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The Belles Heures of Jean de France, duc de Berry, Folio 221r, detail, Mass for All Souls, The Limbourg Brothers, 1405-08/09

From the Met Museum

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If you’re on Bluesky, share your handle and let’s connect!

I’ve abandoned Twitter/X and am giving Bluesky a try. Unlike this blog, it’s a cacophony of all my interests and musings. Art History is definitely a topic I’ll ramble about but also fungi, music, books, tech and marketing

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I’ve abandoned Twitter/X and am giving Bluesky a try. Unlike this blog, it’s a cacophony of all my interests and musings. Art History is definitely a topic I’ll ramble about but also fungi, music, books, tech and marketing

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Frog amulet/seal, Egypt, Late Period, 1069-664 BC

from The Louvre

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How many insects can you spot?

Insects are the masters of camouflage and mimicry! Insects that are are camouflaged blend in with their environments through colors, patterns, and shapes. Mimicry is an evolutionary adaptation where insects resemble another species or a natural object.

There are 27 insects in this illustration showcasing the wonders of camouflage and mimicry. If you are curious as to where all the little wild things are, view this key from the text in Biodiversity Heritage Library for the answers!

SciArt by H. Morin for The Royal Natural History, Vol. 6 (1896), edited by Richard Lydekker.

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Gold, turqouise, and lapis lazuli Ba amulet, Ptolemaic Egypt, 305-30 BC

from The Brooklyn Museum

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The September Massacres refers to a series of mass killings that took place in the prisons of Paris between 2 and 7 September 1792, during the French Revolution (1789-99). Sometimes known as the first Terror, the massacres saw between 1,100 and 1,400 prisoners murdered by gangs of sans-culottes, driven by a fear that the prisoners would rebel and destroy Paris.

French military failures in the opening months of the War of the First Coalition (1792-97) had left the path to Paris open to a Prussian army, which promised the city’s complete destruction. Panicking, mobs of Parisians rushed to the city’s prisons, where royalists and refractory priests were being held on questionable counter-revolutionary charges. Taking justice upon themselves, the mobs set up mock tribunals in which they passed sentences on the ‘traitors’ and executed many on the spot. The September Massacres are significant for ushering in a new phase of the Revolution, one in which terror and violence were considered legitimate political tools. This, of course, would lead directly to the bloodletting of the Reign of Terror, which began about a year later.

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The Bathing Pool by Hubert Robert, 1777-1780.

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Portrait of King Æthelstan presenting a book to St Cuthbert, by permission of the Master and Fellows of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge: Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, MS 183, f. 1v

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Jan van Eyck - The Birth of John the Baptist. 1420 - 1430

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I’ve been trying to post this video for 3 days now….

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My incredible charity shop find this morning…

Wadsworth Longfellow poetry book from 1855 🤯🤯

AND FOR £1

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This weekend I got to visit a giant field of sunflowers and it was magical. Thinking of you Vincent 🌻🌻🌻

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Carved ivory book binding plate from Leon, France, circa 1060

from The Louvre

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Gold and garnet ring, Roman Syria, 375-450 AD

from The Louvre

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Roses by Ferdinand Georg Waldmuller, 1843.