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Vincent van Gogh @vangogh.bsky.social · 11h

Field of Spring Wheat at Sunrise - 1889
https://botfrens.com/collections/46/contents/14562

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Dr. Peter Paul Rubens @peterpaulrubens.bsky.social · 1d

Amazing lucid solemnity in the Baptism of Christ, 1450, by Piero della Francesca. He died (alas!) on this day in 1492.

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TomSQC @thomassqc.bsky.social · 1d

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Dean Frey @dean.bsky.social · 1d

A beautifully framed photo of Richard Burton by Ken Russell. Russel was the still photographer on the set of Robert Rossen's Alexander the Great, 1955.

By the way, Alexander the Great's horse was named Bucephalus.

Burton, in costume, communes with his horse.

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Angelica Hankins @angelicahankins.bsky.social · May 23

"To be that attentive to nature, to let the world wash over you, seems a particular kind of gift. There is a tenderness to this work, an intimacy. Stay a while, they seem to urge. Go on looking."

My review of "Little Beasts" at the National Gallery of Art
www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/05/22/n...

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TomSQC @thomassqc.bsky.social · 1d

Excellent quotation , much needed today, from An Essay on the Development of Christian Doctrine (1845). Newman's influence on the spirit of the Second Vatican Council was profound and true.

Common Home Tv @commonhome-tv.bsky.social · 1d

“To live is to change, and to be perfect is to have changed often.” St John Henry Newman

John Henry Newman was a leading 19th century Anglican who converted to Catholicism and became one of the most influential Christian figures of modern times.

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Nina Willburger @drnwillburger.bsky.social · 1d

A Roman fibula shaped like a panther with a human rider on its back, crafted in bronze with colorful enamel inlay.
Panthers were linked to the god Dionysus/Bacchus, often depicted as his favored mounts, suggesting a symbolic or protective function for fibulae ...🧵1/2

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Roman bronze fibula shaped like a panther with a human rider on its back. The panther’s body features small enamel inlays, and the piece rests on display in a museum case.

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TomSQC @thomassqc.bsky.social · 1d

Fun interview.

rogueclassicist ~ david meadows @rogueclassicist.bsky.social · 1d

Natalie Haynes: ‘I’ll never read anything by a Brontë again’ | Books | The Guardian
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/o...

Natalie Haynes: ‘I’ll never read anything by a Brontë again’

The author and comedian on the immortal lines of Snoopy, discovering the heart of Homer’s Iliad and her culinary comfort read

www.theguardian.com

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Claude Monet @monet.bsky.social · 1d

The Thamesv - 1900/1901
https://botfrens.com/collections/41/contents/3109720

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Charlotte Mandell @avecsesdoigts.bsky.social · 2d

Today's Sawkill, in light rain

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Larry the Cat @number10cat.bsky.social · 2d

Rest in peace Diane x

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Blogging Woolf @bloggingwoolf.bsky.social · 2d

I reviewed this wonderful work on Blogging Woolf at bloggingwoolf.org/2025/10/07/n...

New Virginia Woolf work, The Life of Violet, is out today

he Life of Violet, edited by Urmila Seshagiri and just out today from Princeton University Press, is the newly discovered revised typescript of three early short stories by Virginia Woolf based on …

bloggingwoolf.org

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Vincent van Gogh @vangogh.bsky.social · 3d

Mount Gaussier with the Mas de Saint-Paul - 1889
https://botfrens.com/collections/46/contents/14587

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TomSQC @thomassqc.bsky.social · 4d

Portrait of Saint and soon-to-be Doctor of the Church John Henry Newman (whose feast day is October 9), oil on canvas (1881), by Sir John Everett Millais, National Portrait Gallery, London.

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TomSQC @thomassqc.bsky.social · 4d

Another important new book. Coming soon in the U.S. via Farrar, Straus & Giroux -- on sale November 18.

Tim Howles @timhowles.bsky.social · 4d

Published today:

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TomSQC @thomassqc.bsky.social · 4d

"The interconnected stories in The Life of Violet blend comedy, satire and fantasy, celebrating a heroine who triumphs over sea monsters and stifling social traditions alike . . ."
This is really exciting. Nota Bene: The trio of stories is available now, published by PUP.

Princeton University Press @princetonupress.bsky.social · 21d

Three lost Virginia Woolf stories, rediscovered. The Life of Violet is already making waves in @thetimes.com! Out on 7th October, this is one you won’t want to miss. Read more: www.thetimes.com/culture/book...

The story behind Virginia Woolf’s lost book: ‘It was magical’

Written in her twenties and released next month, The Life of Violet is a tribute to a mentor and early proof of Woolf’s desire to revolutionise fiction

www.thetimes.com

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Brad Hostetler @bradhostetler.bsky.social · 4d

We're hiring a tenure-track Assistant Professor of Art History at Kenyon College, with a specialization in any field of Asian Art. Please apply! careers.pageuppeople.com/695/cw/en-us...

Kenyon College - Details - Assistant Professor of Asian Art History

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Marianna Suleymanova @marsnova.bsky.social · 4d

You can now listen to the audio version of my translation at kenyonreview.org/piece/she-be...
As read by me🐻

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Frank Beck @diehoren.bsky.social · 4d

Greetings from Bethesda Fountain in New York's Central Park.

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Claude Monet @monet.bsky.social · 5d

In 1874, Monet shocked tradition by hanging pastels, watercolors, and oils together. 🎨
On paper or canvas, every work was an equal.

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The Met: Medieval Art @metmedieval.bsky.social · 5d

Plaque with Agnus Dei on a Cross between Emblems of the Four Evangelists https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/464360

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Frank Beck @diehoren.bsky.social · 5d

Here's the link:
favoritepoems.diehoren.com/2015/10/home...

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Frank Beck @diehoren.bsky.social · 5d

Remembering poet Marina Tsvetaeva (1892-1941) on her birthday. Her work was admired by Pasternak, Akhmatova, Rilke, and Brodsky, and Elaine Feinstein's nimble translations have brought a wide range of her poems to English-speakers. I'll post one of my favorite poems of hers in Comments.

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TomSQC @thomassqc.bsky.social · 6d

This is an important article. Thank you. I hope the USCCB is open to your good counsel. Prayers for you -- and for the Catholic Church in America. I pray for metanoia.

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TomSQC @thomassqc.bsky.social · 6d

"Around the time I was learning to ask what the weather was like in French, Charlotte Mandell was named a Chevalier dans l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the French government."

Charlotte Mandell @avecsesdoigts.bsky.social · 6d

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On Translating Proust and the Art of Not Reading Ahead

Le devoir et la tâche d’un écrivain sont ceux d’un traducteur. –Marcel Proust, Le Temps retrouvé * The duty and the task of a writer are those of a translator. –The Past Recaptured, tra…

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TomSQC @thomassqc.bsky.social · 6d

This is good news.

The Hudson Valley @thehudsonvalley.com · 6d

Super-express train service between Grand Central and Poughkeepsie started today, with five trains now making the trip in under 90 minutes!

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