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A Material World @amaterialworld.bsky.social · Sep 5

📷: Carved and painted wooden Spirit Mask representing one of the spirits the Eskimo shaman must encounter. S.W. Alaska, this type also occurs among the Central Eskimo.
Wellcome Collection. Source: Wellcome Collection. Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0).

A Material World @amaterialworld.bsky.social · Sep 5

We are delighted to announce that A Material World will be returning for our 6th year of events @warburginstitute.bsky.social. The theme for this year is Encounters.

Full programme to be announced soon.

#materialculture #arthistory #history #globalhistory

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A Material World @amaterialworld.bsky.social · Sep 5

📷: Carved and painted wooden Spirit Mask representing one of the spirits the Eskimo shaman must encounter. S.W. Alaska, this type also occurs among the Central Eskimo.
Wellcome Collection. Source: Wellcome Collection. Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0).

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Art & Inequality in the Shadow of the Black Death @artandinequality.bsky.social · Jun 20

♻️ Waste not, want not!

Discover more about how parchments were reused and recycled in the 14th century, plus some of our discoveries in the archives, here: www.artandinequality.com/waste-and-re...

#history #materialculture #waste #reuse #medievalbindings #medievalhistory #archives

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A Material World @amaterialworld.bsky.social · Jun 16

Interested in the commissioning practices of late medieval non-elites? Give @artandinequality.bsky.social a follow to keep up to date with their latest news.

Art & Inequality in the Shadow of the Black Death @artandinequality.bsky.social · Jun 16

📜All the documents our project looks at have one thing in common - they were drawn up by a notary.

🪶Each medieval notary used a distinctive personal mark. Find out more here: www.artandinequality.com/whats-your-s...

#medievalhistory #arthistory #nonelite #history #testaments #notary

A Material World @amaterialworld.bsky.social · Jun 5

Interested in art commissions made by European non-elites between 1225 and 1525? Then give @artandinequality.bsky.social a follow!

#arthistory #medieval #medievalhistory #testaments

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The Warburg Institute @warburginstitute.bsky.social · May 8

📺 Now available to watch:

'Game of Thrones. Early Modern Playing Cards and Portrait Miniature Painting'

Discover how playing cards became the unexpected canvas for miniature portraits in this talk by Karin Leonhard.

warburg.sas.ac.uk/podcasts/a-m... @amaterialworld.bsky.social #ArtHistory

A Material World | Game of Thrones. Early Modern Playing Cards and Portrait Miniature Painting

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A Material World @amaterialworld.bsky.social · Mar 24

📣Happening next week ‼️
More details below⬇️

#arthistory #renaissance #materialculture #games #portraits #funandgames #history

A Material World @amaterialworld.bsky.social · Mar 13

Join us on 1 April (5:30pm), online @warburginstitute.bsky.social, to hear Karin Leonhard (Konstanz University) on ' #GameofThrones #EarlyModern #PlayingCards and Portrait Miniature Painting'.

More details and book for free: warburg.sas.ac.uk/events/a-mat...

#arthistory #portraits #renaissance

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A Material World @amaterialworld.bsky.social · Mar 13

Image: “Queen of Stags”, from the earliest known deck of cards, the, “Stuttgart Playing Cards”, circa 1430, 19.1 × 12.1 cm. Landesmuseum Württemberg, Stuttgart.
Digital image courtesy of Landesmuseum Württemberg, Stuttgart (CC BY).

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A Material World @amaterialworld.bsky.social · Mar 13

Join us on 1 April (5:30pm), online @warburginstitute.bsky.social, to hear Karin Leonhard (Konstanz University) on ' #GameofThrones #EarlyModern #PlayingCards and Portrait Miniature Painting'.

More details and book for free: warburg.sas.ac.uk/events/a-mat...

#arthistory #portraits #renaissance

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A Material World @amaterialworld.bsky.social · Feb 14

Missed our most recent event at @warburginstitute.bsky.social? Never fear, you can catch up below:
youtu.be/FqdGDYKtALs?...

Go #behindthescenes of the exhibition Untold Lives: A Palace at Work held at Kensington Palace last year, with one of the curators, Dr Mishka Sinha.
#history #earlymodern

A Material World | Living work: recovering unrecorded histories through ordinary objects

YouTube video by WarburgInstitute

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A Material World @amaterialworld.bsky.social · Nov 25

Image: John Riley, Bridget Holmes, 1686, oil on canvas, Royal Collection Trust, RCIN 405667. Public domain via Wikimedia Commons with thanks to the Royal Collection Trust/ His Majesty The King/ Historic Royal Palaces.

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A Material World @amaterialworld.bsky.social · Nov 25

Happening tomorrow online! Curator Mishka Sinha on 'Living work: recovering unrecorded histories through ordinary objects'.

Book for free: warburg.sas.ac.uk/events/a-mat...

#untoldhistory #materialculture #museums #curating #curatorial #materialmonday

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A Material World @amaterialworld.bsky.social · Nov 22

Image: Ludwig Maximilian Mehemet von Königstreu, published by George Kitchin after Godfrey Kneller, mezzotint, 1715. National Portrait Gallery London, NPG D38146. Creative Commons CC.BY.NC.ND.

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A Material World @amaterialworld.bsky.social · Nov 22

Join us on Tuesday (26/11) at 5:30pm, online at the Warburg Institute, to hear curator Mishka Sinha on 'Living work: recovering unrecorded histories through ordinary objects'.
Book for free: warburg.sas.ac.uk/events/a-mat...

#untoldhistory #materialculture #museums #curating #curatorial

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A Material World @amaterialworld.bsky.social · Nov 18

Go #behindthescenes of a recent exhibition at Kensington Palace with one of the curators, Mishka Sinha, in our next event, 'Living work: recovering unrecorded histories through ordinary objects'
📆 26/11
🕰️5:30pm
📍online @warburginstitute.bsky.social
Book for free: warburg.sas.ac.uk/events/a-mat...

A Material World - 'Living work: recovering unrecorded histories through ordinary objects'

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A Material World @amaterialworld.bsky.social · Nov 18

Happening very soon! ⬇️

A Material World @amaterialworld.bsky.social · Nov 11

📣 One week to go until our first event of 2024-25!

Hear Timothy McCall on ‘Dyes that Kill and Mordants that Bite: The Centres and Margins of Luxury in Renaissance Italy’.
📆 18 November
🕰️ 5:30pm UK time
📍online @warburginstitute.bsky.social

🔗 Book for free: warburg.sas.ac.uk/events/a-mat...

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A Material World @amaterialworld.bsky.social · Oct 23

In the meantime, catch up with recordings of our previous events here: youtube.com/playlist?lis...

A Material World - YouTube

The 'A Material World' event series focuses on the reconstruction of life in the past through objects and materials, the people who made them and the people ...

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A Material World @amaterialworld.bsky.social · Nov 11

#socialhistory #historyoffashion #dresshistory #renaissance #materialculture #earlymodern #arthistory #politicalhistory

A Material World @amaterialworld.bsky.social · Nov 11

📣 One week to go until our first event of 2024-25!

Hear Timothy McCall on ‘Dyes that Kill and Mordants that Bite: The Centres and Margins of Luxury in Renaissance Italy’.
📆 18 November
🕰️ 5:30pm UK time
📍online @warburginstitute.bsky.social

🔗 Book for free: warburg.sas.ac.uk/events/a-mat...

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A Material World @amaterialworld.bsky.social · Nov 11

Image: Fritz Coler, Waidgießer, 1529 from Stadtbibliothek im Bildungscampus Nürnberg, Amb. 279.2° (Landauer I), f. 20r. Public Domain.

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A Material World @amaterialworld.bsky.social · Nov 11

📣 One week to go until our first event of 2024-25!

Hear Timothy McCall on ‘Dyes that Kill and Mordants that Bite: The Centres and Margins of Luxury in Renaissance Italy’.
📆 18 November
🕰️ 5:30pm UK time
📍online @warburginstitute.bsky.social

🔗 Book for free: warburg.sas.ac.uk/events/a-mat...

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A Material World @amaterialworld.bsky.social · Nov 10

A Material World is an event series hosted by the Warburg Institute which focuses on the reconstruction of life in the past through objects and materials, the people who made them and the people who used them. Find out more: warburg.sas.ac.uk/whats-on/mat...

#materialculture #arthistory #museums

A Material World

An event series that focuses on the reconstruction of life in the past through objects and materials, the people who made them and the people who used them.

warburg.sas.ac.uk

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A Material World @amaterialworld.bsky.social · Nov 8

Image: Cut voided velvet on satin foundation weave, 15th c., Italian, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Public domain.