Have you ever looked at a work of art and thought: What the heck is going on?
You might think art historians never ask this question, but we do—regularly! Enter #ThyCaptionBe, a weekly celebration of medieval manuscripts and the creativity of the crowd, and the brain child of awesome manuscripts experts and our social media team.
This is how it worked.
Each week, Alexandra Kaczenski, Rheagan Martin, and Elizabeth (Beth) Morrison from the manuscripts department selected a detail from the Getty’s rich manuscripts collection. Sarah Waldorf of the communications department would suggest edits and get it ready for publication. We posted it on @TheGetty Twitter and Tumblr and put the call out to our followers, “What the heck is going on? Caption this!”
You might think art historians never ask this question, but we do—regularly! Enter #ThyCaptionBe, a weekly celebration of medieval manuscripts and the creativity of the crowd, and the brain child of awesome manuscripts experts and our social media team.
This is how it worked.
Each week, Alexandra Kaczenski, Rheagan Martin, and Elizabeth (Beth) Morrison from the manuscripts department selected a detail from the Getty’s rich manuscripts collection. Sarah Waldorf of the communications department would suggest edits and get it ready for publication. We posted it on @TheGetty Twitter and Tumblr and put the call out to our followers, “What the heck is going on? Caption this!”