Emily Wood

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Assistant Curator, Mount Holyoke College Art Museum || ABD in art history || art & architecture of early modern Spain & Italy || she/her || heads up: there will be Red Sox posts

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Emily Wood@ebwood· 29d

Time for all my friends to be spammed with this again.

Meme with text above a mosaic depiction of Odysseus lashed to the mast of his ship as his men hold their shields. The meme text reads:
odysseus: we now set out on our odyssey.
sailor: [raising hand] what's an odyssey?
odysseus: a long journey named after the only survivor.
sailor: oh ok wait what.

Emily Wood@ebwood· 29d

Jacques Jonghelinck, medal celebrating Philip II's victory at the Battle of St. Quentin, 1557, British Museum

Image of the obverse and reverse of a silver medal. (Description taken from the British Museum website.) Obverse: Bust of Philip II, right, laureate, in armour, with badge of the Golden Fleece. Obverse inscription: "PHILIPPVS . D . G . HISP . ET . ANGLIÆ . REX." Reverse: Medallion with full face bust of St. Quentin, inscribed. Reverse inscription: "ANNO M . D . LVII QYARTO ID . AVG . MEMORABILI STRAGE IN AGRO VEROMANDVOR . FVSO FVGATOQ VALIDO GALLI . EXERCITV IPSO CONESTAB. DVCE PRÆCIPVISQ . GALLIÆ PROCERIB . CAPT . MOX VI CAL . SEPT. OPPIDV . S . QVINTINI XXVII OBSIDIOIS DIE VI EXPVGNAT Ƶ DIREPT. PER PHILIP . HISP . Ƶ ANG. REGEM INVICTISS." (Reverse inscription translation: "In the year 1557 on the fourth of the Ides [10th] of Aug. the powerful army of France being defeated and put to flight, its general, the Constable himself, and the chief nobles of France being made prisoners, at the memorable battle in Picardy, soon after, on the sixth of the calends of Sept. [27 August] the Town of St. Quentin was taken by assault and plundered, on the twenty-seventh day of the siege, by Philip, the most invincible king of Spain and England.")

Emily Wood@ebwood· Jul 13

Narcisse Virgile Diaz de la Peña, Forest at Fontainebleau, Mount Holyoke College Art Museum museums.fivecolleges.edu/api/permalin...

Painting of a darkened clearing in the woods, with a small pool or puddle of water at the center. The trees and ground are shades of brown, orange, and green. There is a female figure kneeling on the ground, reaching forward with her left arm, just beyond the pool of water. A larger clearing and blue sky above it are visible in the distance.

Emily Wood@ebwood· Jul 7

It seems like the internet thinks so and also that it may somehow be James Corden’s fault?

Screenshot of the trending topics on Bluesky:

1. Falcons
Sports
2. VAR Controversy
Sports
3. James Corden
Entertainment
4. World Cup
Sports
5. Argentina vs Egypt
Sports

Emily Wood@ebwood· Jul 6

I mean...fingers crossed.

Full-length standing portrait of Philip II of Spain, painted around 1580 by an unknown artist and now in the collection of the National Portrait Gallery in London. (Though they took it off view a few years ago during their renovation/reinstallation and now the early modern galleries really only focus on portraits of British people, which is, in my opinion, a mistake.) Philip wears parade armor embellished wit gold, white and gold breeches, white leggings and shoes, and a white undershirt with the ruffs visible at his neck and wrists. He hold a commander's baton in his right and and rests his left on top of a parade armor helmet, adorned with white feathers and red ribbons, that sits on top of a table draped in red cloth.

Emily Wood@ebwood· Jul 1

Reinterpretation of the “This is fine” dog cartoon that has become a meme, but with the Earth sitting in a chair, wearing a small hat, while surrounded by flames saying, “This is not fine.”

Emily Wood@ebwood· Jun 28

📷: Madrid, September 2019

The white, black, and gold dome of the Edificio Metrópolis (Metropolis Building) in Madrid silhouetted against a brilliant blue sky.

Emily Wood@ebwood· Jun 27

Philip Guston, Pink Book, 1968, Mount Holyoke College Art Museum museums.fivecolleges.edu/api/permalin...

A painting of a pink bifold form outlined in black resembling a thick, open book, with lines of black dashes suggestive of lines of text, against a white background. Signed in pink in the lower right corner.

Emily Wood@ebwood· Jun 22

Dear Bluesky: Does anyone have a place stateside to buy Napolitanas that *isn’t* Amazon? I used to get them all the time in Madrid and I miss them.

Emily Wood@ebwood· Jun 17

Thinking of Hampshire today—its students, staff, and faculty.

A handmade poster, attached to a concrete pillar with duck tape, that says, “Thank you Faculty + Professors STAFF! You’ve changed our lives and SHOULD BE RECOGNIZED.”

A photo taken of the crowd at the last Div III show at the Hampshire College Art Gallery.

Part of a participatory artwork at the last Div III show at the Hampshire College Art Gallery: an index card, pinned to a line and piece of fabric by a clothespin, on which is written, “‘Let everything happen to you: beauty and terror. Just keep going. No feeling is final.’ - Rilke.”

Pale purple lilac flowers on the Hampshire College campus.

Emily Wood@ebwood· Jun 16

…what? Also, are they coins if only 2,026 are minted and they don’t circulate? I mean, could I use one to buy things in a shop? Or are they tokens/medals?

Image taken from the US mint website showing the obverse and reverse of the silver and gold versions of the Liberty Bell “coins” against a blue background with shadowy images of the Statue of Liberty and I think the US Capitol with the text:
A HISTORIC COIN
TAKES SHAPE
Celebrating 250 Years of American Independence

Emily Wood@ebwood· Jun 12

David Hockney, Daffodils in Vase, 1969, Smith College Museum of Art

Black and white print of a long, slender vase with two small handles by the mouth holding a narrow bunch of daffodils, just left of center in the composition. The vase and flowers cast a narrower but slightly shorter shadow to the right. Most of the sheet is left white, save a thin diagonal line sloping down from left to right to indicate a corner where the floor or countertop meets the wall. Signed in the lower right corner.

Emily Wood@ebwood· Jun 11

Effinbirds cartoon of an ostrich against an ivory background with the text, “do you fucking hear yourself right now?”

Emily Wood@ebwood· Jun 7

Anónimo, Incendio del Monasterio de El Escorial en 1671, siglo XVII, @museodelprado.es

Pintura de el Real Monasterio de San Lorenzo de El Escorial que se está en llamas. El lienzo es bastante oscuro generalmente. Las llamas, naranjas y fuertes, queman los techos negros del edificio y producen mucho humo blanco y gris. Unas personas están en el patio enfrente del monasterio; algunos salvan a los muebles del edificio y otras están en una procesión/ceremonia religiosa a la izquierda del cuadro. El Escorial ardió el 7 de junio 1671.

Emily Wood@ebwood· May 29

The meme of the screenshot of text messages saying, “i ain't reading all that
i'm happy for u tho
or sorry that happened”.

Emily Wood@ebwood· May 22

It’s Philip’s birthday, y’all!

Screen shot of the Co-Star app’s birthday message for Philip II, with a slumping birthday cake with two candles in the upper right above a block of text that says, “HAPPY BIRTHDAY, PHILIP / 499 is the year you find peace instead of swinging wildly between ecstasy and devastation.”

Emily Wood@ebwood· May 18

When you’re in Midtown for work on a Saturday, so you swing by the Ed Sullivan Theater in hopes of getting a squishy penny from the Colbert souvenir penny press, but this sign greets you on the door. (I mean, it’s 100% understandable as it was the weekend before their last week, but still. 😭)

A slightly disheveled paper sign taped to the inside of the glass door that reads: “meanwhile… ONLY LATE SHOW EMPLOYEES ARE PERMITTED AT THIS TIME”.

Emily Wood@ebwood· May 8

4 handwritten signs posted to the library/art gallery exterior door at Hampshire. Each has lots of text, written in different sized hands. The most visible is “THANK YOU HAMP,” on the blue sign on the top; “Thank y’all!” in the next sign down; and “Our Faculty & Staff Deserve Severance Pay,” in the next down.

Emily Wood@ebwood· May 8

Final Div III show of the year at Hampshire College Art Gallery—and the last with Lorenzo as director. Bittersweet, to say the least.

Elevated photograph of people standing in a Brutalist concrete space that has been divided with white baffle walls. A large, unstretched and unframed painting hangs on the white wall, predominantly red and orange.

A handwritten note on an index card, clothes-pinned to a line, over a pink garment. The note reads, “‘Let everything happen to you: beauty and terror. Just keep going. Nothing is final.’ -Rilke.”

A white wall, on which has been hung a square white panel onto which a white plaster cast of a left hand has been attached. The hand is cupped with the palm facing up. The text of a poem is on the wall to the left, illegible at this distance.

Detail of a painting depicted the head of a black vulture agains a brownish-red and yellow/orange striped background. A feather in the lower right corner, partially over a strip of deep blue and orange grid. The bird’s talon in the lower left corner.

Emily Wood@ebwood· May 5

Joel Meyerowitz, Malicatt sisters, 1984, Mount Holyoke College Art Museum

Color photograph of three woman standing shown half-length, hugging each other while looking at the camera. The one on the left wears a maroon top and bottoms and gold necklace, the one in the center a green top and black bottoms, and the one on the right a grey top and grey-blue bottoms. In the background, we can see the ocean, sky, and at least one out-of-focus sailboat.

Emily Wood@ebwood· May 5

Fernand Léger, Les deux soeurs [The Two Sisters], ca. 1935, Mount Holyoke College Art Museum

Graphite drawing on paper of two standing nude female figures. They stand such that their shoulders and feet overlap, pointing to a closeness between them. Both have wavy dark hair cascading down the proper right sides of their heads. The figure on the left holds a single stylized rose stem in her proper right hand. The drawing is signed "F. Leger" in the lower right corner.

Emily Wood@ebwood· May 5

Kerri Clarke, Mitch Mahoney, Molly Mahoney, Maree Clarke, and Nicholas Hovington; Seven Sisters Possum-Skin Cloak; 2022; Mount Holyoke College Art Museum

Roughly rectangular cloak made from multiple possum skins stitched together, their tanned surfaces acting as a white background. Across the top, there is a series of seven circular forms, ringed in yellow which also connects them, and each has designs within, some more clearly star-shaped, others less. Across the lower half, there are five areas delineated by red borders in which are more designs, including a snake, a flower, a plant, and some more abstract elements. The darker fur side of the skins curls around the edges of the cloak, especially at the top corners.

Emily Wood@ebwood· May 2

Nina Bovasso, Black Flowers with Rainbow Colors, 2006, University Museum of Contemporary Art

Print with circular black flower forms intertwined with two upside-down rainbow curves. Other colored spots throughout the print.

Emily Wood@ebwood· May 2

Peter Coffin, Untitled, 2006, Smith College Museum of Art

An artwork made out of layers of overlapping photos, each with part of a rainbow in it. The photos are overlapped in such a way that the parts of the rainbows link up to form an overall spiraling rainbow.

Emily Wood@ebwood· May 2

Ay-O, Rainbow Cezanne, 1976, Mead Art Museum

Print of a still life composition of fruit and tablewares on the surface of a table, each object's shape composed of parallel lines of rainbow colors.

Emily Wood@ebwood· May 2

Mary Bauermeister, Rainbow, 1973, Hampshire College Art Gallery

Print with writing and doodles in black ink, over and under which two rainbow-colored stripes have been laid along with rainbow diagonal brushstroke-like lines. Other areas of the doodles and sheet have been colored yellow, pink, orange, blue, and so on. The text runs in multiple directions in different cursive styles, and the word "love" is larger and visible over one of the rainbow stripes.

Emily Wood@ebwood· May 2

Patrick Hughes, [rainbow poured out of paint bucket] from the series The Domestic Life of the Rainbow, 1979, Mount Holyoke College Art Museum

A print of the lower part of a grey wall and grey floor slats onto which a puddle of rainbow paint is being poured from a rainbow paint can.

Emily Wood@ebwood· Apr 29

Faith Ringgold, Taxes On Us Without Our Consent (from the portfolio Declaration of Freedom and Independence), 2009, Mount Holyoke College Art Museum

A print that juxtaposes two scenes, surrounded and separated by a delicate vine border. On the left, a depiction of the Boston Tea Party with rebels dressed as Native Americans throwing tea crates off a ship with British flags into the water as another group cheers on from a pier. On the right, an image of Bloody Sunday with the march crossing the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma: a sea of Black faces looks out towards the viewer, two protest signs are visible (“REGISTER TO VOTE” and “ONE MAN ONE VOTE”), and white policemen rush towards the crowd, beating and arresting people, with bloodied marchers lying on the ground in the foreground. The edition number, signature, and title written in pencil in the margin beneath the print.

Emily Wood@ebwood· Apr 29

Francisco de Zurbarán, Still Life with Lemons, Oranges and a Rose, 1633, The Norton Simon Foundation

Still life painting of a deep brown wooden shelf against an inky black background with (from left to right): four lemons stacked on a silver plate; oranges piled in a basket, with a couple branches with green leaves and delicate white flowers atop; and a white cup of water and pink flower on another silver plate.

Emily Wood@ebwood· Apr 20

As you know, Hampshire College is closing, and hundreds of our wonderful staff & faculty colleagues are facing sudden job loss without severance. Hampshire staff & faculty have launched an Emergency Relief Fund—if you’re able, please donate or share! www.helphampshireworkers.com