Assistant Professor in early modern art history @utrechtuniversity.bsky.social โข Out now with Brill: ๐๐ข๐ณ๐ญ๐บ ๐๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฏ ๐๐ช๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ข๐ค๐บ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฉ ๐๐ฆ๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ท๐ข๐ญ ๐๐ถ๐ญ๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ โข France and the Netherlands โข Diplomacy, ritual, ephemeral arts โข https://linktr.ee/bramvanleuveren
Dr Bram van Leuveren (๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ/๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฎ)
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At Utrecht University, we donโt just study early modern #art โ we recreate it too! ๐จ๐๐๐ In my Festival and Ritual Arts course, students are making #sugar #sculptures from a 16th-century French #recipe, exploring materiality, ephemerality, imitation, and colonial histories through hands-on practice.
Our university library @utrechtuniversity.bsky.social has organized a mini expo on 'Isr*el's' violent destruction of Palestinian universities. We ought to support our Palestinian colleagues now more than ever against 'Isr*el's' violent colonial occupation๐ต๐ธ
Stevin was #Flemish, by the way, born in Bruges, my bad! Nice example of Flemish-Dutch exchange.
Did you know that, in early modern Asia, gems often travelled the same routes as spices? A new essay by @eclaaire.bsky.social explores how the gem trade shaped global power, science, and commerce. ๐โจ
Go give it a read in the @iias.bsky.social periodical, "The Newsletter": bit.ly/GemsEssay
#Scarce
506 years ago, on the 22nd of May 1520, the massacre at the festival of Tรณxcatl took place. During the festival, Spanish captain Pedro de Alvarado turned on the Mexica of Tenochtitlan, killing performers, spectators and nobles. #otd #history ๐๏ธ
More sugary arts:
Week 2 of recreating an early modern #sugar๐กsculpture in our ArtLab! My art history students used a 16th-c. #French recipe, casting real fruits๐๐๐in clay molds and pouring in๐ซcane sugar. These edible artworks once adorned court #banquets๐ด across Europe and Asia, blending confectionery and sculpture.
Dr Bram van Leuveren (๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ/๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฎ)
Dr Bram van Leuveren (๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ/๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฎ)
