Aww. That's a very intense face CE has going there, but something about the hat just makes me giggle. Also the coat. But I'll admit, that does look just like something you'd expect to see in a Hans Holbein painting.
It is, isn't it? I confess that I'm too distracted by his eyes to notice the clothes. And his mouth. And the beard.
Hans Holbein. That's a name I've seen a lot lately. I suspect I'll get familiarized with him soon enough. I've bought like ten books on the Tudors in a week.
I love his beard in Elizabeth. So much that I'm willing to forgive the pantaloons. And the ridiculous hat. And the rest of the clothes. Fashion was kind to Tudor women, but no so much to the men.
He was Henry VIII's court painter; technically Hans Holbein the younger. His most famous non-Tudor painting was The Ambassadors (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d1/Hans_Holbein-_The_Ambassadors.JPG), which I have seen and even bought a print of because I love it. Random freaky skull FTW!
Um, they're not pantaloons, they're trunk hose. Pantaloons appeared later and gentlemen didn't wear them until the 19th century. Breeches were the respectable attire until then. Except for the hose, which I've always found silly, and the ruffs, I rather like Tudor attire (especially the cloaks; I love cloaks, I wished we still used them). I'm not that into the whole constantly having your head covered thing (I knew there was something off in Norfolk spending most of the movie with his head bare).
I still find that skull totally random. But funky.
*laughs* I stand corrected! I still think they look a bit silly. But then again I'm probably the only girl I know who gets absolutely no thrill at all from kilts. Darn societal conditioning! Cloaks can be cool, I guess, but they're so easily tipped into silly if someone decides to go swooshing them. I always just remember Dr. Spaceman's dramatic run in whatever episode of 30 Rock that is.
That skull is awesome. I wrote about it (the whole painting, actually) for an art history exam question about symbols in paintings; everything in that stands for something, from the memento mori skull to the crucifix behind the curtain...the music...it's one of my favorites.
Kilts are my biggest clothing weakness. I say it's because I love men's legs, but then shorts do nothing for me. Actually, I don't really like them. They don't seem like proper attire outside of the house somehow, unless you're at the beach. But that's the Puerto Rican talking. Very few of us wear shorts to go anywhere. I haven't bothered owning any in years. *snort* Okay, that did look incredibly silly. I just love anything you can wrap around your shoulders.
I remember we studied that one in art class, but it was the easy art class, so there was no deep analysis necessary, so I kinda missed out on a lot of that, but I know we discussed some of the objects. But the skull was was kept everyone staring at it.
Mmm, I like soccer players in shorts. My god do I like soccer players in shorts. I just like soccer players. It's the Mexican talking ;) But I don't own any myself and don't like them much outside of that context.
It's like he finished the painting, looked at it, and thought to himself, "You know what this deeply symbolic painting of two Renaissance Men, in all sense of the phrase, really needs? A freaky optical illusion skull." So random. But so awesome.
*laughs* Soccer players are appealing. Okay, so they're the exception.
I does seem that way. All of it is nice and proper and following all the conventions and then this funky thing comes out of nowhere. I always image the face of whoever commissioned it looking at it, then back at the painter, going, "The hell?"
They have nice legs and, usually, great asses. *cough* I'm such a girl-perv.
I think if he mentioned it was an optical illusion they'd be impressed enough at how "Trendy" it was to keep it. I mean, it wasn't destroyed. So they probably enjoyed it.
Oh, yes. Agreed. They certainly do. Mmm. Don't feel bad. We all do it. Although I think I might perv a little too much over these CE pictures I bought.
Yeah. Once he showed them the painting slanted to the side and got them all to say, "Ooh," it must have been alright.
I know, we really have no right at all to complain about those men who stare at women's breasts. Although I do at least try to care about hot men's personalities. You did get some good ones, though.
It's a conversation piece! Think of all people who came to their house and saw that. "What the fuck?" or the Tudor equivalent. You've got something to talk about until the end of the night.
*snort* Well, maybe you could consider it motivation. If you're working on your disertation, it's motivation to work faster so you can move on to fic-writing. If you're already working on fic.. well, I suppose it would depend on what kind of fic. And even if it's not a certain kind, it might become that kind, with that picture in the background, funny hat and all.
Oh, it is motivation. I've had yet another novel idea brewing in my head for the past month since I watched Elizabeth before starting the trip, then I got inspired in an art gallery and it's all been downhill from there. I'm going through 3 different Tudor books at the moment (I do that; people who ask me what I'm reading at the moment are always perplexed by the long listing they receive) on my breaks. It started out as that kind of fic, but now it's... shifting. That's still there, it's a big part of it, but getting more caught up in all the intrigues, which you have to do in the Tudor period.
Well, well! That's certainly all very intriguing, though I feel compelled to check on the original scifi story. That's coming along, right? I'd be sad if it fell by the wayside for Tudor fic.
Mmm. Well... The thing is... You know how sometimes you get this great beginning and suddenly your inspiration dries up? That sort of happened. And I've just never been into space scifi. That didn't help. That fizzled before this novel, though. I just couldn't think about anywhere interesting for it to go. Sorry. Maybe I'll release what I have as a one-shot. I don't know. It's not really a oneshot.
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Hans Holbein. That's a name I've seen a lot lately. I suspect I'll get familiarized with him soon enough. I've bought like ten books on the Tudors in a week.
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He was Henry VIII's court painter; technically Hans Holbein the younger. His most famous non-Tudor painting was The Ambassadors (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d1/Hans_Holbein-_The_Ambassadors.JPG), which I have seen and even bought a print of because I love it. Random freaky skull FTW!
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I still find that skull totally random. But funky.
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That skull is awesome. I wrote about it (the whole painting, actually) for an art history exam question about symbols in paintings; everything in that stands for something, from the memento mori skull to the crucifix behind the curtain...the music...it's one of my favorites.
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I remember we studied that one in art class, but it was the easy art class, so there was no deep analysis necessary, so I kinda missed out on a lot of that, but I know we discussed some of the objects. But the skull was was kept everyone staring at it.
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It's like he finished the painting, looked at it, and thought to himself, "You know what this deeply symbolic painting of two Renaissance Men, in all sense of the phrase, really needs? A freaky optical illusion skull." So random. But so awesome.
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I does seem that way. All of it is nice and proper and following all the conventions and then this funky thing comes out of nowhere. I always image the face of whoever commissioned it looking at it, then back at the painter, going, "The hell?"
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I think if he mentioned it was an optical illusion they'd be impressed enough at how "Trendy" it was to keep it. I mean, it wasn't destroyed. So they probably enjoyed it.
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Yeah. Once he showed them the painting slanted to the side and got them all to say, "Ooh," it must have been alright.
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It's a conversation piece! Think of all people who came to their house and saw that. "What the fuck?" or the Tudor equivalent. You've got something to talk about until the end of the night.
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