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Ideas Roadshow @ideasroadshow.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

👀 An eye-opener this Sumerian head with lapis lazuli eyes & eyebrow, 2600–2500 BC. Have you subscribed (it's free) to Exploring Art History yet for more surprising artworks, essays & films? Sign up here: ideasroadshow.substack.com 🗃️ #arthistory #skystorians 🏺 #medievalsky #archaeology

A Sumerian head with very large lapis lazuli eyes and eyebrow, 2600–2500 BC.

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Ideas Roadshow @ideasroadshow.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

☸️ Luckily Catherine was spared the torment of being tortured between 4 spiky wheels when they were magically destroyed by jet-propelled angels. 🚀 👼 Read more about the fresco series on St. Catherine by Spinello 👇 ideasroadshow.substack.com/p/three-hidd... 🗃️ #arthistory #medievalsky #skystorians

⚙️ Emperor Maxentius had ordered that Catherine be tortured to death between four wheels of iron equipped with razor-sharp teeth turning against each other. Luckily Catherine was spared that torment when the wheels were magically destroyed by jet-propelled angels. 👼 Finally, however, Maxentius decrees that she be beheaded - a fate that somehow seemed impossible for her divine supporters to prevent and she was duly martyred.

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Ideas Roadshow @ideasroadshow.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

🔎 Take a visit with us to a tiny church near Florence which is only open for a few hours per week and is filled with stunning frescoes by Spinello Aretino telling the story of St. Catherine. 🗃️ #arthistory #medievalsky #skystorians ideasroadshow.substack.com/p/three-hidd...

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Three Hidden Treasures - Part 2

The Oratorio di Santa Caterina delle Ruote at Bagno a Ripoli

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Ideas Roadshow @ideasroadshow.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

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Three Hidden Treasures - Part 2

The Oratorio di Santa Caterina delle Ruote at Bagno a Ripoli

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Ideas Roadshow @ideasroadshow.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Beautiful 13th-century panel with dynamic lines of Samson and the Lion, Sainte-Chapelle, now Musée de Cluny. 🗃️ #arthistory #design #caturday #StainedGlassSunday #lion #medievalsky #skystorians

13th-century panel with dynamic lines of Samson and the Lion, Sainte-Chapelle. It shows Samson on top of the lion trying to open up his mouth.

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Ideas Roadshow @ideasroadshow.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

📪 Tomorrow’s post is about another treasure we discovered during our 2 ½ months of filming and photography in Tuscany and Umbria this summer. *Subscribe for free to Exploring Art History: ideasroadshow.substack.com 🗃️ #arthistory #skystorians 🏺 #medievalsky #Italy

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Ideas Roadshow @ideasroadshow.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

The Recanati Annunciation by Lorenzo Lotto, c. 1534. 🐈‍⬛ This version portrays a rather cat-astrophic situation with Mary turning her back on the Archangel Gabriel and instead turning towards the viewer while a black cat is running away in fear. 🗃️ #arthistory #skystorians #caturday #cat #animalart

The Recanati Annunciation by Lorenzo Lotto, c. 1534. his version portrays a rather cat-astrophic situation with Mary turning her back on the Archangel Gabriel and instead turning towards the viewer while a black cat is running away in fear.

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Ideas Roadshow @ideasroadshow.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Stunning! I wonder if there was any lapis lazuli involved..💙 #Roman #glass 🗃️ #arthistory #skystorians #art

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Ideas Roadshow @ideasroadshow.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

The Tyrant sitting on a throne w/ his feet on a goat (symbol for luxury) while holding a dagger. Below him is Justice in captivity, the figures of Cruelty, Deceit, Fraud, Fury, Division & War flank him, above him float Avarice, Pride & Vainglory. Looks familiar? 🗃️ #arthistory #skystorians #art

Tyrammides (The Tyrant), a detail of The Allegory of Bad Government by Ambrogio Lorenzetti, c. 1338, Palazzo Pubblico, Siena.

The Allegory of Bad Government by Ambrogio Lorenzetti, c. 1338, Palazzo Pubblico, Siena.

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Ideas Roadshow @ideasroadshow.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

🪜 The stemma (coat of arms) of the 11th-century Santa Maria della Scala in Siena features a ladder (scala) surmounted by a cross. You can find it everywhere: on doors, frescoes, outside walls and even keys.🗝️ #AdoorableThursday 🗃️ #arthistory #skystorians 🏺 #medievalsky #art #Italy

Key with the stemma (coat of arms) of the 11th-century Santa Maria della Scala in Siena which features a ladder (scala) surmounted by a cross.

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Ideas Roadshow @ideasroadshow.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Framing #Roman Art: Some buildings were decorated w/ stucco applied to stone walls & divided into panels that were then painted with a 'frame' around them. 🦌 🖼️ 🔎 Note the griffin w/ its #cat body. 🐈‍⬛ More on Exploring Art History: ideasroadshow.substack.com 🗃️ #arthistory #skystorians #caturday 🏺

Some Roman houses, baths, and tombs, were decorated with multiple layers of slow-drying stucco which were applied to rough stone walls and divided into panels that were then painted with a kind of frame around them. While the surface was still damp, fresh stucco was applied and modelled into decorative motifs and figures, which were left white to contrast with the painted background.

🦌 🦌 The two elegant panels below may have come came from the same building. In this panel, a seated woman extends her right arm toward a slender griffin, a mythological winged beast with the body of a cat and the head of a bird.

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Ideas Roadshow @ideasroadshow.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

🚗 To drive or not to drive in Italy….. Read more here: ideasroadshow.substack.com/p/three-hidd... 🗃️ #arthistory #skystorians 🏺 #medievalsky #art #Italy #Rome #Roman

Text from an Exploring Art History essay here: https://ideasroadshow.substack.com/p/three-hidden-treasures-part-1?r=h2auk

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Ideas Roadshow @ideasroadshow.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Today we're unveiling the first hidden treasure in Tuscany: the 11th-century Pieve di Santa Maria Maddalena a Sietina in Capolona with its magnificent frescoes & intriging connections w/ other artworks. 🗃️ #arthistory #skystorians 🏺 #medievalsky #art ideasroadshow.substack.com/p/three-hidd...

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Three Hidden Treasures - Part 1

La Pieve di Santa Maria Maddalena a Sietina

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Ideas Roadshow @ideasroadshow.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

🕊️ The figure of Peace in Allegory of Good Government by Ambrogio Lorenzetti, c. 1339, Siena. Today, September 21st, is The International Day of Peace. 🕊️ Does anybody even know what it would be like to live in a peaceful world ❓ 🗃️ #arthistory #skystorians 🏺 #medievalsky #InternationalPeaceDay

The figure of Peace in Allegory of Good Government by Ambrogio Lorenzetti, c. 1339, Palazzo Pubblico in Siena. A woman reclining on a sofa with weapons beneath her and PAX above her head.

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Ideas Roadshow @ideasroadshow.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

🚗 To drive or not to drive in Italy….. Read more here: ideasroadshow.substack.com/p/three-hidd... 🗃️ #arthistory #skystorians 🏺 #medievalsky #art #Italy #Rome #Roman

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Ideas Roadshow @ideasroadshow.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

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Three Hidden Treasures - Part 1

La Pieve di Santa Maria Maddalena a Sietina

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Ideas Roadshow @ideasroadshow.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Our next Monday post is part 1 of a new series about hidden treasures that we discovered this summer during our 2 ½ months research, filming and photography travels in Italy for upcoming art films. ✍️ Sign up for free here: ideasroadshow.substack.com 🗃️ #arthistory #skystorians 🏺 #medievalsky #art

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Nina Willburger @drnwillburger.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

The amazing “Elk’s Head of Huittinen” comes from a Mesolithic settlement in southern Finland, dating to around 6100 BC. The ~10 cm long steatite (soapstone) head was carefully ground and finished and features a shaft hole for mounting. Because the stone is soft, it is unlikely...🧵1/3 📷 me

A close-up photograph of a grayish-brow stone sculpture of an elk head, shown diagonally against a black background. The elongated muzzle points toward the lower right, with rounded antler-like forms rising at the top.

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Ideas Roadshow @ideasroadshow.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

#StainedGlassSunday A rose window by Guillaume de Marcillat (c. 1470–1529) in the Basilica San Francesco in Arezzo. He was a French artist in high demand in Italy. We're in pre-production of a detailed film about his art, including his frescoes. ▶️ ideasroadshow.substack.com? 🗃️ #arthistory #design

Pope Honorius III approves the indulgence of Saint Francis of Assisi. A stained-glass rose window by Guillaume de Marcillat.

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Ideas Roadshow @ideasroadshow.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

What makes in situ frescoes so interesting compared to their “moveable” counterparts? Read about our Stendhalian experiences w/ frescoes by Luca Signorelli, Fra Angelico, GIotto & Gentile da Fabriano👇 🗃️ #arthistory #skystorians #medievalsky #frescofriday ideasroadshow.substack.com/p/fresco-tre...

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Fresco Treasure Hunting

Combing the walls

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Ideas Roadshow @ideasroadshow.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

San Gimignano by M.C. Escher, 1923. From his diary, a sentiment we fully share:: ‘Rarely, if ever, have I felt calmer, more pleased, more content than in recent times.’ 🗃️ #arthistory #skystorians 🏺 #medievalsky #art #design

San Gimignano, a black and white print of the town by M.C. Escher, 1923.

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Ideas Roadshow @ideasroadshow.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

🐴 Pisanello (c.1380-1450) was one of the most distinguished painters of the early Renaissance and Quattrocento. He was particularly gifted and interested in depicting horses & adored fancy hats. 🗃️ #arthistory #skystorians 🏺 #medievalsky #art #horse #design

Madonna and Child with Two Saints showing person with particularly large and fancy hat.

George and the Princess by Pisanello - detail showing the horse's head and rider.

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Ideas Roadshow @ideasroadshow.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

"Our own little version of Stendhal Syndrome was to a large extent brought about precisely because we avoided Florence." 🔎 Read about the often hidden treasures we discoverd in Tuscany & Umbria. 🗃️ #arthistory #skystorians 🏺 #medievalsky #Italy #art ideasroadshow.substack.com/p/heterogene...

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Heterogeneous Implications

Opportunities everywhere

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Heterogeneous Implications

Opportunities everywhere

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Ideas Roadshow @ideasroadshow.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

🎬🎙️ Watch an illustrated video podcast about the remarkable life & art of Artemisia Gentileschi. The video includes many lesser known works: experts keep discovering new ones now that she has become a highly valuable artist… 🗃️ #arthistory #womenartists #artherstory www.youtube.com/watch?v=RdFp...

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Ep. 11 ARTEMISIA, IRREPRESSIBLE: A conversation with Christopher Marhall

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Ep. 11 ARTEMISIA, IRREPRESSIBLE: A conversation with Christopher Marhall

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Ideas Roadshow @ideasroadshow.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

When people say Artemisia “sublimated” her horrific personal experiences through depictions of Judith beheading Holofernes that reduces the artistic & emotional life of one of history’s top painters. Read: ideasroadshow.substack.com/p/irrepressi... 🗃️ #arthistory #womenartists #artherstory

Judith Beheading Holofernes, by Artemisia Gentileschi, 1612-1613,

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Ideas Roadshow @ideasroadshow.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Read and watch our (free) feature about powerhouse Baroque painter Artemisia Gentileschi who was not only extremely talented but also possesses an incredibly astute business sense. 🗃️ #arthistory #womenartists #artherstory #LaborDay #business ideasroadshow.substack.com/p/irrepressi...

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Irrepressible Artemisia

A Baroque lesson

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Irrepressible Artemisia

A Baroque lesson

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Ideas Roadshow @ideasroadshow.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

📫 Tomorrow’s post is all about Artemisia Gentileschi who painted her way into existence while being an astute business woman. Join our growing community of art lovers in 68 countries around the world here: ideasroadshow.substack.com 🗃️ #arthistory #womenartists #artherstory

Poster for an upcoming essay showing a painting by Artemisia Gentileschi.

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Ideas Roadshow @ideasroadshow.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Portrait of a Young Lady by Sofonisba Anguissola, c. 1580. 👩‍🎨 At a time when women were represented in art as Madonnas or objects, Sofonisba was something very different indeed! *Read more about her life & art: ideasroadshow.substack.com/p/sofonisbas... 🗃️ #arthistory #womenartists #artherstory

Portrait of a Young Lady by Sofonisba Anguissola, c. 1580, showing a young girl next a table while posing one hand on it. She wears a red velvet dress with white sleeves and laced collar.

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Ideas Roadshow @ideasroadshow.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Judith and Her Maidservant with the Head of Holofernes by Artemisia Gentileschi, 1613–1618. On Monday we’ll release an essay & an illustrated video podcast with art historian C. Marshall providing a new account of her art, here: ideasroadshow.substack.com. 🗃️ #arthistory #womenartists #artherstory

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Ideas Roadshow @ideasroadshow.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

For me Gentile da Fabriano’s equine efforts have always represented nothing less than the sine qua non of horsedom. 🐴 Read more: ideasroadshow.substack.com/p/fresco-tre.... 🗃️ #arthistory #skystorians 🏺 #medievalsky #art #horse #nature #animals

Detail showing horses by Gentile da Fabriano in his painting The Three Magi.

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Ideas Roadshow @ideasroadshow.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

#Roman coin w/ Cumaean Sibyl, 43 BC. Why do Christian churches contain so many pagan prophets/Sibyls within it❓ It has a lot to do w/ the cultural orientation of medieval & Renaissance Italy. Read more 👇 ideasroadshow.substack.com/p/a-curious-... 🗃️ #arthistory #skystorians 🏺 #art #archaeology

Roman gold coin w/ Cumaean Sibyl on the front, 43 BC,

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Fresco Treasure Hunting

Combing the walls

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Ideas Roadshow @ideasroadshow.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

🌙 When you visit the Piccolomini Library in Siena’s Cathedral make sure not to miss any details, including the iconic heraldic symbol of a crescent moon which you can find throughout the library. 🌙 #Mosaicmonday 🗃️ #arthistory #skystorians 🏺 #medievalsky #art #archaeology #library

Floor mosaic in Piccolomini Library in Siena’s Cathedral which shows the iconic heraldic symbol of a crescent moon.

Window with the heraldic symbol of a crescent moon in Piccolomini Library in Siena’s Cathedral.

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Ideas Roadshow @ideasroadshow.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

The Winged Lion on the facade of Orvieto's Cathedral representing Saint Mark. 🦁 An imposing and exquisite sculpture by Lorenzo Maitani. Read more about our travels in Italy & art films: ideasroadshow.substack.com 🗃️ #arthistory #skystorians 🏺 #medievalsky #caturday #lion #cat

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Ideas Roadshow @ideasroadshow.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

On the facade of Orvieto Cathedral all 4 evangelists are represented by their symbols: an Angel, a Lion, an Eagle and an Ox. Do you know who is reprented by this Ox with wings ❓ 🗃️ #arthistory #skystorians 🏺 #medievalsky #art #religion

Statue of ox with wings on the facade of Orvieto Cathedral.

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