You had me at "Unknown: Detail from Ethiopian Gospel Book (c1505)". But this is genius.
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RT @PeterBrathwaite
Heading into the week before #RediscoveringBlackPortraiture publication day with Anon: Detail from Abbreviatio of Domesday Book (c.1241)📚
The man holds on to a capital letter 'I' that decorates the beginning of a page. Reworked with grandpap’s cou cou stick, scores & long johns.
https://twitter.com/PeterBrathwaite/status/1642796629722791936
#rediscoveringblackportraiture
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A king to mark🤴🏾#Epiphany.
Georges Trubert: The Adoration of the Magi (detail) from a Book of Hours (c.1480–90). Balthazar, the youngest of the magi. Reworked with vegetable oil, map of the Caribbean and yellow yarn. #RediscoveringBlackPortraiture through #gettymuseumchallenge.
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#epiphany #rediscoveringblackportraiture #gettymuseumchallenge
Over the moon 🌙 to announce the publication of my book 📕 “Rediscovering Black Portraiture” coming Spring 2023 with Getty Publications.
Me, with contributions by Cheryl Finley, Temi Odumosu, and Mark Sealy. Available to preorder everywhere that books are sold.
#RediscoveringBlackPortraiture through #GettyMuseumChallenge.
#gettymuseumchallenge #rediscoveringblackportraiture
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Anon: From Abbreviatio of Domesday Book, England (c.1241). A man holds on to a capital letter 'I' that decorates the beginning of a page. Reworked with grandpap’s cou cou stick, scores and long johns.
#RediscoveringBlackPortraiture through #gettymuseumchallenge.
🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/PeterBrathwaite/status/1598222799348588547
#rediscoveringblackportraiture #gettymuseumchallenge
Anon: From Abbreviatio of Domesday Book, England (c.1241). A man holds on to a capital letter 'I' that decorates the beginning of a page. Reworked with grandpap’s cou cou stick, scores and long johns.
#RediscoveringBlackPortraiture through #gettymuseumchallenge.
#BlackHistory
#Historians
#historians #blackhistory #gettymuseumchallenge #rediscoveringblackportraiture