Dr Anna Clark
@drannaclark.bsky.social
Humanities, history of art, architecture & landscape; museums, libraries & collections
Shrine of the Three Kings, Cologne Cathedral
Der Dreikönigsschrein 1180-1225, rare Mosan Romanesque gold-plated silver reliquary, holding relics of The Magi: Caspar, Melchior & Balthasar; set with gems & ornamented with 74 high-relief figures.
#ThreeKingsDay #Epiphany
Der Dreikönigsschrein 1180-1225, rare Mosan Romanesque gold-plated silver reliquary, holding relics of The Magi: Caspar, Melchior & Balthasar; set with gems & ornamented with 74 high-relief figures.
#ThreeKingsDay #Epiphany
January 6, 2026 at 6:03 AM
Shrine of the Three Kings, Cologne Cathedral
Der Dreikönigsschrein 1180-1225, rare Mosan Romanesque gold-plated silver reliquary, holding relics of The Magi: Caspar, Melchior & Balthasar; set with gems & ornamented with 74 high-relief figures.
#ThreeKingsDay #Epiphany
Der Dreikönigsschrein 1180-1225, rare Mosan Romanesque gold-plated silver reliquary, holding relics of The Magi: Caspar, Melchior & Balthasar; set with gems & ornamented with 74 high-relief figures.
#ThreeKingsDay #Epiphany
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"Twelfth Night Till Candlemas"
The story of a forty-year book-quest and of its remarkable ending
My popular seasonal post from last year:
emptycity.substack.com/p/twelfth-ni...
Now with a couple of footnotes one year on:
emptycity.substack.com/p/twelfth-ni...
The story of a forty-year book-quest and of its remarkable ending
My popular seasonal post from last year:
emptycity.substack.com/p/twelfth-ni...
Now with a couple of footnotes one year on:
emptycity.substack.com/p/twelfth-ni...
"Twelfth Night Till Candlemas"
The story of a forty-year book-quest and of its remarkable ending
emptycity.substack.com
December 24, 2025 at 9:03 AM
"Twelfth Night Till Candlemas"
The story of a forty-year book-quest and of its remarkable ending
My popular seasonal post from last year:
emptycity.substack.com/p/twelfth-ni...
Now with a couple of footnotes one year on:
emptycity.substack.com/p/twelfth-ni...
The story of a forty-year book-quest and of its remarkable ending
My popular seasonal post from last year:
emptycity.substack.com/p/twelfth-ni...
Now with a couple of footnotes one year on:
emptycity.substack.com/p/twelfth-ni...
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The Sphinx and the Pyramids of #Giza, photographed by Maxime du Camp in 1849. The chest area of the Sphinx had only recently been uncovered, previously the statue was covered with sand up to the shoulders.
January 5, 2026 at 7:47 AM
The Sphinx and the Pyramids of #Giza, photographed by Maxime du Camp in 1849. The chest area of the Sphinx had only recently been uncovered, previously the statue was covered with sand up to the shoulders.
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Reading up on Frederic Shields today, I was sidetracked by his watercolour of William Blake's workroom and deathroom' and this poem which Dante Gabriel Rossetti wrote in response to it...
January 5, 2026 at 11:03 PM
Reading up on Frederic Shields today, I was sidetracked by his watercolour of William Blake's workroom and deathroom' and this poem which Dante Gabriel Rossetti wrote in response to it...
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Achievements of the year are so gauche. Instead I will tell you the novel I read last year that made the biggest impression on me. The Snows of Yesteryear by Gregor von Rezzori.
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The Snows of Yesteryear
Gregor von Rezzori was born in Czernowitz, a onetime provincial capital of the Austro-Hungarian Empire that was later to be absorbed successively into Romania, the USSR, and the Ukraine—a town that wa...
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January 5, 2026 at 7:05 PM
Achievements of the year are so gauche. Instead I will tell you the novel I read last year that made the biggest impression on me. The Snows of Yesteryear by Gregor von Rezzori.
www.nyrb.com/products/the...
www.nyrb.com/products/the...
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It's the 100th anniversary of Claude Monet's death this year; here's what's coming up @museegiverny.bsky.social, one of our favourite exhibition spaces...
Le musée des impressionnismes Giverny vous souhaite une très belle année 2026, riche en art et en belles découvertes 🥳🎉
À l’occasion du centenaire de la disparition de Claude Monet, le musée prépare sa réouverture pour le printemps avec deux expositions inédites ! ⬇️
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À l’occasion du centenaire de la disparition de Claude Monet, le musée prépare sa réouverture pour le printemps avec deux expositions inédites ! ⬇️
👉 www.mdig.fr/expositions-...
January 5, 2026 at 8:37 PM
It's the 100th anniversary of Claude Monet's death this year; here's what's coming up @museegiverny.bsky.social, one of our favourite exhibition spaces...
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Oui, il neige à Paris ! ❄️
Lundi 5 janvier 2025
Lundi 5 janvier 2025
January 5, 2026 at 5:11 PM
Oui, il neige à Paris ! ❄️
Lundi 5 janvier 2025
Lundi 5 janvier 2025
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Even the sheep are looking chilly in this morning's snow ❄️🥶☃️
Another inch or so in the hills of mid Wales last night so a WfH day to start the week
Another inch or so in the hills of mid Wales last night so a WfH day to start the week
January 5, 2026 at 8:22 AM
Even the sheep are looking chilly in this morning's snow ❄️🥶☃️
Another inch or so in the hills of mid Wales last night so a WfH day to start the week
Another inch or so in the hills of mid Wales last night so a WfH day to start the week
Most influential play of 20th Century: En attendant Godot, by Samuel Beckett, première in Paris #OTD 1953; English language version Waiting for Godot performed in London 1955.
British Library | Tom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social
British Library | Tom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social
January 5, 2026 at 6:09 AM
Most influential play of 20th Century: En attendant Godot, by Samuel Beckett, première in Paris #OTD 1953; English language version Waiting for Godot performed in London 1955.
British Library | Tom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social
British Library | Tom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social
“Every time a politician casts doubt on the legitimacy of Parliament, because it does not represent ‘the voice of the people’ we can smell the whiff of eternal fascism...”
Umberto Eco, Italian philosopher, author of The Name of the Rose, born #OTD 1932.
Photo by Leonardo Cendamo
Umberto Eco, Italian philosopher, author of The Name of the Rose, born #OTD 1932.
Photo by Leonardo Cendamo
January 5, 2026 at 6:08 AM
“Every time a politician casts doubt on the legitimacy of Parliament, because it does not represent ‘the voice of the people’ we can smell the whiff of eternal fascism...”
Umberto Eco, Italian philosopher, author of The Name of the Rose, born #OTD 1932.
Photo by Leonardo Cendamo
Umberto Eco, Italian philosopher, author of The Name of the Rose, born #OTD 1932.
Photo by Leonardo Cendamo
Portraits by two Florentine Renaissance artists, who shared a workshop:
Young man (Sculptor) with blue sleeve 1517, monogram of Andrea del Sarto, & Young man writing, with monogram on scrap of paper dated 1522, by Franciabigio.
National Gallery London | Gemäldegalerie Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Young man (Sculptor) with blue sleeve 1517, monogram of Andrea del Sarto, & Young man writing, with monogram on scrap of paper dated 1522, by Franciabigio.
National Gallery London | Gemäldegalerie Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
January 5, 2026 at 6:07 AM
Portraits by two Florentine Renaissance artists, who shared a workshop:
Young man (Sculptor) with blue sleeve 1517, monogram of Andrea del Sarto, & Young man writing, with monogram on scrap of paper dated 1522, by Franciabigio.
National Gallery London | Gemäldegalerie Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Young man (Sculptor) with blue sleeve 1517, monogram of Andrea del Sarto, & Young man writing, with monogram on scrap of paper dated 1522, by Franciabigio.
National Gallery London | Gemäldegalerie Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
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Since 2026 has started in such a wild fashion, closing this first weekend of the year with a beautiful picture of the light over Little Venice, London. #LoveLondon
January 4, 2026 at 9:54 PM
Since 2026 has started in such a wild fashion, closing this first weekend of the year with a beautiful picture of the light over Little Venice, London. #LoveLondon
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View from Devil's Kitchen over Y Garn, Snowdonia, north Wales, photo by Victoria Ashman.
January 4, 2026 at 6:57 PM
View from Devil's Kitchen over Y Garn, Snowdonia, north Wales, photo by Victoria Ashman.
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#StandingStoneSunday
The Rudston Monolith at over 25 feet (7.6 m) is the tallest megalith (standing stone) in the United Kingdom. The weight is estimated at 40 tonnes. The monolith is made of gritstone. The monument dates to the Late Neolithic or Early Bronze Age.
#Archaeology
#AncientBlueSky🪨
The Rudston Monolith at over 25 feet (7.6 m) is the tallest megalith (standing stone) in the United Kingdom. The weight is estimated at 40 tonnes. The monolith is made of gritstone. The monument dates to the Late Neolithic or Early Bronze Age.
#Archaeology
#AncientBlueSky🪨
January 4, 2026 at 12:30 PM
#StandingStoneSunday
The Rudston Monolith at over 25 feet (7.6 m) is the tallest megalith (standing stone) in the United Kingdom. The weight is estimated at 40 tonnes. The monolith is made of gritstone. The monument dates to the Late Neolithic or Early Bronze Age.
#Archaeology
#AncientBlueSky🪨
The Rudston Monolith at over 25 feet (7.6 m) is the tallest megalith (standing stone) in the United Kingdom. The weight is estimated at 40 tonnes. The monolith is made of gritstone. The monument dates to the Late Neolithic or Early Bronze Age.
#Archaeology
#AncientBlueSky🪨
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In Cambridge where a combination of an early start and freezing cold weather meant that I just about had King's College Chapel to myself this morning.
January 3, 2026 at 9:11 PM
In Cambridge where a combination of an early start and freezing cold weather meant that I just about had King's College Chapel to myself this morning.
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Toasting up and keeping warm on a cold January evening in Cambridge. Will it snow overnight?
January 4, 2026 at 5:57 PM
Toasting up and keeping warm on a cold January evening in Cambridge. Will it snow overnight?
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This is a nice obituary. I hadn’t realised he was responsible for the QEII Bridge sign. Nor that it was cast from a mould made from polystyrene carved with a hot wire!
But I suppose this is why I like lettering: at its best it becomes part of the visual language of a country.
But I suppose this is why I like lettering: at its best it becomes part of the visual language of a country.
Richard Kindersley obituary | Art and design | The Guardian share.google/NlR8Ds3RG6Tf...
Richard Kindersley obituary
Typeface designer and stone carver whose works can be seen at London Bridge, St Paul’s Cathedral and the British Normandy Memorial
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January 4, 2026 at 6:00 PM
This is a nice obituary. I hadn’t realised he was responsible for the QEII Bridge sign. Nor that it was cast from a mould made from polystyrene carved with a hot wire!
But I suppose this is why I like lettering: at its best it becomes part of the visual language of a country.
But I suppose this is why I like lettering: at its best it becomes part of the visual language of a country.
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My favourite English cathedral:
January 4, 2026 at 8:37 AM
My favourite English cathedral:
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First of my #BooksOf2026 and it’s a cracker. Or should I say a ‘Cricker’! @matthewcobb.bsky.social’s biography of Francis Crick is a propulsive and compelling portrait of a complex figure who towered over 20th century biology. Brims with insight. A superlative achievement.
January 4, 2026 at 11:24 AM
First of my #BooksOf2026 and it’s a cracker. Or should I say a ‘Cricker’! @matthewcobb.bsky.social’s biography of Francis Crick is a propulsive and compelling portrait of a complex figure who towered over 20th century biology. Brims with insight. A superlative achievement.
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A tale of three norths in three photos
1️⃣ The pier at Berwick-upon-Tweed, where the rare triple alignment of the Three Norths (True North, Grid North, Magnetic North) left England in December 2025, drifting out into the North Sea.
📸 Lewis Clarke (CC BY-SA 2.0)
1️⃣ The pier at Berwick-upon-Tweed, where the rare triple alignment of the Three Norths (True North, Grid North, Magnetic North) left England in December 2025, drifting out into the North Sea.
📸 Lewis Clarke (CC BY-SA 2.0)
January 4, 2026 at 9:06 AM
A tale of three norths in three photos
1️⃣ The pier at Berwick-upon-Tweed, where the rare triple alignment of the Three Norths (True North, Grid North, Magnetic North) left England in December 2025, drifting out into the North Sea.
📸 Lewis Clarke (CC BY-SA 2.0)
1️⃣ The pier at Berwick-upon-Tweed, where the rare triple alignment of the Three Norths (True North, Grid North, Magnetic North) left England in December 2025, drifting out into the North Sea.
📸 Lewis Clarke (CC BY-SA 2.0)
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a Quadrantid meteor over the Avebury stones.
#StandingStoneSunday
#StandingStoneSunday
January 4, 2026 at 6:02 AM
a Quadrantid meteor over the Avebury stones.
#StandingStoneSunday
#StandingStoneSunday
“A genius for backing into the limelight…”
Lawrence of Arabia: T.E. Lawrence, British archaeologist, military officer, diplomat; painted in 1919 by influential Welsh artist Augustus John, born #OTD 1878, studied at Slade School of Art.
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Lawrence of Arabia: T.E. Lawrence, British archaeologist, military officer, diplomat; painted in 1919 by influential Welsh artist Augustus John, born #OTD 1878, studied at Slade School of Art.
Tate Britain @tate.bsky.social | @sladeschoolucl.bsky.social
January 4, 2026 at 6:00 AM
“A genius for backing into the limelight…”
Lawrence of Arabia: T.E. Lawrence, British archaeologist, military officer, diplomat; painted in 1919 by influential Welsh artist Augustus John, born #OTD 1878, studied at Slade School of Art.
Tate Britain @tate.bsky.social | @sladeschoolucl.bsky.social
Lawrence of Arabia: T.E. Lawrence, British archaeologist, military officer, diplomat; painted in 1919 by influential Welsh artist Augustus John, born #OTD 1878, studied at Slade School of Art.
Tate Britain @tate.bsky.social | @sladeschoolucl.bsky.social
Noble simplicity: Ange-Jacques Gabriel, principal architect of Louis XV, died #OTD 1782; known for Le Petit Trianon at Château de Versailles (1768), and Paris landmarks l'École Militaire (c.1760) & Place Louis XV (1772) now Place de la Concorde.
Place Louis XV, painted c. 1775, Getty Museum
Place Louis XV, painted c. 1775, Getty Museum
January 4, 2026 at 5:58 AM
Noble simplicity: Ange-Jacques Gabriel, principal architect of Louis XV, died #OTD 1782; known for Le Petit Trianon at Château de Versailles (1768), and Paris landmarks l'École Militaire (c.1760) & Place Louis XV (1772) now Place de la Concorde.
Place Louis XV, painted c. 1775, Getty Museum
Place Louis XV, painted c. 1775, Getty Museum
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The perfect opportunity to remind you that there's a big Gwen John exhibition coming up in the spring at Amgueddfa Cymru in Cardiff and then later in the year @nationalgalleries.bsky.social in Edinburgh.
A Corner of the Artist’s Room in Paris, 1907-09, painting by Welsh artist Gwen John.
January 3, 2026 at 6:59 PM
The perfect opportunity to remind you that there's a big Gwen John exhibition coming up in the spring at Amgueddfa Cymru in Cardiff and then later in the year @nationalgalleries.bsky.social in Edinburgh.
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This little hillside chapel suddenly hoved into view as we descended a lane from the Alpine heights of Matlock Bath/Dale in Derbyshire. Architect Guy Dawber, built 1897, clinging to a forested cliff above a trickling spring. In the care of the excellent @friendlesschurches.bsky.social
January 3, 2026 at 10:22 PM
This little hillside chapel suddenly hoved into view as we descended a lane from the Alpine heights of Matlock Bath/Dale in Derbyshire. Architect Guy Dawber, built 1897, clinging to a forested cliff above a trickling spring. In the care of the excellent @friendlesschurches.bsky.social