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MatildeGrimaldi·ILLUSTRATOR @MG_illustrator

Illustrator of archaeological-architectural-art historical (and much more!) material, with a PhD in Medieval Art | matildegrimaldi.com

Joined September 2016
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AMERICAN METROPOLIS-THE MAKING OF MEXICO CITY by Tatiana Seijas is available to preorder with a 20% discount! I was happy to collaborate on the illustrations and see one of my drawings on the cover! cambridge.org/9781009692779 #historyofart #arthistory #history #twitterhistorians
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Mosque-zāviye Mehmed I (1419-21), Bursa (Turkey) Plan ➜ elevation ➜ axonometry #ottomanarchitecture #architecture #historyofart #arthistory #history #Archaeology
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Bringing an object to life: from a flat drawing to a silver vessel... I wish it had taken so little time! #twitterhistorians #Archaeology #arthistory
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Pleased to share the release of the latest article Laura Tillery wrote for Gesta, “Intermedial Visions of St. Gregory on Lübeck’s Corpus Christi Confraternity Altarpiece”, vol. 64, n. 2, featuring some diagrams by me➜journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10… #medievaltwitter #twitterhistorians
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#medievaltwitter Don't miss out the lecture by Francesca Dell'Acqua "Art as Proof: Statues and High Relief as Ideological Statements at the Time of the Image Controversy, c.750–850?" on 5 Dec 2025, Princeton Art Department What an honour to see my reconstruction on the poster!
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More at artandarchaeology.princeton.…

Art as Proof: Statues and High Relief as Ideological Statements at the Time of the Image Controve...

At a synod convened by Emperor Louis the Pious in Paris in November 825, Frankish clerics debated the correct use of images in churches. After carefully considering texts and the traditions of the...

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Pleased to share with you the release of THE ART OF QUEENSHIP IN THE HELLENISTIC WORLD by Patricia Eunji Kim, to which I was extremely happy to contribute! Check it out at ➜cambridge.org/core/books/art… #twitterhistorians #arthistory #Archaeology #ClassicsTwitter #ancienthistory
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...And here is the cover of "The Art of Queenship in the Hellenistic World" by Patricia Eunji Kim, for which I prepared the illustrations! Preorder at ➜cambridge.org/core/books/art… #twitterhistorians #arthistory #Archaeology #ClassicsTwitter #ancienthistory #greekromanart #ancientart
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New release: H. Droste and K. V. Jensen, THE STOCKHOLM BLOODBATH OF 1520. CONTEXT AND COMMEMORATION @AmsterdamUPress. Cover illustration by me! Available at: aup.nl and amazon.com #history #earlymodernhistory #twitterhistorians #medievaltwitter
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Pleased to share the release of STUCCO IN THE ISLAMIC WORLD. STUDIES OF ARCHITECTURAL ORNAMENT FROM SPAIN TO INDIA, ed. by Richard Piran McClary, to which I was very happy to contribute with several reconstructions #medievaltwitter #archaeology #islamicarchitecture #Islamicart
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I've been creating academic illustrations for over 10yrs, but seeing my work in print is always thrilling! al-Manṣūr I's basin for M. Rosser-Owen➜ 'Luxury objects at Madinat al-Zahra', MADINAT AL-ZAHRA: THE RADIANT CAPITAL OF ISLAMIC SPAIN, @PrincetonUPress '25 #medievaltwitter
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It was a great pleasure to attend the opening of 'Siena: The Rise of Painting, 1300-1500'. Many thanks to @NationalGallery for inviting me and congratulations to Joanna Cannon for such a magnificent voyage into the Senese 14thc! #arthistory #medievalart #medievaltwitter
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Pleased to have been invited to the opening of the 'Siena: The Rise of Painting 1300-1500' exhibition @NationalGallery next Wednesday 5 March! Looking forward to meeting fellow lovers of Senese art -I wonder if the buffet will feature some ribollita?? #arthistory #medievalart
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Thrilled to see among the forthcoming titles of the @AmsterdamUPress THE STOCKHOLM BLOODBATH OF 1520. CONTEXT AND COMMEMORATION ed. by H. Droste and K. Jensen ➜Check it out at aup.nl/en/book/9789463724197… #twitterhistorians #medievaltwitter #history
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Huge congratulations to Maria Alessia Rossi for VISUALIZING CHRIST’S MIRACLES IN LATE #BYZANTIUM: ART, THEOLOGY, AND COURT CULTURE (illustrations by me) #medievalart #medievalarthistory #Archaeology #byzantinearchitecture #byzantineiconography #medievaltwitter #twitterhistorians
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Available at cambridge.org/core/books/vis…

Visualizing Christ's Miracles in Late Byzantium

Cambridge Core - European History 1000-1450 - Visualizing Christ's Miracles in Late Byzantium

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Finding in the newspaper a key discovery on the site you've been illustrating for years is priceless! 4 early #BRONZEAGE clay cylinders from Umm el-Marra (Syria) allowed Prof. Schwartz & his team to backdate the origin of the alphabet and writing of 500 years! #archaeology
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Proud for my architectural schema for the ultimate study on the murals in Angers Cathedral ➜ Paul Binski, Emily Guerry, Lucy Wrapson and Chris Titmus, “The Gothic murals of Angers Cathedral”, Hamilton Kerr Institute Bulletin, 10 #medievalart #medievaltwitter #twitterhistorians
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Don’t miss the latest article by @cloecavero & Yonatan Glazer-Eytan in OA of @RSAorg on sambenitos and Spanish Inquisition ➜"Infamy within Sight: Making and Unmaking Sambenitos in the Early Modern Iberian World", #renaissancequarterly 2: 77 cambridge.org/core/journals/…
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Reconstruction of an early medieval fresco fragment from Rome (unknown provenance) and hypothesis of its original context #arthistory #medievalart #medievalarthistory #history #medievaltwitter #twitterhistorians
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