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🧑‍🎨 "The young Sofonisba created an impressive array of high-quality portraits, many of which her ambitious father sent as gifts to the great and the good in order to establish her artistic reputation."

Read more: ideasroadshow.substack.com/p/sofonisbas...

🗃️ #arthistory #womenartists #skystorians
Self-protrait by Sofonisba, c. 1560,Musée Condé, Chantilly
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🦃 Two Venetian bronze turkeys, late 16th–early 17th c. The turkey became a status symbol in Venice: a sumptuary law of 1557 banned its meat from all tables but those of patricians.
🚪 Still nice to look at as door handles!

Happy #Thanksgiving to all who celebrate!

🗃️ #arthistory #skystorians 🏺
Two Venetian turkeys, late 16th–early 17th c. They were most likely used as door handles.
November 27, 2025 at 3:14 PM
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Happy Thanksgiving to all who celebrate! Below is a Still Life with a Turkey Pie by Pieter Claesz, 1627.

💯 Look at the stunning reflections of the painter himself in the carafe!

🏛️ RIjskmuseum

#Thanksgiving 🗃️ #arthistory #earlymodern #skystorians
Still Life with a Turkey Pie by Pieter Claesz, 1627. Detail of Still Life with a Turkey Pie by Pieter Claesz, 1627, showing a detailed reflectioin of the painter in the carafe.
November 26, 2025 at 4:44 PM
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Happy Thanksgiving to all who celebrate! Below is a Still Life with a Turkey Pie by Pieter Claesz, 1627.

💯 Look at the stunning reflections of the painter himself in the carafe!

🏛️ RIjskmuseum

#Thanksgiving 🗃️ #arthistory #earlymodern #skystorians
Still Life with a Turkey Pie by Pieter Claesz, 1627. Detail of Still Life with a Turkey Pie by Pieter Claesz, 1627, showing a detailed reflectioin of the painter in the carafe.
November 26, 2025 at 4:44 PM
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Watch a clip from Raphael: A Portrait about the rivalry between Michelangelo and Raphael.

More here: ideasroadshow.substack.com/p/raphael-a-...

🗃️ #arthistory #renaissance #art
November 25, 2025 at 2:14 PM
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👁️ Self-portraits can take all sorts of forms. Look at these bronze self-portrait medals by Leon Battista Alberti, c. 1435, with his personal symbol, a winged eye 👁️

🗃️ #arthistory #renaissance
Bronze self-portrait medal by Leon Battista Alberti, c. 1435 Bronze self-portrait medals by Leon Battista Alberti, c. 1446 - both sides are shown. Detail of flying eye in bronze self-portrait medal by Leon Battista Alberti, c. 1435
November 26, 2025 at 1:29 PM
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Watch a clip from Raphael: A Portrait about the rivalry between Michelangelo and Raphael.

More here: ideasroadshow.substack.com/p/raphael-a-...

🗃️ #arthistory #renaissance #art
November 25, 2025 at 2:14 PM
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🥛 For #tilesontuesday a detail of The Milkmaid by Vermeer showing a foot warmer with blue and white porcelain tiles on either side of it.

Being #Dutch, I was always told the tiles were to hide the moisture which was (is?) typical in Dutch canal houses.

🗃️ #arthistory #skystorians #earlymodern #art
A detail of The Milkmaid by Vermeer showing part of her dress and a foot warmer with tiles of Cupid and a man with a pole on either side of it.
November 25, 2025 at 1:30 PM
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For #tilesontuesday an optical illusion of perspective on the floor of the Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore in Florence. OPA = Opera del Duomo, founded in 1296 in Fl. to oversee the construction of the new Cathedral & its bell tower.

🗃️ #arthistory #art #medievalsky #renaissance #skystorians 🏺
a stunning optical illusion of perspective on the marble floor of the Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore in Florence. Detail of the the optical illusion of perspective on the floor of the Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore in Florence. It shows the letters OPA in the middle which stands for Opera Del Duomo.
November 18, 2025 at 1:09 PM
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🦃 Happy Thanksgiving to all who celebrate!

🎉 Let's also celebrate JSTOR @jstor.bsky.social which is featured in a recent essay👇 by Howard Burton as an 'essential tool to significantly deepen one's knowledge of virtually any subject'.

Read here: ideasroadshow.substack.com/p/on-learning

🗃️ 🏺🏛️ 🧪💙📚🎨
jstor.bsky.social JSTOR @jstor.bsky.social · 3d
This #Thanksgiving collection of stories from @jstordaily.bsky.social offers a feast of ideas to go with your holiday meal. 🍂

Discover how the holiday was invented, why we call it “turkey,” and even how tofu found its way to the table.

See the roundup: https://bit.ly/4iiuYju
A vintage Thanksgiving postcard showing a turkey standing on a dirt path with tail feathers fanned against a green background. The words “Thanksgiving Greetings” appear at the bottom.
November 25, 2025 at 8:26 AM
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Interesting! "Beyond those familiar touchstones lies a much broader creative and cultural legacy. We hope this brief journey into the roots of Oz inspires you to explore its forgotten corners and rediscover the wonder that made it timeless in the first place."

#filmsky #skystorians 🗃️ #arthistory
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🧵 The Winged Monkeys in Baum’s Oz weren’t followers of the Wicked Witch – they were compelled by the magical Golden Cap. Whoever wore it could summon them three times.
The Wicked Witch used it first, then Dorothy.

🐒🪽More Oz in the #publicdomain ⤵️
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#Oz #Wicked
A W.W. Desnlow illustration from the original The Wonderful Wizard of Oz book. It depicts the Winged Monkeys in flight, one bearing the Ton Woodman, one carrying Toto, and two carrying Dorothy, wearing the golden cap that allows its wearer to command Monkeys. The caption reads "The Monkeys caught Dorothy in their arms and flew away with her."
November 25, 2025 at 8:16 AM
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🍎 "Well, I missed the opportunity to take this or that course, so now I’ll never be in a position to learn it properly like all you guys with your fancy degrees. Sheer nonsense."

🗃️ #arthistory #academicsky #academia #inspiration #scicomm

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On Learning
Truly, madly, deeply
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November 24, 2025 at 1:18 PM
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🧑‍🎨 Sofonisba Anguissola, born into a noble family, is given the unprecedented opportunity of receiving formal artistic training by 2 professional painters: Bernardino Campi & Bernardino Gatti.

Read more: ideasroadshow.substack.com/p/sofonisbas...

🗃️ #arthistory #womenartists #skystorians #art #Italy
A painting by Sofonisba of probably her sister Elena dressed as a nun.
November 24, 2025 at 2:55 PM
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🐘 Another remarkable marble mosaic inlay floor from the Cathedral in Siena w/ the names & animal symbols of nine important Italian cities 🦁

🎬 We're in pre-production research of a new film about Siena's artworks.

More updates here: ideasroadshow.substack.com

🗃️ #arthistory #skystorians #Italy
November 24, 2025 at 1:28 PM
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🍎 "Well, I missed the opportunity to take this or that course, so now I’ll never be in a position to learn it properly like all you guys with your fancy degrees. Sheer nonsense."

🗃️ #arthistory #academicsky #academia #inspiration #scicomm

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On Learning
Truly, madly, deeply
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November 24, 2025 at 1:18 PM
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Question to @bsky.app - would it be possible to make an adjustment so that users can change the country in the trending section?

The USA is not relevant to all of us, especially here in Europe. Merci!

@support.bsky.team #bluesky
November 18, 2025 at 1:24 PM
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For #mosaicmonday the exquisite marble mosaic inlay floor of the Cathedral of Siena. We look forward to filming there in early 2026!

The inlays were traced out on white marble slabs using a chisel & drill & then filled in w/ black stucco, a technique called “graffito”.

🗃️ #arthistory #skystorians
November 24, 2025 at 9:26 AM
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A great essay w/ lots of images by @dianetucker.bsky.social of the Fra Angelico art exhibition at the Palazzo Strozzi & the Convent of San Marco—thru Jan 25.

A great preparation for both visitors & armchair travellers!

🗃️ #arthistory #art #museums #skystorians

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Fra Angelico: The devil is in the details
See how artist Fra Angelico led a revolution in Italian painting that profoundly shifted the focus from religious dogma to human potential.
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November 24, 2025 at 8:23 AM
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🐘 A revealing window into the dynamic atmosphere of Leo X’s papal court through a small stucco image in the Vatican Loggia designed by Raphael’s workshop depicting Leo’s pet #elephant Hanno.

🦣 Watch RAPHAEL: A PORTRAIT, ideasroadshow.substack.com/p/raphael-a-...

🗃️ #arthistory #skystorians #art
A sketch and stucco of Pope Leo X's pet elephant Hanno.
November 23, 2025 at 10:04 AM
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♥️ Absolutely love this delicate & alert ivory gazelle, #Egypt, New Kingdom, ca. 1390–1352 BC, standing on a wooden pedestal with inlaid decoration depicting plants that allude to its semi-desert habitat.

Size: H. 11.6 × W. 9.7 × D. 5 cm
🏛️ Met

🏺 #archaeology 🗃️ #arthistory #art
A delicate ivory gazelle, #Egypt, New Kingdom, ca. 1390–1352 BC, standing on a wooden pedestal with inlaid decoration depicting plants that allude to its semi-desert habitat. Size: H. 11.6 × W. 9.7 × D. 5 cm
November 23, 2025 at 3:41 PM
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👨‍🎨 Raphael’s unique character gave rise to a different sort of workshop than that of other leading artists, one where individual initiative was broadly encouraged & mutual respect was the order of the day (ALT)

🎬 RAPHAEL: A PORTRAIT: ideasroadshow.substack.com/p/raphael-a-...

🗃️ #arthistory #art
Vasari states that the four prophets in Chigi’s Chapel in Santa Maria della Pace were painted by Timoteo Viti, a childhood friend who trained in Giovanni Santi’s Urbino workshop and eventually succeeded him as Urbino court painter. The image shows a drawing by Raphael on the left and on the right a detail of the finished fresco.
November 22, 2025 at 12:47 PM
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🐘 A revealing window into the dynamic atmosphere of Leo X’s papal court through a small stucco image in the Vatican Loggia designed by Raphael’s workshop depicting Leo’s pet #elephant Hanno.

🦣 Watch RAPHAEL: A PORTRAIT, ideasroadshow.substack.com/p/raphael-a-...

🗃️ #arthistory #skystorians #art
A sketch and stucco of Pope Leo X's pet elephant Hanno.
November 23, 2025 at 10:04 AM
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Pope Leo X capitalized on Raphael's skills by commissioning a breathtaking array of works that would dramatically illustrate the new Golden Age he was convinced that his papacy was ushering in.

🍿 Watch ▶️ ideasroadshow.substack.com/p/raphael-a-...

🗃️ #arthistory #skystorians #academia #Italy #art
Part of the so-called Sistine Tapestries by Raphael.
November 21, 2025 at 4:51 PM
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👨‍🎨 Raphael’s unique character gave rise to a different sort of workshop than that of other leading artists, one where individual initiative was broadly encouraged & mutual respect was the order of the day (ALT)

🎬 RAPHAEL: A PORTRAIT: ideasroadshow.substack.com/p/raphael-a-...

🗃️ #arthistory #art
Vasari states that the four prophets in Chigi’s Chapel in Santa Maria della Pace were painted by Timoteo Viti, a childhood friend who trained in Giovanni Santi’s Urbino workshop and eventually succeeded him as Urbino court painter. The image shows a drawing by Raphael on the left and on the right a detail of the finished fresco.
November 22, 2025 at 12:47 PM
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For #caturday a plaque (meant to cover a book, c. 1000 AD) w/ the Lamb of God (Agnus Dei) on a Cross between Emblems of the 4 evangelists:

🦁 an angel (Matthew), a winged lion (Mark), a winged ox (Luke), and an eagle (John).

🗃️ #arthistory #medievalsky 🏺 #archaeology #skystorians #art
A plaque (meant to cover a book, c. 1000 AD) w/ the Lamb of God (Agnus Dei) on a Cross between Emblems of the 4 evangelists: An angel (Matthew), a winged lion (Mark), a winged ox (Luke), and an eagle (John).
November 22, 2025 at 12:24 PM
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Pope Leo X capitalized on Raphael's skills by commissioning a breathtaking array of works that would dramatically illustrate the new Golden Age he was convinced that his papacy was ushering in.

🍿 Watch ▶️ ideasroadshow.substack.com/p/raphael-a-...

🗃️ #arthistory #skystorians #academia #Italy #art
Part of the so-called Sistine Tapestries by Raphael.
November 21, 2025 at 4:51 PM