Memnon of Rhodes @johngage1.bsky.social · 10hstatic.klipy.comRegan's Rotating Head from The ExorcistALT: Regan's Rotating Head from The Exorcist 000
Reposted by Memnon of RhodesArt & Nature @capecodfairytales.bsky.social · 22h#Poetry #Woodcut1930 #Autumn Because I could not stop for Death He kindly stopped for me The Carriage held but just Ourselves And Immortality. - Emily Dickinson 🎨 Krasnodębska-Gardowska 151013173
Reposted by Memnon of RhodesMichael Lobel @mlobelart.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Vincent van Gogh, The Painter on His Way to Work, 1888, a painting now lost and thought to have been destroyed in an air raid or fire during WWII 1513
Reposted by Memnon of RhodesKathy Love @kathylove.bsky.social · 26/09/2026I thought it was very perceptive, Richard, and explains a fundamentally difference between the UK and the EU. Continental countries perceived that nationalism had twice led them into hell, and they were willing to try something radically new to prevent that again. The UK didn't feel this. 282
Reposted by Memnon of RhodesKathy Love @kathylove.bsky.social · 26/09/2026and remember the war with grief and a steely determination that this must never happen in Europe again.' This left the UK with a sense of comfortable superiority, and the rest of the continent with a sense of how fragile peace and democracy are. The two different viewpoints explain a lot. 2123
Reposted by Memnon of RhodesKathy Love @kathylove.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Before the referendum a Dutch commentator made a very perceptive comment: 'The UK is the only European country that looks back on the war with pride and pleasure: our finest hour. Everyone else was either occupier or occupied, 3113
Reposted by Memnon of RhodesKathy Love @kathylove.bsky.social · 26/09/2026But the real, stated purpose of the EU is fostering peace and solidarity in Europe. The Single Market, the integrated visa policy (Schengen), the common currency, these are all steps toward that end. It seems the UK either doesn't know about this, or doesn't want it. If so, it may be best outside. 3154
Reposted by Memnon of RhodesAshmolean Museum, Oxford @ashmoleanmuseum.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Happy #WorldAnimalDay! Do you have a favourite in the Ashmolean? World Animal Day exists to celebrate animals but also to raise their status and improve welfare standards around the globe. The 4th of October is the feast day of St Francis of Assisi, the patron saint of animals. 39442
Reposted by Memnon of RhodesIan Ebbage @ianebbage.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Made it (at last!) to St Peter's, Tickencote in Rutland to see this impressive Romanesque chancel arch (1130-1150) with all its fascinating decorative details #stoneworksunday 717429
Reposted by Memnon of RhodesJournal of Art in Society @artinsociety.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Images often show animals entering Noah’s Ark, but here’s one showing their exit. From top R, God gestures that it’s OK to come out / Noah makes a fiery sacrifice / restarts growing vines / makes & drinks wine / as drowned bodies float (15C Bedford Book of Hours) 2649
Reposted by Memnon of RhodesDr Anna Clark @drannaclark.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Basilica of Superga (1717-31), with elegant, perfectly balanced cupola; on dramatic hilltop site, with background of Monte Rosa Massif; acknowledged masterpiece of Filippo Juvarra (1678-1736), architect to the King of Sicily, designed late-Baroque palaces & churches in Italy, Spain & Portugal. 1737
Reposted by Memnon of RhodesJournal of Art in Society @artinsociety.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Just after his release from the asylum, and a few weeks before he died, van Gogh painted this vibrant scene of flowering chestnut trees in the village of Auvers-sur-Oise. Not seen in public for many decades, it’s hoped to fetch $180m at auction (Châtaigniers en Fleurs, May 1890) 110119
Reposted by Memnon of RhodesCarausius @carausius286.bsky.social · 02/10/2026This is one of the Hornelund brooches crafted by a highly skilled Danish goldsmith. It was unearthed in 1892 by a labourer ploughing fields in Hornelund. It was part of a valuable hoard that included a second gold clothing brooch & a thick gold arm ring. 🕰️c950-1000AD 🏛️📷 National Museum of Denmark 416637
Memnon of Rhodes @johngage1.bsky.social · 02/10/2026www.economist.com/science-and-...economist.comIt now seems possible to vaccinate against cancerThe latest results are promising, but not yet definitive 030
Reposted by Memnon of RhodesGarth Marenghi's Catbus @catbus.phd · 30/09/2026don't bother addressing a congregation unless you're in the baroque creature pulpit 132471594
Reposted by Memnon of RhodesJo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Seen it all before, my friend, seen it all before. 4686
Reposted by Memnon of RhodesDr Anna Clark @drannaclark.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Octobre Le Palais du Louvre, Paris In a field by the Seine, a man sows seed, raked into earth by a stone-weighted harrow behind a horse; magpies & crows ignore scarecrow archer & peck stray seeds. Les Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry 1412-16 Musée Condé Château de Chantilly 17019
Reposted by Memnon of RhodesDr Anna Clark @drannaclark.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Frescoed spiral staircase: Scala Regia of Villa Farnese (Caprarola) 1559-1573, designed by Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola, great Italian Mannerist architect, assistant to Michelangelo. His two publications on classical orders & practical perspective, helped define classical canon. Polo Museale del Lazio 18117
Reposted by Memnon of RhodesAndy Marshall @fotofacade.bsky.social · 30/09/2026In Howden, Yorkshire, I love how the sky becomes part of the architecture - the view is constantly changing. The magnificent minster of St. Peter and St. Paul is a real hidden gem and the beating heart to one of the country’s loveliest town centres. 2768
Reposted by Memnon of RhodesSandy Horne @sandyhorne.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Another Wrensday shot. A male white-winged fairywren at the Australian Arid Lands Botanic Garden, Port Augusta. #wrensday 1767589
Reposted by Memnon of RhodesDr Rebecca Tyson @tyguson.bsky.social · 28/09/20261. #MedievalSky, grab a lifejacket and a seasickness bag, we’re casting off on a thread about the Norman invasion fleet in 1066! 960 years ago, the Normans landed at Pevensey and established a base at the Roman shore fort which was already succumbing to erosion from the sea on its south side. 1/20 6263109
Reposted by Memnon of RhodesJon Hawke @archaeohawke.bsky.social · 28/09/2026#MosaicMonday The #Roman mosaics of Villa del Tellaro near Noto, Syracuse, #Sicily. The villa, dates from the 4th C AD. The floors of the three rooms are taped with mosaics depicting mythological, hunting and dancing scenes. #Archaeology #History #Art 626446
Reposted by Memnon of RhodesDr Anna Clark @drannaclark.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Staircase of Hôtel Tassel, Brussels, 1893-94, first Art Nouveau building, designed by Victor Horta, influential Belgian architect (1861-1947). UNESCO World Heritage 012918
Reposted by Memnon of RhodesRomek66 @romek66.bsky.social · 27/09/2026#Stunday it is no exaggeration to say that the Armenian townhouses on the Great Market Square in Zamość, built in the first half of the 17th century, are the most beautiful burgher houses in Poland yesterday #Zamość #StreetPhotography #cityscape #UrbanScape #UrbanGaze #Renaissance #architecture 2696
Reposted by Memnon of RhodesAlison Fisk @alisonfisk.bsky.social · 26/09/2026An ancient and magical amber bear 🐻 ✨ Carved some 10,000 years ago, it washed up on a beach at Fanø in Denmark from a submerged Mesolithic settlement under the North Sea. National Museum of Denmark in Copenhagen 📷 by me #Archaeology 111052242
Reposted by Memnon of RhodesTrimontium Trust & Museum @trimontiumtrust.bsky.social · 26/09/2026#OTD 46BC #Caesar dedicated the Temple of Venus Genetrix, to whom he attributed his success at the Battle of Pharsalus & from whom he claimed descent through Aeneas. It was adorned with elaborate friezes & housed a statue of Venus. 📷 Ionic frieze & ruins from the Temple of Venus Genetrix 0226
Reposted by Memnon of RhodesNina Willburger @drnwillburger.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Fascinating world of ancient #glass: A Roman glass model of a #boat, dating 2nd c. AD. It was found in St. Aldegund in a 4th-century woman's grave. Six of such boats are known. We don't know their function: Were they used as women's urinals, as components of water clocks and sundials, as...🧵1/2 🏺 24602166
Reposted by Memnon of RhodesDr Anna Clark @drannaclark.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Interior of Dome, Sant’Ivo alla Sapienza, Roman church at end of narrow courtyard, with landmark spiral lantern cupola 1642-1660, by Francesco Borromini, great Baroque architect 1599-1667; designed ingenious plans for difficult sites. Original site of Sapienza, Università di Roma, founded 1303. 17810
Reposted by Memnon of RhodesJon Hawke @archaeohawke.bsky.social · 26/09/2026#RomanSiteSaturday The Roman Temple of Évora. The temple is believed to have been constructed around the 1st century CE, in honour of Augustus, who was venerated as a god during and after his rule. 05512
Reposted by Memnon of RhodesAshmolean Museum, Oxford @ashmoleanmuseum.bsky.social · 26/09/2026🔭🌙 Just 10cm tall, this little clock-watch in the form of a book includes adjustable sundials, signs of the zodiac, tools to calculate the hours of daylight and the phases of the moon, a lunar wheel-chart, and even an alarm! ⏰ 214661
Reposted by Memnon of RhodesJon Hawke @archaeohawke.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Blowing their panpipes for Friday!🎉 One of a pair of silver dishes from the Mildenhall Treasure; decorated with figures of Pan, a nymph and other mythological creatures, ring foot on underside; inscribed 'EVATTPLOY' on the base #FindsFriday #Archaeology #History #music 27517
Reposted by Memnon of RhodesDr Toby Driver @drtobydriver.bsky.social · 25/09/2026An extraordinary Roman Samian vessel with leaping tigers excavated at Wroxeter/ Viroconium & on display in the splendid Shrewsbury Museum & Art Gallery #FindsFriday 📷 My own, 2024 224151
Reposted by Memnon of RhodesDr Anna Clark @drannaclark.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Helicoidal staircase at Palazzo Barberini c.1630, by Francesco Borromini, great Italian Baroque architect, born in Ticino #OTD 1599. Palazzo Barberini, Rome 25110
Reposted by Memnon of Rhodeseyeconic.me @eyeconicme.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Wanna see the beauty that humans are capable of creating? Aachen Cathedral in Germany. Built by Emperor Charlemagne in 796 AD. The ceiling is made of mosaic tiles. #Germany #ArtYear #ArtShow #Photography #iPhonePhotography #EastCoastKin #PhotographersUnited #PhotographersofBluesky #Aachen 513333
Reposted by Memnon of RhodesDr Anna Clark @drannaclark.bsky.social · 24/09/2026The White Horse 1646, by Philips Wouverman, preeminent Dutch Golden Age equine artist, born in Haarlem 1619; versatile painter of hunting, encampment & travelling scenes, in which a white horse is the focal point of the composition. Rijksmuseum | Self-portrait in red chalk c. 1640, British Museum 0416
Reposted by Memnon of RhodesDr Anna Clark @drannaclark.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Horace Walpole, English antiquary, author of first gothic novel The Castle of Otranto, led gothic taste at 'gingerbread castle' Strawberry Hill House; born #OTD 1717. Portrait by John Giles Eccardt, 1754, National Portrait Gallery (On Loan at Strawberry Hill) 1397
Reposted by Memnon of RhodesDr Elizabeth Norton @enortonhistory.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Stokesay Castle, Shropshire, one of the most stunning buildings in England. Built late 13thC by wealthy wool merchant, Laurence of Ludlow, it’s a glorious example of a fortified Manor House. The great hall retains its original roof & wooden staircase. Famous yellow gatehouse is 17thC #stokesaycastle 15611
Reposted by Memnon of RhodesJon Hawke @archaeohawke.bsky.social · 23/09/2026🐴 This earthenware figure of a #horse is over 1000 years old. It is a fine example of the many tomb models of horses and other domestic animals that have survived from the T'ang Dynasty. If you look closely, you can see traces of original orange pigment. 12998150
Reposted by Memnon of RhodesMuseum Stories @museumstories.bsky.social · 23/09/2026In 1790 this clock sat on the mantel of the council room of Louis XVI, king of France, in the Tuileries Palace in Paris. Gilt bronze and marble. 27 inches tall, 123 pounds. Two women flank the dial: Astronomy with her celestial globe on the left, Geography with a rolled map on the right. 153
Reposted by Memnon of RhodesArt & Nature @capecodfairytales.bsky.social · 23/09/2026#Poetry #Painting #Morning It is morning, and again I am the lucky person to be in it - Mary Oliver 🎨 Kaoru Yamada 7900121
Reposted by Memnon of RhodesHiro Ohta @xlix.me · 23/09/2026A Zen monk neither enters nor leaves. He does both. He simply is. 1759
Reposted by Memnon of RhodesJon Hawke @archaeohawke.bsky.social · 23/09/2026#ReliefWednesday #Battle between #Romans and Dacians (detail), Column of Trajan, dedicated 113 C.E., (📸 S. Zucker, CC BY-NC-SA 2.0) #Roman #Art #History 19527
Reposted by Memnon of RhodesErin Hanson @erinhansonartist.bsky.social · 22/09/2026When I visited France, I had to go to Provence to see if the lavender fields there were as beautiful as I had heard. They were, indeed! I was immediately captivated by the rolling plains of purple lavender rows. Hills of Provence by Erin Hanson, 2026 Oil on canvas 28 x 36 in #art #impressionism 844040548
Reposted by Memnon of RhodesAlison Fisk @alisonfisk.bsky.social · 22/09/2026The extraordinary 3,000 year-old ‘Berlin Gold Hat’! One of four known cone-shaped golden ‘hats’ from ancient Europe. Sheet gold decorated with bands of solar and lunar motifs, which may represent calendars according to latest research. Neues Museum, Berlin 📷 by me #Archaeology 1743191
Reposted by Memnon of RhodesDr. Peter Paul Rubens @peterpaulrubens.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Coronation of the Virgin by Hans Baldung Grien, as it appears installed above the high altar in the cathedral of Freiburg. Magnificent work from 1514. 523039
Reposted by Memnon of RhodesCarausius @carausius286.bsky.social · 22/09/2026This magnificent brooch was found in Galloway as part of a Viking age hoard of gold, silver & crystal. It remains unclear who buried the hoard & why. The silver brooch is finely crafted with sinuous interlocking patterns & the heads of 4 creatures (maybe dragons). 🕰️850-1000AD 🏛️National Museum 🏴 📷me 328051
Reposted by Memnon of Rhodes🪬🌙🐈⬛Pythia Uidliua🐦⬛⭐️🧿GNOTHI SEAUTON ♐️⚕️🍷 @krymsynreine.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Late 2nd-century statue of Glycon. (National History and Archeology Museum, Constanţa, Romania) who is a snake god that seems to have originated in Macedonia #pagansky #witchsky #occultsky #archaeology #serpent #glycon 1225670
Reposted by Memnon of RhodesKevin Wilbraham @kpw1453.bsky.social · 21/09/2026The 4th century ‘Leopard and Gazelle Mosaic’ from Dewlish Roman Villa in Dorset. The mosaic is now part of the collections at Dorset Museum & Art Gallery in Dorchester. 📸 My own. #MosaicMonday #RomanBritain #Dorset 326746
Reposted by Memnon of RhodesFollowing Hadrian @followinghadrian.bsky.social · 20/09/2026#ArtefactSunday – Silver dish decorated with a bust of Hadrian in high relief. The emperor is shown bearded and bare-headed, wearing a light military cloak (chlamys) over his left shoulder. Dated to around AD 130. Private Collection. 217940
