#XVIIIth century

[lesbianarthistory]

Unknown Artist (French School) – Two Women (18th c.)

#art #art history #french #lesbian #lesbian art #wlw #women #drawing #chalk #fine art #XVIIIth century #18th century #female homoeroticism

[vintage-ukraine]

The Nativity by Unknown Artist, 1729

A fresco from the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra

#ukrainian art #ukraine #ukrainian #kyiv #Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra #Ukrainian baroque #religious icon #XVIIIth century #nativity #Christmas

[maestroforte]

“Bastringue ? Bastringue ?? Mais c’est le chef d’oeuvre de ma vie !” “Noise ? Noise ?? This is my materpiece !”

#Maestro Forte #Forte Beauty and The Beast #MaestroForte #Tim Curry #Beauty and The Beast #Beauty and the Beast The Enchanted Christmas #Disney Vilains #Disney #batb 1997 #Court Composer #18th Century #XVIIIème siècle #XVIIIth Century #La Belle et la Bête #La Belle et la Bête le Noel Enchante #Midquel #Digital Drawing #Fan Art #Disney Fan Art

[mauvais--sang]

Liebst du das Dunkel Tauigter Nächte? Graut dir der Morgen, Starrst du ins Spätrot, Seufzest beim Mahle Stößest den Becher Weg von den Lippen? Liebst du nicht Jagdlust Reizet dich Ruhm nicht Schlachtgetümmel Welken dir Blumen Schneller am Busen Als sie sonst welkten Drängt sich das Blut dir Pochend zum Herzen?

— Karoline von Günderrode (1780-1806)

#karoline von günderrode #quote #poetry #xviiith century

[eyes-of-laura-mars]

#duchess of alba #maria teresa de silva #bust #statue #xviiith century #18th century #Juan de Adán Morlando #María del Pilar Teresa Cayetana de Silva y Álvarez de Toledo

[puntointerrogativo]

Went for an haircut today and requested something that would look good 1) under a hat and 2) slicked back with wax - with honestly no idea where she’s go with that. Probably short?

I was not expecting her to take it as a challenge, meticulously cutting the cleanest angled bob I’ve ever seen that magically sleeks back into the illusion of a men’s cut. Gotta love that woman.

#I’ve known her half my life #she’s resigned to requests like ‘something that won’t interfere with coats collars and bags’ #or ‘I need enough lenght for victorian and XVIIIth century styles rest is up to you’ #I never know what to do with my hair outside of experimenting with historical styles 😅

[bishopsbox]

source: @lcrdbyron

Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun (French, 1755-1842)

Autoportrait à l’âge de 16 ans

#elisabeth vigee le brun #female painters #xviiith century art

[subiysu-chan]

❛  when i get out of here, i’m going to kill you. i promise you that.  ❜ (Madeleine to Subyss)

Crimson eyes shone with sadistic glee at the young women verbally lashing out at him.

To her threat, he seemed quite unafraid. "You wouldn't be the first one to try and murder me. And I'm still here. Besides, it'll be rather hard to hold a knife if I decide to stretch you."

It was years since he had the opportunity to actually stretch the rack, now mostly used as a flogging surface.

He leaned back to make sure her bounds were secure (and he did tie quite strongly, nearly cutting off circulation), before slowly removing his jacket and loosening his shift to allow her to see his chest. A large scar stretch around were his heart was, stretching up his stern and pectoral muscles, with some more from the removal. Above it was a tatooed a small cross, much smaller than his scars. He removed some more clothes, baring his upper body, and turned around to let her see the large hedgehog tatooed accross his shoulder palid shoulder blades.

"If this didn't kill me, why do you think you can ?"

Discreetely, he moved forward, allowing himself to do a first crank. Not nearly enough to damage anything, but it kept her muscles and skin taught.

"Now, why don't you behave a little bit. Then, I won't dislocate anything, and settle for a whipping. But be warned, I can change my mind any minute."

#Subyss would probably have lived through the vampire hunt #and he seems rather corpse-like with all that time spent underground #and XVIIIth century educational methods #subyss #@somnium-delicata #hedgehog tatoos are typical of Romani and Yenish community with some german executioners having Yenish relatives or at least speaking it #mintmanga #I decided to make Subyss a bit more badass as my headcanons #I mean he already looks like a nazi propaganda cartoon #so I'm not bothering being politcally correct with him lol! #I headcanon him to have a French father fascinated by esoterism and a Yenish mother

[frenchy-wino-jerkface]

So, I was a queer teenager about fifteen years ago. Fifteen years doesn't seem like much, but in TV History, fifteen years is not even BBC Sherlock times yet. So, in Queer TV History, it's basically like comparing modern times to the XVIIIth century : there was the beginning of an idea of equality and justice, but we were clearly not there yet.

The sort-of-gay pairings I saw on TV didn't end up together, or only in some niche content I couldn't get my hands on on national television - and that was where we watched shows at the time. Sometimes they were gay-coded, but what happened most of the time was : the queerest one of the pair ended up alone, living his best quirky-lonely life, while the most straight-passing found a spouse and a respectable straight marriage.

At the same time, I was falling in love with my very queer best friend. These were scary times, we were kids. When she ended up rejecting me and running off, not speaking to me again and going into straight relationships, I felt like I deserved it. That experience, plus the way I saw myself on television, shaped the way I saw my love life. Like I couldn't truly get one.

Now, shows have changed. Shows are queer, and watched by everyone. There isn't just one sort-of gay relationship on the screen, there are several in the same show! And they fall in love, and kiss, and break up, and get back together, and are shown being gentle and loving and couples! Actual couples. I still have to pinch myself sometimes. Before they get together, and despite the entire show screaming at me that it's gay, I still feel like I'm getting queerbaited. I brace myself, I wait for the unavoidable rejection and pain and loss. And yeah, sometimes it's dramatic. But it's always real now. They kiss. They love each other. There's no shame in that anymore.

Damn.

I wonder what it would have done to me and my best friend if we'd seen these shows fifteen years ago. How different I'd be today. I'm a bit sad that I didn't get that, that I was shaped so differently by contents that wanted to make me feel like I didn't quite belong, that I didn't quite deserve to be happy.

I'm sure excited for you younger lots, though. Have fun <3

#ineffable husbands #good omens #our flag means death #blackbonnet #queer #queer community #sherlock #johnlock #sherlock bbc #personal #heartstopper

[zarya-zaryanitsa]

Jesień - tańcuj

Autumn - dance!

[lyrics, my translation]

Come out, bridesmaid, come out, it's time for the wedding

There will be violins, drums and bass playing for us

And who won't eat and who won't drink

Shall be given two sticks*, shall be doused with slop.

*A quote from old Polish drinking song dating back to XVIIIth century with lyrics from XIXth century, here it jokingly implies that whoever refuses to drink to the health of the newlyweds will be beaten.

[chorus]

The wedding news is flying out into the world

Dance and go wild like the untamed autumn wind

To love, drink once, drink twice, the best of love

Drink to love, brother, to love, bottoms up.

Hey, dance with us here, till the floor becomes splinters,

Hey, dance with us up here, feet up,

Chase after me and I will give you honey, sweet

Grab my hips and kiss me without second thought*. (x2)

*Original lyrics „całuj mnie jak z nut” are a play on the Polish expression „kłamać jak z nut” meaning to lie brazenly and without hesitation (lie through your teeth).

When the day burns out and fades into darkness,

When the dark night comes, guests, guests come home,

Play, play, musicians, give us a strong rhythm

Put your legs to this dance, dance untill the dawn.

Don't cry, mother, don't cry, I’ll be alright

You were like a guardian angel to me, but now I have him

Cups to cups, heels to the floor,

The whole room is pounding, a choir, leg to leg.

Everyone beats the same rhythm, don't stand here, move,

The legs are tearing, another sip and a whirlwind of lonely souls,

Dance, let the world spin, forget the bad,

Let us rejoice now, Lord, thank you for this day.

[chorus]

The wedding news is flying out into the world

Dance and go wild like the untamed autumn wind

To love, drink once, drink twice, the best of love

Drink to love, brother, to love, bottoms up.

Hey, dance with us here, till the floor becomes splinters,

Hey, dance with us up here, feet up

Chase after me and I will give you honey, sweet

Grab my hips and kiss me without second thought. (x2)

#Polish folk #slavic folk #polish art #slavic art #chłopi #jesień #tańcuj #Youtube

[talonabraxas]

Aton, also spelled Aten, in ancient Egyptian religion, a sun god, depicted as the solar disk emitting rays terminating in human hands.

Aten/Aton Talon Abraxas

THE CULT OF ATEN, THE GOD AND DISK OF THE SUN, ITS ORIGIN, DEVELOPMENT AND DECLINE.

Amongst all the mass of the religious literature of Ancient Egypt, there is no document that may be considered to contain a reasoned and connected account of the ideas and beliefs which the Egyptians associated with the god Aten. The causes of his rise into favour towards the close of the XVIIIth dynasty can be surmised, and the principal dogmas which the founder of his cult and his followers promulgated are discoverable in the Hymns that are found on the walls of the rock-hewn tombs of Tall al-'Amarnah; but the true history of the rise, development and fall of the cult can never be completely known. The word aten or athen is a very old word for the "disk" or "face of the sun," and Atenism was beyond doubt an old form of worship of the sun. But there were many forms of sun-worship older than the cult of Aten, and several solar gods were worshipped in Egypt many. many centuries before Aten was regarded as a special form of the great solar god at all. One of the oldest forms of the Sun-god worshipped in Egypt was HER (Horus), who in the earliest times seems to have represented the "height" or "face" of heaven by day. He was symbolized by the sparrowhawk, the right eye of the bird representing the sun and his left the moon.

[lesbianarthistory]

Angelica Kauffman –  Diana and Her Nymphs Bathing (c. 1778)

#art #art history #angelica kauffman #swiss #lesbian #lesbian art #wlw #women #painting #oil #oil on canvas #female artists #women painters #female painters #women artists #fine art #XVIIIth century #18th century #female homoeroticism #thanks @anactoriaaa for the suggestion

[vintage-ukraine]

Great Martyrs Barbara and Kathrine by Unknown Artist, 1740

#Martyr #Religious icon #Religious painting #ukrainian #ukrainian art #Ukrainian baroque #XVIIIth century #ukraine

[maestroforte]

“ Humanity is entirely overrated ... “

#Maestro Forte #Forte Beauty and The Beast #Court Composer #Tim Curry #Disney #Beauty and The Beast #Beauty and the Beast The Enchanted Christmas #Disney Vilains #Pipe Organ #Organist #Musician #XVIIIth Century #18th Century #Classical Music #OP #Fan Art #MaestroForte

[petite-madame]

Never knew I needed Sherlock in a kimono this bad 😍 Fanart that recreates cannon is really cool, but I think fanart that adds something brand new to the world that we've never seen and wouldn't ever get to see otherwise is on a whole other level of awesome, like it makes me incredibly happy yet it only exists because of you! So thank youuu!!! 💕

Hi anon ^^

Thank you so much for enjoying my new Sherlock series and for taking the time to contact me, it's very kind of you. 💗

Never knew I needed Sherlock in a kimono this bad 😍

Not the art you wanted but the art you needed apparently. 😂

I had the idea after going to an exhibition devoted to kimonos at the Jacques Chirac Museum of Branly Quay in Paris. You had all sort of Japanese kimonos (obviously 🤓) but also "western kimonos" that showed how Japan has been a great influence in western fashion for centuries now (but also an influence in movie costumes. You even had Amidala's costume displayed ! ^^)

The idea to draw Sherlock in a kimono came after I saw these two pieces:

These garments were called a "banyan wrapper" (XVIIIth century). The one on the right dates back around 1720, pure silk, the fabric was dyed using a resist paste applied through a stencil (katazome). A lot were mass produced but these ones were orders.

Anyway, kimono fabric was imported from Japan to Europe by the Dutch in order to make beautiful dressing gowns like the ones above. Flower embroideries were popular but also colorful and shiny fabrics. When I went back home and had a look at the pics, I had a laugh and thought that Sherlock, being the absolute drama queen that he is, would absolutely own a kimono, even in the 1880s.

I tried several colors but bright red was the one that fitted him the best ! I love drawing Sherlock wearing blue (and I did it HERE on Twitter) but the red kimono on him was *chef's kisses* 🤌👨‍🍳

So thank youuu!!! 💕

No please! Thank YOU for enjoying my art so much! And thank you also to all the artists who create fan art. It's not because I'm an artist myself that I don't appreciate it. So many great works out there!

Have a great Sunday 💗

Edit: a big thank you to @semiprofessionalmom for their help with the post (see comments section)

#pmasks #kimono

[the-mostdiabolik-of-lovers]

Can I please have Laito react to his bride being the daughter of an XVIIIth century french executioner, and one who enjoys the adrenaline rush with being mobbed ?

Laito: Bitch-chan, Bitch-chan~!

Laito: If you like crowds so much... Could you really be an exhibitionist at heart? The thrill that comes with being watched, doesn't that get your heart racing~?

#diabolik lovers #dialovers collection #the-most-diabolik-of-lovers #ask #react #laito sakamaki #sakamaki laito #dialovers #diabolik lovers x reader #diabolik lovers ask blog #subyss-chan