Jaq W
@kardomah.bsky.social
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I post about *ALL OF THESE THINGS*: Art, Design, History, Archaeology, Architecture, Egyptology, LFC, sometimes music
I post about *ALL OF THESE THINGS*: Art, Design, History, Archaeology, Architecture, Egyptology, LFC, sometimes music
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Saw an amazing little exhibition at the new Petri archaeology museum in Berlin - "degenerate" art confiscated by the Nazis and excavated in 2010 during construction of a metro station.
November 29, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Saw an amazing little exhibition at the new Petri archaeology museum in Berlin - "degenerate" art confiscated by the Nazis and excavated in 2010 during construction of a metro station.
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British horticulturist, garden designer, and writer Gertrude Jekyll was born #OnThisDay in 1843. She bought this pair of men's leather boots when she was in her 40s and continued to wear them (after many repairs) until her death in 1932. Guildford Museum collection. #fashionhistory
November 29, 2025 at 2:01 PM
British horticulturist, garden designer, and writer Gertrude Jekyll was born #OnThisDay in 1843. She bought this pair of men's leather boots when she was in her 40s and continued to wear them (after many repairs) until her death in 1932. Guildford Museum collection. #fashionhistory
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A #Roman necklace plaited gold set with sapphires & garnets, with a lovely butterfly pendant, also set with precious stones. Hard to believe this piece of jewellery is about 1800-2000 years old! 🏺 #AncientBlueSky
November 29, 2025 at 10:09 AM
A #Roman necklace plaited gold set with sapphires & garnets, with a lovely butterfly pendant, also set with precious stones. Hard to believe this piece of jewellery is about 1800-2000 years old! 🏺 #AncientBlueSky
Somewhat more organised (but not much!) than the room in which chemist Dimitri Mendeleev (left), creator of the periodic table of elements, is depicted here engaged in a chess game against the painter Arkhip Kuindzhi.
In the background stands Anna Ivanova Popova, wife of Mendeleev.
photo: 1882
In the background stands Anna Ivanova Popova, wife of Mendeleev.
photo: 1882
November 29, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Somewhat more organised (but not much!) than the room in which chemist Dimitri Mendeleev (left), creator of the periodic table of elements, is depicted here engaged in a chess game against the painter Arkhip Kuindzhi.
In the background stands Anna Ivanova Popova, wife of Mendeleev.
photo: 1882
In the background stands Anna Ivanova Popova, wife of Mendeleev.
photo: 1882
Sherry krug, c. 1900 by wonderful Austrian designer/artist Koloman Moser, one of the foremost artists of the Vienna Secession movement and a co-founder of Wiener Werkstätte (Vienna Workshop).
November 29, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Sherry krug, c. 1900 by wonderful Austrian designer/artist Koloman Moser, one of the foremost artists of the Vienna Secession movement and a co-founder of Wiener Werkstätte (Vienna Workshop).
Magritte was first inspired to fuse night and day after reading a poem by the French writer (and Surrealist Manifesto author) André Breton, L’Aigrette (1923): “Si seulement il faisait du soleil cette nuit,” which translates to, “If only the sun would shine tonight.”
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November 29, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Magritte was first inspired to fuse night and day after reading a poem by the French writer (and Surrealist Manifesto author) André Breton, L’Aigrette (1923): “Si seulement il faisait du soleil cette nuit,” which translates to, “If only the sun would shine tonight.”
news.artnet.com/art-world/ma...
news.artnet.com/art-world/ma...
If only we could watch/listen to shows we have selected, without first having to sit through trailers for shows we haven't selected and would never want to watch/listen to.
All platforms are guilty of this. It does my head in. You can press skip in some cases (not most) but that's still irritating
All platforms are guilty of this. It does my head in. You can press skip in some cases (not most) but that's still irritating
November 29, 2025 at 1:25 PM
If only we could watch/listen to shows we have selected, without first having to sit through trailers for shows we haven't selected and would never want to watch/listen to.
All platforms are guilty of this. It does my head in. You can press skip in some cases (not most) but that's still irritating
All platforms are guilty of this. It does my head in. You can press skip in some cases (not most) but that's still irritating
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High on the battered walls of the Pantheon, in Rome, there is a row of rectangular windows. I don't know their purpose, but I love these 2,000-year-old walls, which support the world's largest, un-reinforced, concrete dome.
#Photography #FensterFreitag #Rome #History #Architecture #Church
#Photography #FensterFreitag #Rome #History #Architecture #Church
November 28, 2025 at 10:29 AM
High on the battered walls of the Pantheon, in Rome, there is a row of rectangular windows. I don't know their purpose, but I love these 2,000-year-old walls, which support the world's largest, un-reinforced, concrete dome.
#Photography #FensterFreitag #Rome #History #Architecture #Church
#Photography #FensterFreitag #Rome #History #Architecture #Church
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You may be familiar with Georges Seurat's colorful paintings, but have you ever seen his darker work with Conté crayon?
In Woman Strolling (Une élégante), a veiled lady dressed in the latest fashions seems to nearly walk off the page. (🧵 1/2)
In Woman Strolling (Une élégante), a veiled lady dressed in the latest fashions seems to nearly walk off the page. (🧵 1/2)
November 28, 2025 at 4:30 PM
You may be familiar with Georges Seurat's colorful paintings, but have you ever seen his darker work with Conté crayon?
In Woman Strolling (Une élégante), a veiled lady dressed in the latest fashions seems to nearly walk off the page. (🧵 1/2)
In Woman Strolling (Une élégante), a veiled lady dressed in the latest fashions seems to nearly walk off the page. (🧵 1/2)
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Last month a small group was granted permission by the Port of London Authority to undertake a walkover survey of the #TowerBeach: the team was interested to examine the remains of structures recorded during the 1990s-2010s & to collect any significant artefacts found on the foreshore surface.
🏰🏺🧵
🏰🏺🧵
November 28, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Last month a small group was granted permission by the Port of London Authority to undertake a walkover survey of the #TowerBeach: the team was interested to examine the remains of structures recorded during the 1990s-2010s & to collect any significant artefacts found on the foreshore surface.
🏰🏺🧵
🏰🏺🧵
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Victorian court defendant name of the day: Cavalier Filliter.
November 28, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Victorian court defendant name of the day: Cavalier Filliter.
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Good luck forcing me off the pavement you fucking bin.
Just as you thought food delivery companies couldn't inflict any more misery on society:
Instead of using lowly-paid gig economy contractors to deliver groceries, they're replacing humans with robots, who, in turn, force humans off the pavement into road traffic.
Instead of using lowly-paid gig economy contractors to deliver groceries, they're replacing humans with robots, who, in turn, force humans off the pavement into road traffic.
November 28, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Good luck forcing me off the pavement you fucking bin.
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The Art UK shop is a brilliant place get all your Xmas gifts with an amazing range of art from collections across the UK, with all sales helping support the work of those collections. The WBG Trust range is particularly rich with homeware, prints, books & cards all available - buff.ly/8m1Esjo
November 28, 2025 at 11:01 AM
The Art UK shop is a brilliant place get all your Xmas gifts with an amazing range of art from collections across the UK, with all sales helping support the work of those collections. The WBG Trust range is particularly rich with homeware, prints, books & cards all available - buff.ly/8m1Esjo
I'm a fan of Wyspiański! I've posted a few of his works over on my other account, which is mainy for art and artists.
I particularly love his "A Girl of Krakow", 1894 - Study for the stained glass window for the cathedral in Lviv, but also like his nature studies.
I'd love to see that exhibition.
I particularly love his "A Girl of Krakow", 1894 - Study for the stained glass window for the cathedral in Lviv, but also like his nature studies.
I'd love to see that exhibition.
November 28, 2025 at 1:09 PM
I'm a fan of Wyspiański! I've posted a few of his works over on my other account, which is mainy for art and artists.
I particularly love his "A Girl of Krakow", 1894 - Study for the stained glass window for the cathedral in Lviv, but also like his nature studies.
I'd love to see that exhibition.
I particularly love his "A Girl of Krakow", 1894 - Study for the stained glass window for the cathedral in Lviv, but also like his nature studies.
I'd love to see that exhibition.
I've walked past this building for years without actually noticing it, until yesterday. Searched for old hospital chapels in the Hemel Hemp. area, and discovered it was actually Cheere House, the original West Herts Hospital!
I wouldn't have found this great site otherwise (next post)
I wouldn't have found this great site otherwise (next post)
November 28, 2025 at 12:43 PM
I've walked past this building for years without actually noticing it, until yesterday. Searched for old hospital chapels in the Hemel Hemp. area, and discovered it was actually Cheere House, the original West Herts Hospital!
I wouldn't have found this great site otherwise (next post)
I wouldn't have found this great site otherwise (next post)
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One of this week’s Thames Foreshore mudlarking finds, this is a whirligig, or child’s spinning toy. Made of lead and popular from the Victorian era onwards, these gave various instructions to the players. The word ‘whirligig’ has its origins in the Middle English ‘whirlegigg’ meaning whirling top.
November 28, 2025 at 12:05 PM
One of this week’s Thames Foreshore mudlarking finds, this is a whirligig, or child’s spinning toy. Made of lead and popular from the Victorian era onwards, these gave various instructions to the players. The word ‘whirligig’ has its origins in the Middle English ‘whirlegigg’ meaning whirling top.
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If you're near Yale, their Blake Burning Bright exhibition is into the last few days. In Budapest there's a great sounding exh of Blake and his contemporaries (which I think is going to Dublin next year) www.mfab.hu/exhibitions/...
The Marriage of Heaven and Hell – William Blake and his Contemporaries - Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest
William Blake (1757-1827) is a towering presence in British art and literature. His visionary works in painting, print and watercolour have gone on to inspire generations and are now, two hundred year...
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November 28, 2025 at 12:26 PM
If you're near Yale, their Blake Burning Bright exhibition is into the last few days. In Budapest there's a great sounding exh of Blake and his contemporaries (which I think is going to Dublin next year) www.mfab.hu/exhibitions/...
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Reminds me of #FindsFriday artefact now in London Museum's mudlarking exhibition:
1550-1650 elephant ivory pocket sundial of a ship's captain; possibly made in Germany, also had compass in recess.
Found in same area of Thames foreshore in 2 parts, by 2 different mudlarks, 8 years apart.
1550-1650 elephant ivory pocket sundial of a ship's captain; possibly made in Germany, also had compass in recess.
Found in same area of Thames foreshore in 2 parts, by 2 different mudlarks, 8 years apart.
November 28, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Reminds me of #FindsFriday artefact now in London Museum's mudlarking exhibition:
1550-1650 elephant ivory pocket sundial of a ship's captain; possibly made in Germany, also had compass in recess.
Found in same area of Thames foreshore in 2 parts, by 2 different mudlarks, 8 years apart.
1550-1650 elephant ivory pocket sundial of a ship's captain; possibly made in Germany, also had compass in recess.
Found in same area of Thames foreshore in 2 parts, by 2 different mudlarks, 8 years apart.
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The magic of train stations. Liège-Guillemins tonight.
November 27, 2025 at 7:14 PM
The magic of train stations. Liège-Guillemins tonight.
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It’s Bendy’s birthday! To celebrate I gifted him a great exhibition idea - but he didn’t seem convinced!
m.youtube.com/watch?v=eqBL...
m.youtube.com/watch?v=eqBL...
November 27, 2025 at 7:58 PM
It’s Bendy’s birthday! To celebrate I gifted him a great exhibition idea - but he didn’t seem convinced!
m.youtube.com/watch?v=eqBL...
m.youtube.com/watch?v=eqBL...
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Visiting at the same time as these parakeet shenanigans was an elegant Green Woodpecker
November 27, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Visiting at the same time as these parakeet shenanigans was an elegant Green Woodpecker
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Jar with Spiral Designs, Northwest China, Neolithic period, Majiayao culture, Majiayao phase, 3300-2650 BCE, earthenware with slip-painted decoration, diameter: 39.1 cm, overall: 45.2 cm, Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
November 26, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Jar with Spiral Designs, Northwest China, Neolithic period, Majiayao culture, Majiayao phase, 3300-2650 BCE, earthenware with slip-painted decoration, diameter: 39.1 cm, overall: 45.2 cm, Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
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Stuart Sutcliffe inventing Suede here
November 26, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Stuart Sutcliffe inventing Suede here
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I’m pretty certain that’s this place: youtu.be/EZO1KSU9ahY?...
There are a few short films about in on YouTube.
There are a few short films about in on YouTube.
Conserving 325 years of London history at a historic Georgian home in Covent Garden, London
YouTube video by Simon Stone at Unique Property Company
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November 26, 2025 at 11:17 PM
I’m pretty certain that’s this place: youtu.be/EZO1KSU9ahY?...
There are a few short films about in on YouTube.
There are a few short films about in on YouTube.
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#Woodensday #ReliefWednesday
No 25 Queen Anne's gate SW1.
Nr St James' Park Westminster - originally built as Queen Square in 1700-04.
One of two doorways that retain (or have been returned to) original wood, rather than being painted white - much more interesting, I think, revealing more detail.
No 25 Queen Anne's gate SW1.
Nr St James' Park Westminster - originally built as Queen Square in 1700-04.
One of two doorways that retain (or have been returned to) original wood, rather than being painted white - much more interesting, I think, revealing more detail.
November 26, 2025 at 1:06 PM
#Woodensday #ReliefWednesday
No 25 Queen Anne's gate SW1.
Nr St James' Park Westminster - originally built as Queen Square in 1700-04.
One of two doorways that retain (or have been returned to) original wood, rather than being painted white - much more interesting, I think, revealing more detail.
No 25 Queen Anne's gate SW1.
Nr St James' Park Westminster - originally built as Queen Square in 1700-04.
One of two doorways that retain (or have been returned to) original wood, rather than being painted white - much more interesting, I think, revealing more detail.