The best thing
About poems
Is that they
Can be
Really
Short.
#fridayfragments

#FridayFragments @blackboughpoetry.bsky.social

Exploitation

Has a colour
and sometimes not.
Whoever does it
does it
because they know
they can.

A snip of a poem for the new #FridayFragments feature by @blackboughpoetry.bsky.social @matthewmcsmith.bsky.social

For #FridayFragments, Mary's funeral, among the early 15c frescoes by Lorenzo di Bicci in the Cappella Nucci-Salutati, San Francesco, Pescia. Jesus holds Mary's soul. John kneels, holding her hand to his cheek. Among apostles and angels, Andrew (left), Peter and James (rt) flank Jesus.
#FrescoFriday

White hexagons are framed by bands composed of smaller rectangular, triangular, and diamond-shaped bits of dark green and purplish veined and splotched stone. When intact, they likely resembled interlace and created a star-like pattern around the hexagons.

A bit of patched-up #medieval pavement at San Domenico, Narni
#FridayFragments #Umbria

The body of Christ is falling forward as Joseph of Arimathea holds his torso, taking him down from the cross. Christ's left arm hangs limply. To the right, we see Mary's anguished face (the rest of her figure is lost to wear) as she presses it against Christ's hand and holds his rigid arm. There is a deep blue background and the remains of the colors of robes show a rich and diverse palette, and carefully done white highlighting and hatching.

An overview of the interior of the church (with significant restoration) shows the inner ring of columns of different marble and the circular outer wall with fragments of faded frescoes.

Deposition of Christ from the Cross, San Giovanni al Sepolcro, Brindisi, 1st half of 13th century
One of the most intense and moving of the many interesting frescoes preserved in this unusual church.
#FrescoFriday #FridayFragments #MedievalArt #Puglia

Two armored and helmeted Amazon warriors: one helmet is horned, the other crested. One Amazon carries an axe, the other brandishes a spear.

Hercules, wearing a lion's skin, raises a sword.

Hercules battles #Amazon warriors on fragments of an Attic black-figure column krater (520-500 BC) found at Monte Sannace.
Museo Archeologico Nazionale, Gioia del Colle, #Puglia
#FridayFragments #AncientBlueSky #Pottery #Ceramics #Mythology

the ruins of Monk Bretton Priory

a cat perched on a gargoyle in the museum

ceramic floor tile

#RuinedPrioryFriday The Priory at Monk Bretton was founded in 1154 & was a busy, important place until its dissolution in 1538

The Priory remains a popular visitor attraction with lots of free events and in Experience Barnsley we have gargoyles & archaeology from the site #FridayFragments

Friday Fragments: March 21st A couple interesting essays on AI plus a few "'how will USED firings impact higher ed" articles

#FridayFragments #whatimreading this week:
📚2 opposing viewpoints re #GenAI and #students
📚3 articles re:impacts @usedgov.bsky.social layoffs on #highered from @chronicle.com @tcfdotorg.bsky.social @snopes.com
#edusky #academicsky

Heads carved on keystones of arcades of the Roman amphitheatre at Santa Maria Capua Vetere, now in the museum on the site
#FridayFragments #FacesOnFriday #FridayFaces #museitaliani #AncientBlueSky

For #FridayFragments, a #Romanesque figure of Mary and the Christ child, Bitonto Cathedral, #Puglia.
Don't share my love of fragments? Ok, here's a "whole" one on the same south wall: St Mark's evangelist symbol, the lion, with an #inscription and very toothy smile.
#romanico #MedievalSky

1/ A #Romanesque angel, now in the Museo Civico, comes from the Church of Nazareth in Barletta, #Puglia.
The church belonged to the 12th century Crusader see of Nazareth. After the Crusades, it was the seat of titular archbishops of Nazareth.
#FridayFragments #romanico #museitaliani #MedievalSky

Mary and the women following Jesus grieve as he is led away to Calvary
Detail of a 14th-century fresco, San Domenico, Gubbio, #Umbria
#FrescoFriday #FridayFragments #FridayFaces #Umbria

A natural heap of broken sea worn shell fragments in shades of beige and pale pink

A large scallop shell banded with pink-orange and pale yellow rings lying slightly buried in beige sand

#FridayFragments - and a whole scallop (?queen scallop) #Beachcombing #SeaShells

Hey, those clamps might be a little too tight.
#FridayFragments #Romanico

Open a book! It may surprise you.
Fragment of a #fresco in San Lorenzo, Naples
#FotoVorschlag #Lektüre #FridayFragments