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artaddictme.bsky.social ArtAddict @artaddictme.bsky.social · Apr 3
Byzantine mosaic, Virgin and Christ, Detail of north dome, c. 1316 - 1321, inner narthex, Chora church, Istanbul
#Byzantine #mosaic #Virgin #Christ #Chora #church #Istanbul #byzantineart #artlover #artdaily #dailyart
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bwallower.bsky.social Becky Wallower @bwallower.bsky.social · Feb 21
#FrescoFriday
A female figure swathed in pink gracefully flying away.
From atrium of Villa Arianna, Campania, 1st C.
In the Museo Arqueológico de Stabiae Libero D'Orsi, Castellamare.
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deswalsh.bsky.social Des Walsh @deswalsh.bsky.social · Jan 22
St Alphege London Wall, EC2Y

Large stone archway remains at night

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Large stone archway remains at night Large stone archway remains at night Large stone archway remains at night Large stone archway remains at night
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deswalsh.bsky.social Des Walsh @deswalsh.bsky.social · Feb 15
Science Museum, London SW7

ASTRONOMICAL AND AUTOMATON
MONSTRANCE CLOCK
BY JOHANN SCHNEIDER
Augsburg, c. 1625

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This clock is Schneider's Masterpiece, made to conform with the 1577 Augsburg Clockmakers' Guild rules. It is surmounted with an automaton figure of St. George above a 12 hour dial. The outer ring of the main dial is a year calendar with the Saint's name for each day. Within that is a minute ring, then an hour ring of 24 hours. The centre with a silver band showing the hours of light and darkness. In the centre is an astrolabe. The steel hand shows the minutes, the gilt hands the hour and age of the moon. The day of the week and the month are indicated on the back of the clock. Text from display This clock is Schneider's Masterpiece, made to conform with the 1577 Augsburg Clockmakers' Guild rules. It is surmounted with an automaton figure of St. George above a 12 hour dial. The outer ring of the main dial is a year calendar with the Saint's name for each day. Within that is a minute ring, then an hour ring of 24 hours. The centre with a silver band showing the hours of light and darkness. In the centre is an astrolabe. The steel hand shows the minutes, the gilt hands the hour and age of the moon. The day of the week and the month are indicated on the back of the clock. Text from display This clock is Schneider's Masterpiece, made to conform with the 1577 Augsburg Clockmakers' Guild rules. It is surmounted with an automaton figure of St. George above a 12 hour dial. The outer ring of the main dial is a year calendar with the Saint's name for each day. Within that is a minute ring, then an hour ring of 24 hours. The centre with a silver band showing the hours of light and darkness. In the centre is an astrolabe. The steel hand shows the minutes, the gilt hands the hour and age of the moon. The day of the week and the month are indicated on the back of the clock. Text from display This clock is Schneider's Masterpiece, made to conform with the 1577 Augsburg Clockmakers' Guild rules. It is surmounted with an automaton figure of St. George above a 12 hour dial. The outer ring of the main dial is a year calendar with the Saint's name for each day. Within that is a minute ring, then an hour ring of 24 hours. The centre with a silver band showing the hours of light and darkness. In the centre is an astrolabe. The steel hand shows the minutes, the gilt hands the hour and age of the moon. The day of the week and the month are indicated on the back of the clock. Text from display
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deswalsh.bsky.social Des Walsh @deswalsh.bsky.social · Jan 8
St Alphege London Wall, EC2Y
Iron grated gate in stone doorframe.
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Iron gate set in a stone wall of the former inside of a now ruined church Iron gate set in a stone wall of the former inside of a now ruined church Iron gate set in a stone wall of the former inside of a now ruined church
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tiffbaxter.bsky.social Tiffany Baxter @ Thought Bubble Redshirt Hall B17 @tiffbaxter.bsky.social · Jan 5
Btw artists if you want to help combat AI slop sneaking into your research I am begging you to STOP relying on Pinterest for reference gathering. Familiarise yourself with the free online collections of museums of which there are several and how to search them effectively
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curatorkate.bsky.social Kate North @curatorkate.bsky.social · Dec 16
A very interesting morning visit to Sutton Scarsdale with @limefinishes.bsky.social today, looking at various elements of this impressive Georgian building (adapted from an earlier house). Here’s some of the beautiful decorative plaster 😍🤩
December 16, 2024 at 7:43 PM
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note to self: look into this next year
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samottewillsoulsby.bsky.social Sam Ottewill-Soulsby @samottewillsoulsby.bsky.social · Dec 2
This is a great question! By way of response, here are a couple of my favourite sources for late antique and early medieval diplomacy #medievalsky🧵 (1/13):
charlesbauman.bsky.social Charles Bauman @charlesbauman.bsky.social · Dec 1
Love the series on Early Medieval international relations. Do you have any go to sources for more on this topic? Both primary and secondary?
December 2, 2024 at 2:23 PM
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#worresearch #researchnotes Now, I did not know mosaics can get this detailed with shading! Absolutely beautiful!
archaeohawke.bsky.social Jon Hawke @archaeohawke.bsky.social · Nov 13
Detail of floor mosaic - 1 century AD.
National Archaeological Museum Aquileia. The bow motif connects
ivy and vine branches, referring to the cult of Dionysus. #art #Archaeology #Italy #History
🏺 AncientBlueSky
📷: Ottone Porfirogenito.
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alisonfisk.bsky.social Alison Fisk @alisonfisk.bsky.social · Nov 30
An ancient bowl with human feet to bring a smile to your face this weekend!

It tips slightly forwards as if offering its contents!

Predynastic Egypt, Naqada period c. 3700-3450 BC.

At the Met: www.metmuseum.org/art/collecti...
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A hemispherical red pottery bowl with supports in the shape of a pair of human feet. Made from Nile clay, polished to give a light surface sheen. The bowl tips slightly forwards as if offering its contents. Made in Egypt around 5,500 years ago, during the Predynastic Naqada period
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alisonfisk.bsky.social Alison Fisk @alisonfisk.bsky.social · Nov 30
Here’s another ancient Egyptian pottery bowl with human feet which is now missing a few toes! This one’s on display at the Egyptian Museum in Cairo 😍

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A red pottery bowl with concave sides and a flat base with supports in the shape of a pair of human feet. There are a couple of chips in the rim of the bowl and some of the toes are missing
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Love this so much
kristinagehrmann.bsky.social Kristina Gehrmann @kristinagehrmann.bsky.social · Nov 28
Uh-oh, someone's not happy with his order at the thermopolium! 😆

One of my many history themed illustrations. Inspired by recent discoveries in Pompeii, I wanted to draw a "snapshot" of a street with people in ancient Rome.
A street scene in Ancient Rome: at the counter of a street restaurant, a customer is pointing at his plate and screaming at the server, clearly complaining about the food. More people meanwhile, variously, walk by and look, stand there watching, or do not seem to care.
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jamestaite.bsky.social James Taite @jamestaite.bsky.social · Nov 23
The weight of the wall above an arch is channeled to either side, diverted around the opening. Purely vertical loads are made partly lateral, exerting thrust to the sides. So the beds—like the joints—should be perpendicular to the soffit of the arch. That’s why voussoirs radiate from a centre.
An arch on St. Mary’s Woolnoth, London; Hawksmoor’s use of channeled rustication calls attention to the jointing of the stone, particularly the joints that radiate from the centre of the arch
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jamestaite.bsky.social James Taite @jamestaite.bsky.social · Nov 23
Stonemasonry operates by some pretty simple truths. One of the most basic: stone is heavy and heavy is good.

That’s why, as a general rule, you lay (sedimentary) stone on its natural bed. Horizontally. Lay it the way it was formed, geologically.

A 🧵 about stone bedding:

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horizontally coursed limestone wall at Fort Henry, Kingston, Ontario
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alisonfisk.bsky.social Alison Fisk @alisonfisk.bsky.social · Nov 23
Something wonderful for the weekend!

About 40,000 years ago, during the #IceAge, this tiny figurine was sculpted from mammoth ivory. Imagine the artist at work, sitting by the warmth and flickering light of a fire, carving what is the world’s oldest known sculpture of a horse!
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Side profile of a horse figurine sculpted from mammoth ivory, measuring 2.5 cm height, 4.8 cm width, and 0.7 cm depth. It has a lowered head with a long curving neck and convex curved back. The four legs are incomplete. The top of the tail remains. The eyes, nostril and mouth are carved as indents. The surface has a dark grey/brown shiny patina, which was once likely pale white in colour. Excavated in 1931, together with a number of other ivory animal figurines, from the Vogelherd Cave, Swabian Jura, Germany. Known as the ‘Vogelherd Horse’ it is the oldest known sculpture of a horse. On display at the Museum of Ancient Cultures at Hohentübingen Castle, Tübingen, Germany
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