Lynley McAlpine
@lynleymcalpine.bsky.social
Provenance researcher and Romanist in Texas
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Are you a provenance researcher with no coding experience but curious about computational techniques? In collaboration with the Getty Provenance Index, we’re launching Coding Provenance, a workshop series specially designed for provenance researchers.
Dec 18-21 in Lüneburg Germany.
Dec 18-21 in Lüneburg Germany.
July 16, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Are you a provenance researcher with no coding experience but curious about computational techniques? In collaboration with the Getty Provenance Index, we’re launching Coding Provenance, a workshop series specially designed for provenance researchers.
Dec 18-21 in Lüneburg Germany.
Dec 18-21 in Lüneburg Germany.
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A quick🧵about the devastating Texas flooding -- and how it connects to climate change. ⬇️
(Photo cred: @nytimes.com)
(Photo cred: @nytimes.com)
July 5, 2025 at 5:28 PM
A quick🧵about the devastating Texas flooding -- and how it connects to climate change. ⬇️
(Photo cred: @nytimes.com)
(Photo cred: @nytimes.com)
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Interactive Exhibit Lets Kids Figure Out How To Manage Budget Shortfall That Will Otherwise Shutter Museum theonion.com/interac...
May 28, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Interactive Exhibit Lets Kids Figure Out How To Manage Budget Shortfall That Will Otherwise Shutter Museum theonion.com/interac...
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Do you like museums? Want to learn more about how decisions are made behind the scenes? Listen as we explore how some museums are rethinking their practices and working with communities to better care for their holdings #PeoplingThePast #CulturalHeritage #MuseumCollections #ColonialLegacies
In this week’s #PeoplingPodcast episode we are joined by Dr. Lisa Saladino Haney to discuss museum pedagogy, community engagement in exhibit development, and the display of Egyptian cultural heritage: peoplingthepast.com/2025/05/20/s...
May 20, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Do you like museums? Want to learn more about how decisions are made behind the scenes? Listen as we explore how some museums are rethinking their practices and working with communities to better care for their holdings #PeoplingThePast #CulturalHeritage #MuseumCollections #ColonialLegacies
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Comparative effectiveness of techniques for examining the canvas, paint, and the pictorial structure of 16th- and 17th-century Chinese paintings
buff.ly/fKiHiB2
#EarlyView #Analysis #paintings #restoration #StereoMicroscope #verification #XrayImaging
buff.ly/fKiHiB2
#EarlyView #Analysis #paintings #restoration #StereoMicroscope #verification #XrayImaging
May 10, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Comparative effectiveness of techniques for examining the canvas, paint, and the pictorial structure of 16th- and 17th-century Chinese paintings
buff.ly/fKiHiB2
#EarlyView #Analysis #paintings #restoration #StereoMicroscope #verification #XrayImaging
buff.ly/fKiHiB2
#EarlyView #Analysis #paintings #restoration #StereoMicroscope #verification #XrayImaging
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So my girlfriend is an amazing stop motion animator, and she recently did a medieval cat themed bumper for Adult Swim!
Sharing it here because she only has Instagram and I think everyone needs to see her animations. She's so freaking talented, y'alls. PLEASE go follow her!
Sharing it here because she only has Instagram and I think everyone needs to see her animations. She's so freaking talented, y'alls. PLEASE go follow her!
May 7, 2025 at 4:47 PM
So my girlfriend is an amazing stop motion animator, and she recently did a medieval cat themed bumper for Adult Swim!
Sharing it here because she only has Instagram and I think everyone needs to see her animations. She's so freaking talented, y'alls. PLEASE go follow her!
Sharing it here because she only has Instagram and I think everyone needs to see her animations. She's so freaking talented, y'alls. PLEASE go follow her!
Makes sense. My favorite of Pliny the Younger's letters tells a story about a friendly dolphin in North Africa that priests decided was propitious and so they poured perfumes on it when it came near the shore. It got very sick and stayed away for several days before it came back to play again.
Smelling like a God!
It's been well established in the meantime that Ancient Greek and Roman #sculptures were colorful painted - now a new study revealed that some apparently were also #perfumed:
🏺 phys.org/news/2025-03...
It's been well established in the meantime that Ancient Greek and Roman #sculptures were colorful painted - now a new study revealed that some apparently were also #perfumed:
🏺 phys.org/news/2025-03...
Smell like a god: Ancient sculptures were scented, Danish study shows
Science has already proven that sculptures from ancient Greece and Rome were often painted in warm colors, and now a Danish study has revealed that some were also perfumed.
phys.org
May 6, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Makes sense. My favorite of Pliny the Younger's letters tells a story about a friendly dolphin in North Africa that priests decided was propitious and so they poured perfumes on it when it came near the shore. It got very sick and stayed away for several days before it came back to play again.
Love her hair. Even when the hairstyles of elite Roman women look a bit (deceptively) simple or "modest" from the front, they would have required an expert (probably enslaved) hairstylist, or a few of them, and possibly some extensions, to achieve.
The votive bronze sculptures discovered at Bagno Grande in San Casciano dei Bagni include layers of offerings from the Etruscans to, later, the Romans. This bust of a matron is the latter, given the complex Roman hairstyle (late Augustan). The braids are incredibly detailed. 🏺
📸 me
📸 me
May 1, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Love her hair. Even when the hairstyles of elite Roman women look a bit (deceptively) simple or "modest" from the front, they would have required an expert (probably enslaved) hairstylist, or a few of them, and possibly some extensions, to achieve.
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What is art provenance? A Getty Research Institute case study
and a new Smarthistory video:
youtu.be/pZWRxUxghVY
#art #arthistory #Smarthistory #Getty #GRI #provenance
and a new Smarthistory video:
youtu.be/pZWRxUxghVY
#art #arthistory #Smarthistory #Getty #GRI #provenance
What is art provenance? A Getty Research Institute case study
YouTube video by Smarthistory
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May 1, 2025 at 1:24 PM
What is art provenance? A Getty Research Institute case study
and a new Smarthistory video:
youtu.be/pZWRxUxghVY
#art #arthistory #Smarthistory #Getty #GRI #provenance
and a new Smarthistory video:
youtu.be/pZWRxUxghVY
#art #arthistory #Smarthistory #Getty #GRI #provenance
This is really great. Yay Mellon!
So relieved to see that Mellon will be providing emergency relief funding the US’s state and jurisdictional humanities councils.
If I learned one thing during my years at NEH, it was how crucial these organizations are to our public humanities infrastructure.
www.mellon.org/news/america...
If I learned one thing during my years at NEH, it was how crucial these organizations are to our public humanities infrastructure.
www.mellon.org/news/america...
Mellon Foundation
The Mellon Foundation makes grants to actively unlock the power in the arts and humanities that helps connect us all.
www.mellon.org
April 29, 2025 at 6:47 PM
This is really great. Yay Mellon!
I caught this last spring, despite getting TDAP vax in 2016. It was awful--I still have some lingering effects almost a year later. I had the signature cough, but my husband didn't, so be careful if you catch anything cold- or flu-like. Protect those around you, especially babies and small children.
Newborns are especially vulnerable to whooping cough. Their tiny airways can swell shut. Doctors advise vaccinating everyone around them — parents, grandparents, nannies — to crate a cocoon of of protection until they can complete their series of vaccines.
Whooping cough cases are rising and doctors are bracing for another difficult year. apnews.com/article/whoo... @apnews.com
April 29, 2025 at 4:42 PM
I caught this last spring, despite getting TDAP vax in 2016. It was awful--I still have some lingering effects almost a year later. I had the signature cough, but my husband didn't, so be careful if you catch anything cold- or flu-like. Protect those around you, especially babies and small children.
My new notebook, which I bought at the Frist Museum Art Museum shop, has pandas holding trowels on the cover. Why trowels? I have no idea, but I'm not complaining.
April 25, 2025 at 7:50 PM
My new notebook, which I bought at the Frist Museum Art Museum shop, has pandas holding trowels on the cover. Why trowels? I have no idea, but I'm not complaining.
Kudos to @jebarr.bsky.social and the Getty team for getting this important information online! A major undertaking, I'm sure, but definitely a valuable resource for researchers working on a variety of topics. www.getty.edu/news/getty-a...
Getty Adds Deaccessioned Objects to Online Collection Pages | Getty News
Project will increase clarity and transparency in a sensitive area of work
www.getty.edu
April 16, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Kudos to @jebarr.bsky.social and the Getty team for getting this important information online! A major undertaking, I'm sure, but definitely a valuable resource for researchers working on a variety of topics. www.getty.edu/news/getty-a...
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It's time to start reminding people: LILIES ARE DEADLY FOR CATS. The leaves, the petals, the stem, even drinking a bit of vase water or licking a few grains of pollen from their fur can cause fatal kidney failure. ⚠️ www.fda.gov/animal-veter...
April 6, 2025 at 1:41 AM
It's time to start reminding people: LILIES ARE DEADLY FOR CATS. The leaves, the petals, the stem, even drinking a bit of vase water or licking a few grains of pollen from their fur can cause fatal kidney failure. ⚠️ www.fda.gov/animal-veter...
E.V. Day's Winged Victory from her Exploding Couture series on view at the San Antonio Museum of Art. Can you see Nike?
April 15, 2025 at 7:58 PM
E.V. Day's Winged Victory from her Exploding Couture series on view at the San Antonio Museum of Art. Can you see Nike?
Anonymous Donor shouldn't have had to do this, but it's pretty great.
Anonymous Grant Restores Cancelled NEH Fellowship Funding
www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2025/04...
www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2025/04...
Anonymous Grant Restores Cancelled NEH Fellowship Funding
The American School is pleased to announce that it has received an unsolicited anonymous grant to cover the loss of the NEH funding.
www.archaeology.wiki
April 11, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Anonymous Donor shouldn't have had to do this, but it's pretty great.
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In "Taking Care of History: Toward a Politics of Provenance Linked Open Data in Museums" (2022), we have laid out a detailed vision for how museums should begin addressing the transformation of their provenance records into PLOD - Provenance Linked Open Data.
#DigitalProvenance #PLOD
#DigitalProvenance #PLOD
Taking Care of History: Toward a Politics of Provenance Linked Open Data in Museums | The Art Institute of Chicago
An account of the limitations of museums’ current approaches to presenting provenance data digitally that advocates for adopting a linked open data (LOD) approach.
www.artic.edu
April 4, 2025 at 9:58 PM
In "Taking Care of History: Toward a Politics of Provenance Linked Open Data in Museums" (2022), we have laid out a detailed vision for how museums should begin addressing the transformation of their provenance records into PLOD - Provenance Linked Open Data.
#DigitalProvenance #PLOD
#DigitalProvenance #PLOD
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Happy #dayofprovenance! I’ve tried capturing folks who research the histories of books, art, ancient material, and more here for those who want to learn more about provenance:
go.bsky.app/TiXmy2n
go.bsky.app/TiXmy2n
April 9, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Happy #dayofprovenance! I’ve tried capturing folks who research the histories of books, art, ancient material, and more here for those who want to learn more about provenance:
go.bsky.app/TiXmy2n
go.bsky.app/TiXmy2n
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Postdoctoral researcher in Roman Archaeology or Art History at University of Groningen
www.darv.de
April 9, 2025 at 12:53 PM
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CALL FOR PAPERS
On 19 Sep 2025 the Classical Collections Network in collaboration with Newcastle University and the Great North Museum: Hancock, will be hosting a conference on Colour, Texture and Sound: Experiencing the Ancient World.
Supported by the @hellenicsociety.bsky.social.
On 19 Sep 2025 the Classical Collections Network in collaboration with Newcastle University and the Great North Museum: Hancock, will be hosting a conference on Colour, Texture and Sound: Experiencing the Ancient World.
Supported by the @hellenicsociety.bsky.social.
April 2, 2025 at 4:46 PM
CALL FOR PAPERS
On 19 Sep 2025 the Classical Collections Network in collaboration with Newcastle University and the Great North Museum: Hancock, will be hosting a conference on Colour, Texture and Sound: Experiencing the Ancient World.
Supported by the @hellenicsociety.bsky.social.
On 19 Sep 2025 the Classical Collections Network in collaboration with Newcastle University and the Great North Museum: Hancock, will be hosting a conference on Colour, Texture and Sound: Experiencing the Ancient World.
Supported by the @hellenicsociety.bsky.social.
Lynn Rother this morning in her Frick webinar (slight paraphrase): "A reminder that provenance research was carried out almost entirely by women until recently when it gained public attention." Mmmm hmmm.
April 2, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Lynn Rother this morning in her Frick webinar (slight paraphrase): "A reminder that provenance research was carried out almost entirely by women until recently when it gained public attention." Mmmm hmmm.
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The Kelsey Museum of Archaeology and the Museum of Anthropological Archaeology are launching the Center for Community Archaeology and Heritage, which aims to promote community-engaged practices in archaeological and heritage studies. myumi.ch/rA1WZ
March 19, 2025 at 12:53 PM
The Kelsey Museum of Archaeology and the Museum of Anthropological Archaeology are launching the Center for Community Archaeology and Heritage, which aims to promote community-engaged practices in archaeological and heritage studies. myumi.ch/rA1WZ
I don't understand why people want these things in their homes.
"Hey Alexa, are you recording this?"
Yes, the answer is yes. Amazon is killing its “Do Not Send Voice Recordings” privacy feature on March 28 as the company aims to bolster Alexa+, its new subscription assistant.
Let's get into it...
Yes, the answer is yes. Amazon is killing its “Do Not Send Voice Recordings” privacy feature on March 28 as the company aims to bolster Alexa+, its new subscription assistant.
Let's get into it...
Everything You Say to Your Echo Will Soon Be Sent to Amazon, and You Can’t Opt Out
Amazon is killing its “Do Not Send Voice Recordings” privacy feature on March 28 as the company aims to bolster Alexa+, its new subscription assistant.
www.wired.com
March 20, 2025 at 5:02 PM
I don't understand why people want these things in their homes.