Anne Leader
@leaderannephd.bsky.social
Art historian. Author of The Badia of Florence. Non-Resident Visiting Fellow, IATH virginia.academia.edu/AnneLeader. Italian art and architecture. Editor/creator of digitalSepoltuario sepoltuario.iath.virginia.edu. GenX. Dachshund enthusiast.
Also extraordinary. Restored for the show. Apparently he’s usually in the dark in SS Annunziata and very hard to see.
November 13, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Also extraordinary. Restored for the show. Apparently he’s usually in the dark in SS Annunziata and very hard to see.
This Bernardo Rossellino terracotta altarpiece from Arezzo was new to me. I love it.
November 13, 2025 at 8:58 PM
This Bernardo Rossellino terracotta altarpiece from Arezzo was new to me. I love it.
I love looking at people looking at art.
November 13, 2025 at 8:55 PM
I love looking at people looking at art.
The expression on this tiny face is extraordinary
November 13, 2025 at 8:44 PM
The expression on this tiny face is extraordinary
For a brief moment I was the only person in the room.
November 13, 2025 at 8:01 PM
For a brief moment I was the only person in the room.
Possibly my last visit to this fabulous show.
November 13, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Possibly my last visit to this fabulous show.
Have I ever mentioned what a geek I am for family trees for @sepoltuario.bsky.social? #skystorians
November 13, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Have I ever mentioned what a geek I am for family trees for @sepoltuario.bsky.social? #skystorians
A warning from Fra Angelico. Thinking that torturers and kleptocrats will not fare well in the end.
November 8, 2025 at 11:01 PM
A warning from Fra Angelico. Thinking that torturers and kleptocrats will not fare well in the end.
Orario. Via Orsanmichele 6.
November 7, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Orario. Via Orsanmichele 6.
Michelangelo’s river god. Accademia del disegno in Florence. Now open to the public Monday-Wednesday and on Friday.
November 7, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Michelangelo’s river god. Accademia del disegno in Florence. Now open to the public Monday-Wednesday and on Friday.
Despite the ever-present crowds, the @uffizigalleries.bsky.social are always a joy and full of new surprises
November 5, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Despite the ever-present crowds, the @uffizigalleries.bsky.social are always a joy and full of new surprises
On this All Saints Day I decided to reconstruct an altarpiece. Enjoy @sepoltuario.bsky.social!
sepoltuario.iath.virginia.edu/memorials/32...
sepoltuario.iath.virginia.edu/memorials/32...
November 1, 2025 at 9:54 AM
On this All Saints Day I decided to reconstruct an altarpiece. Enjoy @sepoltuario.bsky.social!
sepoltuario.iath.virginia.edu/memorials/32...
sepoltuario.iath.virginia.edu/memorials/32...
Can you imagine writing something by hand that has 1,624 pages? @sepoltuario.bsky.social
October 31, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Can you imagine writing something by hand that has 1,624 pages? @sepoltuario.bsky.social
So very excited for the lecture tonight on the restoration of this virtually unknown silhouetted crucifix by Pesellino ca. 1450. Now on view at #FraAngelico at Palazzo Strozzi, Florence
#Renaissance #EarlyModern
#Renaissance #EarlyModern
October 30, 2025 at 3:40 PM
So very excited for the lecture tonight on the restoration of this virtually unknown silhouetted crucifix by Pesellino ca. 1450. Now on view at #FraAngelico at Palazzo Strozzi, Florence
#Renaissance #EarlyModern
#Renaissance #EarlyModern
My favorite college professor said that he was an art historian because humans did so many horrible things, he wanted to focus on something they did that was beautiful. Gorgeous and powerful bronze Dying Gaul... by Kehinde Wiley, 2022. Balm for the soul.
readfoyer.com/article/kehi...
readfoyer.com/article/kehi...
October 29, 2025 at 7:00 AM
My favorite college professor said that he was an art historian because humans did so many horrible things, he wanted to focus on something they did that was beautiful. Gorgeous and powerful bronze Dying Gaul... by Kehinde Wiley, 2022. Balm for the soul.
readfoyer.com/article/kehi...
readfoyer.com/article/kehi...
This gem from Detroit is practically lost in its gallery hanging across from the immense, and immensely beautiful, reconstituted San Marco Altarpiece. #FraAngelico definitely outshines Jan Van Eyck in this case. Was this once attributed to Petrus Christus?
October 26, 2025 at 7:46 PM
This gem from Detroit is practically lost in its gallery hanging across from the immense, and immensely beautiful, reconstituted San Marco Altarpiece. #FraAngelico definitely outshines Jan Van Eyck in this case. Was this once attributed to Petrus Christus?
Just spent the entire day with #FraAngelico. Why would such a wee crucifix need two painters to finish it. In the gallery at San Marco it is given to Lorenzo Monaco and Angelico.
October 26, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Just spent the entire day with #FraAngelico. Why would such a wee crucifix need two painters to finish it. In the gallery at San Marco it is given to Lorenzo Monaco and Angelico.
This was actually a few weeks ago, but #Florence was blessed with the sun for the first time in a week today! #Firenze #Badia #medievalsky
October 24, 2025 at 6:27 PM
This was actually a few weeks ago, but #Florence was blessed with the sun for the first time in a week today! #Firenze #Badia #medievalsky
Otherwise we are doomed to the hellscape our so-called leaders seem determined to create/end
October 2, 2025 at 6:33 AM
Otherwise we are doomed to the hellscape our so-called leaders seem determined to create/end
But I hold fast to the lesson of looking for beauty, even in the horror. Would that the so-called Christians running the USA do the same and find a way to love their neighbors— our only obligation. /8
October 2, 2025 at 6:29 AM
But I hold fast to the lesson of looking for beauty, even in the horror. Would that the so-called Christians running the USA do the same and find a way to love their neighbors— our only obligation. /8
Though I miss them dearly, even after several decades, I am grateful they did not live to see the abominations that are taking place in the name of our government /7
October 2, 2025 at 6:26 AM
Though I miss them dearly, even after several decades, I am grateful they did not live to see the abominations that are taking place in the name of our government /7
It pains me greatly to think what he and my grandparents and their WWII veteran friends would think of the ghastly turn their country has taken. Of whether the lives of their friends and colleagues lost were worth the sacrifice /6
October 2, 2025 at 6:24 AM
It pains me greatly to think what he and my grandparents and their WWII veteran friends would think of the ghastly turn their country has taken. Of whether the lives of their friends and colleagues lost were worth the sacrifice /6
One day our professor said that @emoryuniversity.bsky.social had asked him to take a few minutes out of class to tell us why he did what he did. What led him to be a professor. /4
October 2, 2025 at 6:18 AM
One day our professor said that @emoryuniversity.bsky.social had asked him to take a few minutes out of class to tell us why he did what he did. What led him to be a professor. /4
Seeing Christ’s closed eyes through his translucent blindfold moves and haunts me. Angelico used this motif several times. Including this amazing triptych from Hildesheim Cathedral /3
October 2, 2025 at 6:15 AM
Seeing Christ’s closed eyes through his translucent blindfold moves and haunts me. Angelico used this motif several times. Including this amazing triptych from Hildesheim Cathedral /3
My dear undergraduate professor first introduced me to Beato Angelico over three decades ago. I will never forget seeing the slide with the fresco in San Marco of this same subject — Christ Mocked /2
October 2, 2025 at 6:09 AM
My dear undergraduate professor first introduced me to Beato Angelico over three decades ago. I will never forget seeing the slide with the fresco in San Marco of this same subject — Christ Mocked /2