Does anyone have: Paul Alexis. "Manet." La revue moderne et naturaliste (1880), pp. 289–95? Or is anyone at the BNF? It's been digitized but is only accessible from the research library: gallicaintramuros.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb3…

My students are always shocked by the AMNH hall of the peoples displays when we visit. There's a great article about the historical background: race.undark.org/articles/why-t…

The flâneur as course auditor in the 1866 Larrouse 😂

The CIA manual on disrupting activist groups largely explains most meetings in academia.

People who don't know much about clothes always reduce the topic to trends and status signaling. But clothing can illuminate almost any topic about society. 🧵

Actual Seasons in NYC, updated as of today. Welcome to Fake Fall™.

📕 My book, Édouard Vuillard, the Nabis, and the Politics of Domesticity, to be published by Bloomsbury Visual Arts Bloomsbury Academic has a cover and has gone to press! 💃 I am incredibly grateful to the 4 reviewers whose lovely comments grace the back cover.😊 🧵1/5

Follow The Art of Parisian Chic (2025) for more images of #19thc women!

Exciting update, the photo of Alice Regnault (born Augustine-Alexandrine Toulet) is by Gaston, Mathieu & Cie. There's an alternate crop in the Paris Musées collection. #fashionhistory #19thc #France #courtesan #chic

This time a thread on Alice Regnault in a saucy Horse Guard uniform.

Today the story of a scandal around a portrait of Alice Regnault that attracted a great deal of press coverage! #19thc #fashionhistory #arthistory #France

My next two weeks! Thankfully my proofs are due the day before my students’ papers come in! 😅

I am resuming my book related posting as first proofs are in and I’m just waiting on final proofs and my students’ final papers. Today a tidbit about Jeanne Demarsy, who I profile in the book. I even found one of her outrageous bills for lingerie which made international news!

I’ve moved over to Bluesky also as addressingart. I hope to see you there! I won’t be posting here anymore.