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International Journal of Cultural Property (2011) 18:493–548. Printed in the USA. Copyright © 2011 International Cultural Property Society doi:10.1017/S0940739111000294 CHRONICLES 2010 January 1, 2010–December 31, 2010 Kurt Siehr* 1 JANUARY 2010 The Unidroit Convention of 24 June 1995 on Stolen or Illegally Exported Cul- tural Objects entered into force for Greece. 1 JANUARY 2010 Essen, Germany, Istanbul, Turkey, and Pécs, Hungary, were chosen Cultural Cap- itals of Europe in 2010. Le Journal des Arts, 7–20 January 2011, p. 6; The Art Newspaper, September 2010, p. 28, and December 2010, p. 31; Le Journal des Arts, 21 January–3 February 2011, p. 10; Il Giornale dell’Arte, December 2010, p. 9; Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, 9 January 2010, p. 33; Die Zeit, 19 August 2010, p. 61; Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, 14 November 2009, p. Z4, and 29 May 2010, p. Z3. 1 JANUARY 2010 The introduction of zero estate tax in the United States would have negative im- plications for donations to art museums and charities. The Art Newspaper,March 2010, p. 7. 4 JANUARY 2010 50 years ago the French poet Albert Camus (1913–1960) passed away. Neue Zürcher Zeitung, Internationale Ausgabe, 31 December 2009, p. 27; Die Zeit,30December 2009, p. 72. *University of Zürich Faculty of Law, Max-Plank-Institute, Hamburg. Email: [email protected] 493 Downloaded from https:/www.cambridge.org/core. University of Basel Library, on 11 Jul 2017 at 14:32:16, subject to the Cambridge Core terms of use, available at https:/www.cambridge.org/core/terms. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0940739111000294 494 KURT SIEHR 4 JANUARY 2010 In Dubai the highest building (800 meters), built by SOM architects, was finished and inaugurated. Neue Zürcher Zeitung, Internationale Ausgabe, 5 January 2010, p. 14; Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, 4 January 2010, p. 7. 5 JANUARY 2010 In 1875 the Paris Opera, called the Garnier-Opera, was inaugurated and at the occasion of this event and in memory of the architect Charles Garnier (1825– 1898) an exhibition was later opened in Paris. Süddeutsche Zeitung,13December 2010, p. 12; Neue Zürcher Zeitung, Internationale Ausgabe, 3 January 2011, p. 20. 6 JANUARY 2010 The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York decided the case Groszv.MuseumofModernArt. It granted the defendant’s motion to dismiss because of the bar by the statute of limitations and the museum still held the paintings Herrmann-Neisse with Cognac, Self-portrait with Model, and Republican Automations by George Grosz (1893–1959). Case 9 Civ. 3706 (CM)(THK); The Art Newspaper, November 2009, p. 13. 10 JANUARY 2010 The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York opened the exhibition The Draw- ing of Bronzino. Bronzino (1503–1572) was an excellent master of mannerism. Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, 4 February 2010, p. 34; ARTnews, February 2010, p. 92. 12 JANUARY 2010 An earthquake of 7.0 magnitude destroyed almost the whole city of Port-au- Prince, Haiti, and also damaged art centers and museums. The Art Newspaper, January 2011, p. 1, and March 2010, p. 1; Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, 15 Jan- uary 2010, p. 1. 13 JANUARY 2010 Denmark published the bill for ratification and implementation of the Unidroit Convention of 1995. Forslag til Lov om tilbagelevering og overførelse af stjålne eller ulovligt udførte kulturgenstande. Downloaded from https:/www.cambridge.org/core. University of Basel Library, on 11 Jul 2017 at 14:32:16, subject to the Cambridge Core terms of use, available at https:/www.cambridge.org/core/terms. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0940739111000294 CHRONICLES 495 15 JANUARY 2010 Berlin and Paris exchanged their art galleries and were present for one week in the other capital. Le Journal des Arts, 8 January 2010, p. 1; The Art Newspaper, January 2010, p. 59; Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, 16 January 2010, p. 37; Süd- deutsche Zeitung, 16–17 January 2010, p. 20. 15 JANUARY 2010 In the Tribunale di Pesaro, Italy, the Getty Foundation was accused of having bought the bronze of an athlete (supposed to be of Lisippos, ca. 340 bce)inbad faith. The Art Newspaper, February 2010, p. 18, and March 2010, p. 13; Il Giornale dell’Arte, January 2010, p. 10; Süddeutsche Zeitung, 13–14 February 2010, p. 13. 19 JANUARY 2010 The Family Court in Tel Av iv decided that the safes in Tel Aviv containing writing by Max Brod (1884–1968) may be opened. Die Zeit, 21 January 2010, p. 42. The District Court, however, stopped the opening. Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung,21 January 2010, p. 31, and 29 January 2010, p. 31. 21 JANUARY 2010 The Minister of Science and Culture of the German state Hessen returned to the Ambassador of Iraq 22 antique pieces of art that had been attached in Germany as looted and imported in violation of the UN Resolution 1483/2003. http:// cms.Frankfurt-live.com/front_content.php?ideat-21&printldeat-7 (of 22 January 2010). 23 JANUARY 2010 300 years ago in Meissen, Germany, the first European porcelain was manufac- tured in Saxony and has since then been collected by lovers of porcelain. Neue Zürcher Zeitung, Internationale Ausgabe, 23 November 2010, p. 14; Frankfurter All- gemeine Zeitung, 12 December 2010, p. 63; Süddeutsche Zeitung, 23–27 December 2009, p. 22. 23 JANUARY 2010 The Indian Ministry of Law and Justice, Legislative Department, issued “The An- cient Monuments and Archaeological Sites and Remains (Amendment and Val- idation) Ordinance 2010.” 50 Indian Journal of International Law 119ff. (2010). Downloaded from https:/www.cambridge.org/core. University of Basel Library, on 11 Jul 2017 at 14:32:16, subject to the Cambridge Core terms of use, available at https:/www.cambridge.org/core/terms. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0940739111000294 496 KURT SIEHR 26 JANUARY 2010 The painting The Art of Painting by Jan Vermeer (1632–1675) was once owned by Count Czernin, who sold this treasure to Adolf Hitler for 1.65 million German marks, a price said to be undervalued. The Kunsthistorische Museum, which re- fused to return it to the Czernin family, was now exhibiting this treasure. Il Gior- nale dell’Arte, April 2010, p. 51. 27 JANUARY 2010 In Istanbul the Hagia Sophia opened again after six years of restoration as a mu- seum. Once the biggest Christian church, it was changed into a mosque and later into a museum. Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, 8 February 2010, p. 25. 28 JANUARY 2010 At the auction Important Old Master Paintings of Sotheby’s in New York, the so- called American Leonardo of the Hahn family (see Hahn v. Duveen, 234 N.Y.Supp. 185 [Sup.Ct. 1929]) was sold for $ 1.3 million to an unknown purchaser. The painting was sold as Follower of Leonardo Da Vinci, probably before 1750. Sotheby’s Auction Catalogue, 28 January 2010, pp. 102–105; Carol Vogel, International Her- ald Tribune, 13 January 2010, p. 9; Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, 30 January 2010, p. 36; Kurt Siehr, Bulletin Kunst und Recht, no. 1, June 2010, p. 13; Le Journal des Arts, 19 February–4 March 2010, p. 24. 28 JANUARY 2010 The Kammergericht (Court of Appeals of Berlin) decided that two posters of the Sack collection did not have to be returned to the son of the collector. Kunst und Recht, 2010, p. 17; Kunstrechtsspiegel,no.01/2010, p. 12; Götz Schulze, Kunstrechts- spiegel,01/2010, p. 9; Zeitschrift für offene Vermögensfragen, 2010, p. 87; Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, 19 February 2010, p. 35. 29 JANUARY 2010 The Ethnological Museum Zürich opened an exhibition, Fakes, about fake art mass- produced in China to be sold as copies and fakes. Neue Zürcher Zeitung, Interna- tionale Ausgabe, 4 February 2010, p. 23. 30 JANUARY 2010 The Folkwang Museum in Essen, Germany opened its new building designed by the architect David Chipperfield and sponsored by the Krupp Foundation. In 1932 Downloaded from https:/www.cambridge.org/core. University of Basel Library, on 11 Jul 2017 at 14:32:16, subject to the Cambridge Core terms of use, available at https:/www.cambridge.org/core/terms. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0940739111000294 CHRONICLES 497 Paul J. Sachs of the Museum of Modern Art called it “the most beautiful museum of the world.” Kunstforum, 2000, p. 10 (January–February 2010); Neue Zürcher Zei- tung, Internationale Ausgabe, 8 February 2010, p. 19; Süddeutsche Zeitung,4De- cember 2009, p. 13; Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, 30 January 2010, p. Z6. JANUARY 2010 During excavations for the subway in Berlin 13 statues of so-called degenerate art were discovered and restored. It is still not certain how these statues were bur- ied and who did it. It is likely that the sculptures were in a hidden deposit of the former ministry of propaganda. They were exhibited in the Neue Museum (Mu- seum für Vor und Frühgeschichte) on Museum Island in Berlin MuseumsJournal, 2011, April–June, pp. 20–22; Der Berliner Skulpturenfund, 2nd. ed., Berlin, 2011; The Art Newspaper, December 2010, p. 9. JANUARY 2010 In Tunis the Center for Christian-Muslim Studies, including its library, was de- stroyed by fire. Neue Zürcher Zeitung, Internationale Ausgabe, 19 March 2010, p. 18. 1 FEBRUARY 2010 Swiss Interior Minister Didier Burkhalter and the Columbian foreign minister signed a bilateral agreement on the mutual protection of cultural property nec- essary under the Swiss Cultural Property Transfer Act, implementing the 1970 UNESCO Convention. Nike Bulletin, 2010, no. 3, p. 25. 3 FEBRUARY 2010 The Stuttgart County Court (Landgericht Stuttgart) convicted three persons of having faked sculptures of Alberto Giacometti (1901–1966). ARTnews,December 2010, p. 101; Il Giornale dell’Arte, April 2010, p. 76. 3 FEBRUARY 2010 The French Cour de cassation decided that the lex rei sitae governs the transfer of title and title presumption with respect to wall paintings transferred from New York to Paris.
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    RIHA Journal 0118 | 23 March 2015 Antonio Porta and Seventeenth-Century Central European Architecture Martin Krummholz Originally published as: "Antonio Porta a středoevropská architektura 17. Století," in: Martin Mádl (ed.), Barokní nástěnná malba v českých zemích. Tencalla I, Praha 2012, pp. 251-265. Translation initiated by: Pavla Machalíková, Institute of Art History of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague Abstract The text places the work of Antonio Porta (1631/32-1702) in the broader context of European architecture. It emphasises the close connections between Porta's architecture and the work of Francesco Caratti and Jean Baptiste Mathey, and the common starting- point for these artists, which was the Viennese architecture of Filiberto Lucchese and Giovanni Pietro Tencalla. The architecture of the Troja chateau of Count Sternberg can also be interpreted in this context; it draws on the analogous suburban summer residences in Vienna (Lusthäuser). There were also significant connections between mid-17th century Central European architecture and the Piedmont metropolis of Turin, which was being developed on a grand scale at that time. On the one hand there were many artists from the Lugano region active in Turin who later went on to work in Central Europe, and on the other numerous Central European aristocrats stayed for a while in Turin as part of their grand tour. It was via Turin that the influences of French architecture were reflected in the Bohemian and Central European milieus. Contents Roudnice nad Labem Turin Troja, Jean Baptiste Mathey, and Viennese architecture [1] A number of buildings decorated by paintings by Giacomo Tencalla are attributed to the architect Antonio Porta, who – like both Tencallas – came from the Lake Lugano region.