<p>6/ After the bombs fell, citizens rushed to rescue what bits they could of the frescoes. Some panels had been moved elsewhere for unrelated the reasons. They had b&amp;w photographs of the walls. So the result combines all of these: ↵</p>

<p>4/ This is relevant because the key paintings in the Ovetari are by Padova&#39;s own Mantegna, then still a young, rising star. The Ovetari has cycles on the lives of St. James and St. Christopher, and Mantegna painted several of the panels, including the three best ones. ↵</p>

<p>3/ Then, in 2001, I happened to be in Milan&#39;s gem, the Brera. I rounded a corner, and saw it in the flesh (to so speak), and was blown away. It&#39;s difficult to explain that feeling of having your breath taken away, but I vividly remember and thrill to that moment to this day. ↵</p>

<p>1/ One of the lesser masterpieces in Padova is the Ovetari chapel at the Eremitani church. One of its notable weaknesses is that much of it was blown away by Allied bombs in WW2! What&#39;s left is still wonderful. But first: Andrea Mantegna! <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Italy25" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Italy25</span></a> ↵</p>

<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/@jnkrtech" class="u-url mention">@<span>jnkrtech</span></a></span> There&#39;s n aricle i today&#39;s NYT about teen health influencers, and the author dryly notes that one of them gets through information through chats with ChatGPT. So…</p>

<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@whitequark" class="u-url mention">@<span>whitequark</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.mildlyfunctional.gay/@artemist" class="u-url mention">@<span>artemist</span></a></span> counterfeit detection?</p>

<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@whitequark" class="u-url mention">@<span>whitequark</span></a></span> Right, correct wording is that it’s _notoriously_ prone to erroneous implementation, especially in C and especially when not using DER</p>

<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@whitequark" class="u-url mention">@<span>whitequark</span></a></span> If ASN.1 is so good, why didn’t they ever make ASN.2?</p>

<p>12/ Okay, there&#39;s a few pieces you won&#39;t find in your art books or wherever else you get your art education from, including a few that really ought not be there. Tomorrow I&#39;ll bring you some superstars instead!</p>