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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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Gerhard Richter, Onkel Rudi (Uncle Rudi), 1965, oil on canvas, 87 x 50 cm, Památník Lidice / Lidice Memorial, Czech Republic © Gerhard Richter 2023 (16032023)
February 9, 2025 at 3:37 PM
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muninnherself.bsky.social
#DailyMegalith #TombTuesday

Gwal y Filiast #Llanboidy #Carmarthenshire #Wales (2016)
A neat dolmen-style burial chamber in a grassy clearing. There are plantation spruce behind, and ferns and smaller trees. It looks damply cool and enticing as I'm posting this on a very hot day.
July 1, 2025 at 9:59 AM
smarthistory.bsky.social
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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
Jacopo Sansovino, Loggetta, Piazza San Marco, Venice, 1538–46 (attached to the reconstructed medieval bell tower) (photo: Steven Zucker, CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) Please see the essay for a detailed description
July 1, 2025 at 7:09 PM
smarthistory.bsky.social
Chihil Sutun, a Safavid palace
a new #Smarthistory essay by Dr. Samira Fathi
#Safavid #Iran #architecture #architecturalhistory

smarthistory.org/chihil-sutun/
Straight on photo of the palace looking across the reflecting pool against a bright blue sky. Reflections of the columns and the small potted bushes that line the pool can be seen in the water. Trees frame the palace in the background.
July 1, 2025 at 7:02 PM
smarthistory.bsky.social
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#aeronauts #art #arthistory #IndigenousFuturism #ceramics
Virgil Ortiz (Cochiti Pueblo), Aeronauts, Steu and Cuda
YouTube video by Smarthistory
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July 1, 2025 at 6:54 PM
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#Merlin #art #arthistory #magic #19thCentury #Britain
Edward Burne-Jones, The Beguiling of Merlin
YouTube video by Smarthistory
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July 1, 2025 at 6:39 PM
smarthistory.bsky.social
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a new Smarthistory video

#architecture #architecturalhistory #art #arthistory #UShistory #history #neoclassicism #GreekRevival
Federal Hall National Memorial
YouTube video by Smarthistory
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June 19, 2025 at 4:13 PM
smarthistory.bsky.social
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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
smarthistory.bsky.social
After today, you might find a little solace in
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#Osage #NativeAmerican #art #arthistory
Anita Fields, Elements of Being
YouTube video by Smarthistory
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June 13, 2025 at 2:01 AM
smarthistory.bsky.social
And a view of the sanctuary
www.flickr.com/photos/profz...
Sanctuary, Richardson, Trinity Church
Henry Hobson Richardson, Trinity Church (interior), Copley Square, Boston, 1872–77
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June 13, 2025 at 1:53 AM
smarthistory.bsky.social
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!
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June 10, 2025 at 5:34 PM
smarthistory.bsky.social
Judy Chicago, The Dinner Party
a new Smarthistory video

#art #arthistory #feminism
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Judy Chicago, The Dinner Party
YouTube video by Smarthistory
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June 9, 2025 at 2:08 PM
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mgregorywriter.bsky.social
#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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emilia-romanica.bsky.social
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
smarthistory.bsky.social
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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)
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June 8, 2025 at 6:53 PM
smarthistory.bsky.social
Reclaiming cultural heritage one feather at a time
Raven Custalow, Puttawus
a new Smarthistory video

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#art #arthistory #featherwork #NativeAmerican
Raven Custalow, Puttawus
YouTube video by Smarthistory
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June 7, 2025 at 2:27 PM
smarthistory.bsky.social
Fresh Smarthistory!
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#postmodern #architecture #architecturalhistory #PhilipJohnson
Philip Johnson and John Burgee, The AT&T Building (NYC)
YouTube video by Smarthistory
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June 5, 2025 at 1:31 PM
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thebyzantinelegacy.bsky.social
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
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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
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June 4, 2025 at 5:32 PM
smarthistory.bsky.social
"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
Central panel (detail), Hieronymus Bosch, The Garden of Earthly Delights, c. 1480–1505, oil on panel, 220 x 390 cm (Museo del Prado, Madrid) showing an oversized owl being embraced by a nude man, a large duck stretched across the top, a very large and invented flower, and a nude couple caressing each other within a large translucent sphere .
June 2, 2025 at 4:27 PM
smarthistory.bsky.social
Here's mine:
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William Dyce, Pegwell Bay
William Dyce, Pegwell Bay, Kent - a Recollection of October 5th 1858, 1858–60, oil on canvas, 63.5 x 88.9 cm (Tate Britain)
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June 1, 2025 at 7:40 PM
smarthistory.bsky.social
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
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Simone Martini, Virgin Mary (Annunciation) from the Orsini Polyptych
Simone Martini, Virgin Mary (Annunciation) from the Orsini Polyptych, c. 1320–30 (Siena), tempera and gold leaf on panel (Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp)
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May 31, 2025 at 3:54 PM
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Simone Martini, Gabriel, Orsini Polyptych
Simone Martini, Gabriel (Annunciation) from the Orsini Polyptych, c. 1335–40 (Siena), tempera and gold leaf on panel (Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp)
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May 31, 2025 at 3:54 PM