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Long before glass mirrors,
humans polished bronze to reflect their faces.
Across ancient cultures, bronze mirrors were more than beauty tools.
They symbolized ritual, power, and self-reflection.
A way to see both the self and the world. ˖⁺‧₊˚
#MaterialHistory #BronzeMirror
A single object can represent multiple moments of a past time
Read the @MaterialEUI blog article by our #PhD Researcher Helen Grixti on the visual representations of the Good Shepherd 👇
📚 #VisualHistory #MaterialHistory
#OpenAccess
#Games #MaterialHistory #politics #Diplomacy #Metaphysics #Gender #Historiography
Games of History: Games and Gaming as Historical Sources
Apostolos Spanos
Routledge 2021
PDF🎯
https://t.co/SypyMi0Cll
From snuffboxes to canes, learn all about the discernment of fashionable possessions of men in the 18th-century in this @AMaterial_World talk with @BenLTJackson
https://t.co/Byl4iDYCJR
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#CulturalHistory #MaterialCulture #MaterialHistory
The second life of objects
On 28 February at 13.45 CET, join the lecture by Carlotta Sorba on objects and national memory in post-Risorgimento Italy 👉 https://t.co/BnFXhh3x6B
Organised by our @MaterialEUI Working Group
📢 #MemoryStudies #MaterialHistory #PoliticalHistory
Join the @chstmorg Objects, Images & Spaces of Health group on Fri Feb 9th @ 11 am EST to discuss Sharon Strocchia's fabulous paper on Indies Balsam in Renaissance Italy, comment by Mackenzie Cooley. Zoom link & paper @ https://t.co/9z7nuoUz2R. #histmed #histstm #materialhistory
Our Researcher Ana Struillou defended her #PhD thesis on the material culture of travel in in the Western Mediterranean 1530 - 1640 👉 https://t.co/AG9zKAGEt1
📚 #MaterialHistory #MediterraneanHistory #EarlyModernPeriod
How can we keep track of the eventful itinerary of people and things?
On 11 October, 17.00 CEST, join the lecture by Guillaume Calafat on archival records of #18thcentury Mediterranean travel👉 https://t.co/BhncJe9hXk
Organised by @MaterialEUI Working Group
📢#MaterialHistory
I have a review of Alexander Nemerov’s latest book, The Forest: A Fable of America in the 1930s in @nyreviewofarch. I had a great time reading this book, and great time writing about it as well. #materialhistory #historyofart #landscapehistory #bookreviews #AlexanderNemerov
Unio pictorum "is called the "painter's mussel" because the shell was historically used as a conveniently sized and shaped receptacle for holding artist's paint."
https://t.co/kkpCjaJJzA
#artsci #MaterialHistory #taxonomy
I recently saw this @CdE_Paris @ciup_fr and reminded me of the thought-provoking work of @uxi_og and @WWiertz 🧵🪡🚺 #Sisterhood & happy week-end! 🤗 #Twitterhistorians #lacemaking #materialhistory #herstory #sartorialstudies #AcademicChatter #AcademicTwitter @divulvadoras
Our Researcher Aina Palarea defends her #PhD thesis on the change in consumption trends in #15thcentury Catalonia 👉 https://t.co/3hBybct1KC
📢 #MaterialHistory #EconomicHistory
📣There’s just one week until our next event!📣
Dr Elisa Sani (@TheCourtauld) on 'Dining with Hannibal? Italian Renaissance maiolica at the table, a new look at the collection of the Courtauld'.
🗓️14 March ⌚️5:30pm 📍online @Warburg_News
Book for free: https://t.co/bx3rJzhuZd
Thinking about #EarlyModern Florence in a different light
On 24 February at 13:30 CET, join a workshop on the often overlooked global dimensions of Florentine history 👉https://t.co/c3RWE0qBdS
Organised by our @MaterialEUI Working Group
📢 #MaterialHistory #GlobalHistory
@skirsch10 and I are very pleased to receive Shem Mackey this week in our conservation space at the #museedelamusique @philharmonie. So many fruitful discussions and observations are being made on the viols of the collection!
#violadagamba #violedegambe #materialhistory
There's still time to book (free) for tonight's event, featuring @CarolineMcCaff, online @Warburg_News.
#earlymoderntwitter #ceramics #materialhistory #materialculture #FrenchRevolution
More info 👇
For our first event of the year, we welcome @CarolineMcCaff (@eca_edinburgh) to talk about scenes from the #FrenchRevolution on ceramics in the late 18th century. #earlymodern
🗓️6 Feb ⏲️5:30pm 📌online @Warburg_News
For more details and to book for free: https://t.co/2j1TxJh2Wy
- but #criticaltheory is not usually accessible or relatable 🤷
* If you read it in the context of the #materialhistory of #Revolution it makes much more sense 👨🏽🏫
- but academia doesn’t do that 🤷
* This is what we are here for 👨🏽🏫😎
https://t.co/WrkqBwq8gy
Our Researcher Moïra Dato defends her #PhD thesis on the trade in and consumption of Lyonnais silks in the Italian peninsula in the #18thcentury 👉 https://t.co/kypMxQsrjx
📚 #MaterialHistory #EconomicHistory #FashionHistory #twitterstorians
Our Researcher Thor-Oona Pignarre-Altermatt defends her #PhD thesis on the relationship between visual culture and devotion in the #15thcentury - #16thcentury Low Countries 👉 https://t.co/ADfp4dTGMv
📚 #MaterialHistory #CulturalHistory #VisualHistory #ReligiousHistory
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