Peter Stewart
@petercnstewart.bsky.social
Professor of Ancient Art. Director of the Classical Art Research Centre at Oxford University @carcoxford.bsky.social. Chair of Trustees at The Brooking @thebrooking.bsky.social. Antiquity, modernism, arts.
I am reposting this without the 'adult content' 🙄
November 27, 2025 at 8:04 PM
I am reposting this without the 'adult content' 🙄
Satyr and maenad on a c. 4th century AD Roman textile, tapestry weave wool on linen, presumably from Egypt. Cleveland Museum www.clevelandart.org/art/1975.6?u...
November 27, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Satyr and maenad on a c. 4th century AD Roman textile, tapestry weave wool on linen, presumably from Egypt. Cleveland Museum www.clevelandart.org/art/1975.6?u...
November 27, 2025 at 12:42 PM
The Noheda mosaics give a realistically eerie impression of what performers in masks looked like.
[Photos here from historia.nationalgeographic.com.es/a/maravilla-... ]
[Photos here from historia.nationalgeographic.com.es/a/maravilla-... ]
November 24, 2025 at 8:09 PM
The Noheda mosaics give a realistically eerie impression of what performers in masks looked like.
[Photos here from historia.nationalgeographic.com.es/a/maravilla-... ]
[Photos here from historia.nationalgeographic.com.es/a/maravilla-... ]
The truly remarkable 4th-century Roman mosaic at Noheda, Spain.
[Photos from: visitacuenca.es/en/content/a...
[Photos from: visitacuenca.es/en/content/a...
November 24, 2025 at 6:11 PM
The truly remarkable 4th-century Roman mosaic at Noheda, Spain.
[Photos from: visitacuenca.es/en/content/a...
[Photos from: visitacuenca.es/en/content/a...
Extraordinary (from BBC). Can any journalist really think this is what's going on?!
November 23, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Extraordinary (from BBC). Can any journalist really think this is what's going on?!
This is very much my approach to diy repairs. Late antique mosaic in Madaba Museum, photo from Helen Miles helenmilesmosaics.org/blog/mosaics...
November 23, 2025 at 9:20 AM
This is very much my approach to diy repairs. Late antique mosaic in Madaba Museum, photo from Helen Miles helenmilesmosaics.org/blog/mosaics...
Akanthus face mosaic detail, from the Bear Hunt mosaic in @gettymuseum.bsky.social, found near Baiae (www.getty.edu/publications...)
November 21, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Akanthus face mosaic detail, from the Bear Hunt mosaic in @gettymuseum.bsky.social, found near Baiae (www.getty.edu/publications...)
Fish (ish) - late Roman tapestry work fragment, ca. 3rd-4th century AD. Picker Art Gallery, Colgate University. emuseum.colgate.edu/objects/2770...
November 18, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Fish (ish) - late Roman tapestry work fragment, ca. 3rd-4th century AD. Picker Art Gallery, Colgate University. emuseum.colgate.edu/objects/2770...
An extraordinary 7th-9th century AD Wari tunic fragment from Peru in @metmuseum.org www.metmuseum.org/art/collecti...
November 17, 2025 at 7:48 PM
An extraordinary 7th-9th century AD Wari tunic fragment from Peru in @metmuseum.org www.metmuseum.org/art/collecti...
Roman Egyptian tapestry fragment with pomegranate tree, c 5th century AD at @dumbartonoaks.bsky.social www.doaks.org/resources/te...
November 17, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Roman Egyptian tapestry fragment with pomegranate tree, c 5th century AD at @dumbartonoaks.bsky.social www.doaks.org/resources/te...
The Aurel Stein papers in @bodleian.ox.ac.uk....
November 7, 2025 at 12:04 PM
The Aurel Stein papers in @bodleian.ox.ac.uk....
Are rainbow colours used deliberately in classical art before late antiquity? I can't think of anything before the Vatican Virgil and maybe some late mosaics. (Even the embroidered tunic of the rainbow goddess Iris herself in the House of the Vettii, Pompeii, seems subdued in comparison?)
October 26, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Are rainbow colours used deliberately in classical art before late antiquity? I can't think of anything before the Vatican Virgil and maybe some late mosaics. (Even the embroidered tunic of the rainbow goddess Iris herself in the House of the Vettii, Pompeii, seems subdued in comparison?)
Woven woollen shoes with rainbow colours, from tomb no. 5, Niya, Xinjiang, ca. 2-3rd century AD.
[Photo via Museum of Kyoto twitter]
[Photo via Museum of Kyoto twitter]
October 26, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Woven woollen shoes with rainbow colours, from tomb no. 5, Niya, Xinjiang, ca. 2-3rd century AD.
[Photo via Museum of Kyoto twitter]
[Photo via Museum of Kyoto twitter]
This welcome comment (by @tulliecarlisle.bsky.social on their redevelopment project) isn't a phrase one has heard much in recent years in the museum world - redevelopment has often focused on putting LESS on display!
October 15, 2025 at 4:18 PM
This welcome comment (by @tulliecarlisle.bsky.social on their redevelopment project) isn't a phrase one has heard much in recent years in the museum world - redevelopment has often focused on putting LESS on display!
Not everyone’s architectural cup of tea (I’d be more of a Casson & Conder man myself) but it’s lovely to see the new Schwarzman Centre for humanities subjects open @ox.ac.uk
September 30, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Not everyone’s architectural cup of tea (I’d be more of a Casson & Conder man myself) but it’s lovely to see the new Schwarzman Centre for humanities subjects open @ox.ac.uk
A 20 (twenty) horse chariot - presumably emblematic of lots of success-bringing horsepower - on an electrotype replica of a Roman gem @carcoxford.bsky.social (original in Paris @labnf.bsky.social)
September 19, 2025 at 10:18 AM
A 20 (twenty) horse chariot - presumably emblematic of lots of success-bringing horsepower - on an electrotype replica of a Roman gem @carcoxford.bsky.social (original in Paris @labnf.bsky.social)
If you are not attracted to Gandharan sculptures ('ex Private Collection, Japan, before 1990') in Christie's current Asian art online auction, you could bid for a replica Bimaran Casket! onlineonly.christies.com/s/indian-him...
September 16, 2025 at 3:06 PM
If you are not attracted to Gandharan sculptures ('ex Private Collection, Japan, before 1990') in Christie's current Asian art online auction, you could bid for a replica Bimaran Casket! onlineonly.christies.com/s/indian-him...
This very fine book has its own care instructions on the cover.
July 22, 2025 at 10:13 PM
This very fine book has its own care instructions on the cover.
“Gandhara Uncovered” - at Lahore Museum and online tomorrow 21 July
July 20, 2025 at 1:38 PM
“Gandhara Uncovered” - at Lahore Museum and online tomorrow 21 July
Spotted this extraordinary comparandum on the Twitter account of @persiaantigua.bsky.social
July 19, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Spotted this extraordinary comparandum on the Twitter account of @persiaantigua.bsky.social
Late Roman tapestry fragment @colgate.edu emuseum.colgate.edu/objects/2770...
June 19, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Late Roman tapestry fragment @colgate.edu emuseum.colgate.edu/objects/2770...
