Dr Anna Clark
@drannaclark.bsky.social
Humanities, history of art, architecture & landscape; museums, libraries & collections
Would be hard to not become mesmerised by those tapestries
24Hours Ukraine@24hoursukraine.bsky.social · 5h ago🇧🇪🇺🇦President Zelenskyy: During my audience with King Philippe of the Belgians, I thanked His Majesty, the government, and all the Belgian people for their support of Ukraine.
Now on view: Thyssen Bornemisza ❤️ Mauritshuis – Masterpieces from Madrid Take a first look at this special exhibition, bringing 25 masterpieces from Madrid to The Hague. From Jan van Eyck to El Greco, discover exceptional works and stories of love and connection.
1,900 year-old Roman birthday invitation! 🎉 🥳 From Claudia Severa to her friend Sulpicia Lepidina, it’s one of the earliest known examples of writing in Latin by a woman! Found at Vindolanda fort, it gives a glimpse of social life on Rome’s northern frontier! 📷 me #RomanFortThursday #Archaeology
John Rawls, A Theory of Justice (1971, revised 1999) (if writing now I'm sure he would have replaced 'men' with 'people' or similar.)
De retour de mon premier jury de thèse à l'étranger, à Aarhus au Danemark. Marie Hélène van de Ven est désormais docteure, avec une thèse sur la céramique apulienne et le trafic d'antiquités.
What a charming #Egyptian bronze figure of a shrew! Since shrews are animals that find their way in the dark they were connected to the descending phase of the sun’s nocturnal journey. Late Period (746-332 B.C). On display at Museum Hohentübingen. 📷️ me
Step into the world of Aphrodite 🐚✨ Bringing together archaeology, sculpture, painting, contemporary art and fashion, this exhibition traces Aphrodite's remarkable journey through the ancient Greek and Roman worlds, Renaissance Europe, and into the present day.
Not William of Normandy's men, but I took this photo in August from the ramparts of the Mont Saint-Michel: horses crossing the vast sands of the Bay at low tide. What a magnificent view. #BayeuxTapestry #quicksand #Couesnon #MontSaintMichel
Arches galore and an incredible ceiling - stunning! 🤩 ❤️ Ely Cathedral, Cambridgeshire.
This is the Abbey's muniment room, where our archive collection is kept. The room is set above the Abbey floor with a view down into Poets' Corner, and on the partition wall is a painting of a white hart - the badge of Richard II. #WallsOnWednesday
“Beware that, when fighting monsters, you yourself do not become a monster...For when you gaze long into the abyss, the abyss also gazes into you.” Friedrich Nietzsche, influential German philosopher, born #OTD 1844. Jenseits von Gut und Böse 1886 | Portrait by Edvard Munch 1906, Thielska Gallery
Gold snuff box 1767, with six miniature views of Château de Chanteloup, gouache on vellum; commissioned by duc de Choiseul 1719-1785; statesman, Minister of Foreign Affairs to Louis XV, patron of arts; after fall from favour in 1764, retired to his Château, extensive park & gardens. ALT Met Museum
Lying-in: a new mother receives visitors, who bring presents of sugar almonds; which little girl feeds to parrot. Charming Louis XV Sèvres porcelain plaque 1765 by painter Charles-Nicolas Dodin; commissioned by Marquis de Courteille, Director of Sèvres (seated left) grandfather of baby. V & A Museum
”Sunt lacrimae rerum et mentem mortalia tangunt…” Virgil (Publius Vergilius Maro), poet of Ancient Rome, whose epic Aeneid inspired Western art & literature; born #OTD 70 BC. Landscape with Aeneas at Delos, 1672, by Claude Lorrain National Gallery London
The Tempietto, San Pietro Montorio Rome, masterpiece of High Renaissance, designed by Donato Bramante in 1502. Circular temple with Tuscan columns & Doric entablature: earliest example of Tuscan order in Renaissance. Architectural model in walnut & pear wood, 19th Century, V & A Museum, London
👏📸👏 An inspired snap at #Brantwood, @andyksheff.bsky.social! #Ruskin's portrait catching a glimpse of the dining room's iconic windows, symbolising his Seven Lamps of Architecture - Sacrifice, Truth, Power, Beauty, Life, Memory & Obedience that he believed should guide both architecture & society.
Andy Kershaw Media@andyksheff.bsky.social · yesterdayEnjoyed a couple of hours around John Ruskin’s home at Brantwood,Coniston in the English Lake District today. He spent the last 28 years of his life here @ruskinsociety.bsky.social
L'approche des vacances, c'est aussi l'occasion de profiter des belles expositions qui ont récemment ouvert au public (ou s'apprêtent à ouvrir) en Ile-de-France. Mon programme personnel pour la semaine prochaine !
This is excellent! ‘The restaurant will continue to trade, while becoming a commercial tenant of the charity. Under the deal, the rent payments will go towards conserving the building.’ What a far sighted move www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Home of London's oldest restaurant Rules given to National Trust
Rules, in Covent Garden, which opened in 1798, will be looked after and conserved by the charity.
bbc.co.uk
Opening next month (21 November) at the National Gallery in London: probably one of the greatest, most exciting and most important exhibitions ever! For the first time in history all portrait paintings by Jan van Eyck will be brought together.
Neoclassical masterpiece: Le Petit Trianon, 1762-68, at Château de Versailles, designed by Ange-Jacques Gabriel (1698-1782), principal architect of Louis XV; intended for Mme de Pompadour, later given to Marie-Antoinette. West façade with Corinthian columns over French Garden. UNESCO World Heritage
Assured portrait of last Duke of Urbino, Francesco Maria Il della Rovere, 1572, by Federico Barocci, versatile artist who inspired Rubens, born in Urbino c 1535. Portrayed as knight in glittering armour, with composure & style of Spanish Court, where Duke spent time 1565-1568. Galleria degli Uffizi
The young bull, 1647, monumental painting by Paulus Potter, Dutch Golden Age artist specialising in animals, 1625-1654; known for his detailed portrayals of sturdy cattle against low horizons. Mauritshuis, Den Haag
Portrait of a Lady in Yellow, possibly Duchess of Urbino, with restrained classical profile contrasting with elaborate palm motif on sleeve, oil & tempera on panel, c.1465, by Alesso Baldovinetti, Early Renaissance Florentine artist, master of Ghirlandaio, born #OTD 1425. National Gallery
The last light of the day shines on the boats and buildings of Henningsvær Harbor. Lofoten, Norway, August 2026 #ECK #Photography #PhotographersOfBluesky #Scape #Landscape #TidesOutTuesday #ColorADay #BlueTue
🧵There’s something magical about autumn and winter landscapes steeped in history. Crisp air, fallen leaves and frost-covered stone can connect us to people who stood in the same places centuries ago. These moments remind us why preserving our shared heritage matters for future generations. Beyond
Birds eating grapes on the pulpit at St Dominus Cathedral, Split, Croatia
📖 #RuskinSocietyReadingGroup 12.10.2026 “I saw that nothing remained for me to write, but his epitaph.” #Ruskin began Modern Painters to defend #Turner. In the preface to Volume III (1856), that defence becomes a task of remembrance in explaining his achievement and preserving his work.
This atmospheric woodblock print was made by Hiroshige in 1857. This artwork was greatly admired by Western artists in the late 1800s and was even being copied in oils by Vincent van Gogh in 1887. ☔️ Sudden shower at Ōhashi Bridge, Atake, Hiroshige Utagawa, I (1797 - 1858), 1857. EAX.4740
