Dr Francesca Santoro
@phyllida.bsky.social
Greek & Roman history, politics, art history, literature. Music: Mahler, DSCH, opera, chamber music. Have lived in Rome & Amsterdam. Love languages, theatre, museums in general, Shakespeare, London, the House of Commons, Rowson cartoons, in particular.😊
I wish I had known that when I snapped the photos. Thank you for letting me know.
I found the memorial profoundly moving. I must have spent a couple of hours there.
(If the entire photo is not visible, please click on it. TY.)
I found the memorial profoundly moving. I must have spent a couple of hours there.
(If the entire photo is not visible, please click on it. TY.)
November 10, 2025 at 8:52 PM
I wish I had known that when I snapped the photos. Thank you for letting me know.
I found the memorial profoundly moving. I must have spent a couple of hours there.
(If the entire photo is not visible, please click on it. TY.)
I found the memorial profoundly moving. I must have spent a couple of hours there.
(If the entire photo is not visible, please click on it. TY.)
This London monument is so poignant: Animals in War; "They had no choice." 2 gun-laden warhorses approach a breach in boundary wall between living & dead (1-3); once through they're freed of burdens; they're able to run free. @lightacandle.bsky.social @tonylarch.bsky.social @tjmiddleton.bsky.social
![Both bronze horses are pack-animals; the one closest to the opening has been burdened with a wheeled gun carriage [Someone has left a wreath of red poppies propped up between the wheels. Attached is a dedication message, which depicts a terror.] The horse's ears are laid back, as if it senses danger. The wall clearly represents the barrier between life and death on the battlefield.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:6bo6atjcihepmtcbvpnlly2m/bafkreihvprc7hcbafg7isrlp52i5xig6ovlkpdwbps7ffw3cn6uaqdq6eq@jpeg)
November 10, 2025 at 6:16 AM
This London monument is so poignant: Animals in War; "They had no choice." 2 gun-laden warhorses approach a breach in boundary wall between living & dead (1-3); once through they're freed of burdens; they're able to run free. @lightacandle.bsky.social @tonylarch.bsky.social @tjmiddleton.bsky.social
Oph: There's rosemary, that's for remembrance. Pray you, love, remember. & there's pansies, that's for thoughts...There's rue for you, & here's some for me...O, you must wear your rue with a difference. H. IV.5 #ShakespeareSunday Theme: love/loss. @lightacandle.bsky.social @tonylarch.bsky.social
November 9, 2025 at 7:52 AM
Oph: There's rosemary, that's for remembrance. Pray you, love, remember. & there's pansies, that's for thoughts...There's rue for you, & here's some for me...O, you must wear your rue with a difference. H. IV.5 #ShakespeareSunday Theme: love/loss. @lightacandle.bsky.social @tonylarch.bsky.social
Dr Francesca Santoro
@phyllida.bsky.social
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Here's Goethe looking unhappy about the extraordinarily long left thigh with which Tischbein has painted him.
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Here's Goethe looking unhappy about the extraordinarily long left thigh with which Tischbein has painted him.
November 9, 2025 at 4:43 AM
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Here's Goethe looking unhappy about the extraordinarily long left thigh with which Tischbein has painted him.
@phyllida.bsky.social
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Here's Goethe looking unhappy about the extraordinarily long left thigh with which Tischbein has painted him.
People forget that scale is very important (e.g.,My friend in the photo of a Telemon column support from the Temple of Olympian Zeus, Agrigento, is 6 feet, 5 inches).
November 7, 2025 at 7:38 PM
People forget that scale is very important (e.g.,My friend in the photo of a Telemon column support from the Temple of Olympian Zeus, Agrigento, is 6 feet, 5 inches).
In my visits to London's museums, I'm always impressed by the many children in attendance. They're often engaged in an art project. I love that there is no cost of admission so all have access.😊 @lightacandle.bsky.social @mdstamper.bsky.social @anthonymajanlahti.bsky.social @tonylarch.bsky.social
November 7, 2025 at 6:27 AM
In my visits to London's museums, I'm always impressed by the many children in attendance. They're often engaged in an art project. I love that there is no cost of admission so all have access.😊 @lightacandle.bsky.social @mdstamper.bsky.social @anthonymajanlahti.bsky.social @tonylarch.bsky.social
I love this painting and think it's a shame that Tate Britain displays it so cavalierly, high on the wall, with so many other paintings. It's as though they don't value it. 🤔 @mdstamper.bsky.social
November 4, 2025 at 12:34 AM
I love this painting and think it's a shame that Tate Britain displays it so cavalierly, high on the wall, with so many other paintings. It's as though they don't value it. 🤔 @mdstamper.bsky.social
Drop something RED!
November 3, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Drop something RED!
If we have unearnèd luck
Now to 'scape the serpent's tongue
We will make amends ere long;
Else the Puck a liar call;
So, good night unto you all.
#ShakespeareSunday MND V; Topic: truth/lies @lightacandle.bsky.social @tonylarch.bsky.social
Now to 'scape the serpent's tongue
We will make amends ere long;
Else the Puck a liar call;
So, good night unto you all.
#ShakespeareSunday MND V; Topic: truth/lies @lightacandle.bsky.social @tonylarch.bsky.social
November 2, 2025 at 5:51 AM
If we have unearnèd luck
Now to 'scape the serpent's tongue
We will make amends ere long;
Else the Puck a liar call;
So, good night unto you all.
#ShakespeareSunday MND V; Topic: truth/lies @lightacandle.bsky.social @tonylarch.bsky.social
Now to 'scape the serpent's tongue
We will make amends ere long;
Else the Puck a liar call;
So, good night unto you all.
#ShakespeareSunday MND V; Topic: truth/lies @lightacandle.bsky.social @tonylarch.bsky.social
When I was working on columbaria at AAR in '95-'98, I found he was by no means unique, though many of his counterparts are are no longer extant. The dancing, noisemakers, & conical hats seem essential to the character (who is often ithyphallic).T
![This conical-hatted one holds the noisemaker in his right hand while balancing a shoulder pole from which two boxes [?] or cages [?] hang.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:6bo6atjcihepmtcbvpnlly2m/bafkreigef6qcpdhh6gtcadzc42xu7uvp2jaaog3uyj6jua4upgef2zjunm@jpeg)
November 1, 2025 at 1:33 AM
When I was working on columbaria at AAR in '95-'98, I found he was by no means unique, though many of his counterparts are are no longer extant. The dancing, noisemakers, & conical hats seem essential to the character (who is often ithyphallic).T
A denizen of 1st-century columbaria in #Rome is a pop-eyed apotropaic "Pinocchio"-like figure who wears a conical hat & carries a noise-maker. Columbarium of Scribonius Menophilus, V. Aurelia. 🏛️ #AncientBlueSky @anthonymajanlahti.bsky.social @lightacandle.bsky.social @tonylarch.bsky.social
October 31, 2025 at 7:24 AM
A denizen of 1st-century columbaria in #Rome is a pop-eyed apotropaic "Pinocchio"-like figure who wears a conical hat & carries a noise-maker. Columbarium of Scribonius Menophilus, V. Aurelia. 🏛️ #AncientBlueSky @anthonymajanlahti.bsky.social @lightacandle.bsky.social @tonylarch.bsky.social
"Thrice the brindled cat hath mewed." Macbeth IV.1. The Cats of #Venezia, #Venice are among the best fed in the world (TY Cat-Lady/Bearers-of-Spaghetti), the world of pigeons, as I recall, remained safe that day. #ShakespeareSunday, theme: witches. My 📸. 1982.
October 26, 2025 at 9:19 PM
"Thrice the brindled cat hath mewed." Macbeth IV.1. The Cats of #Venezia, #Venice are among the best fed in the world (TY Cat-Lady/Bearers-of-Spaghetti), the world of pigeons, as I recall, remained safe that day. #ShakespeareSunday, theme: witches. My 📸. 1982.
"By the pricking of my thumbs,/ Something wicked this way comes." Macbeth IV.1. @lightacandle.bsky.social @linda2.bsky.social @tonylarch.bsky.social Theme: Witches; my 📸. #Venezia #ShakespeareSunday
October 26, 2025 at 12:32 PM
"By the pricking of my thumbs,/ Something wicked this way comes." Macbeth IV.1. @lightacandle.bsky.social @linda2.bsky.social @tonylarch.bsky.social Theme: Witches; my 📸. #Venezia #ShakespeareSunday
The Balloon Seller, Santa Maria della Salute, #Venezia, #Venice #Photography #Shadows My 📸: Rollei SLR, 1992 @lightacandle.bsky.social @tonylarch.bsky.social @tjmiddleton.bsky.social @linda2.bsky.social @anthonymajanlahti.bsky.social @mdstamper.bsky.social
October 25, 2025 at 6:16 AM
The Balloon Seller, Santa Maria della Salute, #Venezia, #Venice #Photography #Shadows My 📸: Rollei SLR, 1992 @lightacandle.bsky.social @tonylarch.bsky.social @tjmiddleton.bsky.social @linda2.bsky.social @anthonymajanlahti.bsky.social @mdstamper.bsky.social
Now it is the time of night
That the graves all gaping wide,
Every one lets forth his sprite,
In the church-way paths to glide:
And we fairies, that do run
By the triple Hecate's team,
From the presence of the sun,
Following darkness like a dream,
Now are frolic—MND V
#ShakespeareSunday 🧵
That the graves all gaping wide,
Every one lets forth his sprite,
In the church-way paths to glide:
And we fairies, that do run
By the triple Hecate's team,
From the presence of the sun,
Following darkness like a dream,
Now are frolic—MND V
#ShakespeareSunday 🧵
October 19, 2025 at 5:46 AM
Now it is the time of night
That the graves all gaping wide,
Every one lets forth his sprite,
In the church-way paths to glide:
And we fairies, that do run
By the triple Hecate's team,
From the presence of the sun,
Following darkness like a dream,
Now are frolic—MND V
#ShakespeareSunday 🧵
That the graves all gaping wide,
Every one lets forth his sprite,
In the church-way paths to glide:
And we fairies, that do run
By the triple Hecate's team,
From the presence of the sun,
Following darkness like a dream,
Now are frolic—MND V
#ShakespeareSunday 🧵
And they don't have lighting ruining photos like they do in Westminster Hall.
October 7, 2025 at 9:06 PM
And they don't have lighting ruining photos like they do in Westminster Hall.
You, ladies, you, whose gentle hearts do fear
The smallest monstrous mouse that creeps on floor,
May now perchance both quake and tremble here,
When lion rough in wildest rage doth roar.
Then know that I, one Snug the joiner, am
A lion-fell #ShakespeareSunday MND V.1; topic: Wild/Tame
The smallest monstrous mouse that creeps on floor,
May now perchance both quake and tremble here,
When lion rough in wildest rage doth roar.
Then know that I, one Snug the joiner, am
A lion-fell #ShakespeareSunday MND V.1; topic: Wild/Tame
October 5, 2025 at 6:22 PM
You, ladies, you, whose gentle hearts do fear
The smallest monstrous mouse that creeps on floor,
May now perchance both quake and tremble here,
When lion rough in wildest rage doth roar.
Then know that I, one Snug the joiner, am
A lion-fell #ShakespeareSunday MND V.1; topic: Wild/Tame
The smallest monstrous mouse that creeps on floor,
May now perchance both quake and tremble here,
When lion rough in wildest rage doth roar.
Then know that I, one Snug the joiner, am
A lion-fell #ShakespeareSunday MND V.1; topic: Wild/Tame
The spring, the summer,/ the childing autumn, angry winter change/ their wonted liveries, & the mazed world/ by their increase knows not which is which; MND I.2 #ShakespeareSunday Topic: autumn @lightacandle.bsky.social @tonylarch.bsky.social @linda2.bsky.social @tjmiddleton.bsky.social
September 28, 2025 at 5:42 AM
The spring, the summer,/ the childing autumn, angry winter change/ their wonted liveries, & the mazed world/ by their increase knows not which is which; MND I.2 #ShakespeareSunday Topic: autumn @lightacandle.bsky.social @tonylarch.bsky.social @linda2.bsky.social @tjmiddleton.bsky.social
Here are the wild thyme [1] and the luscious woodbine [2]. In a passage filled with divine fragrances, Oberon casts a spell on Titania, which fills her with "hateful fantasies" and makes her fall head over ears w/ an ass—the aptly named Bottom. #ShakespeareSynday [2]
September 21, 2025 at 4:58 AM
Here are the wild thyme [1] and the luscious woodbine [2]. In a passage filled with divine fragrances, Oberon casts a spell on Titania, which fills her with "hateful fantasies" and makes her fall head over ears w/ an ass—the aptly named Bottom. #ShakespeareSynday [2]
I know a bank where the wild thyme blows/Where oxlips (1) &the nodding violet [2] grows/Quite over-canopied with luscious woodbine/ With sweet musk-roses [3]& with eglantine [4]. Oberon: MND, II.1 #ShakespeareSunday Topic: #Roses @lightacandle.bsky.social @tonylarch.bsky.social @linda2.bsky.social 🧵
September 21, 2025 at 4:58 AM
I know a bank where the wild thyme blows/Where oxlips (1) &the nodding violet [2] grows/Quite over-canopied with luscious woodbine/ With sweet musk-roses [3]& with eglantine [4]. Oberon: MND, II.1 #ShakespeareSunday Topic: #Roses @lightacandle.bsky.social @tonylarch.bsky.social @linda2.bsky.social 🧵
I know a bank where the wild thyme blows/ where oxlips & the nodding violet grows/ Quite over-canopied with luscious woodbine/ with sweet musk roses & with eglantine:/ there sleeps Titania. MND II.1 #ShakespeareSunday Th: Color. @lightacandle.bsky.social @linda2.bsky.social @tonylarch.bsky.social
September 7, 2025 at 7:31 AM
I know a bank where the wild thyme blows/ where oxlips & the nodding violet grows/ Quite over-canopied with luscious woodbine/ with sweet musk roses & with eglantine:/ there sleeps Titania. MND II.1 #ShakespeareSunday Th: Color. @lightacandle.bsky.social @linda2.bsky.social @tonylarch.bsky.social
Then the whining school-boy, with his satchel
And shining morning face, creeping like snail
Unwillingly to school. Jaques "7 Ages of Man"; AYLI, II.7
#ShakespeareSunday Theme: Education, Back to School
@lightacandle.bsky.social @linda2.bsky.social @tonylarch.bsky.social
And shining morning face, creeping like snail
Unwillingly to school. Jaques "7 Ages of Man"; AYLI, II.7
#ShakespeareSunday Theme: Education, Back to School
@lightacandle.bsky.social @linda2.bsky.social @tonylarch.bsky.social
September 1, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Then the whining school-boy, with his satchel
And shining morning face, creeping like snail
Unwillingly to school. Jaques "7 Ages of Man"; AYLI, II.7
#ShakespeareSunday Theme: Education, Back to School
@lightacandle.bsky.social @linda2.bsky.social @tonylarch.bsky.social
And shining morning face, creeping like snail
Unwillingly to school. Jaques "7 Ages of Man"; AYLI, II.7
#ShakespeareSunday Theme: Education, Back to School
@lightacandle.bsky.social @linda2.bsky.social @tonylarch.bsky.social
1st Murderer: Take him over the costard with the hilts of thy sword, and then we'll chop him in the malmsey-butt in the next room. Richard III, 1.4. The murder of the Earl of Clarence. #ShakespeareSunday @lightacandle.bsky.social @linda2.bsky.social @tonylarch.bsky.social
August 17, 2025 at 11:37 AM
1st Murderer: Take him over the costard with the hilts of thy sword, and then we'll chop him in the malmsey-butt in the next room. Richard III, 1.4. The murder of the Earl of Clarence. #ShakespeareSunday @lightacandle.bsky.social @linda2.bsky.social @tonylarch.bsky.social
He suffers from "horror vacui"—fear of empty spaces, like a tasteless over-detailed South Italian BCE Vase.😵💫
August 7, 2025 at 11:39 PM
He suffers from "horror vacui"—fear of empty spaces, like a tasteless over-detailed South Italian BCE Vase.😵💫
More like first-century aristocracy: Claudius draining the Fucine Lake; and Nero's floating theatrical extravaganzas.🙄🏛️ #AncientBlueSky [my📸] [Ain't a classical education wonderful?!😉]
August 7, 2025 at 12:06 AM
More like first-century aristocracy: Claudius draining the Fucine Lake; and Nero's floating theatrical extravaganzas.🙄🏛️ #AncientBlueSky [my📸] [Ain't a classical education wonderful?!😉]