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🎬 Filmmakers combining unlimited curiosity & meticulous research
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We’ve changed the name of our substack to 'EXPLORING ART HISTORY' to highlight our focus on the captivatingly beautiful world of art & the art of beauty from now on!

🎨 Visit here for art essays, films: ideasroadshow.substack.com

πŸ—ƒοΈ #arthistory #skystorians #renaissance #academia #medievalsky #art
πŸͺ© It's Friday, let's play music & dance! Look at this stunning terracotta vase by the so-called Berlin painter of a young man singing and playing a kithara, c. 490 BC.

πŸ”Ž Note how the cloth below the instrument sways gently πŸƒ.

πŸ—ƒοΈ #arthistory 🏺 #ancientbluesky #Greek #archaeology
February 13, 2026 at 10:39 AM
Apologies for the late response! It was done by Giovanni da Udine.
February 13, 2026 at 10:23 AM
πŸ’  Mourning angels in the fresco 'Lamentation' by Giotto (1305), Scrovegni Chapel, Padua.

Giotto was particularly strong in expressing the physicality of sorrow. Look at all the different expressions and hand gestures.

πŸ—ƒοΈ #arthistory #skystorians #frescofriday #medievalsky #art
February 13, 2026 at 9:17 AM
🎬 It’s Film Friday! 🌸 β€œThe film is beautifully made, has a clear structure and is rich in interesting information.” – Gert Jan van der Sman, Dutch University Institute for Art History

πŸ—ƒοΈ #arthistory #skystorians 🏺 #academia #art #filmsky

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Botticelli's Primavera, Part 5
The big picture
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February 13, 2026 at 8:55 AM
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The famous Florentine Baptistery doors were likely influenced by the hugely impressive doors of San Ranieri of Pisa Cathedral by Bonanno da Pisa (c. 1180).

πŸšͺ Read more here: ideasroadshow.substack.com/p/revolving-...

πŸ—ƒοΈ #arthistory #skystorians #medievalsky #AdoorableThursday #renaissance 🏺
February 12, 2026 at 8:32 AM
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For #AdoorableThursday look at all the doors in this detail of one of the MaestΓ  Predella Panels by Duccio called The Healing of the Man Born Blind.

πŸšͺ Do you notice anything about the doors (and windows as well)❓

πŸ—ƒοΈ #arthistory #skystorians #medievalsky
February 5, 2026 at 12:38 PM
Definitely not a Bad Bunny! 🐰 Young Hare by Albrecht Dürer, 1502.

πŸ”¦ Note the warm golden light that hits the hare from the left. πŸ‘οΈ Take a close look for a reflection of the window frame in the hare's eye!

πŸ—ƒοΈ #arthistory #medievalsky #art #rabbit
February 12, 2026 at 1:07 PM
The famous Florentine Baptistery doors were likely influenced by the hugely impressive doors of San Ranieri of Pisa Cathedral by Bonanno da Pisa (c. 1180).

πŸšͺ Read more here: ideasroadshow.substack.com/p/revolving-...

πŸ—ƒοΈ #arthistory #skystorians #medievalsky #AdoorableThursday #renaissance 🏺
February 12, 2026 at 8:32 AM
Love this! 🐾
February 12, 2026 at 8:06 AM
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🧹 Need a timeline cleanse? Read Only Connect πŸ‘‡

"For all its wondrous ability to seamlessly combine beauty and curiosity, perhaps the thing I love most about art history is its capacity to emotionally connect us to others."

πŸ—ƒοΈ #arthistory🏺 #skystorians

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Only Connect
The power of art
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February 11, 2026 at 9:03 AM
πŸ•Ί Le bonheur de vivre (et danser) !This painting by Matisse, La Danse, was censored earlier by @moderation.bsky.app - please rethink and allow this wonderfully joyful piece of art!

πŸ—ƒοΈ #arthistory🏺 #skystorians #medievalsky #Italy #france
February 11, 2026 at 4:10 PM
πŸͺ© Let’s dance! For Ambrogio Lorenzetti (as later for Matisse), when people move together in a circle they portray an image of social well-being that follows from communal freedom & justice.

Note the 9️⃣ dancers!

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πŸ—ƒοΈ #arthistory🏺 #skystorians #medievalsky #Italy #france
February 11, 2026 at 4:06 PM
🐦 Bird’s-eye view of Siena.

In the heart is Piazza del Campo (β€œIl Campo”) which is divided into 9 scallop shell-shaped sections. This is symbolic of the rule of β€˜The Nine’: Siena was led by a "Council of Nine" known at the time as β€œIl Buon Governo”.

πŸ—ƒοΈ #arthistory #medievalsky #art 🏺 #skystorians
February 11, 2026 at 2:16 PM
🐰 Ceci n'est pas un Bad Bunny! Look at this hare riding a hound with a trained 🐌 β€˜snail of prey’, Pontifical of Guillaume Durand, Avignon, c. 1390

πŸ—ƒοΈ #arthistory #medievalsky #art
February 11, 2026 at 11:40 AM
🧹 Need a timeline cleanse? Read Only Connect πŸ‘‡

"For all its wondrous ability to seamlessly combine beauty and curiosity, perhaps the thing I love most about art history is its capacity to emotionally connect us to others."

πŸ—ƒοΈ #arthistory🏺 #skystorians

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Only Connect
The power of art
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February 11, 2026 at 9:03 AM
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🐰 Happy Bad Bunny Day!

In this Roman mosaic a rabbit rides a chariot pulled by geese, 2nd c. AD.

#mosaicmonday πŸ—ƒοΈ #arthistory 🏺 #Roman #mosaic
February 9, 2026 at 9:32 PM
🐰 Happy Bad Bunny Day!

In this Roman mosaic a rabbit rides a chariot pulled by geese, 2nd c. AD.

#mosaicmonday πŸ—ƒοΈ #arthistory 🏺 #Roman #mosaic
February 9, 2026 at 9:32 PM
βš’οΈ Ever heard of β€˜graffito’? It’s an old technique where the design of a mosaic is traced on white marble slabs using a chisel & a drill and then filled in with black stucco.

Read more: ideasroadshow.substack.com/p/syncretic-...

#mosaicmonday πŸ—ƒοΈ #arthistory 🏺 #medievalsky #renaissance #mosaic
February 9, 2026 at 8:28 PM
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Read about the magnificent pavement mosaics in Siena Cathedral that Giorgio Vasari described as β€œthe most beautiful, greatest and most magnificent ever made.”

#mosaicmonday πŸ—ƒοΈ #arthistory 🏺 #medievalsky #renaissance

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Syncretic Brilliance
The power of continuous coordination
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February 9, 2026 at 8:52 AM
'The Hellespontine Sibyl' (late 15th c.) made with an exquisite use of the intarsia technique by incorporating black, white and coloured marble in much the same manner as wood inlaying.

πŸ”Ž Read more on Exploring Art History: ideasroadshow.substack.com/p/syncretic-...

#mosaicmonday πŸ—ƒοΈ #arthistory 🏺
February 9, 2026 at 10:45 AM
Read about the magnificent pavement mosaics in Siena Cathedral that Giorgio Vasari described as β€œthe most beautiful, greatest and most magnificent ever made.”

#mosaicmonday πŸ—ƒοΈ #arthistory 🏺 #medievalsky #renaissance

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Syncretic Brilliance
The power of continuous coordination
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February 9, 2026 at 8:52 AM
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🦁 For #caturday a fresco of The Creation of the Animals by Raphael (1518-19) in Raphael's Loggia, Palazzo Apostolico.

Odd how there are many parts of animals visible (see the heads of the horse and dog f.e.) - still in the midst of being created?

πŸ—ƒοΈ #arthistory #art #cat #cats #lion #design 🏺
February 8, 2026 at 9:18 AM
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πŸ”Ž Read this thoughtful essay about how the 'standard account' of the competition between Ghiberti and Filippo Brunelleschi obscures almost as much as it reveals.

πŸ—ƒοΈ #arthistory #skystorians #medievalsky #AdoorableThursday #renaissance

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Revolving doors
The oft-overlooked details of Lorenzo Ghiberti's famous reliefs of the Florentine Baptistery
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February 5, 2026 at 4:50 PM
"Earth", a portrait by Milanese artist Giuseppe Arcimboldo, c. 1566.

πŸ—ƒοΈ #arthistory #art #cat #cats #lion #caturday #renaissance #design
February 8, 2026 at 9:24 AM
🦁 For #caturday a fresco of The Creation of the Animals by Raphael (1518-19) in Raphael's Loggia, Palazzo Apostolico.

Odd how there are many parts of animals visible (see the heads of the horse and dog f.e.) - still in the midst of being created?

πŸ—ƒοΈ #arthistory #art #cat #cats #lion #design 🏺
February 8, 2026 at 9:18 AM