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Alex Burchmore

@alexburchmore.bsky.social

Senior Lecturer in Art History and Curatorial Studies, Australian National University; author of New Export China (University of California Press, 2023) and Material Selves (Bloomsbury, 2024); scholar of things and people in motion

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Sarah Archer@sarcher.bsky.social · yesterday

It's Textile Tuesday, and you know what that means: a piece by artist Faig Ahmed called "The Dragons of Karabakh" that's woven to look like an antique Central Asian carpet is melting off the wall into a puddle. More about the artist here: faigahmed.com

A red, blue, yellow and white work of textile art by Faig Ahmed that appears to be a traditional Central Asian carpet but is woven to look as through it's melting onto the floor in a puddle. Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.
Sonja Drimmer@sonjadrimmer.bsky.social · 2d ago

It requires expertise to be able to say, “I do not know the answer to that question, and that is becauae thus far scholarly consensus is that we do not have the knowledge needed at this time to answer that question.” Sometimes “I don’t know” is a far more rigorous answer than people might think.

Chaucer Doth Tweet@levostregc.bsky.social · 2d ago

Academics and scoleres are not gate-keeperes. Thei will talke to you about their topiques. For dayes. Thei will sende lynkes. Thei will order bookes. Thys ys why thei lyve. Thei are the route bitwene past knowledge and future knowledge.

Nathan K. Hensley@nathankhensley.bsky.social · 6d ago

I guess I am comfortable saying that in cases where people you formerly respected, or presumed you did, are now actively choosing to sunset their own minds & surrender them to machines invented by incels and billionaires, then yes there should be a stigma for that. This is what society is for

Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 6d ago

“There is also a moral and political judgment that is coming along with AI usage…Especially in creative industries where the stigma is the strongest.”

祖思薪 Eugenia Zuroski@zugenia.bsky.social · 2w ago

Relatedly: I’m on a self-directed journey to learn more about the history of Chinese bookmaking and in particular, and the literati tradition. Any and all leads welcome!

Jordan Alexander Stein@jordanstein.bsky.social · 3w ago

The time has come to learn more about eighteenth-century (pre-industrial) book binding — especially as a vocation (book binders, training, workshops, income, overlapping trades, etc). Any leads welcome! #bookhistory

Dr. Sarah Joan Moran@lc-beguines.bsky.social · 2d ago

My new book, Unconventual Women in the Habsburg Low Countries: 1585–1794 Visual Culture at the Court Beguinages, is officially available for pre-order from Routledge! An absolute must for your university library, if you ask me 😉. www.routledge.com/Unconventual...

Unconventual Women in the Habsburg Low Countries, 1585–1794: Visual Culture at the Court Beguinages

This book examines the Court Beguinages, a fascinating group of semi-monastic female communities that were endemic to cities of the Southern Low Countries from the thirteenth century into the…

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Tobias Wilson-Bates@phdhurtbrain.bsky.social · 4d ago

To help relieve work stress, don't answer emails on the weekend. Also on weekdays after 5 PM turn off your email. On Mondays, don't log into your email until after noon. Before logging in on Tuesday burn your computer and erase your identity. By Wednesday morning gather supplies and escape into the

Kate Bagnall@baibi.bsky.social · 3d ago

Question for those of you who aren’t from Aus/NZ! If you read that 19th-century mining heritage sites, now overtaken by bush/forest, were ‘under threat from fossicking, forestry, fire, weather and small-scale tin mining’, would you understand the term ‘fossicking’? Have you heard this term before? 🗃️

Dr Anna Clark@drannaclark.bsky.social · 6d ago

Master of opulent still life: Willem Kalf, Dutch Baroque artist, died #OTD 1693; known for dramatic, glittering works, including this 1653 composition of lobster, glass goblets, oriental rug & Renaissance silver-mounted St Sebastian Horn of Archers Guild. ALT National Gallery | Amsterdam Museum

Known as ‘pronkstilleven’ opulent Dutch still life arrangements frequently included ornate silver, glass goblets, oriental carpets & china, fine damask napkins - and curiosities such as nautilus shells. Kalf was regarded as the master of these compositions, with dramatic lighting, vivid colours, foreshortening and bold diagonals. In this painting his use of the late Renaissance silver-mounted horn of the Archers Guild (with sculptural figures of St Sebastian & soldiers) suggests that the painting might have been commissioned by this Guild.Late Renaissance silver-mounted buffalo horn of St Sebastian, the base with sculptural figures of the Saint & soldiers. Dated 1565, originally belonging to the Archers Guild, with arms of Amsterdam. Identified as the St Sebastian horn in Kalf’s painting, it is now in the collection of Amsterdam Museum. St Sebastian was a patron Saint of archers as he suffered martyrdom from arrows. The Guilds collected silver & other treasures for ceremonial banquets, in the same way as London Livery Companies.
Dr. Paula R. Curtis@paularcurtis.bsky.social · 2w ago

If you’re wondering about the history of female emperors in Japan, I wrote about it for @nursingclio.bsky.social! Women were emperors in the past (and very powerful ones too!). But like most things, men in the 19th century ruined it for everyone. nursingclio.org/2019/04/30/j...

Japan’s Once and Future Female Emperors

With the abdication today of the Japanese emperor, Akihito, and the passage of the throne to his son, talk has emerged yet again about the future of Japan’s imperial family and its insistence on ma…

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Jake Adelstein@tokyovice.bsky.social · 2w ago

Japan's first female Prime Minister Takaichi now has more enemies than supporters. Her popularity has sunk. How did she pull off this miracle? She slammed the door in Princess Aiko's face. It did not go well. tokyopaladin.substack.com/p/how-japans...

Christopher Nygren@cnygren.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Today is the official publication day for my new book, Sedimentary Aesthetics: Painting on Stone and the Ecology of Early Modern Art. It is out in the world, and I would like to thank @yalepress.bsky.social for all they did. I’d also like to tell you a bit about why this publication means so much.

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