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Caroline Arscott

@ca1851

Emeritus Professor of The Courtauld Institute of Art, London. Twitter posts mainly about my C19th enthusiasms. @carscott.bsky.social

Joined October 2014
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I have just located my BAVS video on topic of Burne-Jones's 'Wheel of Fortune' and non-Euclidean science. It can be viewed at youtube.com/watch?v=7x8miKrn… Mentions 'Alice in Wonderland', Millais 'Autumn Leaves', also 'Flatland' and 'The Unseen Universe'.
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And another review of an amazing exhibition - Scent and the Art of the #PreRaphaelites, now on @BarberInstitute and curated by the lovely @ArtandPerfume shorturl.at/StHaR
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Congratulations Esmé Whittaker for curating.
Hugh Stolliday (@HughStolliday) profile pictureHugh Stolliday@HughStolliday3 Oct 2024
A cracking new landscape show @LaingArtGallery. Some excellent loans from @FlemingArtColl. And as ever some great merchandise to accompany. #romancetorealities
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@artnet27 Sep 2024
Misty London cityscapes by Monet are reunited for the first time in 120 years for a new show at the Courtauld gallery. bit.ly/3TL5Nem
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All Fredric Jameson articles are now open access until the end of October. critinq.wordpress.com/2024/0…
The Years of Jameson

The Years of Jameson

Bill Brown For those inhabiting the world of literary theory and cultural criticism, the loss of Fredric Jameson (1934–2024) comes as a disorienting blow like no other. In part this is because his …

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Looking forward to this.
Martin Hewitt (@ProfMHewitt) profile pictureMartin Hewitt@ProfMHewitt24 Sep 2024
Final corrections submitted! Publication date mid-November. Am now more than slightly queasy at the thought that it's too late to pick up any more errors. But at least I finally have a cast iron argument against further attempts to ferret out more reactions to Darwin.
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@TheSimonKnott19 Sep 2024
Some Burslem doorways for a Stoke-on-Trent #ADoorableThursday. Firstly, the Wedgwood Institute, currently on the @thevicsoc's list of the Top Ten most endangered buildings in the UK. 1/3
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EVENT William De Morgan: Chelsea to Iznik Find out more about William De Morgan’s love of Middle Eastern ceramics in this tour of the De Morgan Museum Today at 2pm! De Morgan Museum, Barnsley, S75 4AT demorgan.org.uk/product/will… #ArtHistoryFestival2024 @forarthistory
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It is shocking to see these ‘professionals’ display such ignorance.
Jim the hermit (@SleepyJim0) profile pictureJim the hermit@SleepyJim018 Sep 2024
At this point we know Jenny Harries (UKHSA head) and Lisa Ritchie (IPC infection control head) are incompetent. It’s a political choice keeping these two in their positions. The responsibility and eventual accountability for all this avoidable disease and death is with the Govt.
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Get your diaries ready for the 2024-25 @abdn_arthistory Research Seminar Series! We've an exciting line-up of speakers for the upcoming term, with more to follow in the new year. Our first speaker, Dr Stephanie O'Rourke (St Andrews) @sorourke15 joins us on 25 September!
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“No raise? No tenure tenure protections? Not being allowed to teach things from a “non-Western” point of view? My administration cowing to politicians? For real, what incentive is there to stay in higher ed in Florida?” #defendhighered alternet.org/academic-freedo…
Surveyed Florida professors say ‘academic freedom is on life support’

Surveyed Florida professors say ‘academic freedom is on life support’

A survey of professors at Florida universities found that new state government limits on tenure and academic freedom, plus the state’s political climate, have prompted many of them to apply for jobs...

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Open until 19th January 2025
De Mesdag Collectie (@MesdagDenHaag) profile pictureDe Mesdag Collectie@MesdagDenHaag16 Sep 2024
Aanstaande vrijdag start de tentoonstelling ‘Rosa Bonheur. De kracht van het dier’. 🐮🎨🖌️ Dit is de eerste tentoonstelling over haar in Nederland. Ook zijn er workshops, rondleidingen en lezingen. 👉 demesdagcollectie.nl/nl/plan… 🖼️ 'Portret Rosa Bonheur', 1857 © Musée d’Orsay
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Dr Amy Lim@amylimart2 Sep 2024
Huge news for art historians: the first phase of ⁦@TheCourtauld⁩ Witt Library digitisation is now live. Search the British School artist boxes for images from private collections and pre-internet auction records. French School coming next week. photocollections.courtauld.a…
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reGlasgow@reglasgow_web26 Aug 2024
A developer has brought forward proposals for complete demolition of a historic West End church and construction of apartments. reglasgow.com/plan-to-knock-…
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ARTnews@artnews19 Aug 2024
An online portal with access to thousands of Picasso’s artworks, photographs, and related memorabilia is now available online courtesy of the Picasso Museum in Paris. artnews.com/art-news/news/pa…
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The curatorial team have protocols re relocation of artworks should the wind direction take smoke into the art gallery. A very anxious time for all at The Courtauld. I send sympathy to colleagues facing this situation @TheCourtauld
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@thenitinsawhney17 Aug 2024
Shocked to hear #Somersethouse is currently on fire! I was on the board of @SomersetHouse for 10 years. One of my favourite places in London. Hope all resolves before too much damage… apple.news/A0SK2wFR6Qn-A-3lh…

150 evacuated as firefighters tackle blaze at historic building for SIX hours

Watch footage of the fire crew working to put out the flames SOMERSET House has been closed “until further notice” after 150 staff and visitors were evacuated as firefighters tackled a huge blaze at...

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SueMc@McindoeSue11 Aug 2024
#StainedGlassSunday St Michael & All Angels, Waterford, Herts
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Rowena Dugdale@redrubyrose_7 Aug 2024
Beautiful work by Bearford studio. Plant-dyed colours with yarn from the Bearford flock in East Lothian. Colours here include alder, meadowsweet, nettles, weld, woad and onion skins.
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