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Smarthistory
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Smarthistory, a nonprofit, collaborates with museums, academics, conservators, and knowledge-bearers to make art history accessible and engaging while retaining nuance and rigor—plus everything is free! https://smarthistory.org
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Smarthistory @smarthistory.bsky.social · Feb 9
Gerhard Richter was born today in 1932. Here is a short introductory essay from Smarthistory on a formative work, Uncle Rudy:

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Gerhard Richter, Onkel Rudi (Uncle Rudi), 1965, oil on canvas, 87 x 50 cm, Památník Lidice / Lidice Memorial, Czech Republic © Gerhard Richter 2023 (16032023)
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Jack O'Lantern 🎃 @muninnherself.bsky.social · Jul 1
#DailyMegalith #TombTuesday

Gwal y Filiast #Llanboidy #Carmarthenshire #Wales (2016)
A neat dolmen-style burial chamber in a grassy clearing. There are plantation spruce behind, and ferns and smaller trees. It looks damply cool and enticing as I'm posting this on a very hot day.
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Smarthistory @smarthistory.bsky.social · Jul 1
smarthistory.org/jacopo-sanso...

a new #Smarthistory essay by Dr. Letha Ch'ien on one of the most seen/overlooked #Renaissance buildings in #Italy

#architecture #ArchitecturalHistory #Venice #Venetian
Jacopo Sansovino, Loggetta, Piazza San Marco, Venice, 1538–46 (attached to the reconstructed medieval bell tower) (photo: Steven Zucker, CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) Please see the essay for a detailed description
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Smarthistory @smarthistory.bsky.social · Jul 1
Chihil Sutun, a Safavid palace
a new #Smarthistory essay by Dr. Samira Fathi
#Safavid #Iran #architecture #architecturalhistory

smarthistory.org/chihil-sutun/
Straight on photo of the palace looking across the reflecting pool against a bright blue sky. Reflections of the columns and the small potted bushes that line the pool can be seen in the water. Trees frame the palace in the background.
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Smarthistory @smarthistory.bsky.social · Jul 1
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#aeronauts #art #arthistory #IndigenousFuturism #ceramics
Virgil Ortiz (Cochiti Pueblo), Aeronauts, Steu and Cuda
YouTube video by Smarthistory
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Smarthistory @smarthistory.bsky.social · Jul 1
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#Merlin #art #arthistory #magic #19thCentury #Britain
Edward Burne-Jones, The Beguiling of Merlin
YouTube video by Smarthistory
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Smarthistory @smarthistory.bsky.social · Jun 19
youtu.be/bj0CtjIUgkQ
a new Smarthistory video

#architecture #architecturalhistory #art #arthistory #UShistory #history #neoclassicism #GreekRevival
Federal Hall National Memorial
YouTube video by Smarthistory
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Smarthistory @smarthistory.bsky.social · Jun 16
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Reimagining representations of emancipation 50 years after the Emancipation Proclamation, a sculpture by Meta Warrick Fuller commissioned by W. E. B. Du Bois

#art #arthistory #emancipation #womenartists
Meta Warrick Fuller, Emancipation
YouTube video by Smarthistory
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Smarthistory @smarthistory.bsky.social · Jun 13
After today, you might find a little solace in
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#Osage #NativeAmerican #art #arthistory
Anita Fields, Elements of Being
YouTube video by Smarthistory
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Smarthistory @smarthistory.bsky.social · Jun 13
And a view of the sanctuary
www.flickr.com/photos/profz...
Sanctuary, Richardson, Trinity Church
Henry Hobson Richardson, Trinity Church (interior), Copley Square, Boston, 1872–77
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Smarthistory @smarthistory.bsky.social · Jun 10
HH Richardson's Trinity Church magnificent interior is packed with glass (& painting) by John La Farge, Edward Burne-Johns (w/William Morris & Co), as well as others including Margaret Redmond

Photoset: www.flickr.com/photos/profz...
#CreativeCommons #architecture #HHRichardson
Steven Zucker, Smarthistory co-founder
Explore Steven Zucker, Smarthistory co-founder’s 17,077 photos on Flickr!
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Smarthistory @smarthistory.bsky.social · Jun 9
You do remember correctly.
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Smarthistory @smarthistory.bsky.social · Jun 9
Judy Chicago, The Dinner Party
a new Smarthistory video

#art #arthistory #feminism
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Judy Chicago, The Dinner Party
YouTube video by Smarthistory
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Smarthistory @smarthistory.bsky.social · Jun 9
Wonderfully descriptive word, perfect.
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Smarthistory @smarthistory.bsky.social · Jun 9
If you'd like to learn more about the history of A.I.R. and other early alternative art spaces in New York City, see Dr. Courtney Fiske's essay on Smarthistory: smarthistory.org/alternative-...
Smarthistory – Alternative art spaces in New York City
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mgregorywriter.bsky.social @mgregorywriter.bsky.social · Jun 9
#artists #opportunity
A.I.R. Gallery submit thru June 25

support A.I.R. by donating a postcard-sized work for its annual postcard show, Wish You Were Here. They're sold for $45 and all proceeds go to benefit A.I.R. and its mission to advance the work of women and non-binary artists
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Smarthistory @smarthistory.bsky.social · Jun 8
You might like our short video about Arbus's A Box of Ten Photographs: smarthistory.org/diane-arbus-...
Smarthistory – Diane Arbus, A Box of Ten Photographs
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Smarthistory @smarthistory.bsky.social · Jun 8
So generous, thank you!
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emilia @emilia-romanica.bsky.social · Jun 3
Cattedrale di Palermo, Palermo PA (Sicilia) 🇮🇹

Corona di Costanza d'Aragona, 1220-1222 ca, oro, argento d'orato e filigranato, smalti, perle, pietre policrome.

emiliaromanica.com/2025/06/02/

📷 @emilia_romanica　
20 agosto 2024
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Smarthistory @smarthistory.bsky.social · Jun 8
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detail from a new photo set just posted
Hans Memling, Christ Blessing
Hans Memling, Christ Blessing, oil on panel, 35.1 x 25.1 cm (Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)
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Smarthistory @smarthistory.bsky.social · Jun 7
Reclaiming cultural heritage one feather at a time
Raven Custalow, Puttawus
a new Smarthistory video

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#art #arthistory #featherwork #NativeAmerican
Raven Custalow, Puttawus
YouTube video by Smarthistory
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Smarthistory @smarthistory.bsky.social · Jun 5
Thank you. Her work is always such a treat, and too rarely seen.
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Smarthistory @smarthistory.bsky.social · Jun 5
Fresh Smarthistory!
youtu.be/yGxPKaanF50

#postmodern #architecture #architecturalhistory #PhilipJohnson
Philip Johnson and John Burgee, The AT&T Building (NYC)
YouTube video by Smarthistory
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Smarthistory @smarthistory.bsky.social · Jun 5
Dyce is amazing.
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