The other socials are enjoying the moment, so why not here, too?
Sandro Botticelli, La mappa dell'Inferno, 1480–90, Vatican Library (https://digi.vatlib.it/view/MSS_Reg.lat.1896.pt.A )
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Assistant Curator, Mount Holyoke College Art Museum || PhD candidate in art history || art & architecture of early modern Spain & Italy || she/her/hers || heads up: there will be Red Sox posts
John OverholtThe Huntington acquires “Zhou Dunyi Admiring Lotuses”, a rare hanging scroll painted by Qiu Ying (ca. 1495–ca. 1552), one of the most celebrated Chinese artists of the 16th century. https://huntington.org/news/huntington-acquires-rare-scroll-painted-ming-dynasty-master-qiu-ying
Soliciting museum opinions from interested parties:
What wall colors have you seen that work well for objects made before 700CE?
Conversely, what wall colors do you think do not work?
Looking broadly for ideas drawn from displays of any region or from trans-regional galleries.
H-Net Job GuideTenure-Track Assistant or Associate Professor of African Art History https://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=65856 Institution: Tulane UniversityLocation: Louisiana, United StatesPosition: Assistant Professor , Associate Professor , Tenure Track Faculty Primary Category: Art / Art History Secondary Categories: African History / Studies , Black History / Studies , Race / Ethnic Studies
Rohrbaugh Assistant Professor in Colonial Latin American History https://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=65860 Institution: Johns Hopkins UniversityLocation: Maryland, United StatesPosition: Assistant Professor Primary Category: Latin American and Caribbean History / Studies Secondary Categories: Black History / Studies , Colonial and Post-Colonial History / Studies , Early Modern History and Period Studies , Mexican History / Studies , Native American History / Studies , Spanish and Port
This Nahuatl manuscript at the John Rylands Library is written on amatl, a paper made from the bark of fig trees, giving it a fibrous texture visible up close. https://rylandscollections.com/2023/08/21/from-the-valley-of-mexico-to-the-rylands-introducing-mexican-ms-1/
Carolina A. Miranda"It’s never just one man. It’s the men at the podium and it’s the men around them who gave them their jobs. It’s the men who have starved women’s football since they bothered to notice that women play it. It’s the men who have moved into the women’s game not to improve it, but to exploit it. It’s the men who step into leadership roles with little experience and capitalize on women’s work and talent. We are all sick and tired of it."
Opinion: Luis Rubiales must resign. Spain's women soccer champions deserve better
The president of Spain’s football federation kissed a player without her consent, among other acts of machismo. By refusing to resign, Rubiales adds to his abuse by stealing the ability of fans and players to celebrate a momentous victory.
My colleagues in the Map Collection used their large-format printer to make us full-size teaching facsimiles of a couple of our medieval scrolls, which are a real challenge to set up.
One major thing I did get done today was some much needed weeding of the collection, by which I mean I threw away a Whole Foods chicken salad wrap in the staff fridge that had expired in June.
gbhnewsCouldn't stop reading this story.
"Pinball was in big trouble. Local boaters heard a groaning noise, "like a deep groan, like asking for help." This humpback whale was entangled in rope - and she had her baby with her. This is the story of the daring and successful rescue."
https://www.wgbh.org/news/local/2023-08-14/local-boaters-help-save-entangled-humpback-whale-near-rockport #whales #conservation
