Reposted by Susan KlaiberZentralinstitut für Kunstgeschichte @zikg.eu · 18hNEU: Ausgabe 9/10 2026 der #Kunstchronik im Open Access ahnp.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/journals/kch... In der soeben erschienenen September/Oktober-Ausgabe der Kunstchronik gibt es – wie alle Jahre wieder – das Neueste aus dem Fach,... 111
Reposted by Susan KlaiberAmerican Council of Learned Societies @acls1919.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Doctoral students and non-tenure-track researchers in China Studies: Luce/ACLS Travel Grants support visits to research sites in China, Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan, Tibet, Xinjiang, or related collections anywhere in the world. Apply by Nov. 5, 5:00 PM ET: bit.ly/3sD70K1 022
Reposted by Susan KlaiberHAM: Sculptures (Bot) @hamsculptures.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Penguin www.harvardartmuseums.org/collectio… 011
Reposted by Susan KlaiberFlorian Urban @florianurban.bsky.social · 29/09/2026The embodied energy figures (with sources) from our book "Form Follows Fuel" are now open access. This is a useful resource for anyone in need of simple embodied energy figures for a building design - eg steel: 10.56 kWh/kg, concrete 0.3 kWh/kg. eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com?url=https%3A...eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.comForm Follows Fuel | 14 Buildings from Antiquity to the Oil Age | FloriModernists believed that “form follows function.” Form Follows Fuel shows that in fact energy has been the biggest influence on the world’s architecture 045
Reposted by Susan KlaiberAnuschka @anuschka.bsky.social · 29/09/2026'Uhren' #FotoVorschlag ☀️ 🕰️ .. der Kirche in Hall in #Tirol 0363
Reposted by Susan KlaiberConstruction History Society @constructionhist.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Well, this looks pretty disastrous for researchers into English structures. How on earth could this have happened so suddenly that #HisttoricEngland had no warning?? Their risk register and risk management must be pretty weak. www.sarsen.org/2026/09/hist...sarsen.orgHistoric England’s Vanishing ArchiveHistoric England’s photos didn’t vanish. SmartFrame did. Then they broke their own links. Not just the aerials. The lot. Historic Englan... 34814
Reposted by Susan KlaiberCatherine Fletcher @catherinefletcher.info · 28/09/2026Screenshot from J-Stor. The publisher in question is Sage, which has risen in my estimation this morning. 0357
Reposted by Susan KlaiberThe Guardian @theguardian.com · 28/09/2026Switzerland’s love of referendums keeps the far right at bay | Joseph de Wecktheguardian.comSwitzerland’s love of referendums keeps the far right at bay | Joseph de WeckBrexit gave direct democracy a bad name. But the Swiss approach could be what Europe needs now, says Guardian Europe contributor Joseph de Weck 810935
Reposted by Susan KlaiberKeith @keithanton.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Sunday morning at The Cloisters 041
Susan Klaiber @susanklaiber.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Gets stranger the longer you look... Round (or octagonal) roof on a box? Or just the front round? And those brick column bases are WILD. Parking seems very convenient. 060
Reposted by Susan KlaiberBernhard Huss @bernhardhuss.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Maurizio Cattelan, Neue Nationalgalerie Berlin 284
Reposted by Susan Klaiber20min.ch @20minuten.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Lange Gesichter bei Ja-Lagern: 20-Minuten-Hochrechnung zeigt rund 70 Prozent Nein für Neutralitäts- und Ernährungsinitiative.20min.chLange Gesichter bei Ja-Lagern: 20-Minuten-Hochrechnung zeigt rund 70 Prozent Nein für Neutralitäts- und Ernährungsinitiative.Lange Gesichter bei Ja-Lagern: 20-Minuten-Hochrechnung zeigt rund 70 Prozent Nein für Neutralitäts- und Ernährungsinitiative. 011
Susan Klaiber @susanklaiber.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Beyond the great content, have to say I always appreciate @liberalcurrents.com @aselrod.bsky.social photo research. Always extremely well selected. Case in point... 0112
Reposted by Susan KlaiberSusan Klaiber @susanklaiber.bsky.social · 26/09/2026And yet another @arthist-net.bsky.social post worthy of attention: Baths, Spas and Health Resorts between the 15th and the 18th Centuries Call for papers with deadline 15 November 2026. arthist.net/archive/54418 #earlymodern #architecture #CFP 056
Reposted by Susan KlaiberBruce Boucher @bruceboucher.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Scenes from the Villa Palagonia in Bagheria (Sicily) 0114
Reposted by Susan KlaiberEmily Wood @ebwood.bsky.social · 26/09/2026“Gunter Demnig, the artist who initiated the Stolperstein project, said that given the recent electoral successes of the AfD ‘it was certainly to be expected that something like this would happen.’” 081
Susan Klaiber @susanklaiber.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Too bad that the feed of @arthist-net.bsky.social has been down for several months now, since that means you can't just retweet great content like this. arthist.net/reviews/54380arthist.net[Rezension zu:] Wood, Christopher S.: The Embedded Portrait. Giotto, Giottino, Angelico, Princeton 2023Rezensiert von Jeanette Kohl, University of California Riverside 131
Reposted by Susan KlaiberThony Christie @rmathematicus.bsky.social · 24/09/2026From Brahmagupta to Viète: The thousand year journey of the decimal place-value number system and algebra into formal, European mathematics #histsci thonyc.wordpress.com/2026/09/24/t...thonyc.wordpress.comTake it to the limit one more time – a history of calculus VWe have been looking at the historical development of the method of exhaustion in Ancient Greece and China. Parallels are often drawn, not incorrectly, between the method of exhaustion and integral… 083
Reposted by Susan KlaiberAlexander Luckmann @aluckmann.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Norman Foster's models for possible Reichstag cupolas, 1993. Photo by Richard Davies, from Julia Walker's "Berlin Contemporary" 3188
Reposted by Susan KlaiberSusan Klaiber @susanklaiber.bsky.social · 24/09/2026This is the 16th-century version of Coyote vs. Acme. #CoyoteVsAcme 💣 181
Susan Klaiber @susanklaiber.bsky.social · 24/09/2026This is the 16th-century version of Coyote vs. Acme. #CoyoteVsAcme 💣 181
Reposted by Susan KlaiberKunsthistorisches Institut in Florenz – Max-Planck-Institut @khiflorenz.bsky.social · 24/09/2026REMINDER - DEADLINE APPROACHING! ➡️ t1p.de/igavx 021
Reposted by Susan KlaiberNiamh NicGhabhann Coleman @niamhroisin.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Some thoughts on writing about architecture, as I get close to finishing the book... Vol. xxvi of Irish Architectural & Decorative Studies had a v interesting review by Prof Tadhg O'Keeffe of the Pevsner books in Ireland as a series - he made some comments on the use of adjectives by historians... 1102
Reposted by Susan KlaiberFabian Jonietz @ikonotaph.bsky.social · 24/09/2026stipendien.oeaw.ac.at/preise/geist... Preis (Dotierung 36.000 US-Dollar!) für eine Abschlussarbiet o. Publikation zum Barock für wiss. Tätige in Bosnien-Herzegowina, Kroatien, Polen, Rumänien, Serbien, Slowakei, Slowenien, Tschechien, Ungarn, Ukraine o. Österreich.stipendien.oeaw.ac.atBader-Preis für KunstgeschichteStipendien & Preise der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften 021
Reposted by Susan KlaiberBibliotheca Hertziana – Max Planck Institute for Art History @bhmpi.bsky.social · 23/09/2026📢 Job Opportunity: Editorial Assistant Publications & Communication (full-time, 40 hrs/week) 📍 Rome, Italy ⏳ Application deadline: 1 November 2026 🔗 Read the full job listing here: www.biblhertz.it/en/opportuni...biblhertz.itOpportunities 022
Reposted by Susan KlaiberSusan Klaiber @susanklaiber.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Detroit's Boston-Edison neighborhood at its best! www.freep.com/picture-gall...freep.comHistoric Albert Kahn-designed Detroit mansion listed for $1.1MA $1.1M Albert Kahn-designed mansion in Detroit's Boston-Edison Historic District retains original details and ties to the prominent Siegel family. 162
Reposted by Susan KlaiberAlexander Luckmann @aluckmann.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Just arrived: beautiful copies of the catalog “Modern Architecture & its Sources” from my alma mater, Vassar College. I contributed “Amerikanismus and Architecture,” an essay on books by Wright, Richard Neutra, and Erich Mendelsohn 2244
Susan Klaiber @susanklaiber.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Museum bot highlighting #Oktoberfest right on schedule. 🍺 🍻 030
Susan Klaiber @susanklaiber.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Detroit's Boston-Edison neighborhood at its best! www.freep.com/picture-gall...freep.comHistoric Albert Kahn-designed Detroit mansion listed for $1.1MA $1.1M Albert Kahn-designed mansion in Detroit's Boston-Edison Historic District retains original details and ties to the prominent Siegel family. 162
Reposted by Susan KlaiberPeter Coffman @petercoffman.bsky.social · 21/09/2026I think I'll start the week by posting a photo of a real triumphal arch commissioned by a real emperor and made by people who really understood Classical design. The current poseurs are making me a bit nauseous. 4264
Reposted by Susan KlaiberRoyal Society Publishing @royalsocietypublishing.org · 20/09/2026In order to understand early modern science, images are no less significant than words. A new #NotesandRecords special issue examines a wide range of images, from true-to-life drawings to carefully conceived schematics: royalsocietypublishing.org/rsnr/issue/8... #HistSci #HistSTM 06024
Reposted by Susan KlaiberSusan Klaiber @susanklaiber.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Just a few miles from where I grew up. Had no idea these landscapes were so rare! Coalition website: savesibleyprairie.orgsavesibleyprairie.orgSave Sibley Prairie CoalitionCoalition to Save Sibley Prairie 047
Susan Klaiber @susanklaiber.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Just a few miles from where I grew up. Had no idea these landscapes were so rare! Coalition website: savesibleyprairie.orgsavesibleyprairie.orgSave Sibley Prairie CoalitionCoalition to Save Sibley Prairie 047
Reposted by Susan KlaiberMartin Kusch @martinkusch.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Beyond Austria. -- An exhausted street lamp in Oslo. #Vienna #Austria #photography #Oslo 0164
Reposted by Susan KlaiberMarta O'Brien @archhistory.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Hooray! Late architect Robert Hill's incredible Biographical Dictionary of Architects in Canada, 1800-1950 is back online thanks to a recovery. I think Robert would be happy that his decades of work have been preserved. canadianarchitects.org/about/canadianarchitects.orgThe Recovery — Dictionary of Architects in CanadaHow the Biographical Dictionary of Architects in Canada was recovered from the Internet Archive. 0188
Reposted by Susan Klaiberrust belt roadtrip @gmoult.bsky.social · 18/09/2026read me in @archpaper.com on why gary shouldn't demolish america's most famous ruin 084
Reposted by Susan KlaiberBecky Wallower @bwallower.bsky.social · 18/09/2026#FontsonFriday The Grinling Gibbons white marble font in Christopher Wren's 17th C St James Piccadilly is just very, very beautiful. Adam, Eve and serpent cling to the tree of life that supports the bowl, featuring a relief of baptism of Christ. William Blake was baptised here 11 December 1757. 0294
Reposted by Susan KlaiberChristopher Knight LAT @knightlat.bsky.social · 17/09/2026www.latimes.com/california/s... From what I know, the Cassirer claim has considerable merit, the Von Saher claim has much less. The newer Babbitt claim is fascinating.latimes.comPrompted by new California and U.S. laws, two new lawsuits demand return of Nazi-looted artTwo lawsuits were filed this week in California demanding prominent museums relinquish artwork seized by Nazi officials. 052
Reposted by Susan KlaiberSusan Klaiber @susanklaiber.bsky.social · 17/09/2026With a reminder to all my German followers that THIS is why "Christopher Street Day" is pronounced "CHRISTopher Street Day" and NOT "Christopher STREET DAY"! The main thing is "CHRISTopher Street", not "STREET DAY"! Among my pet peeves with German pronunciation. 🏳️🌈 042
Reposted by Susan KlaiberChicagoVintageTileFloors @chicagovtfloor.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Auditorium Building 1889, photo by @maren.robinson 117930
Susan Klaiber @susanklaiber.bsky.social · 17/09/2026With a reminder to all my German followers that THIS is why "Christopher Street Day" is pronounced "CHRISTopher Street Day" and NOT "Christopher STREET DAY"! The main thing is "CHRISTopher Street", not "STREET DAY"! Among my pet peeves with German pronunciation. 🏳️🌈 042
Reposted by Susan Klaiberdmercer.bsky.social @dmercer.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Something new! www.chicagolandmarkreports.orgchicagolandmarkreports.orgEvery Chicago Landmark Designation Report in one placeEvery Chicago Landmark and Landmark District with its designation report. 472 reports online, searchable by name, address, architect and full text. 74914
Reposted by Susan KlaiberJohn McCafferty @jdmccafferty.bsky.social · 16/09/2026European Knight, made by a 16thC Japanese student. The Jesuits established a painting school in Nagasaki in the late 16th century. Students were taught to produce these European style oil paintings and engravings. (Tokyo National Museum) 02710
Reposted by Susan KlaiberJan Machielsen @janmachielsen.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Exciting times ahead for those of us working in the Vatican Archives and Library. It looks like they're expanding into the parking in front? infovaticana.com/en/2026/09/1... Just, please, please, keep these places open during the building work. That 3-year closure of the BAV was deeply traumatic.infovaticana.comThe Vatican Library and Apostolic Archive will have a new building inside Vatican City – INFOVATICANAPope Leo XIV has ordered the construction of a new building within Vatican City primarily intended to expand the spaces of the Vatican Apostolic Library and the Vatican Apostolic Archive, after the gr... 1287
Reposted by Susan KlaiberMargot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Original research here:royalsocietypublishing.orgThe illusion of illusions: there are no optical corrections in the ParthenonAbstract. One of the oldest and most enduring myths in human history is the belief that the Parthenon was cleverly designed with various curved structures 091
Reposted by Susan KlaiberMargot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 16/09/2026'after a detailed investigation, and a flurry of mathematical modelling, Prof Alain Goriely at the University of Oxford has reached an awkward conclusion. The optical illusions the curves are meant to fix are either nonsense or practically imperceptible....the illusions are themselves an illusion.'theguardian.comUK mathematician debunks myth around Parthenon’s optical illusionsStudy challenges belief that temple’s curves were designed to correct optical illusions that would have ruined its clean lines 2144
Reposted by Susan KlaiberThe University of Chicago Press @uchicagopress.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Publishing this month: BLACK DESIGNERS IN CHICAGO offers a rich exploration Black designers, how they shaped the history of modern design, and how their work influenced modern Black life. buff.ly/cWYxtxX 0105
Reposted by Susan Klaibersehepunkte @sehepunkte.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Die sehepunkte sind zurück aus der Sommerpause - unsere September-Ausgabe 2026 ist online: www.sehepunkte.de/2026/09/ 043