Mark Shepheard
@shepm.bsky.social
Art historian working on musicians, artists & portraiture: mainly Italian & 17-18C. Producer of the Early Music Experience for 3MBS Melbourne: https://omny.fm/shows/the-early-music-experience/playlists/podcast
The art historian's burden: making a trip to campus just to collect one book that's too heavy to carry except by itself...
November 19, 2025 at 9:22 AM
The art historian's burden: making a trip to campus just to collect one book that's too heavy to carry except by itself...
Hilda Rix Nicholas, 'Figures on a Moroccan street', c. 1912. Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney.
November 18, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Hilda Rix Nicholas, 'Figures on a Moroccan street', c. 1912. Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney.
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God, and God was a chatbot...
www.abc.net.au/news/2023-08...
www.abc.net.au/news/2023-08...
Dressed in a hooded brown-and-white robe, 'Chatbot Jesus' is here
Jesus has been portrayed in many different ways, but no one has called Jesus an internet guru — that is, until now, writes Joseph L. Kimmel.
www.abc.net.au
November 15, 2025 at 12:21 AM
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God, and God was a chatbot...
www.abc.net.au/news/2023-08...
www.abc.net.au/news/2023-08...
Charles Conder, 'Departure of the Orient, Circular Quay', 1888.
Mark Shepheard, 'Departure of the Crown Princess, Circular Quay'. 2025
Mark Shepheard, 'Departure of the Crown Princess, Circular Quay'. 2025
October 24, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Charles Conder, 'Departure of the Orient, Circular Quay', 1888.
Mark Shepheard, 'Departure of the Crown Princess, Circular Quay'. 2025
Mark Shepheard, 'Departure of the Crown Princess, Circular Quay'. 2025
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Today's marginal #musicians are playing the #lute and singing from partbooks.
Detail from Cipriano de Rore's Da pacem Domine, in a lavish #choirbook from 1559.
BSB Mus. ms. B(1.
#earlymusic #marginaliamonday #manuscriptmonday #earlymodern #16thCentury #illuminatedmanuscript
Detail from Cipriano de Rore's Da pacem Domine, in a lavish #choirbook from 1559.
BSB Mus. ms. B(1.
#earlymusic #marginaliamonday #manuscriptmonday #earlymodern #16thCentury #illuminatedmanuscript
October 13, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Today's marginal #musicians are playing the #lute and singing from partbooks.
Detail from Cipriano de Rore's Da pacem Domine, in a lavish #choirbook from 1559.
BSB Mus. ms. B(1.
#earlymusic #marginaliamonday #manuscriptmonday #earlymodern #16thCentury #illuminatedmanuscript
Detail from Cipriano de Rore's Da pacem Domine, in a lavish #choirbook from 1559.
BSB Mus. ms. B(1.
#earlymusic #marginaliamonday #manuscriptmonday #earlymodern #16thCentury #illuminatedmanuscript
"To Mandelson": to take on a role and then be fired from that role due to egregious behaviour
September 11, 2025 at 10:02 AM
"To Mandelson": to take on a role and then be fired from that role due to egregious behaviour
Knives out at ANU. New leadership by the end of the teaching break, I wonder...
September 5, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Knives out at ANU. New leadership by the end of the teaching break, I wonder...
'Cézanne to Giacometti' at the NGA, Canberra. Bit of a curate's egg, as exhibitions go, but I did like this 'Still Life with a Pipe' by Braque.
August 2, 2025 at 8:35 AM
'Cézanne to Giacometti' at the NGA, Canberra. Bit of a curate's egg, as exhibitions go, but I did like this 'Still Life with a Pipe' by Braque.
Lisbet's pilates game is A+
July 7, 2025 at 5:29 AM
Lisbet's pilates game is A+
Chopin's private response in 1831 to Friedrich Wieck's gushing and OTT review of Chopin's "Variations on 'Là ci darem la mano', Op. 2.
July 4, 2025 at 4:31 AM
Chopin's private response in 1831 to Friedrich Wieck's gushing and OTT review of Chopin's "Variations on 'Là ci darem la mano', Op. 2.
I'd avoid any upper-storey windows at ANU once the Chancellor gets back
June 30, 2025 at 1:01 AM
I'd avoid any upper-storey windows at ANU once the Chancellor gets back
Reposting (slightly belatedly) this delightful cartoon for the 161st anniversary of Richard Strauss' birth on June 11 1864
A Beginner's Guide to Drawing Richard Strauss:
"First, a pear ... Then the brows ... Curly hair - Richard Strauss"
"First, a pear ... Then the brows ... Curly hair - Richard Strauss"
June 11, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Reposting (slightly belatedly) this delightful cartoon for the 161st anniversary of Richard Strauss' birth on June 11 1864
He turned down offer of the Order of the Garter saying that 'unlike a garter, I don't hold a hose, mate'
www.crikey.com.au/2025/06/06/s...
www.crikey.com.au/2025/06/06/s...
Scott Morrison is getting Australia's highest honour despite a laundry list of scandals and embarrassments
Media have been circulated a list of every Australian set to get a King’s Birthday honour. Scott Morrison — whose legacy includes robodebt, multiple ministries and habitual lying — is the latest polit...
www.crikey.com.au
June 6, 2025 at 6:06 AM
He turned down offer of the Order of the Garter saying that 'unlike a garter, I don't hold a hose, mate'
www.crikey.com.au/2025/06/06/s...
www.crikey.com.au/2025/06/06/s...
Reposted by Mark Shepheard
More from Zeghere van Male's 1542 #Chansonnier:
Some marginal #bagpipers and a #fiddler
Ca Ms 125-128
#bagpipe #bagpiper #bagpipes #fiddle #marginaliamonday #earlymusic #earlymodern #marginalia #16thCentury #sheetmusic
Some marginal #bagpipers and a #fiddler
Ca Ms 125-128
#bagpipe #bagpiper #bagpipes #fiddle #marginaliamonday #earlymusic #earlymodern #marginalia #16thCentury #sheetmusic
May 12, 2025 at 7:55 AM
More from Zeghere van Male's 1542 #Chansonnier:
Some marginal #bagpipers and a #fiddler
Ca Ms 125-128
#bagpipe #bagpiper #bagpipes #fiddle #marginaliamonday #earlymusic #earlymodern #marginalia #16thCentury #sheetmusic
Some marginal #bagpipers and a #fiddler
Ca Ms 125-128
#bagpipe #bagpiper #bagpipes #fiddle #marginaliamonday #earlymusic #earlymodern #marginalia #16thCentury #sheetmusic
$3 million in consultancy fees at 'Their ANU', misleading the senate and potentially manufacturing a financial crisis that doesn't exist. This week's Saturday Paper.
May 10, 2025 at 7:59 AM
$3 million in consultancy fees at 'Their ANU', misleading the senate and potentially manufacturing a financial crisis that doesn't exist. This week's Saturday Paper.
Could it be "God has given us the papacy; let us enjoy it"? Asking on behalf of Leo X
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Pope Leo XIV: What is behind the name Robert Prevost has chosen?
Due to a longstanding tradition, newly-elected popes are asked to change their names.
www.bbc.com
May 9, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Could it be "God has given us the papacy; let us enjoy it"? Asking on behalf of Leo X
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Your Pope name is the last thing you ate and number of letters in your first name:
Martini IV
(And in choosing drink rather than food I inadvertently start a schism...)
Martini IV
(And in choosing drink rather than food I inadvertently start a schism...)
Your Pope name is the last thing you ate and number of letters in your first name:
Pope Tiramisu IX
Pope Tiramisu IX
Your Pope name is the last thing you ate and number of letters in your first name:
Pope Snickerdoodle VI
Pope Snickerdoodle VI
May 9, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Your Pope name is the last thing you ate and number of letters in your first name:
Martini IV
(And in choosing drink rather than food I inadvertently start a schism...)
Martini IV
(And in choosing drink rather than food I inadvertently start a schism...)
'The election of Maffeo Barberini as Pope Urban VIII in 1623': Fabio Cristofani's cartoon and Maria Maddalena della Riviera's tapestry from the 'Life of Urban VIII' series of tapestries made in the Barberini workshop in 1667.
May 8, 2025 at 5:07 AM
'The election of Maffeo Barberini as Pope Urban VIII in 1623': Fabio Cristofani's cartoon and Maria Maddalena della Riviera's tapestry from the 'Life of Urban VIII' series of tapestries made in the Barberini workshop in 1667.
First time voting in Australia, so I thought I'd do it in style at Old Parliament House
May 3, 2025 at 7:07 AM
First time voting in Australia, so I thought I'd do it in style at Old Parliament House
During his many years at the Cappella Giulia at St. Peter's Basilica (1551-55 and 1571-94), Palestrina would have participated in eight papal funerals. Four of these took place in the seventeen months between August 1590 and December 1591
April 26, 2025 at 9:30 AM
During his many years at the Cappella Giulia at St. Peter's Basilica (1551-55 and 1571-94), Palestrina would have participated in eight papal funerals. Four of these took place in the seventeen months between August 1590 and December 1591