#nothern renaissance

[pmamtraveller]

THE UGLY DUCHESS (c.1513) by QUENTIN MASSYS

The woman in the painting is wrinkled, and her breasts are drooping. She is wearing an aristocrat’s horned hat (Escoffion) that was in vogue when the painting was made. She is holding the red flower in the right hand, which is a sign of engagement. She is looking for a lover.

For many years, the painting was believed to be the work of LEONARDO DA VINCI because of its similarity to his two head caricature drawings. Now, however, the head caricatures are believed to be based on drawings made by MASSYS. MASSYS and LEONARDO corresponded and exchanged drawings.

The literary inspiration for the work is ERASMUS'S essay in "Praise of Folly" (1511), which satirizes elderly women in a misogynist fashion. In this case, the lady in question was COUNTESS MARGARET OF TYROL. Her enemies called her ugly, but she had passed away 150 years before.

According to some scholars, the portrait served as a basis for JOHN TENNIEL'S 1869 illustrations of the DUCHESS IN ALICE'S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND. For that reason, it was associated with the world of the fairy tale.

Another interesting fact about the UGLY DUCHESS is that according to an article published in BRITISH MEDICAL JOURNAL, the portrayed women were believed to have Paget’s disease, a condition in which a person’s bones swell and become deformed.

#the ugly duchess #quentin massys #renaissance #romanticism #nothern Renaissance

[fandom-trash-goblin]

sansa stark

hello!! thank you for the ask !! i've only read the first book, so i'll mainly be using that. also because im a certified hater about sansa antis, who mostly dunk on baby sansa

favorite thing about them: she's so goddamn smart. like politically, socially, all over. she answers that question about identifying renly baratheon so smoothly, she entertains the audience with her comments, she realizes that littlefinger is not quite what he seems "his mouth smiled while his eyes did not". so so smart my darling.

least favourite thing about them: nothing. she's perfect. maybe lemon cakes? what's the fixation?? but that might be my problem because i've never had a good one.

favourite line:

book 1:

Yet she knew that beyond them was open country, farms and fields and forests, and beyond that, north and north and north again, stood Winterfell.

overall, i'm kind of predicatable. i just love how sansa realises there are no true knights and ladies, but she's still finding reasons to believe, and trying her best to be the ideal she's taught.

Be brave, she told herself. Be brave, like a lady in a song.

brOTP: so far, sansa & margarey, but i remember reading this one fic with beautiful sansa & satin flowers.

OTP: jon snow/sansa stark.

nOTP: i ... don't like Sandor/Sansa or Tyrion/Sansa... it's sort of like those christmas movies where the gorgeous girl settles for this plain looking man... i don't see it happening.

random headcannon: i really like the idea of cultural-renaissance court of winter under Queen Sansa. also that she gets a direwolf pups-- let me feast myself on those nothern magic, greenseer headcannons.

unpopular opinion: i liked the ending of GOT, atleast for Sansa and Arya. (proceeds to hide in an underground bunker)

songs i associate with them: there's this hindi song called Teri Dastan (your destiny) that is literally her song. also jenny of oldstones (karliene) for some reason even if its a targ song,

favourite picture of them: i'm assuming this means costume soo... the armour-ish costumes, dark tones that really wet of her hair. gif set here. and my favourite accessory (predictable) is the dragonfly necklace.

#asks #thank you for the ask! #ask games #sansa stark #asoiaf #pro sansa stark

[jpg-of-dorian-slay]

grishaverse secret santa again!!

OMG I LOVE the marauders!!! my gf just introduced me to them a few months ago and I already love them SOO MUCH!! also thg was kinda the first fandom I was ever in and I was OBSESSED with it in middle school!! super in love with the whole hunger games renaissance happening rn <3

okay next question what are some songs today your favorite songs? OR alternatively what are some songs that remind you of certain grishaverse characters?

okay that is all for now 🫶 have a wonderful day/night babe

hello lovely!

you're clearly a person with immaculate taste lmao, i love how our fandoms are all matching up!

as of today my favourite songs are sheer heart attack by queen and erase me by lizzy mcalpine (absolute wiplash going between those two songs, no clue why those are the two that have stuck with me today). i LOVE relating songs to characters, at the moment i've been listening to a lot of noah kahan and so many of his songs apply to jesper (homesick, bad luck, nothern attitude, growing sideways, ect) and also a lot of fiona apple which i've decided applies to wylan? for some reason? like anti jan van eck angst if that makes sense (under the table+to your love) idk those kind of vibes.

ALSO i've decided that you can't catch me now is in fact an inej song, like that makes total sense in my brain.

much love!

#grishaverse secret santa #i'm seriously loving your questions so much like i love rambing about music and characters and you're giving me an excuse! i love you!

[galleryfedorova]

Check out Saskia Rem Brandt, Portrait of Elsbeth Tucher Nothern Renaissance, Kopie after Durer (2014), From Gallery Fedorova

[izvletchenie]

Pieter Bruegel the Elder, The Fall of the Rebel Angels (detail), 1562

#Pieter Breugel the Elder #Nothern Renaissance

[artfoli]

Portrait of a Lady, 1460, by Rogier van der Weyden (c.1400-1464)

#netherlandish #netherlandish art #nothern renaissance #renaissance #Portrait of a Lady #1400's #15th century #Rogier van der Weyden #art #art history #art history blog #painting #artwork #portrait

[lepreuxchevalier]

An illustration of a knight I retouched using the colours and coat of arms of Hohenbuchenauer, a great household of feudal aristocracy and prince-electors in The Empire of Mankind Proper. Artwork designed for a low-fantasy setting my my original conception with technology equivalent to the late medieval and renaissance periods. Where heavily armoured and mounted knights in suits of full-plate armour or heavy coats of chainmail fight alongside armies of pikemen and matchlock musketeers, where medieval-style stone castles are gradually being outsourced in favour of both lavish country estates and devoted, or otherwise “bastioned” military fortifications due to the technological innovations made in artillery design, and where growing nation-states in the form of kingdoms and empires look beyond the great oceans and the frontiers of the known world in search of even greater wealth and territory. In context to the lore of my fantasy setting, Hohenbuchenauer is the ruling family of The Duchy of Solingen, or “Das Herzogtum von Solingen” in the “Northern” or “Austere” Imperial Language and one of the prince-electors of The Empire of Mankind Proper. Das Herzogtum von Solingen under the reign of the current Buchenauer duke is most noted for being the first state in the entirety of the civilized world to officially convert to the “Luxembourgian” movement to reform The Conservative Church of The New Gods. Duke Conrad Von Buchenauer as reigning Duke of Solingen, Prince-Elector of The Empire of Mankind, and current head of the Hohenbuchenauer dynasty has officially proclaimed himself to be the personal guarantor, defender, and champion of Karl Von Luxembourg’s cause to reform The Conservative Church of The New Gods. He has used his political authority as reigning Duke of Solingen and Prince-Elector of The Empire of Mankind to decree state legislation to formally convert to The Luxembourgian Reformation on behalf of both his household and subjects. The Duchy of Solingen under the Buchenauer dynasty is also most noted for hosting the official seat of “The Reformed Coalition,” or a grand alliance of monarchs, princes, and states both within and without The Empire of Mankind Proper who have either decreed, or passed state legislation to officially convert to The Luxembourgian Reforms on behalf of their households, subjects, and/or citizens. The Coalition is seated in the city of Wörtzburch, or the city in Das Herzogtum von Solingen where Karl Von Luxembourg began lecturing on matters of theology as a learned doctor of the church and as a prestigious graduate of The Imperial Academy at Nymphenburg in Der Reichstadt, or the sovereign realm of The Imperial Household in The Empire of Mankind Proper. The aesthetic, culture, and language of “Das Herzogtum von Solingen” is loosely modeled after the Low-Germanic culture of The Duchy of Saxony in The Holy Roman Empire during the medieval and early modern periods of European history, keeping in faith with the obvious Germanic and Czech influence of the more dominant “Nothern” or “Austere” cultural hemisphere of The Empire of Mankind in my low-fantasy setting.

#coats of arms #heraldry #shields #medieval #renaissance #chivalry #knights #plate armour #gambesons #gilding #swords #fantasy #fantasy world #graphic design #art #Conrad Von Buchenauer

[tiffany-of-wales]

POST 6 RANDOM FACTS ABOUT YOURSELF AND THEN PASS IT ON TO 10(+) OF YOUR FAVORITE FOLLOWERS

tagged by @latristereina Thank you!

1. I am the only child in the family and I never felt alone or something, but I wish I had an older brother

2. I was in 20 different countries of the world. Anyway, the nothern ones were always my favoutites

3. I am really optimistic and I enjoy my life, but sometimes I panic a lot. I guess, it is the child talking in me at this moments

4. I am from Russia, from Moscow ;)

5. My favourite actor is Jeremy Irons

6. I am curly and freckled

I tag my dear friend @renaissance-prinzessin and @rekakrola @the-musical-thot if they want to take part. Enjoy!

#tag game #meme #fun #6 random facts #about me #long post

[m4gr9dg-blog]

David Rudnick est un designer graphique Londonien. 

Il s’est intéressé au design, très petit à travers une pochette de CD : True Face de New Order crée par Peter Saville. Il décide d’étudier la philosophie et le dessin mais préfère finalement l’histoire de l’art et admire particulièrement la renaissance nordique (1500). Il à pour influence des historiens de l’art comme Christopher Wood avec son livre History of Nothern Renaissance et Léo Steinberg et son livre The sexualité of Christ. Il fait sa dissertation sur Grünewald est un peintre et ingénieur hydraulique allemand de la renaissance.  

Pour lui «  le design n’est pas nécessairement quelque chose qui n’a pas d’enjeux, il n’est pas là pour rendre le monde beau. Rendre le monde beau peut aussi détruire ce monde. » Le design doit s’adapter aux nouveaux moyens de diffusion et utiliser les nouvelles plateformes, aller au devant de ces nouvelles techniques.

Il obtient son diplôme et commence à travailler avec des artistes et des musiciens qu’il aime.

Mais le design devient de plus en plus important pour lui et il veut inscrire son design dans le monde actuel, il fait une distinction avec le livre qui est dans un monde physique et le design qui n’existe que dans le monde virtuel.

Le design est quelque chose de très important il peut influencer les contenus politique et social car il peut être responsable de l’image qu’on donne à quelque chose et si cette chose est mauvaise il créer un fausse image et trompe les gens. Il peut créer une dystopie. 

Le design fait une intervention dans le récit des gens. Il peut influencer la façon de voir une chaise et peut la transformer en quelque chose d’utile. Au lieu de créer une image de contemplation il va transformer ce visuel en lui injectant un message. Pour cela le visuel doit être impactant et mémorable. Pour passer un message David Rudnik utilise la typographie qu’il trouve fascinante. Dans tous ses travaux ou presque (99%) il a re dessiné la typographie. Cela donne à son travail une spécificité une unicité. Grâce à la typographie il peut faire passer des messages directement à son audience loin du client. Par exemple pour dire le mot chaise et lui donner une connotation baroque on peut passer par la typo. Re dessiner la typographie lui permet aussi de rejoindre quelque chose qu’il aime, l’histoire de l’art. Il se distingue ici du designer Vignelli qui lui n’utilise que 5 typographies et jette le reste. Pour Rudnik cette vision est assez fasciste car la typographie permet de transmettre la culture, l’histoire différente de chaque projet, chaque chose.

«  Le design doit avoir la possibilité de montrer les différentes cultures et différentes possibilités de l’histoire. Le design peut être libérateur, permet de s’exprimer à ça façon et stimuler l’imagination. »

M.

[rosediamond13]

I also love the symbolism of fruit. I admire the religious Christian connotations of fruit such as; lust and sexuality. In the religious art periods of; Byzantine, Gothic, Nothern Renaissance and Italian Renaissance, fruit were shown in paintings as symbolic objects to warn people of wanton behaviour and the immorality of it. The painters were reminding the viewer of the impermanence of life and therefore to live a virtuous and clean existence in order to save themselves from being damned. 

[pmamtraveller]

PRIMAVERA, (1477) by SANDRO BOTTICELLI

PRIMAVERA shows a group of figures from GREEK MYTHOLOGY in the garden or forest. Rather than depicting a particular scene from a mythological tale, it is thought that either BOTTICELLI presents these figures in this configuration for the sake of aesthetics, or, if there is a story in this painting, we don’t know what it is because we can’t find out about it.

The mystery of this painting is what makes it so appealing. While the painting’s title suggests that it’s an allegory of SPRING, there’s no consensus on what exactly the painting is trying to say.

It is probable that the main character is VENUS (the goddess of love) while the three grace dancers dance beside her. CHLORIS (the goddess of flowers) is chased by a figure of the west wind before changing into FLORA (reminiscent of a myth in OVID). MERCURY (the messenger god) stands on the left while CUPID (the figure of the arrow) flies above the scene.

The PRIMAVERA is particularly significant as it is one of the earliest examples in Western post-Classical painting of a non-religious scene.

#primavera #sandro botticelli #nothern renaissance #early renaissance #renaissance painter #northern renaissance #renaissance art #renaissance #Renaissance artist #Renaissance artwork

[medlit-study]

“my child is fine” your child is browsing the ‘nothern renaissance’ section of facsimilefinder.com on a student budget

[galleryfedorova]

Check out Saskia Rem Brandt, Portrait of Elsbeth Tucher Nothern Renaissance, Kopie after Durer (2014), From Gallery Fedorova

[izvletchenie]

Lucas Cranach the Elder, The Close of the Silver Age (?), 1530

#Lucas Cranach the Elder #Nothern Renaissance

[theamazingpoppingeyes]

A day at the Gemäldegalerie, Berlin Here Sandro Botticelli's - Portrait of a Young Woman (Simonetta Vespucci) - from 1460/1465. La bella Simonetta. According to her legend, before her death at 22 she was famous as the greatest beauty of her age in Nothern Italy, and a model for many paintings by Florentine painters. #sandrobotticelli #botticelli #art #artist #painter #painting #portrait #young #woman #simonettavespucci #profile #hair #fashion #fashionvictim #fashionista #model #topmodel #styleicon #beauty #cult #icon #iconic #italian #renaissance #earlyrenaissance #florentineschool #gemaldegalerie #gemäldegalerie #berlin

#fashionista #art #fashion #styleicon #italian #simonettavespucci #sandrobotticelli #earlyrenaissance #gemaldegalerie #portrait #gemäldegalerie #botticelli #topmodel #woman #fashionvictim #painting #painter #berlin #florentineschool #hair #renaissance #model #artist #iconic #young #beauty #profile #cult #icon

[foxwithpretzel]

After the Winter Fandom Batte on diary.ru (an anonymous competition in fanart and fanfiction between different fandoms), where I had drawn some ThorinxBilbo art for the JRRT All Inclusive team, I was asked, whether next winter I‘d like to draw some stuff for the team that focused on movies with Richard Armitage.

‘The Hobbit’ was the only movie with Armitage I’d ever seen, and I couldn’t even recognize the actor without the make up. I decided to watch something whith him starring, so I could figure out what to draw during the next competition. For some silly reason I thought that starting with Robin Hood BBC (2006-2009) was a good idea. Dear Lord, it’s one of the worst series I’ve ever seen, not that I watch a lot of shows. I loved the actors and the costumes, but the plot was ridiculous, so I ended up clicking ‘fast forward’ button more often than not. It’s as if the screenwriters couldn’t decide on the target group of the show: the plot would seem illogical to anyone above the age of 12, whilst the amount of killings on screen and sexploitation pointed at a much older audience.

I really liked the Season 3 look of Guy Gisbourne (played by Armitage). At one point in episode 1 or 2 Guy’s profile looked so much like Quattrocento or Early Nothern Renaissance painting (probably, something by Jan van Eyck), that I couldn’t help but sketch the snapshot.

The sketch is really small, no larger than 11x7 cm.

#robin hood bbc #guy gisborne #guy of gisborne #drawing #illustration #sketch #guy gisbourne #guy of gisbourne #Fanart #my work #my art