#Portrait

Dr. Kira Jones, unaccredited prismatoid

FlavianSophist

Okay, we need to have a chat about Roman portraiture. My feed is now full of horrifying #Nero reconstructions and I highly suggest that you don't look directly into his

Alice West

iconographile

All of us know we should not impose our values on the past. Indeed. But looking at this sweet old man, I cannot but shudder thinking that he took 60

Lockdown Book Detective

BookLockdown

Following the appearance of the photograph of Toni Morrison’s library, we decided to attempt a deep reading of the shelves. Hopefully, this is the first of a series to discern

Tabitha McIntosh

TabitaSurge

1. Contemporary portrait of Mary Wollstonecraft 2. New statue of Mary Wollstonecraft Fuck all the fucks off How it started. How it’s going https://twitter.com/RynnBrooke/status/1326124358255996928 Several people have pointed out that

Forever Louise Brooks

ForeverLouiseB1

Louise in a publicity portrait by Eugene Robert Richee, 1927. A bit on the Paramount (P) publicity photo # system: #703 is the identifying # for Louise (Carole Lombard is

Amelia Prospect - She/Her -

librarian_jedi

Pedro Pascal as art: A Thread. Thank you @miranhasart for this one. Portrait by Cândido Portinari. Another addition by the wonderful @miranhasart painting by

Ultracrepidarian

unwitod

This ridiculously misleading. The source for this is text from the National Portrait Gallery (see link), and is being used by shon to imply that Mary Wollstencroft accepted Chevalier d’Éon

Aesthetic Wisdom ⚔️

AESTHETICWISD0M

4 Steps To Using Images With Tweets.= THREAD = 1. Find your style.Choose an artist.Choose an art era.Choose a running theme.It’s okay to post images on different topics.Just make sure

Jason Rezaian

jrezaian

5 years ago today I was freed from Evin prison in #Iran. @YeganehSalehi and I boarded a plane for a new life we couldn’t imagine. Isolated from most human contact

Peter Ellis

almostconverge

Mini Hungarian language lesson: entrepreneurs.Contrary to what one might think, private enterprise wasn't entirely unheard of in Communist Hungary. In fact as the 1980s was drawing to a close, more

Dr Rob Cromarty

DocCrom

Ancient Coin of the Day: Realistically today, there could only be one topic - as a birthday present for Nero, let's look at how a young princeps can age rapidly

Killackey Illustration

kjkillackey

Would you recognize a Neanderthal if you met one on the street? Have a look at my painting of a Neanderthal woman and compare her features to yours. 1/14#SciArt #neanderthal

Kate Craig

KateCraigTN

1. As a masculine presenting gay woman, I’ve never quite seen where I fit within the women’s movement. I never quite see women who look like me represented in movement

Carl Zha

CarlZha

Thread: I will capitalize the latest Twitter Cultural Appropriation outrage to have a teachable moment on the historical background of Chinese dress Cheongsam/Qipao 1/ During Ming dynasty which was established

Catherine Brown

NeoLawrencian

Лёв Николаевич Толстой! I have come to Tula and your estate of Yasnaia Polyana - like many an English pilgrim before me - to wish you happy birthday! This is

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pulpghibli

what popular movies would be like if you took their titles literally: a thread taxi driver little women the shining lady bird the breakfast club full metal jacket blade runner

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