#Italian renaissance

[antoniettabrandeisova]

Saint Catherine (detail), After Bernardino Luini, 1510 .

[lionofchaeronea]

Title: Crouching Figure of Atlas Artist: Baldassare Peruzzi (Italian, 1481-1536) Date: unknown Genre: figure study; mythological art Period: High Renaissance (Cinquecento) Medium: Pen and brown ink, over leadpoint or black chalk Dimensions: 20.6 cm (8.2 in) high x 13.4 cm (5.3 in) wide Location: Metropolitan Museum of Art

[whatshehassaid]

The casting of Assad as Armand is fucking incredible cause he literally looks like he stepped out of a renaissance artwork like for instance, the very real sketch by Tintoretto of Giuliano de’ Medici:

EXCUSE ME????????? The FUCK

[classic-art-favourites]

Mary Magdalene by Carlo Crivelli, 1487.

[izvletchenie]

Giacomo Pacchiarotto, A Young Lady Writing in a Hymnal (detail), turn of the 16th century

[artesie]

Saint Peter's Basilica, Vatican City, Italy. Photo by Gabriella Clare Marino.

[classic-art]

Portrait of Simonette Vespucci (Portrait of a Young Woman)

Sandro Botticelli, c. 1480

[thesimline]

TOWNIES THROUGH TIME - THE LANDGRAABS

I've had this idea in the back of my mind for quite some time to put iconic Sims 4 townies into historical time periods, and since the game is celebrating its 10 year anniversary this week I figured now would be as good a time as any. First up we have the Landgraabs...

I was inspired by another infamously power hungry, money grubbing, land owning dynasty - The House of Borgia. They were a Spanish noble family which rose to prominence during the Italian Renaissance, which is why I've decked out the Landgraabs in looks pulled directly from the late 1400s/early 1500s.

I'll have a new townie lookbook everyday this week, so I hope you enjoy the series as much as I did putting it together.

OUTFIT RESOURCES

Nancy: Hair | Earrings (TSR) | Necklace | Dress (retired - direct download)

Geoffrey: Hat | Hair | Beard (retired - direct download) | Outfit | Ring (TSR)

Malcolm: Hat | Hair (retired - direct download) | Facial Hair | Outfit

With thanks to some amazing creators: @the-melancholy-maiden @flowermilksims @gilded-ghosts @simverses @notsooldmadcatlady @leo-jindosh @glitterberrysims @at-mach @wistfulpoltergeist

[borgialucrezia]

THE BORGIAS ↴ Illustration: Juan Borgia's corpse is brought in as Rodrigo, Lucrezia and Cesare Borgia watch. Artist: Lodovico Pogliaghi  (1857–1950)

Description: Alexander VI and his children, Lucrezia and Cesare Borgia, looking at the corpse of the Duke of Gandía brought to the Vatican. Woodcut from Francesco Bertolini: Il Rinascimento e le Signorie italiane (Storia generale d'Italia, Vol. 2.), published by Treves, Milano, 1897.

[ilreleonewikiart]

Westeros fashion studies: The Reach

"The Reach,historically the Kingdom of the Reachor the Green Realm,is one of the constituent regions of the Seven Kingdoms on the continent of Westeros. It was formerly a sovereign nation ruled by the Kings of the Reach before Aegon's Conquest. It is the second-largest of the kingdoms behind the north and is considered the most fertile and heavily-populated part of Westeros. The Reach is considered the home of chivalry in Westeros. It is the place where knighthood is looked upon with the greatest reverence and esteemed the most. It is also the place where the rules for tourneys are the most stringent and managed. The Reach is ruled from the castle of Highgarden by House Tyrell. Notable houses have included, Fossoway,Hightower and Redwyne. Noble bastards born in the Reach are given the surname Flowers."

[didoofcarthage]

Allegory of Fortune by Giovanni di Niccolò de Lutero, called Dosso Dossi

Italian, c. 1530

oil on canvas

J. Paul Getty Museum

[lionofchaeronea]

Salvator Mundi (Christ Blessing), Titian, ca. 1570

[ashiistired]

Bianca Solderini from the Vampire Armand

[marfa-g]

Give me a look - I'm captivated by you.

Give me your hand - I was melting with a wafer

In your inflamed larynx...

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//l would like to introduce my OCs too ✨// •tgc•

[ducavalentinos]

Ladislao Reti, an eminent Leonardo scholar, acknowledged that historians of the past have struggled with how to reconcile their exalted reputation of Leonardo and the fact he worked for Cesare Borgia. This is true for both past and contemporary writers. Paolo Giovio (1483-1552), bishop of Nocera, wrote Life of Leonardo da Vinci and intentionally excluded Cesare entirely from the work, to rid Leonardo of an association that Giovio saw as a tamish on the artist's reputation. Vasari also redacts any mention of Cesare Borgia from his Vita di Leonardo. The writings on Leonardo's life by Gian Paolo Lomazzo, a friend of Francesco Melzi who was Leonardo's student and the individual to whom he bequeathed his notebooks, also offer no reference to the artist's time with Borgia. Even Martin Kemp and Kenneth Clark, both well respected leading minds in the circle of Leonardo studies, minimize the association, customarily dedicating only a surface analysis to the intensive, complicated, and formative period in Leonardo's life.The perpetual disassociation is a disservice to both the artist and his patron-the historical importance of each individual only heightens the value in understanding their relationship and its outcomes. Leonardo and Cesare probably met for the first time when Borgia entered Milan with the French army in 1499. Leonardo arrived in Milan around 1482 and quickly began his association with the court of Ludovico Sforza and in 1489-90 he began earning an official salary. Leonardo's employment in the court of Milan was very different from the time he spent with Cesare. It would be narrow to assume that Leonardo never executed for Cesare the duties traditionally held by court artists like the entertainments staged in Milan. It will in fact be argued that he did, but Cesare's treatment and utilization of Leonardo was different from Ludovico's. The Borgia ruler valued Leonardo for divergent reasons and gave him extraordinary latitude in his work. Cesare treated him as an equal, not as a possession but an asset to honor, as someone from whom he had great respect, and as a familiar. With Cesare Leonardo was given freedom, and although he was given projects, they were self-propelled and stimulating to his curiosity which had struggled to thrive in Milan. He was given the title of military or ducal engineer, one of the most sought after court positions for which an artist could earn a salary. We know from his letter of introduction to Ludovico Sforza in 1489-90 that Leonardo wanted this position. [...]With Borgia he finally held the position that he desired.

At the Court of the Prince: The Patronage and Art Historical Legacy of Cesare Borgia, 1492-1503. Elizabeth H. Bemis

[haematinon]

Created for my upcoming book Ergo Cosmos, there is a Free chapter already available for those interested!