Doc Baroque
@roguearthistorian.bsky.social
I'm Doc Baroque: an artist, art historian, and Caravaggio expert with dual MFAs and a PhD in Art History. My blog explores art history through request-driven, scholarly posts. Unapologetically Indigenous.
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My profile is a place of respect and professionalism. Hateful or bullying remarks will not be tolerated. Violators will be "hung, drawn, and quartered," have Count Rugen’s torture device cranked to 100, and if all else fails, you’ll be blocked. Consider yourself warned!
Cathedrals on Full Volume: Bells, Bodies, and the Battle for Medieval Sound
Gothic cathedrals are not only stone theologies of light but also exquisitely tuned resonant bodies.
#art+music
Gothic cathedrals are not only stone theologies of light but also exquisitely tuned resonant bodies.
#art+music
Cathedrals on Full Volume: Bells, Bodies, and the Battle for Medieval Sound
Gothic cathedrals are not only stone theologies of light but also exquisitely tuned resonant bodies.
open.substack.com
December 1, 2025 at 5:05 AM
Cathedrals on Full Volume: Bells, Bodies, and the Battle for Medieval Sound
Gothic cathedrals are not only stone theologies of light but also exquisitely tuned resonant bodies.
#art+music
Gothic cathedrals are not only stone theologies of light but also exquisitely tuned resonant bodies.
#art+music
Tomorrow we kick off something new (and a little experimental): my art + music series.
These posts are going to be very audio/image heavy....I’ll be pairing artworks with specific pieces of music and including links so you can listen along.
These posts are going to be very audio/image heavy....I’ll be pairing artworks with specific pieces of music and including links so you can listen along.
November 30, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Tomorrow we kick off something new (and a little experimental): my art + music series.
These posts are going to be very audio/image heavy....I’ll be pairing artworks with specific pieces of music and including links so you can listen along.
These posts are going to be very audio/image heavy....I’ll be pairing artworks with specific pieces of music and including links so you can listen along.
Please donate if you can. If you can't, please share 🫶🏽
November 30, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Please donate if you can. If you can't, please share 🫶🏽
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I ended up working till 2 AM the last 2 nights & I haven’t done that in years.
these characters I saw on the train are providing perfect reasons for me to paint.
This one is almost 8’ tall by 5’ wide.
“Keeping in Stitches”
Acrylic, Gold Leaf on Paper and wood
93” x 60”
these characters I saw on the train are providing perfect reasons for me to paint.
This one is almost 8’ tall by 5’ wide.
“Keeping in Stitches”
Acrylic, Gold Leaf on Paper and wood
93” x 60”
November 30, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Check this out 👇🏼
Edmonia Lewis (Anishinaabe/Ojibwe and African American) is the sculptor who makes it impossible to see neoclassical marble as neutral ever again.
#nativeamericanheritagemonth
#nativeamericanheritagemonth
Rogue Art Historian (@roguearthistorian)
Edmonia Lewis (Anishinaabe/Ojibwe and African American) is the sculptor who makes it impossible to see neoclassical marble as neutral ever again. In her hands, that polished white stone stops belongin...
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November 30, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Edmonia Lewis (Anishinaabe/Ojibwe and African American) is the sculptor who makes it impossible to see neoclassical marble as neutral ever again.
#nativeamericanheritagemonth
#nativeamericanheritagemonth
When the Map Is the Crime Scene: Visual Sovereignty in an Occupied World
Land Back aesthetics turns maps, treaties, and data into sites of struggle.
#nativeamericanheritagemonth
Land Back aesthetics turns maps, treaties, and data into sites of struggle.
#nativeamericanheritagemonth
When the Map Is the Crime Scene: Visual Sovereignty in an Occupied World
#nativeamericanheritagemonth
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November 30, 2025 at 5:13 AM
When the Map Is the Crime Scene: Visual Sovereignty in an Occupied World
Land Back aesthetics turns maps, treaties, and data into sites of struggle.
#nativeamericanheritagemonth
Land Back aesthetics turns maps, treaties, and data into sites of struggle.
#nativeamericanheritagemonth
Toy Run 👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼
November 29, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Toy Run 👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼
In honor of Native American Heritage Month, and in defiance of attempts to erase MMIWG, every “Cup of Coffee” from now through November goes to Native-led MMIWG orgs. I’ll TRIPLE all donations. My grandmother was a statistic. No more. buymeacoffee.com/DocBaroque
November 29, 2025 at 6:34 PM
In honor of Native American Heritage Month, and in defiance of attempts to erase MMIWG, every “Cup of Coffee” from now through November goes to Native-led MMIWG orgs. I’ll TRIPLE all donations. My grandmother was a statistic. No more. buymeacoffee.com/DocBaroque
Pablita Velarde (Santa Clara Pueblo) is the painter who makes it impossible to see a “Pueblo genre scene” as a cute little calendar image ever again.
Rogue Art Historian (@roguearthistorian)
Pablita Velarde (Santa Clara Pueblo) is the painter who makes it impossible to see a “Pueblo genre scene” as a cute little calendar image ever again. In her hands, that so-called flat “Studio style” s...
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November 29, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Pablita Velarde (Santa Clara Pueblo) is the painter who makes it impossible to see a “Pueblo genre scene” as a cute little calendar image ever again.
Not Your Specimens Anymore: NAGPRA, Ancestors, and the Slow Death of Scientific Racism
From the first cabinets of curiosities to contemporary digital archives, the history of museums and Indigenous collections is a history of taking, classifying, displaying, and only very recently, of returning.
From the first cabinets of curiosities to contemporary digital archives, the history of museums and Indigenous collections is a history of taking, classifying, displaying, and only very recently, of returning.
Not Your Specimens Anymore: NAGPRA, Ancestors, and the Slow Death of Scientific Racism
#nativeamericanheritagemonth
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November 29, 2025 at 5:05 AM
Not Your Specimens Anymore: NAGPRA, Ancestors, and the Slow Death of Scientific Racism
From the first cabinets of curiosities to contemporary digital archives, the history of museums and Indigenous collections is a history of taking, classifying, displaying, and only very recently, of returning.
From the first cabinets of curiosities to contemporary digital archives, the history of museums and Indigenous collections is a history of taking, classifying, displaying, and only very recently, of returning.
The day after U.S. Thanksgiving is called Native American Heritage Day. For us as Kanien’kehá:ka, part of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy, it is a reminder that Onkwehón:we are still here....our Nations, our laws, our languages, and our responsibilities to the land continue.
November 28, 2025 at 7:22 PM
The day after U.S. Thanksgiving is called Native American Heritage Day. For us as Kanien’kehá:ka, part of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy, it is a reminder that Onkwehón:we are still here....our Nations, our laws, our languages, and our responsibilities to the land continue.
Diego Romero (Cochiti Pueblo) is the potter who makes it impossible to see a Pueblo bowl as a “traditional craft object” ever again.
#nativeamericanheritagemonth
#nativeamericanheritagemonth
Rogue Art Historian (@roguearthistorian)
Diego Romero (Cochiti Pueblo) is the potter who makes it impossible to see a Pueblo bowl as a “traditional craft object” ever again. In his hands, the vessel stops being a souvenir and becomes a battl...
substack.com
November 28, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Diego Romero (Cochiti Pueblo) is the potter who makes it impossible to see a Pueblo bowl as a “traditional craft object” ever again.
#nativeamericanheritagemonth
#nativeamericanheritagemonth
Bye, Columbus. Hello, Niimaamaa: How Indigenous Monuments Crash the Colonial Party
Across the early twenty-first century, the monumental landscape of settler states has become a battleground where Indigenous critics, Black activists, and allied communities contest the stories cast in stone & bronze.
Across the early twenty-first century, the monumental landscape of settler states has become a battleground where Indigenous critics, Black activists, and allied communities contest the stories cast in stone & bronze.
Bye, Columbus. Hello, Niimaamaa: How Indigenous Monuments Crash the Colonial Party
#nativeamericanheritagemonth
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November 28, 2025 at 5:07 AM
Bye, Columbus. Hello, Niimaamaa: How Indigenous Monuments Crash the Colonial Party
Across the early twenty-first century, the monumental landscape of settler states has become a battleground where Indigenous critics, Black activists, and allied communities contest the stories cast in stone & bronze.
Across the early twenty-first century, the monumental landscape of settler states has become a battleground where Indigenous critics, Black activists, and allied communities contest the stories cast in stone & bronze.
Toy Run 👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼
November 27, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Toy Run 👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼
Mateo Romero (Cochiti Pueblo) is the painter who makes it impossible to see a powwow as background color ever again.
Rogue Art Historian (@roguearthistorian)
Mateo Romero (Cochiti Pueblo) is the painter who makes it impossible to see a powwow as background color ever again. In his hands, the arena is not a picturesque scene; it is impact, memory, and volta...
substack.com
November 27, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Mateo Romero (Cochiti Pueblo) is the painter who makes it impossible to see a powwow as background color ever again.
Caught in the Grain: How Paper and Presswork Betray a Forgery
Too Smooth, Too White, Too Perfect: Red Flags in the Sheet
Bindings, paper, plates, and presswork are the quiet forensic team in any rare book or print room.
Too Smooth, Too White, Too Perfect: Red Flags in the Sheet
Bindings, paper, plates, and presswork are the quiet forensic team in any rare book or print room.
Caught in the Grain: How Paper and Presswork Betray a Forgery
Too Smooth, Too White, Too Perfect: Red Flags in the Sheet
open.substack.com
November 27, 2025 at 7:03 AM
Caught in the Grain: How Paper and Presswork Betray a Forgery
Too Smooth, Too White, Too Perfect: Red Flags in the Sheet
Bindings, paper, plates, and presswork are the quiet forensic team in any rare book or print room.
Too Smooth, Too White, Too Perfect: Red Flags in the Sheet
Bindings, paper, plates, and presswork are the quiet forensic team in any rare book or print room.
The Friendly Indian™: How Textbooks Turned Genocide into a Children’s Story
Thanksgiving, as it is popularly imagined in the United States, is less a fixed historical event than a dense tangle of myth, memory, violence, and selective amnesia.
#nativeamericanheritagemonth
Thanksgiving, as it is popularly imagined in the United States, is less a fixed historical event than a dense tangle of myth, memory, violence, and selective amnesia.
#nativeamericanheritagemonth
The Friendly Indian™: How Textbooks Turned Genocide into a Children’s Story
#nativeamericanheritagemonth
open.substack.com
November 27, 2025 at 5:05 AM
The Friendly Indian™: How Textbooks Turned Genocide into a Children’s Story
Thanksgiving, as it is popularly imagined in the United States, is less a fixed historical event than a dense tangle of myth, memory, violence, and selective amnesia.
#nativeamericanheritagemonth
Thanksgiving, as it is popularly imagined in the United States, is less a fixed historical event than a dense tangle of myth, memory, violence, and selective amnesia.
#nativeamericanheritagemonth
In honor of Native American Heritage Month, and in defiance of attempts to erase MMIWG, every “Cup of Coffee” from now through November goes to Native-led MMIWG orgs. I’ll TRIPLE all donations. My grandmother was a statistic. No more. buymeacoffee.com/DocBaroque
November 26, 2025 at 8:52 PM
In honor of Native American Heritage Month, and in defiance of attempts to erase MMIWG, every “Cup of Coffee” from now through November goes to Native-led MMIWG orgs. I’ll TRIPLE all donations. My grandmother was a statistic. No more. buymeacoffee.com/DocBaroque
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Happy Thanksgiving! I'm so thankful for you guys; Wishing all of you a day filled with laughter, love, and delicious food. May your home be filled with warmth and happiness this holiday! #gr3tetag #dailyquotes #thankful #grateful #BlueHartedFamily
This #SP is a #Thanksgiving gift. Fully vetted,Enjoy
This #SP is a #Thanksgiving gift. Fully vetted,Enjoy
November 26, 2025 at 8:21 PM
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Here’s a quick recap of where we’ve been so far in the series.... this is your chance to catch up!
Rogue Art Historian (@roguearthistorian)
Here’s a quick recap of where we’ve been so far in the series.... this is your chance to catch up!
We started by untangling what “first edition” really means: not just any early copy, but usually ...
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November 26, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Here’s a quick recap of where we’ve been so far in the series.... this is your chance to catch up!
Shan Goshorn (Eastern Band Cherokee) is the artist who makes it impossible to look at a basket and see only “craft” again.
#nativeamericanheritagemonth
#nativeamericanheritagemonth
Rogue Art Historian (@roguearthistorian)
Shan Goshorn (Eastern Band Cherokee) is the artist who makes it impossible to look at a basket and see only “craft” again. In her hands, a basket is not a container; it is a courtroom, an archive, and...
substack.com
November 26, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Shan Goshorn (Eastern Band Cherokee) is the artist who makes it impossible to look at a basket and see only “craft” again.
#nativeamericanheritagemonth
#nativeamericanheritagemonth
Stolen Buffalo, Rising Stars: How Plains Women Turned Quilts into Weapons of Memory
Star quilts emerge in the nineteenth century as one of the most sustained and inventive forms of visual sovereignty on the Northern Plains.
#nativeamericanheritagemonth
Star quilts emerge in the nineteenth century as one of the most sustained and inventive forms of visual sovereignty on the Northern Plains.
#nativeamericanheritagemonth
Stolen Buffalo, Rising Stars: How Plains Women Turned Quilts into Weapons of Memory
#nativeamericanheritagemonth
open.substack.com
November 26, 2025 at 6:07 AM
Stolen Buffalo, Rising Stars: How Plains Women Turned Quilts into Weapons of Memory
Star quilts emerge in the nineteenth century as one of the most sustained and inventive forms of visual sovereignty on the Northern Plains.
#nativeamericanheritagemonth
Star quilts emerge in the nineteenth century as one of the most sustained and inventive forms of visual sovereignty on the Northern Plains.
#nativeamericanheritagemonth
A Renaissance Madonna and Child painting, believed to be by Perugino, was found under a garage workbench and sold at a Banbury auction for £685,000, setting a new record for JS Fine Art and being purchased by an anonymous private collector.
Renaissance painting sells for half a million pounds in Banbury
A painting believed to be by Perugino depicting the Madonna and child went for £685,000.
www.bbc.com
November 26, 2025 at 12:59 AM
A Renaissance Madonna and Child painting, believed to be by Perugino, was found under a garage workbench and sold at a Banbury auction for £685,000, setting a new record for JS Fine Art and being purchased by an anonymous private collector.
Preston Singletary (Tlingit) is the artist who makes it impossible to pretend that glass is just a luxury material.
#nativeamericanheritagemonth
#nativeamericanheritagemonth
Rogue Art Historian (@roguearthistorian)
Preston Singletary (Tlingit) is the artist who makes it impossible to pretend that glass is just a luxury material. In his hands, it stops being something delicate and decorative and becomes a memory ...
substack.com
November 25, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Preston Singletary (Tlingit) is the artist who makes it impossible to pretend that glass is just a luxury material.
#nativeamericanheritagemonth
#nativeamericanheritagemonth