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🎬 Documentary filmmakers combining unlimited curiosity & meticulous research
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"Sadly both videos were replete w/ the most basic video-editing mistakes–errors that any 12-yr old would likely be embarrassed by, let alone a world-leading cultural institution w/ a multi-million dollar budget.”

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🗃️ #arthistory #academia #skystorians
Two posters of exhibitions about Italian Renaissance art.
November 19, 2025 at 12:26 PM
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Read an essay on how both the Louvre & National Gallery are missing the technical boat by filmmaker Howard Burton who creates art films that go beyond what's expected.

🏛️ Yes, it’s the best of times, it’s the worst of times in #museums

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🗃️ #arthistory
Card with a quote from an essay called A Tale of Two Cities
November 18, 2025 at 3:04 PM
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For #tilesontuesday an optical illusion of perspective on the floor of the Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore in Florence. OPA = Opera del Duomo, founded in 1296 in Fl. to oversee the construction of the new Cathedral & its bell tower.

🗃️ #arthistory #art #medievalsky #renaissance #skystorians 🏺
a stunning optical illusion of perspective on the marble floor of the Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore in Florence. Detail of the the optical illusion of perspective on the floor of the Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore in Florence. It shows the letters OPA in the middle which stands for Opera Del Duomo.
November 18, 2025 at 1:09 PM
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For #mosaicmonday stunning details of the mosaic of the Annunciation attributed to Lippo Memmi in Pisa Cathedral.

🎬 We'll be filming there in early 2026 for an upcoming film about its remarkable artworks & architecture.

(Photos by C. Pradel)

🗃️ #arthistory #art #medievalsky 🏺 #archaeology
Details of the mosaic of the Annunciation attributed to Lippo Memmi in Pisa Cathedral. Detail showing Gabriel in the mosaic of the Annunciation attributed to Lippo Memmi in Pisa Cathedral. Detail of an eye in the mosaic of the Annunciation attributed to Lippo Memmi in Pisa Cathedral.
November 17, 2025 at 11:52 AM
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♥️ Madonna of the Magnificat by Botticelli, 1480 - 1481.

Such a beautiful detail of the Christ baby and the Madonna holding a pomegranate with the baby's pinkie tenderly on the Madonna's index.

💮 The pomegranate being a symbol of resurrection & life everlasting.

🗃️ #arthistory #skystorians
Detail of Madonna of the Magnificat by Botticelli, 1480 - 1481, showing the hands of the Madonna and the Chris child holding a pomegranate.
November 16, 2025 at 12:01 PM
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For #caturday a representation of Fortitude in the Jurisprudence fresco by Raphael in the Stanza della Segnatura.

🦁 💯 Note the lion she is patting & the lion boots (!) 👢

🎬 Watch Raphael: A Portrait, here: ideasroadshow.substack.com/p/raphael-a-...

🗃️ #arthistory #skystorians #catsofbluesky #cats
A representation of helmeted Fortitude in the Jurisprudence fresco by Raphael in the Stanza della Segnatura. There are also 3 little angels visible.
November 16, 2025 at 11:34 AM
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TGIF! Watch Raphael: A Portrait, Part 1-3 now on Behind The Lens!

✨ 🔭 Raphael's ceiling fresco contains a stellar configuration seen shortly after Julius’ papal coronation in the fall of 1503.

🎬 Watch here: ideasroadshow.substack.com/p/raphael-a-...

#frescofriday 🗃️ #arthistory #skystorians #art
The ceiling fresco in the Stanza della Segnatura by Raphael bridging poetry and philosophy is a depiction of Urania, the Muse of Astronomy—itself subtly containing a particular stellar configuration that could be seen shortly after Julius’ papal coronation in the fall of 1503.
November 14, 2025 at 11:50 AM
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For #adoorablethursday look inside the Chapelle de St. Marine which is situated in its tiny harbour on the river Odet which runs into the Atlantic nearby.

⛵Note the ex-voto boats hanging from the ceiling & their shadows through the correct placing of the lights 🔦

🗃️ #arthistory #skystorians #France
The inside of the Chapelle de St. Marine which is situated in its tiny harbour on the river Odet which runs into the Atlantic nearby. The church has a strong maritime motive and one can see 2 boats hanging from the ceiling and their shadows.
November 13, 2025 at 9:26 AM
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🏰 RAPHAEL'S WORLD: Diptych of Federico da Montefeltro & his spouse Battista Sforza by Piero della Francesca (c. 1474). The Ducal Palace at Urbino was a hub of artists, playwrights & poets, incl. Raphael's father Giovanni Santi.

More here: ideasroadshow.substack.com/p/raphael-a-...

🗃️ #arthistory
Diptych of Federico da Montefeltro & his spouse Battista Sforza by Piero della Francesca (c. 1474)
November 11, 2025 at 1:29 PM
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🖌️ A Brush with Artists: Dürer travelled to Venice in 1505 to broaden his horizon & to learn about the secrets of Southern art. The arrival of so eminent a competitor was not altogether welcome to the minor Venetian artists and Dürer wrote to a friend:

🗃️ #arthistory #art #academia #art #Italy
November 11, 2025 at 1:08 PM
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🗝️ Exquisite details of the Esau & Jacob panel of The Gates of Paradise by Ghiberti.

🔎 Note the ‘self-portrait’ sculpture of Ghiberti on the right bottom corner.

👁️ Read the story behind the story: ideasroadshow.substack.com/p/revolving-...

🗃️ #arthistory #skystorians #art #Italy #Renaissance
Details of the Esau and Jacob panel of The Gates of Paradise by Ghiberti which has relief sculptures showing the story about Esau and Jacob throughout the panel.
November 10, 2025 at 2:25 PM
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For #mosaicmonday a beautiful 12th c. mosaic floor in the Florentine Baptistry where we'll be filming in early 2026 for an upcoming film.

The designs of the mosaics give you a sense that you're walking on oriental carpets.➰

🗃️ #arthistory #Italy 🏺 #archaeology #skystorians
12th c. mosaic floor in the Florentine Baptistry, also shown are pillars and balustrades around part of the Baptistry.
November 10, 2025 at 9:57 AM
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The Art of Beauty: We’re now in pre-production research of new art films that will be filmed on location in Italy, starting w/ Florence, Pisa, Siena and more!

🪜🎨 Subscribe to our substack for updates, art stories, photos, film clips, etc: ideasroadshow.substack.com

🗃️ #arthistory #art #Italy 🏺
Photo of a notebook and pen plus a book called A History of Florence by John M. Najemy.
November 9, 2025 at 2:31 PM
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For #frescofriday a beautiful detail of Raphael's Triumph of Galatea, 1512.

🎬 You can now watch Part 2 of Raphael: A Portrait about Raphael's single-minded pursuit of artistic perfection by whatever means necessary. 🍿👇 ideasroadshow.substack.com/p/raphael-a-...

🗃️ #arthistory #skystorians #art
A detail of Raphael's Triumph of Galatea, 1512, showing Galatea with her hair and scarf blowing in the wind.
November 7, 2025 at 10:35 AM
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#adoorablethursday A beautiful relief door of San Ranieri on Pisa Cathedral by Bonanno da Pisa (c. 1180).

🚪 Read a 💯 story on how these doors were a likely inspiration for the Florentine Baptistry doors:
🔑 ideasroadshow.substack.com/p/revolving-...

🗃️ #arthistory #skystorians #Florence #Italy
Door of San Ranieri of Pisa Cathedral by Bonanno da Pisa (c. 1180). Museo dell’Opera del Duomo (Pisa). Photo by Di Sailko - Opera propria, CC BY 3.0
November 5, 2025 at 12:04 PM
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#ReliefWednesday Competition pieces by Ghiberti (l) & Brunelleschi (r) (c. 1402) of the scene from the Book of Genesis, where God tested Abraham’s faith by asking him to kill Isaac (note the angel who saved the day).

👀 Read: ideasroadshow.substack.com/p/revolving-...

🗃️ #arthistory 🏺 #archaeology
Competition pieces by Ghiberti (l) & Brunelleschi (r) (c. 1402)giving their versions of the dramatic scene from the Book of Genesis, where God tested Abraham’s faith by asking him to kill Isaac, only sending an angel to stop him at the last moment.
November 4, 2025 at 4:43 PM
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🔎 The Florentine Baptistery is a symbol of the city & masterpiece of Romanesque architecture with its dome entirely covered with Byzantine mosaics, currently under restoration.

More here: ideasroadshow.substack.com/p/revolving-...

🏺 #mosaicmonday 🗃️ #arthistory #Italy #skystorians #Byzantine
Detail of the dome of the Florentine baptistry and its colourful Byzantine mosaics which are under restoration. Shown is a woman working on the mosaics.
November 3, 2025 at 9:29 AM
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For #caturday a #Greek terracotta dinos, ca. 630–615 BCE.

🦁 🐐 This dinos - a bowl used for wine diluted w/ water consumed at symposia - is decorated w/ panthers & sphinxes (top row) & below are goats & lions between sphinxes.

🏺 #archaeology 🗃️ #arthistory #skystorians #cats #goat #catsofbluesky
A picture of a so-called dinos, a bowl for the wine diluted with water that was consumed at symposia, is decorated in two zones with large-scale animals. Above, panthers and sphinxes, and below are goats and lions between sphinxes. Museum: MET
November 2, 2025 at 10:28 AM
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Art films are often presented without explaining the context which enriches our appreciation by unlocking the deeper meaning of art, transforming it from a static image into a living story.

🎬 More here: ideasroadshow.substack.com/p/raphael-a-...

🗃️ #arthistory #skystorians #Roman 🏺 #archaeology
A collage of the Laocoön sculpted around 40–20 BCE and a detail of a fresco by Raphael (1483-1520).
October 31, 2025 at 11:59 AM
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🧑‍🎨 "The young Sofonisba created an impressive array of high-quality portraits, many of which her ambitious father sent as gifts to the great and the good in order to establish her artistic reputation."

Read more: ideasroadshow.substack.com/p/sofonisbas...

🗃️ #arthistory #womenartists #skystorians
Self-protrait by Sofonisba, c. 1560,Musée Condé, Chantilly
October 30, 2025 at 9:31 AM
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🐾 🚪 For #AdoorableThursday a door knocker in the shape of a small dog, 15th or 16th c., Spain.

🏛️ Met

🗃️ #arthistory #skystorians #earlymodern #spain #Dog #dogsofbluesky
A door knocker in the shape of a small dog, 15th or 16th c. made of wrought iron
October 30, 2025 at 8:47 AM
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"The statues had been deliberately abandoned in Puteoli in order to build the new city on top. That is to say, the people who backfilled it KNEW that they were throwing away ancient statues."

Read more: ideasroadshow.substack.com/p/herculaneu...

🗃️ #arthistory #skystorians 🏺 #archaeology #Roman
Statue of Serapis with Cerberus. Archaeological Museum, Naples. Photo: Wikimedia, Ángel M. Felicísimo.
October 29, 2025 at 10:07 AM
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🖌️ 🎨 Artist in His Studio by Rembrandt, c. 1628. An artist stands in an almost empty studio daunted by the task of creation & a huge easel blocking the door.

This tiny painting demonstrates that making art is a product of the mind as well as the hand.

🗃️ #arthistory #skystorians #dutch #earlymodern
Artist in His Studio by Rembrandt, c. 1628. Size: 24.8 x 31.7cm A young artist stands in a nearly empty studio, brushes in hand. Rather than showing the artist in the act of creation, Rembrandt focuses on the daunting expectations of the surface to be painted. This little picture asserts that making art is as intellectual as it is technical, a product of the mind as well as the hand. The painter here is conscious of the task ahead—think about how the looming easel blocks his way to the door—and maybe even of his place within the Netherlandish artistic tradition. Museum: Museum of Fine Arts Boston
October 28, 2025 at 5:37 PM
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For #caturday part of a precious #Roman funerary bed with bone carvings (2nd-1st c. BC) from Fossa Necropolis, Abruzzo, Southern Italy.

Notice the lions, dragons/dogs & last but not least a dolphin! 🐬

🏺 #archaeology 🗃️ #arthistory #skystorians #cat #catsofbluesky
Part of a Roman funerary bed with bone carvings (2nd-1st c. BC) from Fossa Necropolis, Abruzzo, Southern Italy.It shows a face with lions on each side and dogs or dragons plus a dolphin on top of his head. http://www.icr.beniculturali.it/
October 25, 2025 at 11:05 AM
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🏺“You think that by digging up sculptures you’ve saved them, but you never dig up sthg that is capable of standing on its own two feet. You must intervene at once in order to ensure that it doesn’t crumble under your 👀."

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#archaeology 🗃️ #arthistory
White marble statue of Marcus Nonius Balbus on horseback, Herculaneum. You can clearly see where the statue has been restored.
October 24, 2025 at 1:35 PM