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Andrei Pesic

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Teaches French cultural history, literature, and art @Stanford. Sleep-deprived dad

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Music and Capitalism in the Eighteenth Century – Encounters with Eighteenth-Century Music

Looking forward to talking music and capitalism with Rebecca Geoffroy-Schwinden, Nicholas Mathew, and Morton Wan today encounters.secm.org/events/mater...

27.10.2025 17:20 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Gawkers?

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Book cover of Anson Rabinbach, The Human Motor: Energy, Fatigue, and the Origins of Modernity

Book cover of Anson Rabinbach, The Human Motor: Energy, Fatigue, and the Origins of Modernity

I'm sad to learn of the death of Anson Rabinbach, whose brilliant book _The Human Motor_ and teaching inspired me deeply.

03.02.2025 23:43 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Could I join the list/party please?

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Fifth Berkeley Enlightenment Workshop Join the UC Berkeley History Department for the Fifth UC Berkeley Enlightenment Workshop featuring keynote addresses from Sophie Rosenfield (Depart...

Very excited to take part in the Berkeley Enlightenment Workshop this weekend events.berkeley.edu/History/even...

17.10.2024 21:42 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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The Scrovegni Chapel: A 360Β° View of Giotto’s Masterpiece | Haltadefinizione Discover the details of the marvelous Scrovegni Chapel in Padua, Italy, in ultra-high definition, from Haltadefinizine.

This online resource for the Scrovegni Chapel is just a delight! You can zoom into Giotto's beautiful frescoes and see in detail how wonderful an artist he was. 😊

#ArtHistory #Art #RenaissanceArt

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24.09.2024 20:48 πŸ‘ 25 πŸ” 8 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 3
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Every year when I teach my class on art and the market, I want to set up a little shrine to Michael Baxandall’s Painting in 15th-century Italy

10.01.2024 23:59 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Were there still colonial livres in the 1820s? In the old regime it was a 1=1.5 exchange rate so admittedly doesn’t fit this ratio…

29.11.2023 03:21 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0