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ΜΑΝΟΣ ΤΡΑΧΙΑΣ™ @trahias.bsky.social · 4h

Auguste Renoir (French, 1841-1919) Young woman with a veil, c. 1875-1876 oil on canvas H. 61.3; W. 50.8 cm. Orsay Museum, Paris #art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt

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Forever Louise Brooks @foreverlouiseb1.bsky.social · 4h

Angela Lansbury, 1955. Fashion Friday. #botd

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Chris Woodyard @chriswoodyard.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

#TheVictorianBookoftheDead sing along! Only a Crape on the Door, Edward J. Abraham, 1882. Chorus: Only a crape on the door— A friend or a loved one no more; Just pause for awhile should you happen to see Only a crape on the door.

Cover art for Only a Crape on the Door sheet music showing a man and a couple in 1880s clothing on a sidewalk in front of a brownstone house with iron railings and window balconies. A man holding his hat and cane behind his back looks up at the black crape hanging on the door of the house.

Sheet music for Only a Crape on the Door.
Complete text
Of the many sad scenes in the city, you see,
Of the poor who are wanting for bread;
Of the homeless who wander so sadly about.
Of the mourners who watch o’er their dead.
Of all these sad scenes, the saddest of all,
Should you travel this wide world all o’er;
Just pause in your journey should you chance to see,
Only a crape on the door.
[The mother whose heart is with grief laden down
The father, the husband, or wife
Imagine their feelings when they know no more
Will they see their loved ones in life,
‘Mid weeping and sorrow the sad rites are said
Then to the last resting place bore.
So remember all this when you happen to see
Only a crape on the door.
Just take to yourselves now the moral I teach
In my song as I sing it to you
Our best friends forget us when we’re hid away
No matter in life what we do
So do all you can to help your fellow man
Resolve to do right evermore
For we none of know, how sudden a blow
Would hang out a crape on the door
CHORUS
Only a crape on the door—
A friend or a loved one no more;
Just pause for awhile should you happen to see
Only a crape on the door.

Of the many sad scenes in the city, you see,
Of the poor who are wanting for bread;
Of the homeless who wander so sadly about.
Of the mourners who watch o’er their dead.
Of all these sad scenes, the saddest of all,
Should you travel this wide world all o’er;
Just pause in your journey should you chance to see,
Only a crape on the door.
[The mother whose heart is with grief laden down
The father, the husband, or wife
Imagine their feelings when they know no more
Will they see their loved ones in life,
‘Mid weeping and sorrow the sad rites are said
Then to the last resting place bore.
So remember all this when you happen to see
Only a crape on the door.
Just take to yourselves now the moral I teach
In my song as I sing it to you
Our best friends forget us when we’re hid away
No matter in life what we do
So do all you can to help your fellow man
Resolve to do right evermore
For we none of know, how sudden a blow
Would hang out a crape on the door
CHORUS
Only a crape on the door—
A friend or a loved one no more;
Just pause for awhile should you happen to see
Only a crape on the door.

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Chris Woodyard @chriswoodyard.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

#TheVictorianBookoftheDead 1854 mourning fashion plate showing a seated woman in full, albeit fashionable, mourning complete with black ruched bonnet and veil and a standing sympathizing friend in a grey half-mourning ensemble. Toilettes de deuil & demi deuil. id.rijksmuseum.nl/200525212

A colored fashion plate showing a seated woman on a red sofa wearing a tiered black mourning dress, bonnet, and veil. She holds a handkerchief in a gloved hand. Another woman, wearing a tiered grey dress with black embroidery and a blue-grey bonnet, and also holding a handkerchief, stands beside the deep mourner. Curtains and pictures form the background.

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Chris Woodyard @chriswoodyard.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

#TheVictorianBookoftheDead Mourning coat (2nd mourning) by Jean-Philippe Worth, 1907 in black bengaline encrusted with black lace applique and soft frills of chiffon around neck and wrist. www.metmuseum.org/art/collecti...

Long black trapezoidal coat on a mannequin with bands of lace on the sleeve and bodice.

Side/rear view of a long black full coat on a mannequin with bands of lace on the sleeve and shoulders.

A long full black coat on a mannequin, the sleeves and neck frilled with chiffon. Lace is visible on the sleeves, shoulders, and bodice.

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Chris Woodyard @chriswoodyard.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

#TheVictorianBookoftheDead It's #MadHatterDay. I can't think of a mourning hat much madder than this diabolical 1906 hat and veil in crepe and nun's veiling, made by Jas. McCreery & Co., New York.

Photograph of a model with her head lowered, looking upwards, wearing a black bodice, and a horned black hat with veil down the back.

Photograph of a back view of a mourning hat and veil, with wings or horns on the hat and a draped veil down the back.

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Kate Strasdin @katestrasdin.bsky.social · 4h

Let’s call it Feathers Friday and have a ball with some flighty plumes that lend this early #1910s evening dress a devil may care attitude. Designed by Girolamo Giuseffi and now #newfieldstoday #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡

A peach coloured cut velvet evening dress decorated with pearlescent beads and white feathers arranged asymmetrically. The bottom part of the skirt is caught into a decorative gather below the knee

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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 5h

Video by Kevin Hertzog 😭❤️

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ΜΑΝΟΣ ΤΡΑΧΙΑΣ™ @trahias.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

Carl Spitzweg (German, 1808–1885) "The Bookworm", 1850. Oil on Canvas, 49.5 × 26.8 cm. Georg Schaefer Museum, Schweinfurt, Germany. #art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt

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David Leopold @davidnleopold.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

Charcoal portrait of Ann Miller in George Whites Scandal on Broadway in September 1939. She was 16 and came to Solowey’s studio with her mother as chaperone.

Charcoal portrait of Ann Miller in George Whites Scandal on Broadway in September 1939. Drawn from life by Ben Solowey she’s dressed as a showgirl with a feathered hat.

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Michael @mdstamper.bsky.social · 5h

“Portrait of Caubvick, an Inuit Woman from Labrador” by Unknown artist – Oil on canvas / c. 1772 – Hunterian Museum, Royal College of Surgeons of England (London, UK) #WomenInArt #Inuk #HunterianMuseum #art #artText #arte #InuitWomen #LabradorInuit #IndigenousWomen #portraitofawoman #1770sArt

A young Inuk woman stands half-length against a muted landscape as she e turns to our left, looking beyond the picture, while her forearms cross calmly in front of her. Her warm brown garment has broad sleeves and substantial fur around the shoulders, and long strands of tiny beads descend on either side of her face. Her dark hair is drawn back beneath a beige band. Faint lines running from her lower lip across her chin depict facial tattooing. The unidentified artist models her face softly, with flushed cheeks and soft eyes, while subdued greens, browns, and blue-gray sky suggest a northern landscape beyond her.

Caubvick was a Labrador Inuk who traveled to England in 1772 with English trader George Cartwright. She was accompanied by her husband Tooklavinia, his brother Attuiock, Attuiock’s wife Ickongoque, and their young daughter Ickeuna. The five became objects of considerable curiosity in Britain’s social and scientific circles. Both Caubvick and Attuiock sat for full-length portraits by Nathaniel Dance in 1773. Four members of the group died after contracting smallpox, but Caubvick returned to Labrador, although the surviving historical record leaves her eventual fate uncertain.

Even the actual identification of the woman in this painting has a complicated history. The Hunterian now titles her Caubvick, but the portrait has previously been identified as other Labrador Inuit women, including Mikak and Ickongoque. Recent scholarship still describes the attribution as uncertain rather than settled. That distinction matters as the painting preserves an individual presence, but much of the documentation surrounding her was created by Europeans who classified, collected, and renamed Indigenous people within their own systems.

What remains striking is the specificity of the woman herself. Her hairstyle, beadwork, clothing, tattooing, folded arms, and distant gaze give the 1772 portrait a presence that exceeds its history as an ethnographic curiosity.

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chertseymuseum.bsky.social @chertseymuseum.bsky.social · 5h

#FridayFrocks #Waistlines – a day dress, c.1825–30, demonstrates how fashionable waistlines had almost returned to the natural level by the mid-1820s. It is made from embroidered cotton, probably imported from India.

Cream-coloured cotton gown dating from c.1825-1830, displayed on a mannequin. The dress features all-over embroidered floral motifs, a high neckline, dramatically puffed sleeves tapering to fitted cuffs, and a gathered skirt. A wide green sash encircles the waist. A second image shows a close-up of the back bodice and sleeve, highlighting the embroidery, gathered fabric, and sash detail.

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Beautiful Bizarre Magazine @beautifulbizarre.net · 06/02/2025

This is absolutely stunning!! The work of Pollyanna Johnson in collaboration with the National Portrait Gallery is so inspiring. #beautifulbizarre #contemporaryart #surrealart #ceramicart #ceramic #artcollectors #artmagazine #artinspo #art

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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 08/11/2025

The work of contemporary ceramics artist Pollyanna Johnson #WomensArt

Photo of an oval plate with lace pattern and text 'I am hysterical'

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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 7h

The work of Pollyanna Johnson, contemporary ceramics artist #WomensArt #FridayFeeling

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LaurenCDeutsch @laurencdeutsch.bsky.social · 7h

It is so interesting what a difference the mode of display has on the look of a garment. Standing up it almost looks like a completely new dress! The picture of Betty McInerney wearing the dress is also spectacular and gives the dress a totally other look as well. #Fashionhistory

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LaurenCDeutsch @laurencdeutsch.bsky.social · 7h

#Ootd is this 1950s wedding dress by Beril Jents. Jentz was lauded as "Australia's first queen of haute couture." She focused on evening and bridal wear and had clients such as Elizabeth Taylor, Vivien Light, and Eartha Kitt.

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Éric Lévénez @rxme78.bsky.social · 6h

⚔️ La Galerie des Batailles du Château de Versailles. Octobre 2026. #chateaudeversailles #versailles #chateauversailles #palaceofversailles #versaillespalace #photography

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Dr. Sabine Metzger 🦇 @drsabinemetzger.bsky.social · 7h

🦇 #BatsInArt #PreciousBats #PreColumbian #CostaRica #DiquisCulture #FineJewellery Greater Chiriqui artist BAT PENDANT, 700 - 1550 CE Gold

https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/309126

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Lizet Kruyff @lizetkruyff.bsky.social · 6h

Good morning all! Friday breakfast food is on the table. Have a great day. 🎨 Noah Verrier - Club Sandwich #art #food

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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 7h

Scottish Arts and Crafts & Art Nouveau metalwork designer Marion Henderson Wilson (1869-1956) #womensart #GlasgowGirls

Three images of a brass frame with Art Nouveau design, a planter and a metal small box

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pmamtraveller.bsky.social @pmamtraveller.bsky.social · 9h

The Arrival of the Plague (1909) by Frederick Simpson Coburn

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Kate Strasdin @katestrasdin.bsky.social · 14h

It could be a sci fi movie costume but it is in fact a late #1930s evening ensemble by Ukrainian born designer Valentina. Made from wood ale grey silk chiffon, the fine pleats are caught together by a broad silver leather belt #ChicagoMuseum #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡

A long pale grey pleated chiffon evening dress worn with a wide silver leather belt. Over the top is a matching pleated grey chiffon cape

A partial view of the late 1930s grey chiffon evening dress worn without the cape to show the pleated bodice and the wide silver leather belt

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tomfishpaw.bsky.social @tomfishpaw.bsky.social · 12h

#RobertHenri Jessica Penn in Brown, (1907)

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tomfishpaw.bsky.social @tomfishpaw.bsky.social · 12h

#BertheMorisot Julie jouant du violon, (1893)

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Irish Literary Times @irishlittimes.bsky.social · 11h

Whose mother was Belfast-born actress Moyna Macgill. She herself moved from LA to the village of Conna with her husband, Peter Shaw, and their children in the early 1970s.

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Michael 🖖🏻💙🎶🎨🇵🇸🐈 @michaelangie.bsky.social · 11h

Adolphe Monet Reading in the Garden (1866), by Claude Monet

Painting by Claude Monet of a large, sunny and colourful garden, with a grey-bearded man sitting in the shade in the bottom right corner, reading a newspaper.

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Irish Literary Times @irishlittimes.bsky.social · 9h

As we slip into the early hours of 16 October, we remember Oscar Wilde on his birthday. Born 1854 at 21 Westland Row, Dublin — now home to the Oscar Wilde Centre at Trinity College. “I put all my genius into my life; I put only my talent into my works.” — Wilde, in conversation with André Gide

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Rachel Deering @racheldeering.bsky.social · 9h

Book Cover of the Day:

GHOSTS AND GOBLINS
BY WILHELMINA HARPER
Black cover with white lettering and illustration of witch on a broomstick in flight across an orange full moon with house in silhouette in distance.

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tomfishpaw.bsky.social @tomfishpaw.bsky.social · 12h

#BenSolowey Rae Seated (Green Dress) (1935)

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Forever Louise Brooks @foreverlouiseb1.bsky.social · 14h

Gene Tierney, 1945.

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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

All these years later.... I'm STILL a member of The Resistance.

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Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

"I promised I would gather the finest sheep army in Britain on this hillside and I am a man of my word, so that is precisely what I have done."

A flock of sheep on a Dartmoor hillside, ready to go to war.

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🪬🌙🐈‍⬛Pythia Uidliua🐦‍⬛⭐️🧿GNOTHI SEAUTON ♐️⚕️🍷 @krymsynreine.bsky.social · 20h

Chamber tile from Chrudim Czech Republic with a depiction of the mermaid Melusine, 15th century CE #druidsky /|\ #pagansky #witchsky #occultsky #heathensky #archaeology #celtic #Czech #mermaid #Melusine

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Theresa Kim, PhD, MS @tyk314.net · 13h

"you have to understand that no one puts their children in a boat unless the water is safer than the land" Warsan Shire #immigrantswegetthejobdone

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Visai Games | Venba is Available now!! @visaigames.bsky.social · 14h

Omg thank you all for the love! Its heartwarming to connect with so many Venba fans on here, I think we doubled our follower size overnight! For people just now hearing of the game, its only 3.74$ right now on Steam, so its a great time to get it!

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Irish Literary Times @irishlittimes.bsky.social · 15h

“Marianne wanted her life to mean something then, she wanted to stop all violence committed by the strong against the weak." ― Sally Rooney, Normal People

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Yaroslava @strategywoman.bsky.social · 15h

Silence was brief. Explosions came before a new threat alert. These days are like that: explosions, then alerts.

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Yaroslava @strategywoman.bsky.social · 15h

Late evening in Kyiv. Darkness is dotted with pale light from windows. Power outage. A familiar voice outside assured everyone that the air raid alert was over. When did it begin? These days, the attacks seem continuous. I see no need to complain or grumble. I write. You read. I write.

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Hillary Rodham Clinton @hillaryclinton.bsky.social · 15h

I was delighted to meet Dr. Omar Mohammad, a historian and writer whose work I have long admired, in person today. For years, Omar's work was famous the world over without anyone knowing his name.

Hillary Clinton and Omar Mohammad standing next to each other, holding each other’s latest books

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Rachel Deering @racheldeering.bsky.social · 15h

Bonus Book Cover of the Day:

MASTERPIECES OF TERROR AND
THE
SUPERNATURAL
A Treasury of Spellbinding Tales Old & New
Selected by Marvin Kaye
Des. Ed Gorey
Illustration of floating/ flying skeleton like figures, bats, trees, a ruin.

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Rachel Deering @racheldeering.bsky.social · 15h

Goodnight. 🖼️ Woggle of Witches, Adrienne Adams.

An illustration from the children's book A Woggle of Witches by Adrienne Adams. It depicts a group of witches gathered around a long table in a dark forest at night. The witches, all wearing black robes and pointed hats, are shown in various poses, some standing on the table while others are seated. The scene is illuminated by torches, casting a yellow glow on the figures and the surrounding trees. A small bat is also visible flying near the table.

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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 16h

Karen Pleass textile artist from County Kerry, Ireland who uses repurposed fabrics, Irish tweeds, and everyday materials to create her work #Womensart

Pictorial textile artwork featuring a cottage in a hilly landscape

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Patrick Kapty @patrickkapty.bsky.social · 16h

Speaker Face Mask cedar wood, pigments late 19th century Kwakwaka'wakw (Kwakiutl) culture British Columbia, Canada #handmade #carved #cedar #wood #pigments #speakerface #mask #tribalart #art #sculpture #kwakwakawakw #kwakiutl #tribe #culture #britishcolumbia #canada #indigenous #firstnation #c1900

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𝙹*𝚊𝚍𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝙼𝚊𝚐𝚛𝚒𝚝𝚝𝚎 🍏 @artmyoldfriend.bsky.social · 16h

Thinking of Ukraine today, and always. I send my angels to guide and protect them daily. 🪽 "Happiness" by Ukrainian artist Tata Kolesnik. Painting, Oil on Canvas 39.4 W x 47.2 H in

"Happiness" by Ukrainian artist Tata Kolesnik.
Painting, Oil on Canvas
39.4 W x 47.2 H in

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Duille @duille.com · 16h

Claret jug. Archibald Knox. c.1901. Image: Metmuseum

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Duille @duille.com · 16h

"The Harbor II". Franz Radziwill. 1930.

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