medievalpoc

@medievalpoc

People of Color in European Art History: Because you wouldn't want to be historically inaccurate.

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  1. Pinned Tweet
    May 5

    PLEASE. Write a story. Paint a picture. Create, teach, curate, and learn. Don't wait for permission because we'll never get it.

    6 replies 818 retweets 1,306 likes
  2. Retweeted
    Jul 15

    The teaser trailer for Disney’s A Wrinkle in Time is here. Watch it now and see the film in theatres March 9, 2018.

    Disney's A Wrinkle In Time - Official Teaser Trailer
    613 replies 17,158 retweets 32,827 likes
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    Jul 15

    One of the old Octavia Butler books with a white-washed cover. Did I buy it? Nah. I like my fiction on the INSIDE of the book. 😏

    54 replies 167 retweets 734 likes
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    Jul 14

    Ah, a little Google bird just told me that my latest NYT SFF review column is up:

    2 replies 41 retweets 101 likes
  5. Jul 14

    By the way, this is where the Sad Romans in Cold, Rainy Misery Letters come from (they keep finding more):

    New hoard of writing tablets found at Roman fort
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    Jul 14
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    If the Amesbury Archer could come to Britain from central Europe, a North African person could wind up there just as easily.

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    Jul 14
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    Oh hell not just Roman Britain - bronze and iron age skeletons show signs that people were coming from long ass distances.

    1 reply 3 retweets 18 likes
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    Jul 14

    This is the best! Letters from Romans who were so cold and sad in Scotland.

    I've been laughing about Roman Socks since c. 2013 and it's still the Best Wrong I've Ever Been:
    2 replies 31 retweets 49 likes
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    Jul 14
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    For ancient novels, I'd recommend The Ethiopian Tale for sheer scale. Set all over the eastern Mediterranean.

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  10. Jul 14
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    I mean, how cool is that?

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  11. Jul 14
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    I mean today? I got to see a painting I've never seen before (and found it stiltedly erotic, an unexpected combo) via !!

    3 replies 8 retweets 31 likes
  12. Jul 14
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    I came into this with my own assumptions and ideas that have since been blowed up quite spectacularly, much to my delight (or chagrin)

    1 reply 1 retweet 22 likes
  13. Jul 14
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    Also I really hope people keep in mind, it's not like I've ALWAYS KNOWN this stuff! I've learned it over time, and I'm still learning.

    1 reply 2 retweets 27 likes
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    Jul 14
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    ex. Copts in China. Religiously diverse as well with Muslims, Christians, and Jews as sympathetic main characters.

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    Jul 14
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    This is something I appreciate abt some medieval tales I'm reading atm where they just take for granted the town is racially diverse.

    2 replies 2 retweets 19 likes
  16. Jul 14

    I've been laughing about Roman Socks since c. 2013 and it's still the Best Wrong I've Ever Been:

    Replying to @medievalpoc
    We have accounts of Roman soldiers from Palmyra complaining about getting posted to northern Britain. They hated the rain
    3 replies 38 retweets 88 likes
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    Jul 13
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    The National Gallery: Bartholomaeus Spranger: The Adoration of the Kings, about 1595

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    Jul 13
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    The National Gallery: Gerard David: The Adoration of the Kings, about 1515

    1 reply 5 retweets 8 likes
  19. Jul 14

    All of these artworks are breathtaking! thank you so much for sharing <3

    … supernaut: The National Gallery
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  20. Retweeted
    Jul 14

    English was never the only language spoken in England:

    3 replies 146 retweets 214 likes
  21. Jul 14

    You honestly don't have to create special circumstances for a character of color, because Roman Britain was a thing.

    Replying to @phonologix
    St. Maurice is the top awesome example, got that one. But it's also not an in situ character.
    6 replies 29 retweets 83 likes

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