Elisabetta Sirani, Timoclea throws the Captain of Alexander the Great down a well, 1659 (Naples, Museo di Capodimonte). Sirani died on this day in 1665 at just 27 years old, already successfully running a workshop and school in Bologna.

excited to share I’ve moved to Providence, Rhode Island, to start a PhD in History of Art & Architecture at @brown.edu this autumn 🤎 feeling very lucky to spend the next few years reading, thinking, and writing about the art I love (plus finally experiencing a proper New England fall) 🥹📚☕️🍁

so grateful for the chance to spend time with a newly accessible work by my favourite obscure artist as I prepare to start the PhD this autumn, and very much looking forward to reading the brilliant projects of my fellow awardees 🕵️‍♀️🎨

British Association for Romantic Studies@bars.bsky.social · 3mo ago

2026 Stephen Copley Awardees!! 🎉 Many congratulations to Megan D Bennett (@megandanielle.bsky.social), Elena Bonacini (@elebonacini.bsky.social), Katie MacLean (@katiemaclean.bsky.social), and Rachel Xhemajli (@rachelxhemajli.bsky.social)! 🥳 Read about their projects: www.bars.ac.uk/blog/?p=6485

Happy birthday to Jane Austen, and to this very on-brand Economist chart www.economist.com/christmas-sp...

a wonderful paragraph from Claire Tomalin’s biography of Jane Austen

"Gilmore Girls" debuted 25 years ago. Still, every year, many fans make a TV pilgrimage to the fictional town of Stars Hollow, Connecticut, as the weather cools and the leaves begin to change.

Why ‘Gilmore Girls’ Became a Fall Tradition

The show debuted 25 years ago this week. Many fans still make an annual TV pilgrimage to Stars Hollow as the weather cools and the leaves start to change.

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grateful for the chance to present my work on the reception of Italian Renaissance art in the Romantic period at #BARS2025 @bars-ecrs-pgrs.bsky.social @bars.bsky.social 💌🎨

But don't forget to read 😄

my first attempt to write Anna Tonelli back into art history 🥹

finally got approved for indefinite leave to remain in the UK 🫡

brilliant from merve emre

nothing soothes coursework stress like Gilmore Girls name-dropping my fave authors

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I have a strict ‘submit and forget’ policy, but today I couldn’t help but look at my mark. Never expected to go on a pilgrimage to a remote corner of Northern Italy but anything in the service of research!

so excited for the third in Elif Batuman’s quartet of campus novels

I genuinely love leaving parties early like I can be in bed in 30 minutes while everyone is still miserable

one of the best things I’ve read this year is Andrew O’Hagan’s Caledonian Road (I suspect it’ll be adapted for TV pretty soon)

Hey! I’m Elena - I’m an Art History student at Cambridge and these are some of the research projects I’ve been working on recently. My focus is on the intersection of literature and the visual arts!