@AMaterial_World

A series of free #materialculture events @Warburg_News | Theme for 2024-25: Work v. Play | Tweets by @LouisaMcKenzie.

 Warburg Institute, London
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Join us for Painting Icons: A History of the Portrait from Byzantium to Basquiat, an online short course led by @LouisaMcKenzie. Discover how portraiture has evolved as a tool of power—from religious icons to modern celebrity. 4 June – 2 July 2025, 2-4pm buff.ly/4izjcBa
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I’m thrilled to be leading this ONLINE #shortcourse over 5 Wed pms at @Warburg_News from 4 June. Learn about the development and use of #portraiture. #arthistory #art Find out more and book (fees apply): warburg.sas.ac.uk/events/pai…
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Happening tomorrow online @Warburg_News ! Curator Mishka Sinha on 'Living work: recovering unrecorded histories through ordinary objects'. Book for free: warburg.sas.ac.uk/events/a-m… #untoldhistory #materialculture #museums #curating #curatorial #materialmonday
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Image: John Riley, Bridget Holmes, 1686, oil on canvas, Royal Collection Trust, RCIN 405667. Public domain via Wikimedia Commons with thanks to the Royal Collection Trust/ His Majesty The King/ Historic Royal Palaces.
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Join us on Tuesday (26/11) at 5:30pm, online @Warburg_News, to hear curator Mishka Sinha (@HRP_palaces) on 'Living work: recovering unrecorded histories through ordinary objects'. Book for free: warburg.sas.ac.uk/events/a-m… #untoldhistory #materialculture #museums #curating
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Image: Ludwig Maximilian Mehemet von Königstreu, published by George Kitchin after Godfrey Kneller, mezzotint, 1715. National Portrait Gallery London, NPG D38146. Creative Commons CC. BY. NC. ND.
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Go #behindthescenes of a recent @HRP_palaces exhibition with one of the curators, Mishka Sinha, in our next event, 'Living work: recovering unrecorded histories through ordinary objects' 📆 26/11 🕰️5:30pm 📍online @Warburg_News Book for free: warburg.sas.ac.uk/events/a-m…
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Starting in an hour! ⬇️ #materialculture #renaissancehistory
A Material World@AMaterial_World11 Nov 2024
📣 One week to go until our first event of 2024-25! Hear Timothy McCall on ‘Dyes that Kill and Mordants that Bite: The Centres and Margins of Luxury in Renaissance Italy’. 📆 18 November 🕰️ 5:30pm UK time 📍online @Warburg_News 🔗 Book for free: warburg.sas.ac.uk/events/a-m…
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Explore the dark side of #Renaissance luxury in @AMaterial_World talk ‘Dyes that Kill and Mordants that Bite’ Join Professor Timothy McCall online as he reveals the deadly world of fashion. Book your spot: buff.ly/3UMuOqe 18 November 2024, 5:30 - 7pm | #RenTwitter
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#socialhistory #historyoffashion #dresshistory #renaissance #materialculture #earlymodern #arthistory #politicalhistory
A Material World@AMaterial_World11 Nov 2024
📣 One week to go until our first event of 2024-25! Hear Timothy McCall on ‘Dyes that Kill and Mordants that Bite: The Centres and Margins of Luxury in Renaissance Italy’. 📆 18 November 🕰️ 5:30pm UK time 📍online @Warburg_News 🔗 Book for free: warburg.sas.ac.uk/events/a-m…
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📣 One week to go until our first event of 2024-25! Hear Timothy McCall on ‘Dyes that Kill and Mordants that Bite: The Centres and Margins of Luxury in Renaissance Italy’. 📆 18 November 🕰️ 5:30pm UK time 📍online @Warburg_News 🔗 Book for free: warburg.sas.ac.uk/events/a-m…
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Image: Fritz Coler, Waidgießer, 1529 from Stadtbibliothek im Bildungscampus Nürnberg, Amb. 279.2° (Landauer I), f. 20r. Public Domain.
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Have you booked for our next event yet? On 18/11, online, discover the role that clothing played in the representation and operation of aristocratic power in #earlymodern Europe. Find out more and book for free: warburg.sas.ac.uk/events/a-m… #dresshistory #renaissance
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Image: Cut voided velvet on satin foundation weave, 15th c., Italian, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Public domain.
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Join us for our first event of 2024/5: Timothy McCall (@VillanovaU) will speak on 'Dyes that Kill and Mordants that Bite: The Centres and Margins of Luxury in #Renaissance Italy' 📅 18 November ⏲️ 5:30pm (UK time) 📍online @Warburg_News Book for free: warburg.sas.ac.uk/events/a-m…
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You can also now find us at: @ amaterialworld.bsky.social!
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We're delighted to be back for another year at @Warburg_News. Our theme for this year is Work v. Play. We'll be announcing details of our exciting first events very soon! #materialculture #RenTwitter #MedievalMonday #MedievalTwitter #earlymodern
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Image details: French, Roundel with Playing at Quintain, c. 1500, colourless glass, vitreous paint and silver stain, 21.3 cm, Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Cloisters Collection, 1980, accession number: 1980.223.6. Public domain.
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How did Renaissance cardinals use gardens to project power? Ellen Sharman's @AMaterial_World talk delves into the symbolism of earthworks and water in Roman villa gardens. 🌱💧 Watch the full discussion here: buff.ly/3yW49zJ #RenTwitter #Twitterstorians
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#ICYMI You can catch up on Jennifer Davis Taylor's @AMaterial_World talk on Charles Perrault's iconography and his views of gender roles, here: #genderhistory #earlymodern #fairytales warburg.sas.ac.uk/podcasts/a…
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