🎬 Filmmakers combining unlimited curiosity & meticulous research 🪜 Visit EXPLORING ART HISTORY: https://ideasroadshow.substack.com/ 🚘 Website: https://ideasroadshow.com/https://bsky.app/profile/ideasroadshow.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/ideasroadshow.bsky.social/post/3mu2qqtqiy224On the facade of Orvieto Cathedral all 4 evangelists are represented by their symbols: an Angel, a Lion, an Eagle and an Ox. Do you know who is reprented by this Ox with wings ❓ 🗃️ #arthistory #skystorians 🏺 #medievalsky #art #religion27 Aug 2026 11:31 +0000at://did:plc:rv6q367suvhlxlwfjebo7qub/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu2qqtqiy224https://bsky.app/profile/ideasroadshow.bsky.social/post/3mtycim2gos2wPortrait of a Young Lady by Sofonisba Anguissola, c. 1580. 👩‍🎨 At a time when women were represented in art as Madonnas or objects, Sofonisba was something very different indeed! *Read more about her life & art: https://ideasroadshow.substack.com/p/sofonisbas-chess-game-premiere-part 🗃️ #arthistory #womenartists #artherstory26 Aug 2026 12:11 +0000at://did:plc:rv6q367suvhlxlwfjebo7qub/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtycim2gos2whttps://bsky.app/profile/ideasroadshow.bsky.social/post/3mtvpkel6xc2k🔎 Take a close (blurry) look at an original detail in this panel by Giotto. 😎 The angels are protecting their eyes or holding mirror-like objects to be able to face the Divine light which Giotto imagined is too bright to look at directly. ☀️🪞 🗃️ #arthistory #skystorians #medievalsky25 Aug 2026 11:26 +0000at://did:plc:rv6q367suvhlxlwfjebo7qub/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtvpkel6xc2khttps://bsky.app/profile/ideasroadshow.bsky.social/post/3mttfs7grqk25We’re looking forward to returning to San Gimignano soon to do lots of filming and photography for upcoming art films! 🗃️ #arthistory #skystorians 🏺 #medievalsky #art #archaeology #Italy24 Aug 2026 13:26 +0000at://did:plc:rv6q367suvhlxlwfjebo7qub/app.bsky.feed.post/3mttfs7grqk25https://bsky.app/profile/ideasroadshow.bsky.social/post/3mttc5q7ac22p"I simply couldn’t take my eyes off it. I remained rooted to the floor, transfixed, unable to move on to sample the famous Raphael and Signorelli works that I had allegedly come there for." Read more: https://ideasroadshow.substack.com/p/exceeding-expectations 🗃️ #arthistory #skystorians 🏺 #art #academia24 Aug 2026 12:21 +0000at://did:plc:rv6q367suvhlxlwfjebo7qub/app.bsky.feed.post/3mttc5q7ac22phttps://bsky.app/profile/ideasroadshow.bsky.social/post/3mtoxiydwu22kMadonna della Misericordia mosaic by Guillaume de Marcillat, Santa Maria delle Grazie al Calcinaio, Cortona. He was a French painter & stained glass master artist. c. 1470-1529. Follow our art journey 🚗: ideasroadshow.substack.com 🗃️ #arthistory #skystorians 🏺 #medievalsky #art #StainedGlassSunday22 Aug 2026 19:00 +0000at://did:plc:rv6q367suvhlxlwfjebo7qub/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtoxiydwu22khttps://bsky.app/profile/ideasroadshow.bsky.social/post/3mtqv5tpnfs2gNo kidding! Normally only good boys 🐾 are not allowed in Italian churches. We're definitely way past Saint Francis of Assisi. 🕊️ #caturday #cat #dog #dog #animals 🏺🗃️ #church #Italy23 Aug 2026 13:23 +0000at://did:plc:rv6q367suvhlxlwfjebo7qub/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtqv5tpnfs2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/ideasroadshow.bsky.social/post/3mtqky3ttg22m#Roman coin w/ Cumaean Sibyl, 43 BC. Why do Christian churches contain so many pagan prophets/Sibyls within it❓ It has a lot to do w/ the cultural orientation of medieval & Renaissance Italy. Read more 👇 https://ideasroadshow.substack.com/p/a-curious-conversion 🗃️ #arthistory #skystorians 🏺 #art #archaeology23 Aug 2026 10:21 +0000at://did:plc:rv6q367suvhlxlwfjebo7qub/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtqky3ttg22mhttps://bsky.app/profile/ideasroadshow.bsky.social/post/3mtoxiydwu22kMadonna della Misericordia mosaic by Guillaume de Marcillat, Santa Maria delle Grazie al Calcinaio, Cortona. He was a French painter & stained glass master artist. c. 1470-1529. Follow our art journey 🚗: ideasroadshow.substack.com 🗃️ #arthistory #skystorians 🏺 #medievalsky #art #StainedGlassSunday22 Aug 2026 19:00 +0000at://did:plc:rv6q367suvhlxlwfjebo7qub/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtoxiydwu22khttps://bsky.app/profile/ideasroadshow.bsky.social/post/3mtlw6dvris2dAstronomy by Gentile da Fabriano, 1411-1412, Palazzo Trinci, Foligno. The 7 Liberal Arts were part of secular education in the Middle Ages & Renaissance but were codified in late #Roman antiquity. 🗃️ #arthistory #skystorians 🏺 #medievalsky #art #frescofriday #medievalsky21 Aug 2026 13:58 +0000at://did:plc:rv6q367suvhlxlwfjebo7qub/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtlw6dvris2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/ideasroadshow.bsky.social/post/3mtehsg5xec2v🤌 Monterchi's Musei Civici Madonna del Parto houses exactly ONE artwork: Piero della Francesca’s enchanting fresco of the Madonna del Parto, once housed in a nearby church. 🎨 Read more: https://ideasroadshow.substack.com/p/on-the-ground 🗃️ #arthistory #skystorians #art #academia 🏺 #museums18 Aug 2026 14:52 +0000at://did:plc:rv6q367suvhlxlwfjebo7qub/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtehsg5xec2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/ideasroadshow.bsky.social/post/3mtj7p7xrmc2mVisit to Orvieto Cathedral at sunrise, che bello! And look at those stunning doors and decorations on the facade! 🚪 🧳 Armchair travelers are invited to join our journey here (free): ideasroadshow.substack.com 🗃️ #arthistory #skystorians 🏺 #medievalsky #art #adoorablethursday20 Aug 2026 12:11 +0000at://did:plc:rv6q367suvhlxlwfjebo7qub/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtj7p7xrmc2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/ideasroadshow.bsky.social/post/3mtgvir2olk2kMagnificent frescoes by Pinturicchio, Baglioni Chapel of the Church of Santa Maria Maggiore, Spello. 🔎 Read why we can’t share one of our own photos here in On The Ground: https://ideasroadshow.substack.com/p/on-the-ground 🗃️ #arthistory #skystorians #art #frescofriday #Italy 🏺 #photography #academia #IP19 Aug 2026 14:03 +0000at://did:plc:rv6q367suvhlxlwfjebo7qub/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtgvir2olk2khttps://bsky.app/profile/ideasroadshow.bsky.social/post/3mtgnyskbpk2tEmpedocles surrounded by grotesques by Luca Signorelli, 1499-1504. One of the many beautiful frescoes by him in Cappella Nova of Orvieto’s Duomo. 🌀 His neck-breaking position is very much like ours trying to take in all the magnificent art! 🗃️ #arthistory #skystorians #art #frescofriday #Italy 🏺19 Aug 2026 11:49 +0000at://did:plc:rv6q367suvhlxlwfjebo7qub/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtgnyskbpk2thttps://bsky.app/profile/ideasroadshow.bsky.social/post/3mtbgymhqps2kA lovely surprise to visit Palazzo Trinci in Foligno for its magnificent Renaissance art and then find #Roman mosaics and more in the basement! 🦚 More here: ideasroadshow.substack.com 🗃️ #arthistory #skystorians #art #academia #mosaicmonday 🏺 #archaeology #mosaic17 Aug 2026 10:00 +0000at://did:plc:rv6q367suvhlxlwfjebo7qub/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtbgymhqps2khttps://bsky.app/profile/ideasroadshow.bsky.social/post/3mtehsg5xec2v🤌 Monterchi's Musei Civici Madonna del Parto houses exactly ONE artwork: Piero della Francesca’s enchanting fresco of the Madonna del Parto, once housed in a nearby church. 🎨 Read more: https://ideasroadshow.substack.com/p/on-the-ground 🗃️ #arthistory #skystorians #art #academia 🏺 #museums18 Aug 2026 14:52 +0000at://did:plc:rv6q367suvhlxlwfjebo7qub/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtehsg5xec2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/ideasroadshow.bsky.social/post/3mtbnsf47gs2z🏛️ Read about the good, the bad & the ugly in Italian museums based on our experiences of visiting numerous museums in Tuscany & Umbria this summer. ❓Have you had similar experiences ❓ 🗃️ #arthistory #skystorians #art #academia 🏺 #museums https://ideasroadshow.substack.com/p/on-the-ground17 Aug 2026 12:02 +0000at://did:plc:rv6q367suvhlxlwfjebo7qub/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtbnsf47gs2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/ideasroadshow.bsky.social/post/3mtbq7rbp2c2d🏛️ “High security” sign : “It is strictly prohibited to touch the artworks.” Perhaps this would have been helpful to prevent the theft of the artworks by Antonello da Messina? 🗃️ #arthistory #skystorians #art #academia 🏺 #museums #Italy #archaeology17 Aug 2026 12:45 +0000at://did:plc:rv6q367suvhlxlwfjebo7qub/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtbq7rbp2c2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/ideasroadshow.bsky.social/post/3mtbnsf47gs2z🏛️ Read about the good, the bad & the ugly in Italian museums based on our experiences of visiting numerous museums in Tuscany & Umbria this summer. ❓Have you had similar experiences ❓ 🗃️ #arthistory #skystorians #art #academia 🏺 #museums https://ideasroadshow.substack.com/p/on-the-ground17 Aug 2026 12:02 +0000at://did:plc:rv6q367suvhlxlwfjebo7qub/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtbnsf47gs2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/ideasroadshow.bsky.social/post/3mtbgymhqps2kA lovely surprise to visit Palazzo Trinci in Foligno for its magnificent Renaissance art and then find #Roman mosaics and more in the basement! 🦚 More here: ideasroadshow.substack.com 🗃️ #arthistory #skystorians #art #academia #mosaicmonday 🏺 #archaeology #mosaic17 Aug 2026 10:00 +0000at://did:plc:rv6q367suvhlxlwfjebo7qub/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtbgymhqps2khttps://bsky.app/profile/ideasroadshow.bsky.social/post/3mtb6uyk6bc2z🚗 ☀️ Madonna with Child and Two Angels by Neri di Bicci, 1418-1492. We discovered this beautiful, smallish (60 × 47 cm) artwork in Palazzo Vitelli alla Cannoniera in Cità di Castello. 📷 me 🗃️ #arthistory #skystorians #art #academia17 Aug 2026 07:35 +0000at://did:plc:rv6q367suvhlxlwfjebo7qub/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtb6uyk6bc2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/ideasroadshow.bsky.social/post/3mt5ag6uaf22cBuon Ferragosto a tutti! The Assumption of the Virgin and two predella panels by Perugino, 1512. Altarpiece in the Church of Santa Maria Assunta in Corciano. Join us at Exploring Art History - it's free! ideasroadshow.substack.com? 🗃️ #arthistory #skystorians 🏺 #medievalsky #art #archaeology15 Aug 2026 17:52 +0000at://did:plc:rv6q367suvhlxlwfjebo7qub/app.bsky.feed.post/3mt5ag6uaf22chttps://bsky.app/profile/ideasroadshow.bsky.social/post/3msy3dj3dgk27Sunrise visit to Assisi: I was completely taken back by the beauty of this view of The Basilica of Saint Francis of Assisi and the sculpture, Il Ritorno di Francesco, by Italian sculptor Norberto Proietti (1927-2009). 📷 me 🗃️ #arthistory #skystorians 🏺 #medievalsky #art #photography13 Aug 2026 16:37 +0000at://did:plc:rv6q367suvhlxlwfjebo7qub/app.bsky.feed.post/3msy3dj3dgk27https://bsky.app/profile/ideasroadshow.bsky.social/post/3msvmjm7ptk2v🔎 The importance of being there. It is transformative to get up close & personal with in situ art and get a sense of “the conversation” w/ artistic environments crafted by illustrious predecessors. 👁️ Read more: https://ideasroadshow.substack.com/p/in-situ-and-in-awe 🗃️ #arthistory #skystorians 🏺 #medievalsky12 Aug 2026 17:07 +0000at://did:plc:rv6q367suvhlxlwfjebo7qub/app.bsky.feed.post/3msvmjm7ptk2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/ideasroadshow.bsky.social/post/3msvmjm7ptk2v🔎 The importance of being there. It is transformative to get up close & personal with in situ art and get a sense of “the conversation” w/ artistic environments crafted by illustrious predecessors. 👁️ Read more: https://ideasroadshow.substack.com/p/in-situ-and-in-awe 🗃️ #arthistory #skystorians 🏺 #medievalsky12 Aug 2026 17:07 +0000at://did:plc:rv6q367suvhlxlwfjebo7qub/app.bsky.feed.post/3msvmjm7ptk2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/ideasroadshow.bsky.social/post/3msvm5jvync2xA shadowy griffin & lion, historic heraldic symbols of Perugia, above the Palazzo dei Priori. 🐉 The griffin represents the city.. 🦁 The lion represents the Guelph political faction. 🚗 Follow our Grand Tour of Italy here: ideasroadshow.substack.com 🗃️ #arthistory #skystorians 🏺 #medievalsky12 Aug 2026 17:00 +0000at://did:plc:rv6q367suvhlxlwfjebo7qub/app.bsky.feed.post/3msvm5jvync2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/ideasroadshow.bsky.social/post/3msle2kqksk22Happy International Cat Day to all who celebrate! Saint George by Carlo Crivelli, c. 1472. #caturday #internationalcatday 🗃️ #arthistory #skystorians 🏺 #art #cat #lion08 Aug 2026 15:09 +0000at://did:plc:rv6q367suvhlxlwfjebo7qub/app.bsky.feed.post/3msle2kqksk22https://bsky.app/profile/ideasroadshow.bsky.social/post/3msle2kqksk22Happy International Cat Day to all who celebrate! Saint George by Carlo Crivelli, c. 1472. #caturday #internationalcatday 🗃️ #arthistory #skystorians 🏺 #art #cat #lion08 Aug 2026 15:09 +0000at://did:plc:rv6q367suvhlxlwfjebo7qub/app.bsky.feed.post/3msle2kqksk22https://bsky.app/profile/ideasroadshow.bsky.social/post/3msdb76ruxk2bSt. Francis in the Desert bt Giovanni Bellini, 1480 - The Ecstacy of St. Francis by El Greco, c. 1580. We’re preparing next week’s visit to Assisi! Join us on Exploring Art History (free) for films & stories: ideasroadshow.substack.com. 🗃️ #arthistory #skystorians 🏺 #medievalsky #art #archaeology05 Aug 2026 09:56 +0000at://did:plc:rv6q367suvhlxlwfjebo7qub/app.bsky.feed.post/3msdb76ruxk2b