"With every passing year it’s clearly moving further and further away from that shining ideal. But as long as some brilliant artist can take me there every so often, there’s still some reason for hope." HERE: ideasroadshow.substack.com/p/starry-sta... 🗃️ #arthistory #skystorians #frescofriday #art

The Indian originators of #chess named it 'chaturanga' (=four-limbed) - a Sanskrit term for the ancient Indian army composed of foot soldiers, 🐘 elephants, 🐎 cavalry & chariots - the equivalent to naming it "war".🪖 More: ideasroadshow.substack.com/p/through-th... 🏺 🗃️ #skystorians #art #BoardGame

🎬 TG It's Film Friday! Now you can watch Through the Mirror of Chess, Part 2 exploring the intriguing development & social & cultural impact of chess in its first millennium. #chess 🗃️ #arthistory #skystorians 🏺 #medievalsky #AncientBluesky #findsfriday ideasroadshow.substack.com/p/through-th...

"With every passing year it’s clearly moving further and further away from that shining ideal. But as long as some brilliant artist can take me there every so often, there’s still some reason for hope." HERE: ideasroadshow.substack.com/p/starry-sta... 🗃️ #arthistory #skystorians #frescofriday #art

☄️ Giotto’s comet in the Adoration shows us that his realistic portrayals do not just involve other human figures, but also extend to the world of astrophysical phenomena. ⭐ 🔭 Read more here: ideasroadshow.substack.com/p/starry-sta... 🗃️ #arthistory #skystorians #science #medievalsky #art 🏺 ⚛️

🤌 A stylish Italian chess board with on the reverse a backgammon board, Venice, 15th c. Note the particularly playful angel details of the decorations & trompe l'oeil effects. 👁️ Read more: ideasroadshow.substack.com/p/through-th... #games #boardgames #chess #skystorians 🏺 🗃️ #arthistory #art

🎨 The Power of Art ✨ Read more here: ideasroadshow.substack.com/p/starry-sta... 🗃️ #arthistory #skystorians #medievalsky🏺#christmas

🎨 "Great art is a gift: offering us a unique ticket to magically transport ourselves to a much-needed land of enchantment, completely independent of whatever official “religious” tribe we may or may not belong to." 🗃️ #arthistory #skystorians #medievalsky🏺 ideasroadshow.substack.com/p/starry-sta...

🤌 A stylish Italian chess board with on the reverse a backgammon board, Venice, 15th c. Note the particularly playful angel details of the decorations & trompe l'oeil effects. 👁️ Read more: ideasroadshow.substack.com/p/through-th... #games #boardgames #chess #skystorians 🏺 🗃️ #arthistory #art

☄️ Giotto’s comet in the Adoration shows us that his realistic portrayals do not just involve other human figures, but also extend to the world of astrophysical phenomena. ⭐ 🔭 Read more here: ideasroadshow.substack.com/p/starry-sta... 🗃️ #arthistory #skystorians #science #medievalsky #art 🏺 ⚛️

🎨 "Great art is a gift: offering us a unique ticket to magically transport ourselves to a much-needed land of enchantment, completely independent of whatever official “religious” tribe we may or may not belong to." 🗃️ #arthistory #skystorians #medievalsky🏺 ideasroadshow.substack.com/p/starry-sta...

❄️ Merry Winter Solstice! Enjoy the shortest day & longest night of the year! #medievalsky #skystorians 🗃️ #arthistory #skystorians 🏺

😇 Joachim's dream in which he is visited by an angel urging him to go down to Jerusalem and rejoin his wife Anne by Giotto in Scrovegni Chapel, Padua, early 14th century. 🗃️ #arthistory #skystorians #Italy #medievalsky #renaissance

♟️ In any chess scene in a film, there’s a good chance the setup of the pieces is backwards - the equivalent of slam-dunking a volleyball 🏐 Even Humphrey Bogart, a 💯 player, was forced to participate in “Hollywood Chess”. ▶️ ideasroadshow.substack.com/p/through-th... #filmsky 🗃️ #skystorians #chess

For #caturday a powerful bronze Greek lion with a beautifully rounded tail, 5th century BC. It may have decorated the shoulder of a large vase 🏺but would work very well as a keychain 🗝️ H. 10.3 cm x L 14.2 cm 🏛️ Met 🗃️ #arthistory #skystorians #catsofbluesky #cats #archaeology #Greek #Egypt

💯 A picture worth a thousand words by Jean-Jacques Sempé, poster for New Yorker, 1988. 🗃️ #arthistory #skystorians #art #design

♟️🎬 Hollywood Chess: Watch a clip from Part 1 of 'Through The Mirror of Chess: A Cultural Exploration' which you can now watch in full on Behind The Lens, here: ideasroadshow.substack.com/p/through-th... #chess #boardgames #education #academia #filmsky 🗃️ #arthistory #slystorians 🧪

🪡 A remarkably intact cartoon (= full-scale drawing) w/ the pricked inner & outer contour lines still visible to create an Embroidery of The Angel of the Annunciation byRaffaellino del Garbo (1466–1524) who was a pupil of Filippino Lippi. 🗃️ #arthistory #slystorians #art #embroidery #design

🎬 TG It's Film Friday! You can now watch Part 1 of Through the Mirror of Chess! “A fascinating stroll through the history of the game & its many cultural connections to the world at large.” - NP 🗃️ #arthistory #skystorians #chess #boardgames #medievalsky ideasroadshow.substack.com/p/through-th...

❓ How do we know what Medieval viewers would have thought of “The Wheel of Fortune” with in the corners classical authors w/ short Latin quotations on the nature of fortune? ☸️ Note how the people on the wheel have to hold on firmly to the wheel. 🗃️ #arthistory #medievalsky #skystorians #art

Read about a 💯 pioneering art historical #digitalhumanities initiative called Florence As It Was. Here is an example of Barni di Vernio. 🔎 Read & watch more here: ▶️ ideasroadshow.substack.com/p/florence-a... 🗃️ #arthistory #skystorians #edusky #AI 🏺 #archaeology #AcademicChatter skfb.ly/6QSsP

Fascinating world of ancient #glass: a stunning Egyptian glass vessel in the shape of a #fish, it was probably used to hold ointments. Found in El-Amarna, #Egypt, 14th century BC. 📷 British Museum

Read about a 💯 pioneering art historical #digitalhumanities initiative called Florence As It Was. Here is an example of Barni di Vernio. 🔎 Read & watch more here: ▶️ ideasroadshow.substack.com/p/florence-a... 🗃️ #arthistory #skystorians #edusky #AI 🏺 #archaeology #AcademicChatter skfb.ly/6QSsP

Read all about an excellent #DigitalHumanities initiative👇 💯 "A stunning demonstration of how modern technology can radically enhance our understanding of the history of art & architecture." 🗃️ #arthistory #academia #academicsky #skystorians #italy 🏺 ideasroadshow.substack.com/p/florence-a...

🌙 For #mosaicmonday a stylish mosaic of half moons on a blue background in the Piccolomini Library in the Siena Cathedral. They were part of the emblem of the Piccolomini family. 🎞️ We look forward to filming there for a series of new art films! 🗃️ #arthistory #renaissance #Italy #art #skystorians

Read all about an excellent #DigitalHumanities initiative👇 💯 "A stunning demonstration of how modern technology can radically enhance our understanding of the history of art & architecture." 🗃️ #arthistory #academia #academicsky #skystorians #italy 🏺 ideasroadshow.substack.com/p/florence-a...

St Michael & All Angels Church, #Waterford, #Hertfordshire St Cecilia window by Karl Parsons. 1929 #StainedGlassSunday #KarlParsons #AdventAngels

🎨 Detail of a beautiful fresco dedicating Siena on a rather heavy tray to Pope Gregory, Ventura Salimbeni, Cathedral of Siena, c. 1608/11 We're currently in pre-production of a series of films about Siena - we look forward to filming there soon! 🗃️ #arthistory #skystorians #art #renaissance #italy

🦁 For #caturday the Etruscan bronze Chimera of Arezzo, a monster with the body & head of a lion, a goat’s head on its back, a snake for a tail and able to breathe fire, early 4th c. BC. 🗃️ #arthistory #skystorians #catsofbluesky #cats #lion #goat

For #caturday a representation of Fortitude in the Jurisprudence fresco by Raphael in the Stanza della Segnatura. 🦁 💯 Note the lion she is patting & the lion boots (!) 👢 🎬 Watch Raphael: A Portrait, here: ideasroadshow.substack.com/p/raphael-a-... 🗃️ #arthistory #skystorians #catsofbluesky #cats

For #frescofriday two particularly well-dressed archangels in suits of armor in Luca Signorelli's 'The Damned Cast into Hell' (1499-1504) observing as humans and demons tumble through the sky. 👼 San Brizio Chapel in the Cathedral in Orvieto 🗃️ #arthistory #skystorians #Italy #art

How many shades of blue do you see in this painting? 💙  🖼️ Johannes Vermeer, Woman Reading a Letter, c. 1663 👁️ https://id.rijksmuseum.nl/200108372

TG It's Film Friday! 🎬 You can now watch 'The Science of Language' below! What is a language & what isn’t? How does bilingualism affect our brain's plasticity? Are there links between language, mathematics, logic & music? #science #language #linguistics 🧪 ideasroadshow.substack.com/p/the-scienc...

🧑‍🎨 Sofonisba Anguissola, born into a noble family, is given the unprecedented opportunity of receiving formal artistic training by 2 professional painters: Bernardino Campi & Bernardino Gatti. Read more: ideasroadshow.substack.com/p/sofonisbas... 🗃️ #arthistory #womenartists #skystorians #art #Italy

🪡 A remarkably intact cartoon (= full-scale drawing) w/ the pricked inner & outer contour lines still visible to create an Embroidery of The Angel of the Annunciation byRaffaellino del Garbo (1466–1524) who was a pupil of Filippino Lippi. 🗃️ #arthistory #slystorians #art #embroidery #design

Excellent ✍️ by @helenbarrett.bsky.social: "In a new age of media saturation, it’s essential we think critically about the images we see. A revitalised art history could even position itself at the centre of a radical push for visual literacy." 🗃️ #arthistory apollo-magazine.com/art-history-...

For #adoorablethursday read how the “standard account” about the commissioning of the Florentine Baptistery doors obscures almost as much as it reveals. 🗃️ #arthistory #skystorians #history #art #renaissance #Italy ideasroadshow.substack.com/p/revolving-...

❓Not sure how this works exactly but it must be a good sign, non? Did you check out our essays & films on art on Ideas Roadshow Behind The Lens yet? It would be great if you could join us there as well! Visit here: ideasroadshow.substack.com 🗃️ #arthistory 🏺🧪 #skystorians #archaeology #art

🎨 Russia’s Catherine the Great was so transfixed by the so-called Raphael Loggia in Rome's Apostolic Palace that she had a replica made in St Petersburg, where it still remains today as part of the Hermitage Museum. Learn more: ideasroadshow.substack.com/p/raphael-a-... 🗃️ #arthistory #skystorians

📝 "Self-fulfilling prophecies being what they are, that is indeed, the general lay of our current digital media art historical land. But it doesn’t have to be that way." 🔎 Read more: ideasroadshow.substack.com/p/mired-in-t... 🗃️ #arthistory #academia #AcademicSky #art #skystorians 🏺

🎨 From a sketchbook by Picasso. On the right is a copy after the painting, “Man with a Golden Helmet” once attributed to Rembrandt. Interesting to see how Picasso first managed to copy the original and then create his own version. 🗃️ #arthistory #earlymodern #skystorians #art

"Students are consistently denied vital visual representations of appropriate material (i.e. art) being forced to wade through textbooks that could have been written well before the advent of digital technology." 🗃️ #arthistory #academia #AcademicSky #art ideasroadshow.substack.com/p/mired-in-t...

"Students are consistently denied vital visual representations of appropriate material (i.e. art) being forced to wade through textbooks that could have been written well before the advent of digital technology." 🗃️ #arthistory #academia #AcademicSky #art ideasroadshow.substack.com/p/mired-in-t...

🏺 Read & watch classicist Richard Janko talk about his ground-breaking research into the partially-deciphered, 4th BC Derveni Papyrus. 🔥 "This was a wacky book, sort of new-age literature." #archaeology 🗃️ #skystorians #AncientBlueSky #ClassicsBluesky ideasroadshow.substack.com/p/the-derven...

👁️ For #frescofriday wonderful trompe l'oeil ceiling frescoes by Benvenuto Tisi also called Il Garofalo, The Treasure Hall, Palazzo Costabili, Ferrara. 🚗 🎬 Yes! We'll film in Ferrara as well for upcoming films! Visit: ideasroadshow.substack.com 🗃️ #arthistory #skystorians #art #renaissance #Italy

🏺 Read & watch classicist Richard Janko talk about his ground-breaking research into the partially-deciphered, 4th BC Derveni Papyrus. 🔥 "This was a wacky book, sort of new-age literature." #archaeology 🗃️ #skystorians #AncientBlueSky #ClassicsBluesky ideasroadshow.substack.com/p/the-derven...

🏺 Funny how it is now impossible to un-remember something like this but could this refer to bread-watching dogs like ours? 🐕🥖

🏺 Tomorrow we’ll release our in-depth conversation w/ classicist Richard Janko about his research on the Derveni Papyrus, Europe’s oldest surviving manuscript from the 4th c. BC. 📝 Make to sign up here: ideasroadshow.substack.com #archaeology 🗃️ #skystorians #AncientBlueSky #ClassicsBluesky

🦒 Modern art? Nope, these are charred scroll fragments that were part of a gift of several scrolls that King Ferdinand of Naples had sent to George IV in England in exchange for a royal giraffe for his private zoo. 🏺 #archaeology 🗃️ #skystorians #AncientBlueSky #ClassicsBluesky #arthistory