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Smarthistory, a nonprofit, collaborates with museums, academics, conservators, and knowledge-bearers to make art history accessible and engaging while retaining nuance and rigor—plus everything is free! https://smarthistory.org
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Gerhard Richter was born today in 1932. Here is a short introductory essay from Smarthistory on a formative work, Uncle Rudy:

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February 9, 2025 at 3:37 PM
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July 1, 2025 at 9:59 AM
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a new #Smarthistory essay by Dr. Letha Ch'ien on one of the most seen/overlooked #Renaissance buildings in #Italy

#architecture #ArchitecturalHistory #Venice #Venetian
July 1, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Chihil Sutun, a Safavid palace
a new #Smarthistory essay by Dr. Samira Fathi
#Safavid #Iran #architecture #architecturalhistory

smarthistory.org/chihil-sutun/
July 1, 2025 at 7:02 PM
youtu.be/OjOLW8K7iaY
Reimagining representations of emancipation 50 years after the Emancipation Proclamation, a sculpture by Meta Warrick Fuller commissioned by W. E. B. Du Bois

#art #arthistory #emancipation #womenartists
Meta Warrick Fuller, Emancipation
YouTube video by Smarthistory
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June 16, 2025 at 11:19 PM
After today, you might find a little solace in
youtu.be/dSL8WQWdiKo

#Osage #NativeAmerican #art #arthistory
Anita Fields, Elements of Being
YouTube video by Smarthistory
youtu.be
June 13, 2025 at 2:01 AM
HH Richardson's Trinity Church magnificent interior is packed with glass (& painting) by John La Farge, Edward Burne-Johns (w/William Morris & Co), as well as others including Margaret Redmond

Photoset: www.flickr.com/photos/profz...
#CreativeCommons #architecture #HHRichardson
Steven Zucker, Smarthistory co-founder
Explore Steven Zucker, Smarthistory co-founder’s 17,077 photos on Flickr!
www.flickr.com
June 10, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Judy Chicago, The Dinner Party
a new Smarthistory video

#art #arthistory #feminism
youtu.be/4amoxcedL_0
Judy Chicago, The Dinner Party
YouTube video by Smarthistory
youtu.be
June 9, 2025 at 2:08 PM
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#artists #opportunity
A.I.R. Gallery submit thru June 25

support A.I.R. by donating a postcard-sized work for its annual postcard show, Wish You Were Here. They're sold for $45 and all proceeds go to benefit A.I.R. and its mission to advance the work of women and non-binary artists
June 9, 2025 at 12:43 AM
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Cattedrale di Palermo, Palermo PA (Sicilia) 🇮🇹

Corona di Costanza d'Aragona, 1220-1222 ca, oro, argento d'orato e filigranato, smalti, perle, pietre policrome.

emiliaromanica.com/2025/06/02/

📷 @emilia_romanica 
20 agosto 2024
June 3, 2025 at 6:13 AM
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detail from a new photo set just posted
Hans Memling, Christ Blessing
Hans Memling, Christ Blessing, oil on panel, 35.1 x 25.1 cm (Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)
flic.kr
June 8, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Reclaiming cultural heritage one feather at a time
Raven Custalow, Puttawus
a new Smarthistory video

youtu.be/lzQqHLU-s6c
#art #arthistory #featherwork #NativeAmerican
Raven Custalow, Puttawus
YouTube video by Smarthistory
youtu.be
June 7, 2025 at 2:27 PM
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Vefa Church-Mosque/Molla Gürani Mosque, a Middle Byzantine church traditionally identified as the church of St. Theodore
Photos taken today
June 4, 2025 at 4:53 PM
youtu.be/7Ac7MeP00Dk

This little-known painting deserves more recognition
#art #arthistory #landscape #Victorian #science #painting
William Dyce, Pegwell Bay, Kent - a Recollection of October 5th 1858
YouTube video by Smarthistory
youtu.be
June 4, 2025 at 5:32 PM
"Why art history isn't like math"
a new Smarthistory essay aimed at students and others unfamiliar with the Humanities:
smarthistory.org/why-art-hist...

#arthistory #humanities #education
June 2, 2025 at 4:27 PM
New photo set: Dyce's Pegwell Bay, Kent - a Recollection of October 5th 1858. Tate's own photo of this key work is out of focus and yellow. Why do museum's let this happen?

Tate's (visible below): www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks...

Compare with ours: flic.kr/p/2r8nuGv

#Victorian #arthistory
‘Pegwell Bay, Kent - a Recollection of October 5th 1858‘, William Dyce, ?1858–60 | Tate
‘Pegwell Bay, Kent - a Recollection of October 5th 1858‘, William Dyce, ?1858–60
www.tate.org.uk
June 1, 2025 at 7:30 PM