September 27: On this day in

Sophia "Sophie" Crumb was born in 1981. She is an In addition to being an artist, she has studied acrobatics and clowning in

Photo courtesy of , "Self portrait" by Sophie Crumb, 2010.

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Calendars also tell us a great deal about how Mesoamerican cultures understood and structured their world. Kristopher Driggers explains the Mesoamerican calendar in a new essay.
https://t.co/XbM6MbTsM8

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Happy Birthday Patricia Tobacco Forrester!

Patricia was an American watercolorist. In 1992 she was elected into the National Academy of Design as an Associate member, and became a full Academician in 1994.

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This makes my heart sing! Beautiful recreation of Balthazar Van Der Ast still life painting in progress by Noah

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When it’s T-12 days until the start of a new term and your computer keeps crashing 😳🐄
Here’s Titian’s Europa c1560s, beautifully displayed in and kept in

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Self-portraits are an interesting route into C20th art history- so many inspirational works in this book by Philip Vann from 2004.

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The Begum Aga Khan, 1931, Olive Snell⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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Andrea di Bonaiuto’s lively c1360s frescoes in Sta Maria Novella (Florence) are Dominican vision of the Church Triumphant, w/a contemporary pilgrim (nice badges!), a portrait of Averroes, and a view of the Duomo (before Brunelleschi)

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Your PUNCH Cartoon Classic for today. Tony Reeve 1988. Now you know how it was done!

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Art Noveau Penguin🐧
Inspired by the amazing Alphonse Mucha's paintings.
You can see more of my Penguins on

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