A tiny devil caught in a prism of glass. 17th century. By 1720 it was in the Treasury in Vienna and was described as a ‘spiritus familiaris that was driven out of one possessed and banned to this glass’. Now at the Kunsthistorisches Museum Collection, Vienna.⁣

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THIS FRIDAY! The second edition of The Craft of Writing Art History has come around so fast! Join me and the fab Dr Christina J Faraday in central London to discuss another fascinating text and meet other HoA enthusiasts. For full details email: cowhistoryofart [at] gmail [dot] com 📚🐄

Announcing the University of Oxford Slade Lectures for 2023. Details to follow. #oxfordsladelectures #oxfordarthist

Love how hard-hitting John Ruskin's first book title was:

WE ARE BACK! The Craft of Writing Art History re-starts end of Jan! 🐄🖼 Join me and the fab Dr Christina J Faraday in central London - this term we'll be reading a range of art writing from Malcolm, Krauss, Baxandall, and Warner. For full details email: cowhistoryofart [at] gmail [dot] com

Here's our programme for this term!

From William Butt's dye book, 1768-1785. bit.ly/36y5j32 Manuscript volume containing dozens of detailed recipes for cloth dye, accompanied by small fabric swatches dyed in the intended colors.

🔔TOMORROW - I'm back with Dr Christina J Faraday for our first Spring Craft of Writing Art History! 🔔 If you can't make it, we'd love to see you next time. Email cowhistoryofart [at] gmail [dot] com for details, and to join our mailing list ✍️

Chromotope team members @RibeyrolCharlo1 Dr Maddie Hewitson, Matthew Winterbottom (Ashmolean Museum) & Stefano Evangelista (Trinity College) are taking part in a TERRA workshop on Materiality and the Senses Fri 3 March. Advanced booking required. Email [email protected] to sign up

On 2nd March, Companion Sarah Quill is giving a lecture (zoomed live) for FoRS, the new Centre for Ruskin Studies at Università Ca' Foscari Venezia titled "As it was, where it was..." The fall and rise of the Campanile of San Marco. Details here: unive.it/pag/46300

📣THIS FRIDAY📣Join Dr Christina J Faraday and myself for the next meeting of The Craft of Writing Art History. We're reading Baxandall's 'Chriomancy and the Grand Form', promising scintillating prose and sparkling ideas to discuss. EMAIL cowhistoryofart [at] gmail [dot] com for details 🖼

Come and join us! 🎺 Email cowhistoryofart [at] gmail [dot] com. All welcome!