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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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🏺 Read & watch classicist Richard Janko talk about his ground-breaking research into the partially-deciphered, 4th BC Derveni Papyrus.

🔥 "This was a wacky book, sort of new-age literature."

#archaeology 🗃️ #skystorians #AncientBlueSky #ClassicsBluesky

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The Derveni Papyrus
A Conversation with Richard Janko, Professor of Classical Studies, University of Michigan
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December 5, 2025 at 2:19 PM
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👁️ For #frescofriday wonderful trompe l'oeil ceiling frescoes by Benvenuto Tisi also called Il Garofalo, The Treasure Hall, Palazzo Costabili, Ferrara.

🚗 🎬 Yes! We'll film in Ferrara as well for upcoming films!
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🗃️ #arthistory #skystorians #art #renaissance #Italy
Trompe l'oeil ceiling frescoes by Benvenuto Tisi also called Il Garofalo, The Treasure Hall, Palazzo Costabili, Ferrara. Along the sides of the ceiling it´s painted a large balcony where Oriental rugs are hanging out: a gallery of characters, many of them with musical instruments, leaning from the balcony to show the observers their love for the arts, music and poetry. The fresco is almost a showcase of the aristocracy of the time with portraits of rare elegance. In an evocative scenography, behind the balcony a turquoise sky, with a gazebo filled with branches of fruit, knotted around the balustrade.
December 5, 2025 at 3:51 PM
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🏺 Read & watch classicist Richard Janko talk about his ground-breaking research into the partially-deciphered, 4th BC Derveni Papyrus.

🔥 "This was a wacky book, sort of new-age literature."

#archaeology 🗃️ #skystorians #AncientBlueSky #ClassicsBluesky

ideasroadshow.substack.com/p/the-derven...
The Derveni Papyrus
A Conversation with Richard Janko, Professor of Classical Studies, University of Michigan
ideasroadshow.substack.com
December 5, 2025 at 2:19 PM
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🏺 Funny how it is now impossible to un-remember something like this but could this refer to bread-watching dogs like ours?
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dannybate.bsky.social Dr Danny Bate @dannybate.bsky.social · 3d
It's a great word fact that English 'lord' comes from a compound meaning 'bread guard', which fused into one word: Old English hlāford.

There's evidence from Norway that the concept was an old one, as the Tune runestone (c. 400 AD) mentions the role of "witadahalaiban" – 'the one watching bread'.
A drawing of the two sides of the Tune runestone, showing its four lines of a runic inscription
December 5, 2025 at 10:43 AM
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🏺 Tomorrow we’ll release our in-depth conversation w/ classicist Richard Janko about his research on the Derveni Papyrus, Europe’s oldest surviving manuscript from the 4th c. BC.

📝 Make to sign up here: ideasroadshow.substack.com

#archaeology 🗃️ #skystorians #AncientBlueSky #ClassicsBluesky
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December 4, 2025 at 3:48 PM
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🦒 Modern art? Nope, these are charred scroll fragments that were part of a gift of several scrolls that King Ferdinand of Naples had sent to George IV in England in exchange for a royal giraffe for his private zoo.

🏺 #archaeology 🗃️ #skystorians #AncientBlueSky #ClassicsBluesky #arthistory
A frame with charred scroll fragments were part of a gift containing a number of scrolls that King Ferdinand of Naples had sent to George IV in England in exchange for a royal giraffe for his private zoo.
December 4, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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🏺 Tomorrow we’ll release our in-depth conversation w/ classicist Richard Janko about his research on the Derveni Papyrus, Europe’s oldest surviving manuscript from the 4th c. BC.

📝 Make to sign up here: ideasroadshow.substack.com

#archaeology 🗃️ #skystorians #AncientBlueSky #ClassicsBluesky
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December 4, 2025 at 3:48 PM
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🎨 Russia’s Catherine the Great was so transfixed by the so-called Raphael Loggia in Rome's Apostolic Palace that she had a replica made in St Petersburg, where it still remains today as part of the Hermitage Museum.

Learn more: ideasroadshow.substack.com/p/raphael-a-...

🗃️ #arthistory #skystorians
An exact replica of Raphael Loggia in Rome's Apostolic Palace Raphael Loggia in Rome's Apostolic Palace and a Swiss guard.
December 4, 2025 at 10:24 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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♥️ A very personal message from filmmaker Howard Burton related to the lasting emotional impact of Raphael's art through the creation of his recent film, Raphael: A Portrait.

You can watch Parts 1-5 of the film here: ideasroadshow.substack.com.

🗃️ #arthistory #skystorians #frescofriday 🏺 #art
November 28, 2025 at 11:04 AM
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This morning’s walk made me think of the beautiful Japanese word komorebi (木漏れ日) which means “sunlight leaking through trees”.

#France #photography #language #linguistics #Japan #Japanese
December 3, 2025 at 9:18 AM
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“Many of history’s most successful artists were deeply endowed with a significant dose of what we now unhesitatingly classify as “scientific” attributes.”

🗃️ #arthistory #science 🧪 ⚛️ #skystorians #academia

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The False Divide - Part 1
The successful artist as problem solver
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December 2, 2025 at 5:04 PM
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🏺 Love this: "one dog who accidentally walked his way into history" - that must definitely have been a good boy! 🐾

#tilesontuesday 🗃️
drnwillburger.bsky.social Nina Willburger @drnwillburger.bsky.social · 5d
Somewhere in a Roman brickyard, around 1800 years ago, a fresh tile was drying ahead of firing - until a dog trotted straight across it.
Centuries later, the tile has made it into a museum: not because of an emperor, but thanks to one dog who accidentally walked his way into history.🧵1/2

📷me
A Roman tile with 13 dog's paws prints
December 2, 2025 at 2:26 PM
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"For Shearman, gaining a deep familiarity w/ the cultural particulars of a time was first & foremost a means to an end: a vital prerequisite for gaining the necessary background understanding of the work itself."

🗃️ #arthistory #academia #skystorians 🏺

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Setting The Standard
The ongoing legacy of John Kinder Gowran Shearman (1931–2003)
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December 1, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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🦁 For #caturday a #mosaic in Sienna Cathedral of the Hellespontine sybil w/ a wolf & lion shaking paws 🐾 - an allusion to the Treaty between Siena & Florence.

🎬 We're in pre-production of a new film about Siena's artworks. Visit: ideasroadshow.substack.com

🗃️ #arthistory #skystorians #mosaicmonday
A mosaic in Sienna Cathedral of the Hellespontine sybil holding a book and in the background a wolf & lion shaking paws
November 29, 2025 at 12:16 PM
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Art & Detectives: Separated at Birth? John Shearman (l.) at the Courtauld Institute in the '70s & David Jason (r.) as detective Jack Frost in the iconic British TV series 'A Touch of Frost'.

💯 Setting The Standard: ideasroadshow.substack.com/p/setting-th...

🗃️ #arthistory #academia #skystorians
On the left, John Shearman at the Courtauld Institute of Art in the 1970s, on the right David Jason as detective Jack Frost in the iconic British TV series A Touch of Frost.
December 1, 2025 at 12:28 PM
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For #mosaicmonday a #mosaic of the catasterism of Orion, #Pompeii 1st c. BC.

✨ Orion was a legendary hunter in Greek mythology who became a constellation upon his death. Gaia had been angered by Orion and she sent a scorpion to kill him.🦂

🗃️ #arthistory #skystorians #archaeology 🏺
A remarkable mosaic of house of Orion, Pompeii, depicting the catasterism of Orion, Pompeii 1st c. BC.
December 1, 2025 at 10:36 AM
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"For Shearman, gaining a deep familiarity w/ the cultural particulars of a time was first & foremost a means to an end: a vital prerequisite for gaining the necessary background understanding of the work itself."

🗃️ #arthistory #academia #skystorians 🏺

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Setting The Standard
The ongoing legacy of John Kinder Gowran Shearman (1931–2003)
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December 1, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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👨‍🎨 Raphael's Legacy: the list of artists under his sway reads like a who’s who of the history of Western #art, from Andrea del Sarto to Peter Paul Rubens, Rembrandt to Salvador Dalì.

🎬 You can now watch Raphael: A Portrait, Parts 1-5, here: ideasroadshow.substack.com/p/raphael-a-...
🗃️ #arthistory
Screenshot from Raphael A Portrait showing Dali on the left surrounded by an artwork by Raphael and an artwork by Dali influenced by Raphael.
November 28, 2025 at 10:34 AM
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🎶 🎨 Raphael's Remarkable Legacy: 🎹 Franz Liszt’s hauntingly beautiful piano work Sposalizio was directly inspired by standing in front of Raphael’s painting of the same name.

🎼 Read more here: ideasroadshow.substack.com/p/raphael-a-...

🗃️ #arthistory #music #skystorians #academia #art #inspiration
Franz Liszt’s piano work Sposalizio was directly inspired by standing in front of Raphael’s painting of the same name which is shown on the right of this image. On the left is a photo of Liszt.
November 29, 2025 at 9:57 AM
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🦁 For #caturday a #mosaic in Sienna Cathedral of the Hellespontine sybil w/ a wolf & lion shaking paws 🐾 - an allusion to the Treaty between Siena & Florence.

🎬 We're in pre-production of a new film about Siena's artworks. Visit: ideasroadshow.substack.com

🗃️ #arthistory #skystorians #mosaicmonday
A mosaic in Sienna Cathedral of the Hellespontine sybil holding a book and in the background a wolf & lion shaking paws
November 29, 2025 at 12:16 PM
ideasroadshow.bsky.social
🎶 🎨 Raphael's Remarkable Legacy: 🎹 Franz Liszt’s hauntingly beautiful piano work Sposalizio was directly inspired by standing in front of Raphael’s painting of the same name.

🎼 Read more here: ideasroadshow.substack.com/p/raphael-a-...

🗃️ #arthistory #music #skystorians #academia #art #inspiration
Franz Liszt’s piano work Sposalizio was directly inspired by standing in front of Raphael’s painting of the same name which is shown on the right of this image. On the left is a photo of Liszt.
November 29, 2025 at 9:57 AM
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👑 Hilarious! And yes, very appropriate with the crown and all but where is the Louvre ladder?🪜

🗃️ #arthistory
drnwillburger.bsky.social Nina Willburger @drnwillburger.bsky.social · 10d
How cool ist that – and absolutely up to date: the #Playmobil Advent Calendar “Museum Theft”

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A picture of the Playmobil Advent Calendar “Museum Theft”
November 28, 2025 at 11:27 AM
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♥️ A very personal message from filmmaker Howard Burton related to the lasting emotional impact of Raphael's art through the creation of his recent film, Raphael: A Portrait.

You can watch Parts 1-5 of the film here: ideasroadshow.substack.com.

🗃️ #arthistory #skystorians #frescofriday 🏺 #art
November 28, 2025 at 11:04 AM
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👨‍🎨 Raphael's Legacy: the list of artists under his sway reads like a who’s who of the history of Western #art, from Andrea del Sarto to Peter Paul Rubens, Rembrandt to Salvador Dalì.

🎬 You can now watch Raphael: A Portrait, Parts 1-5, here: ideasroadshow.substack.com/p/raphael-a-...
🗃️ #arthistory
Screenshot from Raphael A Portrait showing Dali on the left surrounded by an artwork by Raphael and an artwork by Dali influenced by Raphael.
November 28, 2025 at 10:34 AM