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1 month agoLooted from a royal palace: The medieval jug now on display in London
A medieval English bronze jug looted from Ghana's Asante kingdom reveals how European luxury goods became valued ceremonial objects through trans-continental trade networks before colonial appropriation.
fromArtnet News
1 month agoA Powerful Medieval Queen Returns-As an A.I. Avatar You Can Chat With
Although Eleanor's marriage to Edward in 1253 was political in nature (it settled a dispute over Gascony), the two were besotted and virtually inseparable. Over the course of a 30-year marriage she gave birth to 16 children (only six survived) and became Edward's confidant, accompanying him on crusade in the early 1270s.
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fromSmithsonian Magazine
1 month agoTudor Courtiers Exchanged Portrait Miniatures as Love Tokens. Centuries Later, New Research Is Unlocking the Secrets of These Intimate Artworks
Nicholas Hilliard, England's first internationally famous native-born artist, created exquisitely detailed miniature watercolor portraits on vellum that served as portable intimate keepsakes and diplomatic gifts in Elizabethan England.
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1 month agoWho really made Dickens? New exhibition credits the women he depended on
Charles Dickens's novels are often criticised for their idealised passive female characters, but as the Dickens Museum now shows, he was, in life and in death, surrounded by formidable, intelligent and independent women. A new exhibition at the museum shifts attention away from Dickens as a solitary genius and instead places women at the centre of his creative world and cultural afterlife.
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fromThe Art Newspaper - International art news and events
1 month agoUK exhibition celebrates the artisans throughout history who went to war
Frontline-made objects salvaged from battlefields reveal the skills, identities, and lived experiences of ordinary soldiers across conflicts from the World Wars to modern wars.
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fromThe Art Newspaper - International art news and events
2 months ago'Rubens with jokes': UK exhibitions place Beryl Cook in the art historical canon
Beryl Cook's work is being reassessed through major Plymouth shows that place her in the Western art canon and recognize her LGBTQ-focused social documentation.
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