Glenn Gunhouse
@ggunhouse.bsky.social
Art historian (retired) 🇨🇦
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Actual photo: www.ped30.com/wp-content/u...
November 21, 2025 at 10:09 PM
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At least it is not parked on a diagonal.
November 16, 2025 at 4:48 PM
At least it is not parked on a diagonal.
"I was accused more than once by some Board members and the Governor’s office of being stubborn. Perhaps I am. But stubborn and principled often look the same, especially to those who are unprincipled."
November 14, 2025 at 5:26 PM
"I was accused more than once by some Board members and the Governor’s office of being stubborn. Perhaps I am. But stubborn and principled often look the same, especially to those who are unprincipled."
What we've seen of the new ballroom's design is not "perfectly in keeping with the character of the White House complex." Both are "neoclassical" in a general sense, but things that are similar are not necessarily the same. And one can be bad while the other is good.
October 25, 2025 at 4:37 PM
What we've seen of the new ballroom's design is not "perfectly in keeping with the character of the White House complex." Both are "neoclassical" in a general sense, but things that are similar are not necessarily the same. And one can be bad while the other is good.
Unfortunately, there are now many AI-generated images of the proposed ballroom circulating online. The real images are bad enough. We don't need fake ones as well.
October 24, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Unfortunately, there are now many AI-generated images of the proposed ballroom circulating online. The real images are bad enough. We don't need fake ones as well.
Correct. The designs they made public back in July already showed that the ballroom building was a replacement for the East Wing, not "beside it." I don't understand why the press keeps reporting otherwise.
October 23, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Correct. The designs they made public back in July already showed that the ballroom building was a replacement for the East Wing, not "beside it." I don't understand why the press keeps reporting otherwise.
This story makes no sense. The designs that were made public back in July already showed that the new ballroom building would completely replace the East Wing.
October 22, 2025 at 11:01 PM
This story makes no sense. The designs that were made public back in July already showed that the new ballroom building would completely replace the East Wing.
"The horror! The horror!"
October 7, 2025 at 3:13 PM
"The horror! The horror!"
Thanks for introducing the term "ephebophilia" to the conversation. That is indeed the correct term.
October 7, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Thanks for introducing the term "ephebophilia" to the conversation. That is indeed the correct term.
TIL: "Dumbarton Oaks Park was given to the federal government in 1940 and is managed by the National Park Service as part of Rock Creek Park."
October 2, 2025 at 9:05 PM
TIL: "Dumbarton Oaks Park was given to the federal government in 1940 and is managed by the National Park Service as part of Rock Creek Park."
Is Dumbarton Oaks connected in some way to the Federal government?
October 2, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Is Dumbarton Oaks connected in some way to the Federal government?
I have a long list as well.
September 27, 2025 at 8:02 PM
I have a long list as well.
I wish "the White House" would stop using the word "indicia."
September 27, 2025 at 5:27 PM
I wish "the White House" would stop using the word "indicia."
I was just about to ask if you are surviving the war OK. If you need me to send socks or bandages or whatever, let me know.
September 27, 2025 at 5:25 PM
I was just about to ask if you are surviving the war OK. If you need me to send socks or bandages or whatever, let me know.
I'm expecting it to happen any se
September 23, 2025 at 6:02 PM
I'm expecting it to happen any se
That blurb is from MIdlibrary, which is a "carefully curated" site made by Midjourney users (see midlibrary.io/midlibrary/i... ). I've used Midjourney a lot, and from what I've seen, you don't need to worry about it successfully emulating your style any time soon.
September 20, 2025 at 6:45 PM
That blurb is from MIdlibrary, which is a "carefully curated" site made by Midjourney users (see midlibrary.io/midlibrary/i... ). I've used Midjourney a lot, and from what I've seen, you don't need to worry about it successfully emulating your style any time soon.
Here's the relevant text: medievalist.net/passagefroml...
Passage from Life of St. Catherine
medievalist.net
September 13, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Here's the relevant text: medievalist.net/passagefroml...
Another, by Paolo Emilio Besenzi [Musei Civici di Reggio Emilia].
September 13, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Another, by Paolo Emilio Besenzi [Musei Civici di Reggio Emilia].
In the State of Georgia, public universities are prohibited from engaging in collective bargaining, or going on strike, so teachers' unions, such as they are, can do little more than make suggestions.
September 9, 2025 at 1:45 PM
In the State of Georgia, public universities are prohibited from engaging in collective bargaining, or going on strike, so teachers' unions, such as they are, can do little more than make suggestions.
Lincoln tells that Persian fable, but then adds: "And yet, let us hope, it is not quite true. Let us hope, rather, that... we shall secure an individual, social, and political prosperity and happiness, whose course shall be onward and upward, and which, while the earth endures, shall not pass away."
August 26, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Lincoln tells that Persian fable, but then adds: "And yet, let us hope, it is not quite true. Let us hope, rather, that... we shall secure an individual, social, and political prosperity and happiness, whose course shall be onward and upward, and which, while the earth endures, shall not pass away."
Keep fighting the good fight, Chris. Teaching art history helps, I believe. It shows not only that other cultures can be very different from our own, but also (and more importantly) that it's possible to understand and appreciate the different cultures of others.
August 25, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Keep fighting the good fight, Chris. Teaching art history helps, I believe. It shows not only that other cultures can be very different from our own, but also (and more importantly) that it's possible to understand and appreciate the different cultures of others.
Nicaea II: The Icon Returns.
I seriously think the Second Council of Nicaea would make for a great movie or stage play.
I seriously think the Second Council of Nicaea would make for a great movie or stage play.
August 25, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Nicaea II: The Icon Returns.
I seriously think the Second Council of Nicaea would make for a great movie or stage play.
I seriously think the Second Council of Nicaea would make for a great movie or stage play.