Benjamin Anderson
@bunyaminanderson.bsky.social
Art historian, gay husband & doodle dad 🐩 Writing ✍️ etc. at bunyaminanderson.com 🛜
Lots more boars 🐗 in the article - go have a look via this link! brill.com/view/journal...
November 25, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Lots more boars 🐗 in the article - go have a look via this link! brill.com/view/journal...
Rather than treat these stories as evidence for “Byzantine” or “Haitian” beliefs, I propose that we see them as testimonies to the sensible qualities of the statues at their respective centers.
November 25, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Rather than treat these stories as evidence for “Byzantine” or “Haitian” beliefs, I propose that we see them as testimonies to the sensible qualities of the statues at their respective centers.
I focus on a story about Emperor Alexander’s strange doings with a bronze boar in the Hippodrome in Constantinople, and compare it to another statute story, this one from 21st-century Port-au-Prince.
November 25, 2025 at 10:26 AM
I focus on a story about Emperor Alexander’s strange doings with a bronze boar in the Hippodrome in Constantinople, and compare it to another statute story, this one from 21st-century Port-au-Prince.
I’m thrilled to share my new article, online and open access in Medieval Encounters! It’s called “Beyond Belief: Byzantine Statue Stories and their Absent Objects,” but it could be called “A Tale of Two Boars” 🐗 🐗
November 25, 2025 at 10:26 AM
I’m thrilled to share my new article, online and open access in Medieval Encounters! It’s called “Beyond Belief: Byzantine Statue Stories and their Absent Objects,” but it could be called “A Tale of Two Boars” 🐗 🐗
This has consequences not just for Romanists, but also for art historians more broadly. Note, for example, Jess’s re-reading of a key image in Panofsky’s essay on perspective.
November 13, 2025 at 3:19 PM
This has consequences not just for Romanists, but also for art historians more broadly. Note, for example, Jess’s re-reading of a key image in Panofsky’s essay on perspective.
What a thrill to read Jess Plant’s article on “Plastic Approaches to Roman Design” - open access, in the new issue of Art History!
November 13, 2025 at 3:19 PM
What a thrill to read Jess Plant’s article on “Plastic Approaches to Roman Design” - open access, in the new issue of Art History!
Our Hagia Sophia book is now out in paperback! 30% discount with the code PAPER30 -
November 13, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Our Hagia Sophia book is now out in paperback! 30% discount with the code PAPER30 -
The workshop is also on Zoom. Here’s the program in three screenshots …
October 19, 2025 at 3:53 PM
The workshop is also on Zoom. Here’s the program in three screenshots …
It’s the 1200th anniversary of the “Paris Meeting of 825,” at which a group of Frankish bishops discussed the permissibility of images in Christian worship!
We are celebrating by meeting in Paris. 🎉
We are celebrating by meeting in Paris. 🎉
October 19, 2025 at 3:53 PM
It’s the 1200th anniversary of the “Paris Meeting of 825,” at which a group of Frankish bishops discussed the permissibility of images in Christian worship!
We are celebrating by meeting in Paris. 🎉
We are celebrating by meeting in Paris. 🎉
As if we could ever forget the Floriculture War -
August 31, 2025 at 8:31 PM
As if we could ever forget the Floriculture War -
Very doodly:
August 11, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Very doodly:
Unfair to doodles 🐩
August 11, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Unfair to doodles 🐩
Did you know Brecht was a Bloomsbury author? (Did he?)
May 30, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Did you know Brecht was a Bloomsbury author? (Did he?)
Here’s Murphy with his favorite toy -
April 15, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Here’s Murphy with his favorite toy -
This Athenian kitty just snagged a tasty bug in the Agora 🐜
April 6, 2025 at 6:51 AM
This Athenian kitty just snagged a tasty bug in the Agora 🐜
So erschien damals (1906) etwas wissenschaftlich doch auf Deutsch -
March 24, 2025 at 6:14 PM
So erschien damals (1906) etwas wissenschaftlich doch auf Deutsch -
April 1 - in Athens & online!
March 14, 2025 at 12:30 PM
April 1 - in Athens & online!
Way to lean into the subtext -
March 8, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Way to lean into the subtext -
Happy Valentines Day from De Gruyter 💘
February 14, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Happy Valentines Day from De Gruyter 💘
Murphy paws 🐾 / bunny paws 🐰
February 8, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Murphy paws 🐾 / bunny paws 🐰
Is this a book review or a delicious sandwich?
February 4, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Is this a book review or a delicious sandwich?