Susan Klaiber
@susanklaiber.bsky.social
Architectural historian | Baroque, early modern & beyond
American formerly in 🇩🇪 & 🇮🇹, now 🇨🇭 | Detroit diaspora
https://susanklaiber.wordpress.com/
American formerly in 🇩🇪 & 🇮🇹, now 🇨🇭 | Detroit diaspora
https://susanklaiber.wordpress.com/
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Susan Klaiber
@susanklaiber.bsky.social
· Sep 25
Now available!
Bernini`s Architectural Drawings - An Extended Edition of Brauer and Wittkower’s Catalogue of 1931 (Römische Forschungen der Bibliotheca Hertziana, Band 38)
#earlymodern #baroque #architecture #drawings
www.hirmerverlag.de/de/titel-32-...
Bernini`s Architectural Drawings - An Extended Edition of Brauer and Wittkower’s Catalogue of 1931 (Römische Forschungen der Bibliotheca Hertziana, Band 38)
#earlymodern #baroque #architecture #drawings
www.hirmerverlag.de/de/titel-32-...
The Turin Humanities Programme again offers two-year #postdocs, this time with a #CFA on the topic "After the Enlightenment: Histories, Debates, and Reinterpretations”.
Sponsored by the fabulous Fondazione 1563, deadline 16 February. #skystorians
www.fondazione1563.it/progetti/en-...
Sponsored by the fabulous Fondazione 1563, deadline 16 February. #skystorians
www.fondazione1563.it/progetti/en-...
EN THP 2025 - Fondazione 1563
Turin Humanities Programme call for application 2025 "After the Enlightenment: Histories, Debates, and Reinterpretations"
www.fondazione1563.it
November 30, 2025 at 8:21 AM
The Turin Humanities Programme again offers two-year #postdocs, this time with a #CFA on the topic "After the Enlightenment: Histories, Debates, and Reinterpretations”.
Sponsored by the fabulous Fondazione 1563, deadline 16 February. #skystorians
www.fondazione1563.it/progetti/en-...
Sponsored by the fabulous Fondazione 1563, deadline 16 February. #skystorians
www.fondazione1563.it/progetti/en-...
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High Baroque masterpiece: illusionistic frescoed dome of Sant’Andrea della Valle Rome, 1627; Assumption of Virgin painted di sotto in sù by Giovanni Lanfranco, pupil of Agostino and Annibale Carracci; died #OTD 1647.
November 30, 2025 at 5:58 AM
High Baroque masterpiece: illusionistic frescoed dome of Sant’Andrea della Valle Rome, 1627; Assumption of Virgin painted di sotto in sù by Giovanni Lanfranco, pupil of Agostino and Annibale Carracci; died #OTD 1647.
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Thomas Baker by Gianlorenzo Berninic. 1638.
Baker delivered Van Dyck's triple portrait of Charles I to Bernini so that he could carve a bust of the king. While there Baker commissioned this portrait of himself.
Bernini died #otd 28 Nov 1680 (V&A Museum, London)
Baker delivered Van Dyck's triple portrait of Charles I to Bernini so that he could carve a bust of the king. While there Baker commissioned this portrait of himself.
Bernini died #otd 28 Nov 1680 (V&A Museum, London)
November 28, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Thomas Baker by Gianlorenzo Berninic. 1638.
Baker delivered Van Dyck's triple portrait of Charles I to Bernini so that he could carve a bust of the king. While there Baker commissioned this portrait of himself.
Bernini died #otd 28 Nov 1680 (V&A Museum, London)
Baker delivered Van Dyck's triple portrait of Charles I to Bernini so that he could carve a bust of the king. While there Baker commissioned this portrait of himself.
Bernini died #otd 28 Nov 1680 (V&A Museum, London)
"The awards will fund travel to major collections worldwide to study works of Western art on paper from the Renaissance to 1900.
Typical awards will range from £2,000–£2,500 for travel within Europe and £3,000–£3,500 for intercontinental travel."
Typical awards will range from £2,000–£2,500 for travel within Europe and £3,000–£3,500 for intercontinental travel."
November 28, 2025 at 12:21 PM
"The awards will fund travel to major collections worldwide to study works of Western art on paper from the Renaissance to 1900.
Typical awards will range from £2,000–£2,500 for travel within Europe and £3,000–£3,500 for intercontinental travel."
Typical awards will range from £2,000–£2,500 for travel within Europe and £3,000–£3,500 for intercontinental travel."
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Wir sollten vielmehr alles, was LLMs produzieren, als Halluzinationen betrachten. Manche davon mögen zwar als faktisch zutreffend erscheinen. Das ist jedoch für die Modelle kein relevanter Unterschied
Wir sollten aufhören, es Halluzinationen zu nennen , wenn eine KI-Software uns Bullshit erzählt. Das klingt als könne sie nichts dafür, sei nur kurz geblendet worden oder versehentlich im Drogenrausch. Es sind Lügen. LLMs sind Lügenmaschinen. Ihre Entwickler haben sie als potentielle Lügner gebaut.
November 28, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Wir sollten vielmehr alles, was LLMs produzieren, als Halluzinationen betrachten. Manche davon mögen zwar als faktisch zutreffend erscheinen. Das ist jedoch für die Modelle kein relevanter Unterschied
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Fare thee well and rest in peace
Robert A. M. Stern.
Architect.
.
Honor, and thanks.
Professor of mine in ‘79. Probably got my 2010 JSAH piece published (see bio). ‼️ ally in saving H H Richardson’s Percy Browne house in Marion MA, just this fall added to Preservation Mass’s 10 Most Endangered List.
Robert A. M. Stern.
Architect.
.
Honor, and thanks.
Professor of mine in ‘79. Probably got my 2010 JSAH piece published (see bio). ‼️ ally in saving H H Richardson’s Percy Browne house in Marion MA, just this fall added to Preservation Mass’s 10 Most Endangered List.
November 27, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Fare thee well and rest in peace
Robert A. M. Stern.
Architect.
.
Honor, and thanks.
Professor of mine in ‘79. Probably got my 2010 JSAH piece published (see bio). ‼️ ally in saving H H Richardson’s Percy Browne house in Marion MA, just this fall added to Preservation Mass’s 10 Most Endangered List.
Robert A. M. Stern.
Architect.
.
Honor, and thanks.
Professor of mine in ‘79. Probably got my 2010 JSAH piece published (see bio). ‼️ ally in saving H H Richardson’s Percy Browne house in Marion MA, just this fall added to Preservation Mass’s 10 Most Endangered List.
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Goodbye Robert Stern, may you rest in Peace. We truly are losing the greats
November 27, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Goodbye Robert Stern, may you rest in Peace. We truly are losing the greats
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Sad to see that Bob Stern passed away. He brought a lot to the field of architecture by understanding what worked from the past and knowing how to bring that into the present. Also he didn't use a computer, which sounds fantastic right now
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/27/a...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/27/a...
Robert A.M. Stern, Architect Who Reinvented Prewar Splendor, Dies at 86
www.nytimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Sad to see that Bob Stern passed away. He brought a lot to the field of architecture by understanding what worked from the past and knowing how to bring that into the present. Also he didn't use a computer, which sounds fantastic right now
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/27/a...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/27/a...
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Courtauld to embark on £82m campus project at Somerset House in London
‘Once-in-a-generation transformation’ of Grade-I building will bring teaching spaces under same roof as gallery #arthistory
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
‘Once-in-a-generation transformation’ of Grade-I building will bring teaching spaces under same roof as gallery #arthistory
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
Courtauld to embark on £82m campus project at Somerset House in London
‘Once-in-a-generation transformation’ of Grade-I building will bring teaching spaces under same roof as gallery
www.theguardian.com
November 27, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Courtauld to embark on £82m campus project at Somerset House in London
‘Once-in-a-generation transformation’ of Grade-I building will bring teaching spaces under same roof as gallery #arthistory
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
‘Once-in-a-generation transformation’ of Grade-I building will bring teaching spaces under same roof as gallery #arthistory
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
Courtauld to embark on £82m campus project at Somerset House in London
‘Once-in-a-generation transformation’ of Grade-I building will bring teaching spaces under same roof as gallery #arthistory
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
‘Once-in-a-generation transformation’ of Grade-I building will bring teaching spaces under same roof as gallery #arthistory
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
Courtauld to embark on £82m campus project at Somerset House in London
‘Once-in-a-generation transformation’ of Grade-I building will bring teaching spaces under same roof as gallery
www.theguardian.com
November 27, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Courtauld to embark on £82m campus project at Somerset House in London
‘Once-in-a-generation transformation’ of Grade-I building will bring teaching spaces under same roof as gallery #arthistory
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
‘Once-in-a-generation transformation’ of Grade-I building will bring teaching spaces under same roof as gallery #arthistory
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
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"Bird Stand"
US Patent 12245583
US Patent 12245583
November 27, 2025 at 2:28 PM
"Bird Stand"
US Patent 12245583
US Patent 12245583
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Happy Thanksgiving!
November 27, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Happy Thanksgiving!
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The entire book is available to read for free here thanks to funding from UKRI: www.bloomsburycollections.com/monograph?do...
@bloomsburyhist.bsky.social @kingsartshums.bsky.social
@bloomsburyhist.bsky.social @kingsartshums.bsky.social
Salon-in-Exile
www.bloomsburycollections.com
November 27, 2025 at 11:10 AM
The entire book is available to read for free here thanks to funding from UKRI: www.bloomsburycollections.com/monograph?do...
@bloomsburyhist.bsky.social @kingsartshums.bsky.social
@bloomsburyhist.bsky.social @kingsartshums.bsky.social
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I’m so happy that it’s publication day for my monograph! As I’m on leave atm, there’s no book launch (yet…) but I’m celebrating with my little mascot who says it’s almost as good as their favourite Peekaboo Moon, which is towering praise from this fairly fierce book critic.
November 27, 2025 at 11:08 AM
I’m so happy that it’s publication day for my monograph! As I’m on leave atm, there’s no book launch (yet…) but I’m celebrating with my little mascot who says it’s almost as good as their favourite Peekaboo Moon, which is towering praise from this fairly fierce book critic.
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«Critical thinking is not the sole attribute of literature and philosophy departments. Instead, it is embedded in science, engineering and other hardcore technical disciplines, where logic and problem-solving are non-negotiable.»
No, critical thinking is not «problem-solving».
It's problematization
No, critical thinking is not «problem-solving».
It's problematization
Who, pray tell, is worshipping the liberal arts? Where is the mythical university alluded to here where STEM and business courses are criticized and somehow disincentivized by those in power?
It’s time to stop worshipping the liberal arts | Letters
Letters: While such institutions have intrinsic value, that doesn’t mean they are entitled to be socially favoured or economically exceptional for ever, says Jianyang Geng
www.theguardian.com
November 27, 2025 at 9:17 AM
«Critical thinking is not the sole attribute of literature and philosophy departments. Instead, it is embedded in science, engineering and other hardcore technical disciplines, where logic and problem-solving are non-negotiable.»
No, critical thinking is not «problem-solving».
It's problematization
No, critical thinking is not «problem-solving».
It's problematization
Read this entire thread! 🧵 🗃️ #skystorians
What else won't matter? Evidence from an author's handwriting, watermarks, paper, parchment, mold, folds, stains, seals, signatures, or other signs of usage. Guido Fawkes' signature after having been tortured will look the same as after he recovered; Emily's Dickinson's dashes will be em-dashes
November 27, 2025 at 5:28 AM
Read this entire thread! 🧵 🗃️ #skystorians
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I'm no Luddite - far from it - but the ways in which in this development has been spoken of seem blind to, or completely uninterested in, what cannot be machine read and searched for: the pounce, sweat marks, soot, or wax; the non-semantic yet semiotically rich substrate that OCR strips away.
November 27, 2025 at 4:29 AM
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Doric and Ionic gowns. Fluted columns. Classy. 🏛️
Torch for the Milano Winter Games lit in low-key indoor ceremony reut.rs/3M4umSI
Torch for the Milano Winter Games lit in low-key indoor ceremony
The torch for the Milano-Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics was lit on Wednesday in an indoor and scaled-down ceremony in ancient Olympia due to weather warnings, marking the final push for organisers for the event in February.
reut.rs
November 26, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Doric and Ionic gowns. Fluted columns. Classy. 🏛️
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Wow. His writing was my introduction to art criticism, and sent me as a teenager all over town to look at shows I never would have seen growing up in the SGV. Thanks @knightlat.bsky.social
The Pulitzer Prize-winning art critic Christopher Knight will retire from the Los Angeles Times on Friday, November 28. As the paper’s staff art critic, he published exhibition reviews and commentary on the city’s arts institutions, writing for the publication for 36 years.
Art Critic Christopher Knight Retires From LA Times
The Pulitzer-winning journalist said he'll keep writing, but the "daily journalism thing is done.”
hyperallergic.com
November 26, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Wow. His writing was my introduction to art criticism, and sent me as a teenager all over town to look at shows I never would have seen growing up in the SGV. Thanks @knightlat.bsky.social
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Frank Lloyd Wright-Designed Mansion in Tulsa, Oklahoma, Sells for $3.56 Million buff.ly/85Q3lyz
November 26, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Frank Lloyd Wright-Designed Mansion in Tulsa, Oklahoma, Sells for $3.56 Million buff.ly/85Q3lyz
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The rise of the scientific societies to discuss the new developments in natural philosophy in the 17th century #histsci
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thonyc.wordpress.com/2025/11/26/f...
November 26, 2025 at 9:32 AM
The rise of the scientific societies to discuss the new developments in natural philosophy in the 17th century #histsci
thonyc.wordpress.com/2025/11/26/f...
thonyc.wordpress.com/2025/11/26/f...
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JUST OUT
With my article: “(S)fortuna dell’interpretazione visiva dei Triumphi tra Quattro e Cinquecento” #petrarch #earlymodern #word&image
With my article: “(S)fortuna dell’interpretazione visiva dei Triumphi tra Quattro e Cinquecento” #petrarch #earlymodern #word&image
November 26, 2025 at 2:45 PM