brigittebuettner.bsky.social
@brigittebuettner.bsky.social
Thanks!
January 11, 2025 at 4:12 PM
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December 19, 2024 at 10:41 PM
Vous nous manquerez mais bonne retraite ! France Culture continuera quand même avec un programme d’archéologie?
December 19, 2024 at 4:20 PM
I can do it. Email?
December 18, 2024 at 2:21 AM
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I'd like more #art #historians and other #medievalsky readers to know about my dear friend @brigittebuettner.bsky.social's beautiful book.

Winner of the International Center of #Medieval #Art (ICMA) 2023 annual #book prize!
#art #history

"Beyond a visual regime that put a premium on brilliant materiality, how can we account for the ubiquity of #gems in #medieval thought?"

In *The #Mineral & the #Visual*, Brigitte Buettner probes the "roles played by gems in aesthetic, ideological, intellectual, & economic practices."
The Mineral and the Visual: Precious Stones in Medieval Secular Culture By Brigitte Buettner
Opulent jeweled objects ranked among the most highly valued works of art in the European Middle Ages. At the same time, precious stones prompted sophisticated reflections on the power of nature and th...
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December 13, 2024 at 8:33 PM