Catherine
@cathrinous.bsky.social
French speaking lawyer from Quebec, Canada. I love history, books, polyphonic renaissance and baroque music, canning, jam making and travels.
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Un carnet de Mozart retrouvé à la BnF révèle le talent méconnu d’une de ses élèves
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Un carnet de Mozart retrouvé à la BnF révèle le talent méconnu d’une de ses élèves
Un carnet de Mozart retrouvé à la Bibliothèque nationale de France révèle les leçons de composition qu’il donna en 1778 à Marie-Louise de Guînes.
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October 3, 2026 at 3:33 AM
Les quatre cavaliers de l’Apocalypse par Dürer. Gravure admirée à Bologne cet été.The four horsemen of Apocalypse as seen in Bologna this last summer. Woodcut by Dürer.
October 2, 2026 at 6:51 PM
Les quatre cavaliers de l’Apocalypse par Dürer. Gravure admirée à Bologne cet été.The four horsemen of Apocalypse as seen in Bologna this last summer. Woodcut by Dürer.
La tombe de Claudio Monteverdi, Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari, Venise.
October 2, 2026 at 4:26 AM
La tombe de Claudio Monteverdi, Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari, Venise.
The Museum of Fine Arts Houston has announced its acquisition of Tamara de Lempicka's 1923 painting "Her Sadness"! Until this year, the work had remained in the same family for 90 years.
September 25, 2026 at 12:21 PM
Colley Hill, Surrey: coffee break from birding the steep scrub. Love the plaque on the bench I’m sitting on
September 23, 2026 at 1:53 PM
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Une berceuse juste pour toi…
Douce nuit 🌙✨
Douce nuit 🌙✨
La Berceuse de l'Enfant Nuage - Camille Bordet (Bordet | Proost | Simonyan)
YouTube video by Camille Bordet | Kalam
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September 21, 2026 at 2:29 AM
Une berceuse juste pour toi…
Douce nuit 🌙✨
Douce nuit 🌙✨
Tom Thomson, Canadian (1877-1917), Autumn's Garland, 1915-16, oil on canvas, 122.5 x 132.2 cm, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
September 2, 2026 at 6:26 PM
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Oh for fuckssake, another icon.
Yayoi Kusama, Japanese artist who became a global superstar, dies aged 97
From the 1950s to the 2020s, Kusama produced vivid paintings, sculptures and vast installations that often drew on her experience of hallucinations
www.theguardian.com
August 27, 2026 at 3:06 AM
Oh for fuckssake, another icon.
🚨 BREAKTHROUGH: MIT engineers develop a breath test that detects pneumonia in minutes no X-rays, no lab wait. Just a single breath
Two MIT engineers, Loza Tadesse and Aditya Garg, have developed a breath test that can detect pneumonia in minutes.
Two MIT engineers, Loza Tadesse and Aditya Garg, have developed a breath test that can detect pneumonia in minutes.
August 13, 2026 at 5:35 PM
Une nouvelle étude sur les Dénisoviens dévoile qu'ils étaient probablement très grands, surtout en comparaison avec Homo Erectus
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Thousands of Years Ago, Denisovans Might Have Been Huge, Especially Compared to Their Archaic Human Neighbors
New research offers rare insight into our extinct cousins who lived in Asia and who may have towered over petite "Homo erectus"
www.smithsonianmag.com
August 13, 2026 at 2:36 PM
Happy Left-handers' Day to everyone who, like me, suffered the indignity of having to write upside down or endure endlessly smudged writing
August 13, 2026 at 2:35 PM
Today’s Canadian painting is “Cobalt” painted by Yvonne McKague Housser in 1931. N
August 5, 2026 at 11:55 AM
August 3, 2026 at 1:24 AM
Shallows in the Saint-Lawrence River in Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada.
July 24, 2026 at 3:01 AM
Shallows in the Saint-Lawrence River in Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada.
July 17, 2026 at 4:23 PM
Albert Dumouchel, Canadian (1916-1971), L'horrible chat des neiges (The Abominable Snow Cat), 1969, woodcut, 6/10, sheet: 62.5 x 48.6 cm, image: 54.7 45.7 cm, Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
July 14, 2026 at 9:43 PM
“Venice at the Golden Hour" was painted by Canadian artist James Wilson Morrice around 1901–1902.
July 2, 2026 at 4:50 AM
Un grand artiste nous a quitté.
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David Hockney obituary: A genius in practically every medium
The proud Yorkshireman, who also painted iconic pictures of America, was routinely described as Britain's greatest artist.
www.bbc.com
June 12, 2026 at 11:56 AM
Un grand artiste nous a quitté.
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Romans were known to create tombs for their dogs and gave them epitaphs to remember them by. One such inscription reads “I am in tears, while carrying you to your last resting place as much as I rejoiced when bringing you home with my own hands 15 years ago.”
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May 23, 2026 at 1:22 PM
I really love this uncommon Madonna from Parma’s duomo.
May 16, 2026 at 5:55 PM
I really love this uncommon Madonna from Parma’s duomo.
Even more beautiful than yesterday!
May 15, 2026 at 11:40 PM
Even more beautiful than yesterday!
Our Rhododendron. Always blooming right after the magnolia.
May 14, 2026 at 5:59 PM
Our Rhododendron. Always blooming right after the magnolia.
Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada
May 7, 2026 at 12:55 PM
Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada
18 EV Fast Chargers Running On 100% Renewable Electricity Installed In Germany
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18 EV Fast Chargers Running On 100% Renewable Electricity Installed In Germany - CleanTechnica
Eighteen new fast EV chargers up to 400 kW have been installed in Germany.
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May 5, 2026 at 1:28 PM