibition :
Sugar Cube Landscapes and Turkish Delights Dec. 2000
MARC QUINN AT THE R.A. Brief on the winner of the R.A. Summer Exhibition 2000
MIRÓ : THE METAMORPHOSES OF FORM Review of the exhibition of the Maeght Collection, Florence 2000
IS MALCZEWSKI THE MOST CONCEITED ARTIST EVER? Jacek Malczewski, Musee d'Orsay, 15 Feb.-14th May 2000
VIDEO ART'S OLD MASTER AT THE GUGGENHEIM The Worlds of Nam June Paik
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum NEW YORK , 2000
THE NARCISSISTS Alberto Sorbelli, Ernesto Pujo, Yasumasa Morimura are these peacocks Art's Latest Movement?
HIDEOUSLY KINKY : LUIGI ONTANI Controversial Italian artist inflames viewers at the Bologna biennale, review 2001
NORMAN ROCKWELL : PICTURES FOR THE AMERICAN PEOPLE Introduction to this commercial artist who stole the hearts of America, travelling exhibition 2001
AND ONE FRENCHMAN... Santo Ficara Gallery in Florence exhibition review 2001
BALTHUS Obituary of controversial French artist, 2001 
GIRL ABOUT TOWN Celebrated sculptress Rachel Whiteread installs her work under London's gloomy skys
ARTIST SELLS HIS LIFE: French artist Michel Le Goff creates a work of art containing a 3 year intimate record of his life, Florence, Italy
CONTEMPORARY  ART  ACROSS  CHIANTI : The Third Tuscia Electa Bill Viola heads a team of artists making use of Tuscany's beautiful landscape and monuments, Winter 2000
YAYOI KASUMA at the SERPENTINE Exhibition review of this Japanese artist, London
NORMAN LINDSAY AUSTRALIAN PAINTER Report from Newcastle, Australia on an Aussie Great
Pre-20th Century Art :
EDUCATING THE WEST : HOKUSAI The Old Man Mad About Painting : Exhibition at the Palazzo Reale, Milan, 2000
LOVE CONQUERS ALL : AGOSTINO CARRACCI Extract of a study published in the Journal of the Accademia Clementina, Bologna, Italy, 1992
QUINTESSENTIALLY BRITISH : RUSKIN Exhibition review : Ruskin, Turner and the Pre-Raphaelites, Tate Gallery, London , 2000
THE POWER OF ART Politicians step aside for CARAVAGGIO exhibition to occupy the Palazzo Giustiniani, Rome, Italy 2000
CHARLES V : MORE PRINCE THAN PATRON 2000 marked the 500th anniversary of Charles V birth resulting in a spree of exhibitions worldwide
WHAT'S ALL THE FUSS ABOUT DOSSO DOSSI? Questioning the appeal of Dossi's art, on the occasion of an exhibition at Palazzo dei Diamanti, Ferrara 1998
NEW BOY IN TOWN Michelangelo's disputed marble sculpture arrives in Florence
RENAISSANCE VENICE AND THE NORTH Crosscurrents in the Time of Bellini, Dürer,Titian, exhibition review, Palazzo Grassi Venice, 1999-2000
THE BOY IN THE BASEMENT : MICHELANGELO AT THE LOUVRE Michelangelo's Disputed "Young Archer" at the Louvre, 2000
DANIEL KATZ PRESENTS EUROPEAN SCULPTURE Top London dealer puts on the best show of the year, London 2000
ART WE LOVE TO HATE : de LA TOUR Humour : a satirical look at the art of Georges de La Tour
ART WE LOVE TO HATE : DUTCH TAVERN SCENES Humour : a satirical look at the appeal of 17th Century Lewd Dutch Tavern Scenes
ART WE LOVE TO HATE : LORENZO LOTTO Humour : Lotto and the Stiff Neck Syndrome - satirical look at 16th century artist
ART WE LOVE TO HATE : GERMAN NEO-RENAISSANCE Curse the Grand Tour! It led to the Germanization of Itailan art. Satirical look at 18th Century artist Mengs and his followers.
LIGHT IN LOMBARD PAINTING : CARAVAGGIO Exhibition Introduction : BERGAMO, Italy
Accademia Carrara, GAMC and Pinacoteca Accademia Carrara
SIR JOHN EVERETT MILLAIS AT THE NPG LONDON Short introduction to the exhibition
MORETTI'S  PRIVATE  CABINET The Moretti family of Prato display their fabulous collection in Florence
MUNCH : BRINGING THE NORTH TO FLORENCE Review of the 1999 Munch exhibition at the Palazzo Pitti, Florence.
PONTORMO DOING "VIOLENCE TO NATURE" 'The Paintings for the Certosa and Vasari as Critic' - 16th Century Florentine artist shocked his contemporaries 
13TH CENTURY FRESCO DISCOVERED 500 SQ.M. FRESCO FOUND in Jubileo Restoration Project, Rome 1999
CONTINI-BONACOSSI GALLERY OPENS AT THE UFFIZI Renaissance Treasures revealed in the collections new home, Florence, Italy, 2000
CATHERINE OF RUSSIA: THE EMPRESS AND THE ARTS Exhibition review : Catherine the Great of Russia as a collector and patron of art. Palazzo Strozzi, Florence, 1998
ANTHONY VAN DYCK 1599-1641 Exhibition review : Royal Academy, London 1999
THE ART OF PAINTING : JOHANNES VERMEER Exhibition introduction : NGA Washington D.C. 1999
DAUMIER ON EXHIBITION IN WASHINGTON Review of retrospective of this fine French 19th century visual commentator
The Art Market :
CHRISTIE'S AND SOTHEBY'S TATTLE-TALE The price-fixing scandal that shook the art world
"ART HAS A POINT" ....so says ARTEFIERA  BOLOGNA 2001 Report on Italy's most important contemporary art fair
EVERYONE LOVES A HAPPY ENDING Cezanne's Bouilloire et fruits sells for $29,319,170
THE PRICE OF INHERITANCE Gooch family lose a CIMABUE to pay death tax
PICASSO'S  MISTRESS TO FETCH $40Million Portrait of Dora Maar to be sold at Sotheby's
BURNING OTHER PEOPLE'S MONEY Art Auctions on the Net - The Truth Behind the Facade
IS THIS A PRICELESS GAUGUIN? New Zealand art dealer claims to have 6 original Gaugins
BUYING ART IN SE ASIA'S MOST POWERFUL CITY Hong Kong contemporary art
STUFFED HORSE SELLS FOR £600,000 at CHRISTIE'S Maurizio Cattelan's stuffed racehorse enters the auction records
WORLD RECORD SET FOR FRIDA KAHLO SELF-PORTRAIT $5,065,750 for Mexico's enigmatic art star
THE 17TH CENTURY LEWD DUTCH TAVERN SCENE Questioning the value of this popular genre at auctions
ESTIMATE UPON REQUEST : BLESSING OR CURSE? Bad cataloguing meant Munch's Madonna did not sell
SO LONG SOHO! NY Galleries vacate Soho in favour of new haunts
EVERYONE WANTS AN OFILI Since the NY Sensation scandal: Collectors line up to wait for a Chris Ofili work
CAN OLD MASTERS BE SOLD ON THE INTERNET? Sotheby's think they can sell valuable paintings sight unseen.
SOTHEBYS.COM AUCTION HOUSE ON THE WEB Launch of a new website claiming to change the art world
THE VALUE OF ART Is your response to a work of art affected by its financial value?


Art News :
ARTISTS' ROYALTIES Brussels agrees new deal on author's rights
LOOKING FOR A NEW MASACCIO The Florence Biennale, 1999
FOLLOW UP EXHIBITION FLORENCE BIENNALE - 1999 Post-biennale exhibition of American artists
MAHON COLLECTION ON SHOW AT BOLOGNA British collector makes a generous donation
DR. GACHET IN LIMBO The fascinating story of Van Gogh's famous portrait
THE BRITISH OUTRAGE NEW YORK NY Mayor sues Brooklyn museum for showing British Art
A GUGGENHEIM IN  AUSTRALIA? - WHY NOT Geelong puts in its bid to be the next site of a Guggnheim Museum
SIR FRANCIS HASKELL : OBITUARY Britain's acclaimed art historian remembered
DAMIEN HIRST ACCUSED OF PLAGIARISM BritArt's leader copies his child's toy and the creator sues
OPTING  FOR  NEUTRAL  EFFICIENCY Uffizi Museum in Florence chooses Japanese architect
DA VINCI RECREATED IN...GRAND RAPIDS? da Vinci's 13 ton bronze horse re-invented for Michigan
FALLING MARBLES in THE MEDICI CHAPEL Florence, 1999 - large pieces of black marble fall to the floor
WHEN IS A TITIAN A TITIEN? NG London considers changing labelling from Titian to Tiziano
THE NEMESIS OF THE ART WORLD: MICHEL VAN RIJN Scourge or saviour, notorious art smuggler after the big ones
IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER Heirs sell Picasso's signature to use on dinky Citroen cars
RAINY DAY IN ROMA Seeking shelter and inspiration in Rome
FLORENCE UNDER COVER effort for the Giubileo 2000 leaves Florence covered in scaffolding
THE MEDICI ARCHIVE PROJECT Americans rescue fabulous archives in Florence
MILAN ANTIQUES FAIR Review of the most important antiquariato in Italy
TURNER PRIZE 1999 Comment on the UK's most controversial art prize, Tate Gallery
TURNER PRIZE 1998 Comment on the UK's most controversial art prize, Tate Gallery
RAPHAEL'S FRAGILE DONA VELATA TO VISIT USA Should Italy's precious artworks be flogged around the world?
Museum News :
UFFIZI : THE CONTINI BONACOSSI DONATION Beautiful collection finds a home in the Uffizi, Florence
UFFIZI : FACELIFT FOR THE NEW MILLENIUM The Restoration of 28 statues in the Uffizi Piazzale, Florence
FRICK MUSUEM NEW YORK How Henry Clay Frick founded this perfect museum
NG LONDON : PORTRAIT OF A MAN CALLED CHRIST ‘Seeing Salvation', landmark millenium exhibition
MoMa NY : THE SILENCE AND THE SHAM MOMA was in bad need of renovation in 1999
BRISTOL UK : GRANDEUR AND DECADENCE The nation neglects its fine Victorian museums
UFIZZI : RARE ACQUISITION Acquisition of an important altarpiece by Bernadino Poccetti
GEORGES POMPIDOU CENTRE PARIS Famous museum of modern art gets a facelift
FREUD MUSEUM LONDON : SARAH LUCAS Artist installs sexy sculptures in Sigmund Freud's home
SOMERSET HOUSE LONDON London Palace housing the Courtauld Institute is given a new life
UFFIZI: THE NEW IDEAS Article on Uffizi project for The Art Newspaper, London
VILLA LA PIETRA: FLORENCE Sir Harold Acton's legacy



Among articles published in the printed press copies of the following are available :

HUMANITAS

in Greece Today newspaper, Athens, 1988


in THE ATHENIAN  1988: Greece's English Language Monthly

All articles © Raichel Le Goff
Sorry the link is deactivated for the time being

This book is the 1614 first edition of the illustrated Eikones (Imagines) of Philostratus
as translated by Blaise de Vigenere (1523-1596) and published in Paris by Abel d'Angelier.
With the kind permission of the owner, (private collection Greece), the images from this book have been posted on the internet to assist academic research on the subject of iconography.