Dr Anna Clark
@drannaclark.bsky.social
Humanities, history of art, architecture & landscape; museums, libraries & collections
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Fragmentary versions of David. The original at the Galleria dell'Accademia and its photographic reception that shaped the art historical canon.
The photos are part of exhibition "The City as Achive" @khiflorenz.bsky.social.
The photos are part of exhibition "The City as Achive" @khiflorenz.bsky.social.
February 6, 2026 at 11:45 PM
Fragmentary versions of David. The original at the Galleria dell'Accademia and its photographic reception that shaped the art historical canon.
The photos are part of exhibition "The City as Achive" @khiflorenz.bsky.social.
The photos are part of exhibition "The City as Achive" @khiflorenz.bsky.social.
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Canada opens consulate in Greenland in show of support for Arctic island ft.trib.al/qK8uz1m
Canada opens consulate in Greenland in show of support for Arctic island
New diplomatic mission comes as Ottawa shifts foreign policy to strengthen non-US alliances
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February 6, 2026 at 6:33 PM
Canada opens consulate in Greenland in show of support for Arctic island ft.trib.al/qK8uz1m
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The Rector's Legacy
This second magnificent brass at Balsham (Cambridgeshire, 1401) commemorates John Sleford - a man whose architectural legacy still surrounds his memorial. The inscription proudly states he "ecclesiam struxit" (built the church) and "haec fecit stalla" (made these stalls).
This second magnificent brass at Balsham (Cambridgeshire, 1401) commemorates John Sleford - a man whose architectural legacy still surrounds his memorial. The inscription proudly states he "ecclesiam struxit" (built the church) and "haec fecit stalla" (made these stalls).
February 6, 2026 at 2:11 PM
The Rector's Legacy
This second magnificent brass at Balsham (Cambridgeshire, 1401) commemorates John Sleford - a man whose architectural legacy still surrounds his memorial. The inscription proudly states he "ecclesiam struxit" (built the church) and "haec fecit stalla" (made these stalls).
This second magnificent brass at Balsham (Cambridgeshire, 1401) commemorates John Sleford - a man whose architectural legacy still surrounds his memorial. The inscription proudly states he "ecclesiam struxit" (built the church) and "haec fecit stalla" (made these stalls).
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A self-driving car
February 6, 2026 at 3:51 PM
A self-driving car
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Gliding our way into the weekend, and the Winter Olympics... ⛸️
This charming photo (MS Kennet D22) from Kathleen Scott’s diaries shows her son Peter ice skating in Switzerland in 1923.
Peter later became a renowned naturalist and environmentalist.
This charming photo (MS Kennet D22) from Kathleen Scott’s diaries shows her son Peter ice skating in Switzerland in 1923.
Peter later became a renowned naturalist and environmentalist.
February 6, 2026 at 9:04 AM
Gliding our way into the weekend, and the Winter Olympics... ⛸️
This charming photo (MS Kennet D22) from Kathleen Scott’s diaries shows her son Peter ice skating in Switzerland in 1923.
Peter later became a renowned naturalist and environmentalist.
This charming photo (MS Kennet D22) from Kathleen Scott’s diaries shows her son Peter ice skating in Switzerland in 1923.
Peter later became a renowned naturalist and environmentalist.
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This is a bit niche, but some of the best stuff is! My favourite church pews, a thread… 🤩
No.1 - the crooked, rough & ready pews that are built around columns, at St. Mary’s, Shelton, Bedfordshire 😍
No.1 - the crooked, rough & ready pews that are built around columns, at St. Mary’s, Shelton, Bedfordshire 😍
February 6, 2026 at 3:31 PM
This is a bit niche, but some of the best stuff is! My favourite church pews, a thread… 🤩
No.1 - the crooked, rough & ready pews that are built around columns, at St. Mary’s, Shelton, Bedfordshire 😍
No.1 - the crooked, rough & ready pews that are built around columns, at St. Mary’s, Shelton, Bedfordshire 😍
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Gouda, Sint Janskerk, Day 21, window 23. Designed and made by Wouter Crabeth, 1561-63. Given by Margaret of Parma, half-sister of Philip II of Spain, & Governor of the Spanish Netherlands. South transept window, 20m tall. 2 parts: Jesus Washing the Disciples' Feet; & Elijah & the Prophets of Baal.
February 6, 2026 at 5:52 PM
Gouda, Sint Janskerk, Day 21, window 23. Designed and made by Wouter Crabeth, 1561-63. Given by Margaret of Parma, half-sister of Philip II of Spain, & Governor of the Spanish Netherlands. South transept window, 20m tall. 2 parts: Jesus Washing the Disciples' Feet; & Elijah & the Prophets of Baal.
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I was reading this old post from 2011 about Emilie Flöge, her salon, and friendship with Klimt only a couple of days ago, on the great arts blog The Blue Lantern.
It features some great photos of her.
thebluelantern.blogspot.com/2011/09/two-...
The blog hasn't been updated, sadly, since 2024.
It features some great photos of her.
thebluelantern.blogspot.com/2011/09/two-...
The blog hasn't been updated, sadly, since 2024.
February 6, 2026 at 11:54 AM
I was reading this old post from 2011 about Emilie Flöge, her salon, and friendship with Klimt only a couple of days ago, on the great arts blog The Blue Lantern.
It features some great photos of her.
thebluelantern.blogspot.com/2011/09/two-...
The blog hasn't been updated, sadly, since 2024.
It features some great photos of her.
thebluelantern.blogspot.com/2011/09/two-...
The blog hasn't been updated, sadly, since 2024.
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Sir Guenter Treitel came to the UK on the Kindertransport. He became the foremost authority on English contract law.
Famously, he held the Rolling Stones to their contract to play the Magdalen Ball in 1964 for £100 - they had suddenly become superstars after being booked as unknowns in 1963.
Famously, he held the Rolling Stones to their contract to play the Magdalen Ball in 1964 for £100 - they had suddenly become superstars after being booked as unknowns in 1963.
Magdalen launches Sir Guenter Treitel Scholarships.
Each year, three Sir Guenter Treitel Scholars will be provided with full funding (fees and maintenance) to study the Bachelor of Civil Law (BCL) at Magdalen College.
Read more: www.magd.ox.ac.uk/news/magdale...
Each year, three Sir Guenter Treitel Scholars will be provided with full funding (fees and maintenance) to study the Bachelor of Civil Law (BCL) at Magdalen College.
Read more: www.magd.ox.ac.uk/news/magdale...
February 6, 2026 at 3:53 PM
Sir Guenter Treitel came to the UK on the Kindertransport. He became the foremost authority on English contract law.
Famously, he held the Rolling Stones to their contract to play the Magdalen Ball in 1964 for £100 - they had suddenly become superstars after being booked as unknowns in 1963.
Famously, he held the Rolling Stones to their contract to play the Magdalen Ball in 1964 for £100 - they had suddenly become superstars after being booked as unknowns in 1963.
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Subjugué par le Duomo de Monreale et ses mosaïques du XIIe siècle (époque normande).
October 24, 2025 at 8:49 AM
Subjugué par le Duomo de Monreale et ses mosaïques du XIIe siècle (époque normande).
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In 1981, when I was ten, I visited Christchurch, New Zealand with my parents. I loved birds, especially albatrosses, and learned that tantalizingly close—360 km to the south—was the royal albatross colony in Dunedin.
It was not meant to be that trip. But 44 years later, I finally made it happen.
It was not meant to be that trip. But 44 years later, I finally made it happen.
February 6, 2026 at 9:44 AM
In 1981, when I was ten, I visited Christchurch, New Zealand with my parents. I loved birds, especially albatrosses, and learned that tantalizingly close—360 km to the south—was the royal albatross colony in Dunedin.
It was not meant to be that trip. But 44 years later, I finally made it happen.
It was not meant to be that trip. But 44 years later, I finally made it happen.
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The south transept doorway of St. Magnus Cathedral at Kirkwall in Orkney, with its alternating sandstone stonework. 📸 My own. #AdoorableThursday #Kirkwall #Orkney
February 5, 2026 at 6:59 AM
The south transept doorway of St. Magnus Cathedral at Kirkwall in Orkney, with its alternating sandstone stonework. 📸 My own. #AdoorableThursday #Kirkwall #Orkney
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Yesterday and today are bookended by the first @bsrome.bsky.social @researchual.bsky.social arts fellowship exhibition by Eva Sajovic at Chelsea Space, and my last research fellowship meeting at the Horniman Museum. I’m proud of being involved in getting these research fellowships off the ground.
February 6, 2026 at 7:46 AM
Yesterday and today are bookended by the first @bsrome.bsky.social @researchual.bsky.social arts fellowship exhibition by Eva Sajovic at Chelsea Space, and my last research fellowship meeting at the Horniman Museum. I’m proud of being involved in getting these research fellowships off the ground.
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$27.2m for Michelangelo’s foot at Christie’s. That’s $1.15m per square inch.
February 5, 2026 at 6:02 PM
$27.2m for Michelangelo’s foot at Christie’s. That’s $1.15m per square inch.
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One of the Lewis Chessmen - currently on display at the National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh. Found in 1831 on a beach at Uig on the Isle of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides, the Chessmen dates to the late 12th or early 13th century. 📸 My own. #FindsFriday #LewisChessmen #NMS
February 6, 2026 at 7:25 AM
One of the Lewis Chessmen - currently on display at the National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh. Found in 1831 on a beach at Uig on the Isle of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides, the Chessmen dates to the late 12th or early 13th century. 📸 My own. #FindsFriday #LewisChessmen #NMS
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A little bear figurine carved out of amber some 6,000 years ago 🐻❤️
A hole runs through the bear’s torso suggesting it was threaded on a cord, perhaps worn or carried as a protective charm.
Found in a peat bog near Słupsk, Poland, in 1887.
📷 National Museum in Szczecin
#FindsFriday
#Archaeology
A hole runs through the bear’s torso suggesting it was threaded on a cord, perhaps worn or carried as a protective charm.
Found in a peat bog near Słupsk, Poland, in 1887.
📷 National Museum in Szczecin
#FindsFriday
#Archaeology
February 6, 2026 at 8:04 AM
A little bear figurine carved out of amber some 6,000 years ago 🐻❤️
A hole runs through the bear’s torso suggesting it was threaded on a cord, perhaps worn or carried as a protective charm.
Found in a peat bog near Słupsk, Poland, in 1887.
📷 National Museum in Szczecin
#FindsFriday
#Archaeology
A hole runs through the bear’s torso suggesting it was threaded on a cord, perhaps worn or carried as a protective charm.
Found in a peat bog near Słupsk, Poland, in 1887.
📷 National Museum in Szczecin
#FindsFriday
#Archaeology
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Grönland
📷 Evgeniy Maloletka-AP
📷 Evgeniy Maloletka-AP
February 6, 2026 at 6:48 AM
Grönland
📷 Evgeniy Maloletka-AP
📷 Evgeniy Maloletka-AP
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Le Forum romain au clair de lune
October 12, 2025 at 6:08 AM
Le Forum romain au clair de lune
England’s greatest gardener: Lancelot ‘Capability’ Brown, landscape architect & Royal Gardener to George III, died #OTD 1783; landscaped estates of great country houses, including Blenheim Palace and Chatsworth House.
February 6, 2026 at 5:45 AM
England’s greatest gardener: Lancelot ‘Capability’ Brown, landscape architect & Royal Gardener to George III, died #OTD 1783; landscaped estates of great country houses, including Blenheim Palace and Chatsworth House.
Portrait of Emilie Flöge, avant-garde Viennese couturière, painted in 1902, by her companion Gustav Klimt, Austrian Symbolist painter, founder of Vienna Secession, died #OTD 1918. She is thought to have inspired Klimt’s famous work The Kiss 1908.
Wien Museum | Österreichische Galerie,Belvedere, Wien
Wien Museum | Österreichische Galerie,Belvedere, Wien
February 6, 2026 at 5:41 AM
Portrait of Emilie Flöge, avant-garde Viennese couturière, painted in 1902, by her companion Gustav Klimt, Austrian Symbolist painter, founder of Vienna Secession, died #OTD 1918. She is thought to have inspired Klimt’s famous work The Kiss 1908.
Wien Museum | Österreichische Galerie,Belvedere, Wien
Wien Museum | Österreichische Galerie,Belvedere, Wien
Man with blue quilted sleeve c 1510, masterpiece by Titian, greatest Renaissance artist of Venetian school (c.1488- 1576) inspired Rembrandt’s self-portrait of 1640. Titian’s projecting sleeve on stone sill or parapet with artist’s monogram, is reflected in Rembrandt’s work.
National Gallery London
National Gallery London
February 6, 2026 at 5:38 AM
Man with blue quilted sleeve c 1510, masterpiece by Titian, greatest Renaissance artist of Venetian school (c.1488- 1576) inspired Rembrandt’s self-portrait of 1640. Titian’s projecting sleeve on stone sill or parapet with artist’s monogram, is reflected in Rembrandt’s work.
National Gallery London
National Gallery London
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Bodiam Castle, Sussex.
February 5, 2026 at 5:54 PM
Bodiam Castle, Sussex.
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4th century silver spoon with swan or duck handle from Roman Canterbury. The spoon was part of a hoard buried beside the London Gate in the city walls. Now part of the collections at Canterbury Roman Museum. 📸 My own. #RomanBritain #Canterbury
February 5, 2026 at 7:01 AM
4th century silver spoon with swan or duck handle from Roman Canterbury. The spoon was part of a hoard buried beside the London Gate in the city walls. Now part of the collections at Canterbury Roman Museum. 📸 My own. #RomanBritain #Canterbury