Ideas Roadshow

Competition pieces by Ghiberti (l) & Brunelleschi (r) (c. 1402)giving their versions of the dramatic scene from the Book of Genesis, where God tested Abraham’s faith by asking him to kill Isaac, only sending an angel to stop him at the last moment.

#ReliefWednesday Competition pieces by Ghiberti (l) & Brunelleschi (r) (c. 1402) of the scene from the Book of Genesis, where God tested Abraham’s faith by asking him to kill Isaac (note the angel who saved the day).

👀 Read: ideasroadshow.substack.com/p/revolving-...

🗃️ #arthistory 🏺 #archaeology

Floor tiles which appears as blocks.

Floor tiles which appears as blocks.

Floor tiles which appears as blocks.

Floor tiles which appears as blocks.

Floor tiles
Duomo di Siena, Italy

The same floor tiles rotated, as if viewed from North, South, East & West.

Very Escher like.

#TilesOnTuesday

Diptych of Federico da Montefeltro & his spouse Battista Sforza by Piero della Francesca (c. 1474)

🏰 RAPHAEL'S WORLD: Diptych of Federico da Montefeltro & his spouse Battista Sforza by Piero della Francesca (c. 1474). The Ducal Palace at Urbino was a hub of artists, playwrights & poets, incl. Raphael's father Giovanni Santi.

More here: ideasroadshow.substack.com/p/raphael-a-...

🗃️ #arthistory

Diptych of Federico da Montefeltro & his spouse Battista Sforza by Piero della Francesca (c. 1474)

🏰 RAPHAEL'S WORLD: Diptych of Federico da Montefeltro & his spouse Battista Sforza by Piero della Francesca (c. 1474). The Ducal Palace at Urbino was a hub of artists, playwrights & poets, incl. Raphael's father Giovanni Santi.

More here: ideasroadshow.substack.com/p/raphael-a-...

🗃️ #arthistory

Identity Crisis What's in a name?

"Vast numbers of people are very interested in learning more about some of history’s most beautiful works of art, as any quick visit to the Met or the Uffizi Gallery will make abundantly clear."

🗃️ #arthistory #skystorians #art #filmsky #museum

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🖌️ A Brush with Artists: Dürer travelled to Venice in 1505 to broaden his horizon & to learn about the secrets of Southern art. The arrival of so eminent a competitor was not altogether welcome to the minor Venetian artists and Dürer wrote to a friend:

🗃️ #arthistory #art #academia #art #Italy

Identity Crisis What's in a name?

"Vast numbers of people are very interested in learning more about some of history’s most beautiful works of art, as any quick visit to the Met or the Uffizi Gallery will make abundantly clear."

🗃️ #arthistory #skystorians #art #filmsky #museum

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Details of the Esau and Jacob panel of The Gates of Paradise by Ghiberti which has relief sculptures showing the story about Esau and Jacob throughout the panel.

🗝️ Exquisite details of the Esau & Jacob panel of The Gates of Paradise by Ghiberti.

🔎 Note the ‘self-portrait’ sculpture of Ghiberti on the right bottom corner.

👁️ Read the story behind the story: ideasroadshow.substack.com/p/revolving-...

🗃️ #arthistory #skystorians #art #Italy #Renaissance

Photo of a notebook and pen plus a book called A History of Florence by John M. Najemy.

The Art of Beauty: We’re now in pre-production research of new art films that will be filmed on location in Italy, starting w/ Florence, Pisa, Siena and more!

🪜🎨 Subscribe to our substack for updates, art stories, photos, film clips, etc: ideasroadshow.substack.com

🗃️ #arthistory #art #Italy 🏺

12th c. mosaic floor in the Florentine Baptistry, also shown are pillars and balustrades around part of the Baptistry.

For #mosaicmonday a beautiful 12th c. mosaic floor in the Florentine Baptistry where we'll be filming in early 2026 for an upcoming film.

The designs of the mosaics give you a sense that you're walking on oriental carpets.➰

🗃️ #arthistory #Italy 🏺 #archaeology #skystorians

Identity Crisis What's in a name?

🏛️ What's in a name? "For most of us, the word “educational” is flatly synonymous with “boring” - visual broccoli, if you will." We have a vocabulary problem."

🗃️ #arthistory #skystorians #language #academia #Edusky #Filmsky #museum

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Photo of a notebook and pen plus a book called A History of Florence by John M. Najemy.

The Art of Beauty: We’re now in pre-production research of new art films that will be filmed on location in Italy, starting w/ Florence, Pisa, Siena and more!

🪜🎨 Subscribe to our substack for updates, art stories, photos, film clips, etc: ideasroadshow.substack.com

🗃️ #arthistory #art #Italy 🏺

🐱 This #cat playing a tiny harp is hilarious!

#Caturday 🏺 #Egypt #Roman

A picture of a so-called dinos, a bowl for the wine diluted with water that was consumed at symposia, is decorated in two zones with large-scale animals. Above, panthers and sphinxes, and below are goats and lions between sphinxes. Museum: MET

For #caturday a #Greek terracotta dinos, ca. 630–615 BCE.

🦁 🐐 This dinos - a bowl used for wine diluted w/ water consumed at symposia - is decorated w/ panthers & sphinxes (top row) & below are goats & lions between sphinxes.

🏺 #archaeology 🗃️ #arthistory #skystorians #cats #goat #catsofbluesky

A detail of Raphael's Triumph of Galatea, 1512, showing Galatea with her hair and scarf blowing in the wind.

For #frescofriday a beautiful detail of Raphael's Triumph of Galatea, 1512.

🎬 You can now watch Part 2 of Raphael: A Portrait about Raphael's single-minded pursuit of artistic perfection by whatever means necessary. 🍿👇 ideasroadshow.substack.com/p/raphael-a-...

🗃️ #arthistory #skystorians #art

A detail of Raphael's Triumph of Galatea, 1512, showing Galatea with her hair and scarf blowing in the wind.

For #frescofriday a beautiful detail of Raphael's Triumph of Galatea, 1512.

🎬 You can now watch Part 2 of Raphael: A Portrait about Raphael's single-minded pursuit of artistic perfection by whatever means necessary. 🍿👇 ideasroadshow.substack.com/p/raphael-a-...

🗃️ #arthistory #skystorians #art

Detail of the dome of the Florentine baptistry and its colourful Byzantine mosaics which are under restoration. Shown is a woman working on the mosaics.

🔎 The Florentine Baptistery is a symbol of the city & masterpiece of Romanesque architecture with its dome entirely covered with Byzantine mosaics, currently under restoration.

More here: ideasroadshow.substack.com/p/revolving-...

🏺 #mosaicmonday 🗃️ #arthistory #Italy #skystorians #Byzantine

Door of San Ranieri of Pisa Cathedral by Bonanno da Pisa (c. 1180). Museo dell’Opera del Duomo (Pisa). Photo by Di Sailko - Opera propria, CC BY 3.0

#adoorablethursday A beautiful relief door of San Ranieri on Pisa Cathedral by Bonanno da Pisa (c. 1180).

🚪 Read a 💯 story on how these doors were a likely inspiration for the Florentine Baptistry doors:
🔑 ideasroadshow.substack.com/p/revolving-...

🗃️ #arthistory #skystorians #Florence #Italy

Door of San Ranieri of Pisa Cathedral by Bonanno da Pisa (c. 1180). Museo dell’Opera del Duomo (Pisa). Photo by Di Sailko - Opera propria, CC BY 3.0

#adoorablethursday A beautiful relief door of San Ranieri on Pisa Cathedral by Bonanno da Pisa (c. 1180).

🚪 Read a 💯 story on how these doors were a likely inspiration for the Florentine Baptistry doors:
🔑 ideasroadshow.substack.com/p/revolving-...

🗃️ #arthistory #skystorians #Florence #Italy

Competition pieces by Ghiberti (l) & Brunelleschi (r) (c. 1402)giving their versions of the dramatic scene from the Book of Genesis, where God tested Abraham’s faith by asking him to kill Isaac, only sending an angel to stop him at the last moment.

#ReliefWednesday Competition pieces by Ghiberti (l) & Brunelleschi (r) (c. 1402) of the scene from the Book of Genesis, where God tested Abraham’s faith by asking him to kill Isaac (note the angel who saved the day).

👀 Read: ideasroadshow.substack.com/p/revolving-...

🗃️ #arthistory 🏺 #archaeology

Revolving doors The oft-overlooked details of Lorenzo Ghiberti's famous reliefs of the Florentine Baptistery

🚪 Revolving Doors: Read about not only Lorenzo Ghiberti’s doors for the Florentine Baptistery but also its other sculptured doors & fascinating history.

We're in pre-production of a film 🎬 about Florentine masterworks.

🏛️ #arthistory #skystorians

ideasroadshow.substack.com/p/revolving-...

‘I try to make them feel as ignorant as possible’: German museum’s ‘grumpy guide’ is surprise hit Performance artist’s aggressive art historian shouts at visitors and insults curators – and his tours are sold out

🏛️ Strange idea: some people actually enjoy being made to feel ignorant about art & culture 🙃

'Performance artist’s aggressive art historian shouts at visitors and insults curators – his tours are sold out.'

🗃️ #arthistory #museum @philipoltermann.bsky.social

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...

Detail of the dome of the Florentine baptistry and its colourful Byzantine mosaics which are under restoration. Shown is a woman working on the mosaics.

🔎 The Florentine Baptistery is a symbol of the city & masterpiece of Romanesque architecture with its dome entirely covered with Byzantine mosaics, currently under restoration.

More here: ideasroadshow.substack.com/p/revolving-...

🏺 #mosaicmonday 🗃️ #arthistory #Italy #skystorians #Byzantine

Revolving doors The oft-overlooked details of Lorenzo Ghiberti's famous reliefs of the Florentine Baptistery

🚪 Revolving Doors: Read about not only Lorenzo Ghiberti’s doors for the Florentine Baptistery but also its other sculptured doors & fascinating history.

We're in pre-production of a film 🎬 about Florentine masterworks.

🏛️ #arthistory #skystorians

ideasroadshow.substack.com/p/revolving-...

A picture of a so-called dinos, a bowl for the wine diluted with water that was consumed at symposia, is decorated in two zones with large-scale animals. Above, panthers and sphinxes, and below are goats and lions between sphinxes. Museum: MET

For #caturday a #Greek terracotta dinos, ca. 630–615 BCE.

🦁 🐐 This dinos - a bowl used for wine diluted w/ water consumed at symposia - is decorated w/ panthers & sphinxes (top row) & below are goats & lions between sphinxes.

🏺 #archaeology 🗃️ #arthistory #skystorians #cats #goat #catsofbluesky

Raphael: A Portrait, Part 1 Key historical and cultural developments that occurred during the course of Raphael’s life

Art is much more than what meets the eye. By understanding the context behind the art, we unlock the deeper meaning of art, transforming it from a static image into a living story.

🎬 Get your free pass to watch Part 1 👇

🗃️ #arthistory #skystorians #art

ideasroadshow.substack.com/p/raphael-a-...

A collage of the Laocoön sculpted around 40–20 BCE and a detail of a fresco by Raphael (1483-1520).

Art films are often presented without explaining the context which enriches our appreciation by unlocking the deeper meaning of art, transforming it from a static image into a living story.

🎬 More here: ideasroadshow.substack.com/p/raphael-a-...

🗃️ #arthistory #skystorians #Roman 🏺 #archaeology

A collage of the Laocoön sculpted around 40–20 BCE and a detail of a fresco by Raphael (1483-1520).

Art films are often presented without explaining the context which enriches our appreciation by unlocking the deeper meaning of art, transforming it from a static image into a living story.

🎬 More here: ideasroadshow.substack.com/p/raphael-a-...

🗃️ #arthistory #skystorians #Roman 🏺 #archaeology

Self-protrait by Sofonisba, c. 1560,Musée Condé, Chantilly

🧑‍🎨 "The young Sofonisba created an impressive array of high-quality portraits, many of which her ambitious father sent as gifts to the great and the good in order to establish her artistic reputation."

Read more: ideasroadshow.substack.com/p/sofonisbas...

🗃️ #arthistory #womenartists #skystorians

Raphael: A Portrait, Part 1 Key historical and cultural developments that occurred during the course of Raphael’s life

Art is much more than what meets the eye. By understanding the context behind the art, we unlock the deeper meaning of art, transforming it from a static image into a living story.

🎬 Get your free pass to watch Part 1 👇

🗃️ #arthistory #skystorians #art

ideasroadshow.substack.com/p/raphael-a-...