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Associate Professor in the History of Art and Architecture, University of Lincoln,UK. Author: Philip II of Spain & the Architecture of Empire @PSUPress #architecture #art #materialculture #iberianworld #globalhistory #latinamerica #Goa Own views 🌈 she/her
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A very stylish #Roman woman's shoe with a decorative pattern punched into the leather. Found in 1907 in a well in the civilian settlement of the Saalburg fort, dating first half of the 2nd century AD. Photo: Römerkastell Saalburg
Show Post2/2 The relief is part of a series that includes representations of other Councils, battles, allegories and more. Of the 44 pieces commissioned, 33 are in the collection. Fascinating. The full series, including the Council of the Indies above, is found here: www.museodelprado.es/museo/public...
Show Post1/2 Quiet morning writing about Lima, momentarily interrupted by a rabbit hole. A bas-relief chiselled by Giovanni Bellini (also known as Juan Antonio de Padua, about whom little is known) of the Council of the Indies, made in 1748 for the new royal palace in Madrid.
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