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Gerhard Richter was born today in 1932. Here is a short introductory essay from Smarthistory on a formative work, Uncle Rudy:
smarthistory.org/gerhard-rich...
#DailyMegalith #TombTuesday
Gwal y Filiast #Llanboidy #Carmarthenshire #Wales (2016)
smarthistory.org/jacopo-sanso...
a new #Smarthistory essay by Dr. Letha Ch'ien on one of the most seen/overlooked #Renaissance buildings in #Italy
#architecture #ArchitecturalHistory #Venice #Venetian
Chihil Sutun, a Safavid palace
a new #Smarthistory essay by Dr. Samira Fathi
#Safavid #Iran #architecture #architecturalhistory
smarthistory.org/chihil-sutun/
youtu.be/bj0CtjIUgkQ
a new Smarthistory video
#architecture #architecturalhistory #art #arthistory #UShistory #history #neoclassicism #GreekRevival
youtu.be/OjOLW8K7iaY
Reimagining representations of emancipation 50 years after the Emancipation Proclamation, a sculpture by Meta Warrick Fuller commissioned by W. E. B. Du Bois
#art #arthistory #emancipation #womenartists
After today, you might find a little solace in
youtu.be/dSL8WQWdiKo
#Osage #NativeAmerican #art #arthistory
HH Richardson's Trinity Church magnificent interior is packed with glass (& painting) by John La Farge, Edward Burne-Johns (w/William Morris & Co), as well as others including Margaret Redmond
Photoset: www.flickr.com/photos/profz...
#CreativeCommons #architecture #HHRichardson
You do remember correctly.
Judy Chicago, The Dinner Party
a new Smarthistory video
#art #arthistory #feminism
youtu.be/4amoxcedL_0
Wonderfully descriptive word, perfect.
If you'd like to learn more about the history of A.I.R. and other early alternative art spaces in New York City, see Dr. Courtney Fiske's essay on Smarthistory: smarthistory.org/alternative-...
#artists #opportunity
A.I.R. Gallery submit thru June 25
support A.I.R. by donating a postcard-sized work for its annual postcard show, Wish You Were Here. They're sold for $45 and all proceeds go to benefit A.I.R. and its mission to advance the work of women and non-binary artists
You might like our short video about Arbus's A Box of Ten Photographs: smarthistory.org/diane-arbus-...
So generous, thank you!
Cattedrale di Palermo, Palermo PA (Sicilia) 🇮🇹
Corona di Costanza d'Aragona, 1220-1222 ca, oro, argento d'orato e filigranato, smalti, perle, pietre policrome.
emiliaromanica.com/2025/06/02/
📷 @emilia_romanica
20 agosto 2024
Reclaiming cultural heritage one feather at a time
Raven Custalow, Puttawus
a new Smarthistory video
youtu.be/lzQqHLU-s6c
#art #arthistory #featherwork #NativeAmerican
Thank you. Her work is always such a treat, and too rarely seen.
Fresh Smarthistory!
youtu.be/yGxPKaanF50
#postmodern #architecture #architecturalhistory #PhilipJohnson
Dyce is amazing.
We made a video with Dr. Halona Norton-Westbrook, Director of Curatorial Affairs, Toledo Museum of Art about this Marisol:
youtu.be/y2P7GMce9Og
Vefa Church-Mosque/Molla Gürani Mosque, a Middle Byzantine church traditionally identified as the church of St. Theodore
Photos taken today
That whole set of panels at the museum is wonderful.
youtu.be/7Ac7MeP00Dk
This little-known painting deserves more recognition
#art #arthistory #landscape #Victorian #science #painting
"Why art history isn't like math"
a new Smarthistory essay aimed at students and others unfamiliar with the Humanities:
smarthistory.org/why-art-hist...
#arthistory #humanities #education
