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“Gardens are not pieces of ground kept solely for the delight of gardeners.”
Happy birthday to our #garden designer #BeatrixFarrand: pioneering voice in landscape #design, first female member of the @NationalASLA, commissioned to work on 200 landscapes, born #OnThisDay in 1872.
Happy birthday to #JaimeLaredo, virtuoso Bolivian violinist and conductor born #OnThisDay. Laredo performed here @DumbartonOaks in 1963. https://t.co/2QT6toS6YC
#OTD @FrankSalomonAs
The #khipu was living document—something like a portable spreadsheet, transported over miles, perhaps even updated. We see the process of making a khipu in this Wari specimen with unfinished groups & blank (unknotted) cords.
Visit #WrittenInKnots today: https://t.co/qM28uZUaXD.
📷: Animal battle! Check out a #griffin attacking a deer on this #12thCentury ceramic bowl (BZ.1966.17): https://t.co/uNz1YJaFCQ.
Support #Byzantine research as Managing Editor of Byzantine Studies (& journal editor of Dumbarton Oaks Papers). Apply now: https://t.co/RRtaiuzlKG
People love these #NationalGallery @ngadc podcasts on French painter & #ArtDeco inspiration #BoutetDeMonvel! The lectures were co-presented with our #JugglingTheMiddleAges exhibition this fall. Listen: https://t.co/oKBwIMAU5c.
📷: The Turmoil of Conflict (Joan of Arc series: IV)
Botanical artist #MargaretMee made intricate paintings, 21 of which are in our collections: https://t.co/uYitUkCXUX. On @UN #BiodiversityDay we recall how Mee (born #OnThisDay 110 years ago) fought ferociously to conserve the #Amazon & its #biodiversity.
#IDB2019 @UNBiodiversity
Work at the intersection of #curation, #epistemology, #BotanicalArt, & #HistoryOfScience as our Postgraduate #Curatorial Fellow. Apply by May 1: https://t.co/FPR9JbHoTV.
📷: dedicated to @royalsociety President #HansSloane, born #OnThisDay, 1660. #Archive30 #SomethingSmall
It's your last week to apply for our #Plant #Humanities Summer Program with @JSTOR & @MellonFdn! Spend 4 fully-funded weeks immersed in the #interdisciplinary study of #plants, their #global travels, and how they shape #culture. Apply by Friday, April 5: https://t.co/it6FQSiHNJ.
Named for #AndrewMellon (born #OnThisDay), the @MellonFdn supports a new #Plant #Humanities Initiative w/ @DumbartonOaks & @JSTOR. Apply by 4/5 to spend July studying how #plants change the world: https://t.co/3lFTYFfhTg.
📷: Jane Elizabeth Giraud #HerNaturalHistory
@HistSciArt
Why are Dutch, Chinese, Latin, Malayalam, Portuguese, & Spanish all in this book? Discover how #plants captivate #cultures as Postgraduate Fellow in #Botanical #Art. Apply by 4/1: https://t.co/Ds06Z68yOE.
@Harvard_History @HistLit @HarvardHerbaria @mayrlibrary @English_Harvard