Hidden GemsMay 28, 2024
Discovering the abstract beauty of the Deer Effigy Vessel in @Clevelandart, a majestic blend of nature and culture. Does the art resonate with your interpretation of natural beauty?
#ArtisticTuesday #MuseumHour #NatureInArt
https://clevelandart.org/art/1997.60
Deer Effigy Vessel | Cleveland Museum of Art

Maya artwork from the Early Classic Period (about AD 250-600) is dominated by three-dimensional sculpture in jade, stone, wood, and especially ceramic. This vessel is an exceptionally elegant example of Maya blackware, produced by firing earthenware pottery in a reducing (low oxygen) atmosphere. The deer is frequently depicted in Maya art, usually as a victim of either hunting or sacrifice. Venus signs and conch shells engraved on the deer also suggest death, for the planet Venus was regarded as a bringer of ill-fortune, and conch shell trumpets were carried by hunters. The small frog or toad pressed firmly under the deer's hoof relates to agricultural fertility. The croaking of these amphibians was a harbinger of rain.

Show threadTommaths (he/him)Nov 26, 2022
@davidwees @ColinTheMathmo @karenshancock @mtbos I'm not seeing any more than that, but I think the museum community are taking longer to come over here than the maths community are! #MuseumHour is still based on Twitter.
Show threadTommaths (he/him)Nov 26, 2022
@davidwees @ColinTheMathmo @karenshancock @mtbos no problem. I quite like the #MuseumHour format. It seems to lend itself quite well to getting people engaged during the chat itself, but allowing others to continue the conversation outside of its confines. They link to a very detailed manifesto from their Twitter profile.
Show threadTommaths (he/him)Nov 26, 2022

@ColinTheMathmo @karenshancock @mtbos @davidwees

The MuseumHour account on Twitter posted a thread about how they plan a #MuseumHour chat: https://twitter.com/museumhour/status/1480582142430257154

Might have some helpful tips? I've taken part in a few. They have a set time in which they share a series of pre-planned questions & participants respond directly to those.

MuseumHour on Twitter

“How we plan a #MuseumHour discussion. A thread. 🧵 We choose a topic which we think would be fun to host and check the MH Guide (linked in our bio) to see if it'll fit into one of the key themes. Todays theme is on goal setting and so we chose #OurPractice.”

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