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Caitlin G. DeAngelis @caitlindeangelis.bsky.social · 3h

Gravestone of Pompey Brenton in God's Little Acre, Newport, RI, 1772 This stone was carved by John Stevens III, who carved many portrait stones in the 1770s, including several for Black Newporters like Pompey Brenton.

a lovely blue-gray slate stone with intricate foliate border and a portrait of a man with curled hair and wings in the tympanum. Inscription: In Memory of Pompey Brenton who died August the 5th AD 1772 ages about 55 Years

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Eddie (Missed Focus Maestro) @eddieapoc.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Insomnia XI Nikon FE Cinestill 800T #FilmPhotography #Insomnia

Dark bedroom at night. Out of focus lamp glows in the background.

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Rebecca Bugge @dameboudicca.bsky.social · 20h

Year 48 photo project. Day 3. My birthday present to myself. A pumpkin-shaped cast iron pot from Le Creuset and their autumn collection. But in this house it will be a year-round thing! #cookware #lecreuset #pumpkin #pumpkinpot

Black cast iron pot shaped as a pumpkin sitting on a stove.

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The Kimono Gallery @roger1952.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Black Cat Looking Straight Ahead by contemporary Japanese artist Toshiyuki Enoki (born 1961).

Positioned squarely in the center of a heavily textured, antiqued golden ground, a jet-black cat sits in erect, motionless composure, staring directly out at the viewer. Its dense dark coat is rendered with meticulous, micro-fine brushwork, giving tactile softness to the chest and ears while contrasting sharply against the coarse, woven grain of the underlying substrate. Two large, luminous amber eyes—framed by thin golden irises and wide, dilated pupils—glow with unblinking intensity, serving as the sole vibrant point of light within the ink-dark silhouette. At the base, a single tail curls smoothly outward across the muted canvas, while in the lower left corner, a bright vermilion and yellow circular seal bearing the artist's mark anchors the lower register.
Painted by contemporary artist Toshiyuki Enoki (born 1961), this work continues Japan’s long-standing painterly fascination with feline mystery, drawing a direct lineage from Hishida Shunshō’s iconic 1910 Nihonga masterpiece Black Cat (Kuroki Neko) and the whimsical cats of Utagawa Kuniyoshi. Enoki, trained in traditional Nihonga (Japanese-style painting) techniques, silk painting, and lacquer restoration, employs a distinctive technique involving natural mineral pigments (iwanogu), gold leaf, and layered glazes on textured canvas or hemp paper. His unique monozukuri (artisanal mastery) fuses traditional Japanese material culture with surreal, otherworldly sensibilities, transforming a domestic subject into a timeless, talismanic icon that feels both ancient and modern.

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rinpapa1133 @rinpapa.com · 29/09/2026

光の海に浮かぶ曼珠沙華といったところでしょうか今日もいいね・リポスト・リプライ・フォローありがとうございました😌 Crimson dreams in a sea of light. ❤️ Thank you for your continued support 😊 Wishing you a peaceful day wherever you are. 😌 #Higanbana #RedSpiderLily #FlowerPhotography #DreamyPhotography #Bokeh #オールドレンズ #OldLens #VintageLens

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Getty @gettymuseum.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

It’s Purrquoise’s world, and we’re just living in it. In an *exclusive* interview, he touches down on his international travels, his east coast frienemy, and his starring role in Getty’s new season of the If Objects Could Talk podcast. www.getty.edu/news/purrquo...

Installation view of Purrquoise, the turquoise colored ceramic cat sitting on a gold throne at the Getty Museum.

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Rebecca Bugge @dameboudicca.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Year 48 photo project - day 2. Tuss is showing her cutest side with some of her pink toe beans (she has them in pink, black and pink-and-black). #catsofbluesky #toebeans #tabbycat

Close-up of tabby cat showing the nose and a paw with two visible toe-beans.

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Oto @oto2.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

📷️Nikon Zf 📸JUPITER-9 8.5cm F2 前期型 #photography #fotografía #Nikon #Zf

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Dan Diffendale @diffendale.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

The Etruscan tumulus of Pisa, ca. 700 BCE. Carefully excavated in the 1990s, no remains were found in the central chamber, and is interpreted as a cenotaph. An iron trident was deposited above, and a horse was sacrificed on an altar on top, which was then dismantled and interred.

Vertical photo of an open grassy area, in the middle of which is a very wide (about 30 meter diameter) low tumulus, surrounded by a ring of standing slabs of schist. In the sky is the sun, causing a lens flare that curves upwards, mirroring the curve of the tumulus.

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Becky Wallower @bwallower.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Lively #MosaicMonday from posh C4 #Roman villa at Horkstow Lincs once featured wheel w Orpheus in centre enchanting animals including this bear, elephant (yes really) + 6 others in panels around him. Now over Humber in Hull Museum of Archaeology 🏺 For painting of mosaics after 1797 discovery see 2/.

A partial survival of an interesting mosaic of Orpheus (who would have been in now missing centre of wheel like device) and 8 animals, 2 of which remain. In left remaining section is a part of a bear pouncing forward from hind legs. On right is an elephant, missing its trunk, with long legs. Below the wheel to the left a figure can be seen in the corner of the mosaic.
Two wide bands that would have bounded the mosaic are seen - one guilloche and one floral vault variation - with rows of triangles pointing up and down on a white line between them. Colours throughout the mosaic are shades of red/brown plus black, white and grey.

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Ola Wikander @olawikander.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Coptic sentence of the day: ⲛⲧⲁⲕ ⲡⲉ ⲡⲁⲡⲗⲏⲣⲱⲙⲁ ϣⲁⲡⲧ ⲁⲣⲁⲕ Ntak pe pa-plêrôma - šap-t arak! "You are my Fullness - take me to you!"

Sun emerging through mist and trees, above spectral greenery.

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rinpapa1133 @rinpapa.com · 26/09/2026

雨の中の彼岸花を貼り付けて、今日はこのへんで今日もいいね・リポスト・リプライ・フォローありがとうございました😌 来週もよろしくお願いいたします♪ Dancing in the rain. ❤️💧 Thank you for your continued support 😊 Wishing you a peaceful day wherever you are. 😌 #Higanbana #RedSpiderLily #RainyFlowers #FlowerPhotography #Bokeh #オールドレンズ #OldLens #VintageLens

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Rebecca Bugge @dameboudicca.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Year 48 photo project. Day 1. Empty outdoor seating at a restaurant here in Lund. Perhaps not the most inviting place with a strong autumn chill in the air - but a colour scheme well suited for the season.

Outdoor seating area of a restaurant, with no guests, under a gigantic, red umbrella.

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Alison Fisk @alisonfisk.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

Kitty paw prints on a Roman clay tile! 😻 🐾 A tiny moment in time preserved in clay some 2,000 years ago when a kitten walked across this wet clay tile which was lying out to dry before firing. Lullingstone Roman Villa, Kent 📷 by me #Caturday #Archaeology

My photo shows two kitten pawprints imprinted on a Roman red clay roof tile (tegula). There are two prints, one print near the upper left corner of the tile and another below it closer to the centre. Each imprint has four toe pads arranged in a gentle arc at the top of a larger central pad. There are no visible claw marks (unlike with dogs prints) as cats usually retract their claws when walking.
The imprints were made as a kitten walked across a wet clay tile which was lying out to dry before firing. The tile was found at Lullingstone Roman Villa in Kent, where it is on display at the site museum.

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Rebecca Bugge @dameboudicca.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

The scent of summer. (Glad midsommar/Happy midsummer to you all) #dogrose #pinkrose #bloomscrolling

Pink dog-rose against a backdrop of green leaves and a hint of other roses.

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Sardonicus @sardonicus.eu · 28/05/2026

"Death Blowing Bubbles," 'Created by Johann Georg Leinberger between 1729 and 1731 for the ceiling of the Holy Grave Chapel in Michaelsberg Abbey, Bamberg, Germany.' bamberger-dom.de/gotteshaus/N...

plaster relief, titled "Death Blowing Bubbles," a skeletal figure blowing soap bubbles

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ときぞー @tokizo.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

平山郁夫シルクロード美術館にて。 www.silkroad-museum.jp #photography

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Alison Fisk @alisonfisk.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

Tutankhamun’s ‘Duck Head’ shoes! 1330–1323 BC. Extraordinary sandals with gold insoles and gold daisies on a lapis lazuli beaded background - but the standout detail has to be the teeny-tiny gold duck heads projecting from the top strap! 🦆🦆❤️ Grand Egyptian Museum, Cairo 📷 by me #Archaeology

My photo shows a pair of flat, open shoes with ornately decorated sides and upper and lower straps which run across the open top of the shoe attached to each side. A toe bar/thong runs down the top of the foot, attached to the straps and sole of the shoe. The leather outer sole is covered with a gold insole which is pointed at the front. The sides of the shoes and the wider upper strap are intricately decorated with gold daisies on a lapis lazuli beaded background. Projecting from the upper strap, either side of where the toe thong is attached, is a small projecting gold duck head which gives the shoes their nickname. The duck heads are inlaid with blue glass on the top and sides. These ornate shoes were found in the antechamber of Tutankhamun’s Tomb in the Valley of the Kings. Reign of Tutankhamun, c. 1330–1323 BC.

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Ola Wikander @olawikander.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

Ugaritic word of the day: yḥdh ("together"; cf. Hebrew yaḥdāw).

Pink, purple and yellow flowers growing in a hedge together.

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The Kimono Gallery @roger1952.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

Black Cats, by Japanese artist Tadashige Nishida (1993).

This striking contemporary woodblock print by Tadashige Nishida, titled Black Cats, offers a bold, minimalist exploration of feline grace, tension, and concentration. Created in 1993, the composition features two sleek black cats positioned one above the other against a clean, unadorned cream-colored background, establishing a compelling visual study in parallel motion and predatory form. The upper feline is captured mid-air, its elongated body fully extended in an elegant, powerful leap. Its front paws are slightly tucked as it anticipates landing, while its long tail curves gracefully upward to stabilize its trajectory through space. In direct contrast to this airborne moment, the lower cat is depicted in a low, compressed crouch, its muscles taut and its weight shifted forward as it creeps along an invisible ground line in a classic predatory stalk.

Nishida renders the felines using a dense, deeply saturated black ink that defines their sleek forms. To prevent the silhouettes from flattening entirely against the light background, he masterfully outlines their contours with an exceptionally fine, glowing turquoise-blue line. This subtle technical detail provides vital anatomical definition to their limbs, ears, and backs, infusing the dark shapes with a vibrant, electric energy. Both cats share piercing, crystalline yellow eyes with narrow black pupils, locked in an intense, unwavering gaze on an unseen target just past the left edge of the frame.

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Trimontium Trust & Museum @trimontiumtrust.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

It's #WorldTurtleDay 🐢 The Roman testudo (“tortoise”) formation used overlapping shields to create a protective shell—just like a tortoise—shielding soldiers from arrows & spears as they advanced. Established in 2000, the day highlights conservation issues affecting turtles & tortoises worldwide.💚

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ときぞー @tokizo.bsky.social · 30/11/2025

光を見つける。清春白樺美術館近くに建ってい救世観音像。 #photography

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Oto @oto2.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

Scenes of Yokohama 📷️Nikon Zf 📸Voigtlander NOKTON CLASSIC S･C 40mm F1.4 #photography #fotografía #Nikon #Zf #Scape

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The Kimono Gallery @roger1952.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

Waterhen by Ohara Koson (1877-1945), Japan

by the master artist Ohara Koson (1877–1945) depicts a solitary waterhen (Moorhen) standing poised in a shallow marsh. Renowned for his exceptional ability to capture the lifelike textures and quiet dignity of the natural world, Koson was a leading figure in the early 20th-century Shin-hanga (New Prints) movement, which revived traditional ukiyo-e collaborative workshop methods while introducing subtle Western techniques of light and perspective.

The composition centers on the volumetric, rounded body of the waterhen, which is rendered with exquisite gradations of grey, charcoal, and black ink (bokashi) to simulate the soft, dense texture of its plumage. The bird is captured in a classic, serene posture, balancing gracefully on its long, segmented left leg while its right leg is tucked up close to its breast. Its head is turned back over its shoulder, revealing a bright, attentive golden-orange eye and a matching short, pointed orange beak adorned with a soft red frontal shield at the brow. A small flash of white feathers accents the underside of its upturned tail, providing a sharp contrast to the deeper, velvety tones of its wings.

The setting is minimalist and atmospheric, utilizing a soft, cream-colored background that evokes a misty, early morning or overcast day. The bird stands at the edge of a tranquil body of water, its single leg casting a fine, vertical reflection onto the mirror-like surface. Faint, horizontal washes of pale grey indicate gentle ripples in the water, while a few small, oval lily pads float quietly nearby. Rising behind the bird on the right side of the frame are slender, delicate stalks of wild marsh grass or reeds, executed in soft shades of sage green. The fine, linear strokes of the grass blades provide a beautiful geometric counterpoint to the soft, curved silhouette of the waterhen.

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Rachel Deering @racheldeering.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

A little marginalia.

Medieval MS, grinning cat in top section with foliage and a berry, beneath are what look like musical notes next to a gold C in a dark blue box.

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ΜΑΝΟΣ ΤΡΑΧΙΑΣ™ @trahias.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

Nicolas Martin (French Artist, born 1980) "The Lamp", 2016. Oil on Canvas, 18 × 24 inches. Private Collection. #art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt

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Rebecca Bugge @dameboudicca.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

Cat-approved new bed-spread. Happy #Caturday from our sleepy #tabby #cat

Tabby cat sleeping on a black bed-spread, next to a purple blanket.

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Pipa💙 @pipapipia.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

The beauty of the Romanesque cloister of Santa Maria de l'Estany. Catalonia.🤎

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Katherine McDonald @katherinemcdon.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

I feel like maybe some people are skipping over the bit where Helen of Troy was HATCHED FROM AN EGG. I'll just leave this depiction from Metaponto here in case anyone needs it. (Photo by @diffendale.bsky.social)

Tiny carving showing a woman hatching from a stone egg, in a museum display case.

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Chapps @chapps.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

Art of the ancient Americas may not be your thing, but you have to love this earthenware crab vessel. I'm sorry, I don't make the rules. 🦀 This is going into our imaginary museum replica store, pronto. #LACMA Colombia, Calima style, Ilama period, ca. 1500 BCE-100 CE. 🏺 1/ 📸 me

Earthenware crab vessel with two spouts flanking a round handle on its back. It's painted a reddish-orange color and its stumpy claws are closed in front of its cute little face. It's standing up on its six non-claw legs, which are also stumpy. Insanely adorable.

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Oto @oto2.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

📷️Nikon Zf 📸Voigtlander NOKTON CLASSIC S･C 40mm F1.4 #photography #fotografía #Nikon #Zf #Scape

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Hedgehoggrl 📎🦔 🐈 📷 🎨 @hedgehoggrl.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

Living la dolce vita, Borghese style, enjoying a quiet row on the lake by the Temple of Aesculapius. Villa Borghese, Rome #PhotographersOfBluesky #EastCoastKin #PalacesAndGardens #EaseAndAir

A couple in a rowboat on a calm lake in front of a classical stone temple with a silhouetted statue inside.

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Anfor @anforsorrow.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

This is the Ife Head, a medieval Yoruba brass head found in 1938 in Ife (Nigeria). When the British Museum acquired it in 1939, it caused a huge uproar, because it is a beautifully carved naturalistic bust, but scholars didnt want to believe it was made by African people.

Brass head of an Ooni (king) of Ife (Nigeria). 1300s to early 1400s.
British Museum.

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Lina W @linawiren.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

Spotted Lilies, by Utagawa Hiroshige, ca. 1844

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Anna Victoria @annavictoria.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

Guten Morgen 💚

Ein schmaler, asphaltierter Weg windet sich sanft durch einen lichtdurchfluteten Frühlingswald. Im Vordergrund ragen hohe Bäume mit frischem, leuchtend grünem Laub in den Himmel, während die Sonne helle Lichtflecken auf den Weg und die dichte Vegetation am Hang wirft. Im Hintergrund verliert sich die Straße in einer leichten Kurve zwischen den schattigen Baumkronen.

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Chapps @chapps.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

This #Roman gold ring is set with a carved triangular hyacinthine garnet cameo with the head of a youth in a Phrygian cap. Perhaps Ganymede, ‘cup-bearer’ (ha!) to Zeus-Jupiter. The backlighting shows the colorful transparency of this stone. Pretty! 🏺 1/ 1st-2nd c. CE. #BritishMuseum 📸 me