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"Unanswered" Prayers in Tearmoon Empire

(Light Novel/Potential Web Novel Spoiler Warning here)

This had been on the back burner for some time while I was reading through the chapters, but the more I went into the story, the more I saw characters express their longings and laments of regret as "prayers," especially when it came to them in the Guillotine Timeline. And with these prayers, they tend to be answered in the current timeline Mia is making as she (somewhat unwillingly) sets on to becoming the future Empress.

A somewhat isolated case of what I want to talk about can be seen from the side chapter in Volume 4 involving the Perujin princess Arshia.

Arshia, who had seen the horrors of famine, had once prayed to find a way to solve the issue, but over time had thought it was left unanswered, and sought to solve the matter through her hard work and research. Mia wanted to seek her to be an educator for the new academy she was setting up because of her knowledge of botany, but due to past mistreatment and discrimination from other Tearmoon nobles, she refused the offer. In a dinner Mia set up that was meant to make those nobles apologize to her (which failed), was only after meeting the future students of the academy and overthinking Mia's intentions that Arshia's prayer started to come back to her. Through accepting the teaching position, she became a key figure in creating the cold-resistant wheat alongside Cyril Rudolvon.

Additionally, in the web novel site where Tearmoon's story originally is published, the author reveals in a sidenote that he based this chapter on a missionary telling him the parable of the drowning man:

Now, going back to the bigger plot of Tearmoon, by Volume 12, we're starting to get confirmation that Mia being sent back in time (and by extension Miabel and Patricia going to her point in time) is because God/the Holy Deity (as how He's written within the story) willed it to happen. So how does that tie in to "unanswered" prayers?

First, we get Anne's prayer in Volume 1 as Mia is about to be executed:

(WEB NOVEL SPOILERS: In a chapter still unreached by the light novel publication, Mia looks back to this moment, and even thinks that Anne's prayer of protection was where her turn-back in time had started.)

In Volume 4, we see Ludwig beginning to see the "dreams" of the Guillotine Timeline and his prayer for Mia back then:

It should be noted that from Ludwig developing the theory of Miabel's time travel in Volume 12, he has now gotten a better picture on the situation, and may have recalled his prayer from back then.

In Volume 9, we get a look of Mia's prayer of redemption from the Guillotine Timeline as she deliberates her decision on Echard's punlshment:

TL;DR: The whole plot of Tearmoon Empire hinges on God answering prayers in unexpected ways

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Ludwig I love the enthusiasm but you are being way too optimistic here.

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“Tearmoon Teikoku Monogatari” The First Promo, Fall 2023 Premiere

The Tearmoon Teikoku Monogatari: Dantoudai kara Hajimaru, Hime no Tensei Gyakuten Story (Tearmoon Empire) television anime's official website introduced the first promo and a pivotal image. The anime series is scheduled to debut on Tokyo MX, MBS, and BS11 in October 2023.

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Ludwig van Beethoven - Piano Sonatas Opp 27/1, 31/2, 79 & 109 - Angela H...

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The employees of an independent music store learn about each other as they try anything to stop the store being absorbed by a large chain. Credits: TheMovieDb. Film Cast: Joe Reaves: Anthony LaPaglia Rex Manning: Maxwell Caulfield Jane: Debi Mazar Lucas: Rory Cochrane A.J.: Johnny Whitworth Debra: Robin Tunney Gina: Renée Zellweger Marc: Ethan Embry Berko: Coyote Shivers Warren: Brendan Sexton III Corey Mason: Liv Tyler Eddie: James ‘Kimo’ Wills Mitchell Beck: Ben Bode Croupier: Gary Bolen Woman at Craps Table: Kimber Sissons High Roller: Tony Zaar Reporter: Patt Noday Kathy: Julia Deane Autograph Girl: Kessia Embry Cop #1: Michele Seidman Cop #2: Diana Taylor Cop #3: Bernard Granger Cop #4: Michael Harding Lead Singer: Dave Brockie Flower Delivery Guy: Kawan Rojanatavorn Roulette Table Man: Corey Joshua Taylor Ballet Dancer: Melissa Caulfield Veronica: Lara Travis Film Crew: Director: Allan Moyle Screenplay: Carol Heikkinen Editor: Michael Chandler Production Design: Peter Jamison Art Direction: John Huke Set Decoration: Linda Spheeris Costume Design: Susan Lyall Producer: Tony Ludwig Producer: Arnon Milchan Producer: Michael G. Nathanson Producer: Alan Riche Co-Producer: Paul Kurta First Assistant Director: Joel Segal Second Assistant Director: Philip A. Patterson Camera Operator: Mitchell Amundsen Steadicam Operator: Rick Raphael First Assistant Camera: John Verardi Second Assistant Camera: Ken Hudson “B” Camera Operator: Jeff Moore Still Photographer: Jim Bridges Second Unit Director of Photography: Carolyn Chen Director of Photography: Walt Lloyd Casting: Gail Levin Music Supervisor: Mitchell Leib Negative Cutter: Mo Henry Color Timer: Bob Putynkowski Music Consultant: Karen Glauber Music Editor: Sally Boldt Supervising Sound Editor: Randle Akerson Sound Effects Editor: Joe Earle Sound Effects Editor: Linda Keim Sound Effects Editor: David M. Horton Dialogue Editor: Adam Sawelson Dialogue Editor: Benjamin Beardwood Assistant Sound Editor: Jonathan Phillips Assistant Sound Editor: Bill Ward ADR Supervisor: Linda Folk ADR Editor: Sukey Fontelieu ADR Mixer: Dean Drabin ADR Mixer: Paul J. Zydel ADR Mixer: Christina Tucker ADR Voice Casting: Barbara Harris Foley Supervisor: David Horton Jr. Foley Mixer: Brian Ruberg Foley Artist: Sarah Monat Foley Artist: Robin Harlan Sound Re-Recording Mixer: Gary Alexander Sound Re-Recording Mixer: Don Digirolamo Sound Re-Recording Mixer: Scott Ganary Dolby Consultant: Douglas Greenfield Dialogue Coach: Naomi Joy Todd Craft Service: Theresa Honeycutt Transportation Coordinator: William “Bill” Pitts Transportation Captain: Jeff Long Construction Coordinator: Jeffrey Schlatter Construction Foreman: Ralph Woollaston Location Manager: Mary Weisgerber Meyer Location Manager: Molly Allen Casting Associate: Tricia Tomey Stunt Coordinator: Jery Hewitt Key Makeup Artist: Jeff Goodwin First Assistant Makeup Artist: Rick Pour Key Hair Stylist: Aaron F. Quarles First Assistant Hairstylist: Lizz Scalice Costume Supervisor: Carolyn Greco Costumer: Sevilla Granger Special Effects Coordinator: Greg Hull Sound Mixer: Douglas Axtell Boom Operator: Robert Maxfield Key Grip: Randy Tambling Best Boy Grip: Dennis Zoppe Dolly Grip: Rufus Granger Jr. Dolly Grip: Clarence Brown Gaffer: George Ball Rigging Gaffer: Scott Graves Production Coordinator: Cynthia Streit Assistant Production Coordinator: Amy Chance Script Supervisor: Annie Welles Second Second Assistant Director: Stefania Girolami Goodwin Unit Publicist: Alex L. Worman Production Accountant: Karen Eisenstadt Assistant Accountant: Rick Baer Property Master: Robert Beck Assistant Property Master: Beth Giles Assistant Art Director: John Frick Set Designer: Evelyne Barbier Set Designer: Tim Eckel Set Designer: Alan Hook Set Dresser: Colleen Broderick Art Department Coordinator: Susan Agnoff First Assistant “B” Camera: Joe D’Alessandro First Assistant Editor: Thomas J. Nordberg Assistant Editor: Pamela Jule Yuen Movie Reviews: Filipe Manuel Neto: **An animated film, full of rebellion and energy.** Remember the stores that sold...

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Tearmoon Empire Trailer

Twenty-year-old Princess Mia, the "selfish princess" of the Tearmoon Empire, has been executed by guillotine. Surprisingly, she wakes up as her twelve-year-old self with her bloodstained diary next to her. "Given a second chance at life, Mia decides to rebuild the empire. For the sake of Tearmoon's future? To save the people from starvation? For all the soldiers who lost their lives in the civil war? No! Everything she does in this life is for the sake of avoiding the guillotine! "F-For me, this should be a piece of cake!" Thus the useless, cowardly, self-serving princess brings about miracle after miracle in her great struggle to save herself in this altered-history fantasy." (Crunchyroll)

Based on the novel series by Nozomu Mochitsuki, the Tearmoon Empire anime is directed by Yūshi Ibe. Deko Akao is in charge of scripts with Mai Otsuka designing the characters and Kōji Fujimoto composing the score. Silver Link is producing. The anime stars the voice talents of Sumire Uesaka (Mia Luna Tearmoon), Tomori Kusunoki (Anne Littstein), Yuichiro Umehara (Ludwig Hewitt), Yoshitsugu Matsuoka (Abel Remno), and Shun Horie (Sion Sol Sunkland)

Tearmoon Empire hits Crunchyroll in October 2023.

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Die 11 berühmtesten klassischen Klavierstücke

Die 11 berühmtesten klassischen Klavierstücke

Das klassische Klavierrepertoire ist außerordentlich breit und vielfältig, wobei ständig neue Stücke hinzugefügt werden, um den Appetit und Geschmack von Pianisten und Publikum zu befriedigen. Inmitten dieses riesigen Repertoires gibt es Stücke, die fast jeder sofort wiedererkennt: Auch wenn sie den Titel oder den Komponisten des Stücks nicht kennen, werden sie es wissen. Dies sind die Klavierstücke, die durch ihre Häufigkeit und Popularität bei Aufführungen und Aufnahmen und in jüngerer Zeit durch ihre Verwendung in Film-, Fernseh- und Werbe-Soundtracks den Status der „berühmtesten“ erlangt haben. Darüber hinaus sind bestimmte ausübende Künstler eng mit bestimmten Klavierstücken oder Komponisten verbunden, was zweifellos zum Ruhm der Musik beiträgt: zum Beispiel Glenn Gould, András Schiff und Angela Hewitt mit der Musik von J.S. Bach, Murray Perahia und Maria João Pires mit Klaviermusik von Mozart, Arthur Rubinstein mit Chopin, Yuja Wang mit Prokofjew. Aber es gibt noch mehr, denn diese berühmten klassischen Klavierstücke überzeugen sofort mit all ihren unzähligen Details, von eindringlichen, lyrischen Melodien über extrovertierte Rhythmen und pikante Harmonien bis hin zum Ausdruck leidenschaftlicher Emotionen.

J.S. Bach: Präludium in C-Dur Dieses ruhig schöne Präludium ist das erste von J.S. Bachs berühmte Präludien und Fugen aus dem Wohltemperierten Klavier. Seine Schönheit liegt in seiner Einfachheit – aufgebaut aus einer Reihe gebrochener Akkorde verwendet Bach harmonische Progressionen und Modulationen, von Dur nach Moll und wieder zurück, um eine dramatische Prozessionsqualität in der Musik zu erzeugen. Das Stück ist bei Hochzeiten beliebt und wurde transkribiert und adaptiert, vielleicht am bekanntesten von Gounod in seinem Ave-Maria. Ludwig van Beethoven: Klaviersonate in cis-Moll, op. 27, Nr. 2 ���Mondschein“, 1. Satz

Der Eröffnungssatz von Beethovens „Mondscheinsonate“ ist, wie Bachs C-Dur-Präludium, sofort erkennbar, mit seinem sich wiederholenden Muster aus gedämpften, gebrochenen Akkorden und einer einfachen, aber eindringlichen Melodie. Es ist so berühmt, dass die Leute oft vergessen, dass ihm zwei weitere Bewegungen folgen! Das Stück war schon zu Beethovens Zeiten beliebt und gehört bis heute zu seinen berühmtesten Werken. Es ist ungewöhnlich, dass eine klassische Klaviersonate mit einem langsamen Satz beginnt, und obwohl dem Werk nach Beethovens Tod der Spitzname „Mondschein“ gegeben wurde, passt es perfekt zur expressiven Natur dieses zwielichtigen ersten Satzes, dessen Harmonien schimmern und sich verschieben. Es ist eine erstaunliche Geste, geschaffen von einem Komponisten, der in den frühen Jahren des 19. Jahrhunderts an der Schwelle des Wandels stand. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Rondo alla Turca

Eröffnung von Mozarts Rondo alla Turca Dies ist eigentlich der letzte Satz von Mozarts Klaviersonate Nr. 11, K.331, aber er wird oft als eigenständiges Stück aufgeführt. Mozart gab ihr den Titel Alla Turca (türkischer Stil), und sie ahmt den Klang türkischer Janitscharen- (Militär-) Musikkapellen nach, deren Musik zur Zeit der Komposition der Sonate sehr beliebt war. Frédéric Chopin: ‘Minutenwalzer' Chopins Walzer Nr. 6 in Des-Dur wurde von den Eskapaden von inspiriert ein kleiner Hund, der seinen Schwanz jagt. Wie Mozarts Rondo alla Turca ist auch Chopins Walzer in Des-Dur, op. 64, Nr. 1, der den Spitznamen „Minutenwalzer“ trägt, ein Test für die flinken Finger des Pianisten – obwohl das Stück nicht dazu gedacht ist, im Raum gespielt zu werden nur 60 Sekunden! Es ist auch als Valse du petit chien (französisch für „Walzer des Welpen“) bekannt und soll von den fröhlichen Eskapaden von George Sands kleinem Hund „Marquis“ inspiriert worden sein, den Chopin in einigen seiner Briefe erwähnt. Es ist leicht, sich einen aufgeregten Hund vorzustellen, der in den wirbelnden, scheinbar endlosen Achteln in den Außenteilen des Walzers und der fröhlichen Stimmung der Musik seinem Schwanz nachjagt. Es ist eines von Chopins berühmtesten Klavierstücken und auch eine beliebte Zugabe.

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Sergei Rachmaninow: Klavierkonzert Nr. 2 c-Moll Dieses zu Beginn des 20. Jahrhunderts komponierte Stück bestätigte Rachmaninow als großen Komponisten und auch als einen der größten Pianisten aller Zeiten. Es ist phänomenal schwer zu spielen, mit handzerreißenden Akkorden und schwindelerregender Virtuosität, aber es ist auch sehr schön, zutiefst emotional und eindringlich romantisch. Bei Pianisten sehr beliebt, taucht es regelmäßig in Konzertprogrammen und Klavierwettbewerben auf und wurde noch populärer durch seine Verwendung im Soundtrack des Films Brief Encounter (1945), wo es geschickt eingesetzt wird, um die wahren Emotionen der Hauptfiguren auszudrücken . Claude Debussy: Clair de Lune aus Suite Bergamasque Ein weiteres „Mondlicht“-Stück, Debussys Clair de Lune, ist vielleicht sein beliebtestes und bekanntestes Stück. Es ist der dritte Satz seiner Suite Bergamesque, hat aber wie Mozarts Rondo alla Turca ein Eigenleben außerhalb der Suite entwickelt und wird regelmäßig als Solowerk aufgeführt. Es hat eine bemerkenswerte Gelassenheit, die nur kurz von einem blumigeren Mittelteil unterbrochen wird. Debussy ließ sich von einem Gedicht von Paul Verlaine inspirieren, und das Stück ist ein Beispiel für Impressionismus in der Musik – hier fängt es die Essenz der eindringlichen Schönheit des Mondlichts im Klang ein. Scott Joplin: Maple Leaf Rag

Scott Joplin Obwohl die Ragtime-Musik von Scott Joplin allgemein als Vorläufer des Jazz angesehen wird, fällt seine Musik in die Kategorie der „klassischen Musik“, und sein Maple Leaf Rag ist eines seiner berühmtesten Klavierstücke. Dieser muntere, athletische Rag mit seiner ansteckenden Melodie ist mit seinen großen Akkorden, Sprüngen und synkopierten Rhythmen eine Herausforderung für den Pianisten, aber für den Hörer ist es ein fast perfektes Beispiel für das Rag-Genre. Finden Sie eine Aufnahme mit einem gemächlicheren Tempo (so wollte Joplin seine Musik spielen) und genießen Sie alle Details, die er in seine Partitur einfügt. George Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue

George Gershwin Sofort erkennbar an dem einleitenden Klarinettenglissando, das so berühmt ist wie die ersten Takte von Beethovens Fünfter Sinfonie, ist George Gershwins Rhapsody in Blue eines der berühmtesten Klavierstücke des zwanzigsten Jahrhunderts und auch eines der größten in seiner Beschwörung des Überschwangs von das Jazz-Zeitalter. 1924 komponiert, begründete es Gershwins Ruf als bedeutender Komponist und hat sich seitdem zu einem der beliebtesten Konzertwerke Amerikas entwickelt. Es synthetisiert Jazz-Effekte (synkopierte Rhythmen und Jazz-Akkorde) mit klassischen Elementen (z. B. die Kadenz im Klavier), um ein Werk von enormer Lebendigkeit und musikalischer Farbe zu schaffen, das von Künstlern und Publikum überall geliebt wird. George Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue (Jean-Yves Thibaudet, Klavier; Baltimore Symphony Orchestra; Marin Alsop, Dir.) Robert Schumann: Traumerei Als Miniaturjuwel aus Schumanns Sammlung Szenen aus der Kindheit, einer Sammlung von 13 kurzen Stücken, die als Kindheitserinnerungen des Komponisten für Erwachsene gedacht sind, ist Traumerei ein friedliches musikalisches Bild der Tagträume eines Kindes. Zart, nostalgisch und lyrisch, mit einer anmutig aufsteigenden Melodie, ist es nahezu perfekt in seiner Konstruktion und emotional so kraftvoll wie jedes großangelegte Werk. Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5 ‘Emperor’

Skizzenmanuskript für Beethovens „Emperor“-Konzert © Paul Fraser Collectibles Als letztes von Beethovens Konzerten für Klavier könnte dieses Werk leicht den Titel des größten jemals geschriebenen Klavierstücks beanspruchen. Das zwischen 1809 und 1811 komponierte Konzert ist Erzherzog Rudolf, Beethovens Gönner und Schüler, gewidmet, der das Werk im Januar 1811 bei einem privaten Recital in Wien uraufführte Werk des englischen Verlegers Johann Cramer. Es ist sicherlich das berühmteste der fünf Klavierkonzerte Beethovens und eines der berühmtesten Klavierkonzerte aller Zeiten. Sein kolossaler, treibender erster Satz beginnt mit einer virtuosen Aussage des Klaviers. Darauf folgt ein kontrastierender langsamer Satz mit nocturneartiger Heiterkeit, der direkt in das Finale übergeht, ein triumphales Rondo, in dem das Klavier im Mittelpunkt steht. Es wurde von unzähligen Pianisten aufgeführt und aufgenommen und ist ein fester Bestandteil des Konzertrepertoires, das bei Künstlern, Orchestern und Publikum gleichermaßen beliebt ist. Franz Liszt: Liebesträum No. 3 in A flat

Franz Liszt wird oft zu Unrecht als Schausteller abgetan, dessen oft komplexe Klaviermusik geschrieben wurde, um ihm die Möglichkeit zu geben, seine außergewöhnliche pianistische Tapferkeit zu zeigen. Es stimmt, dass einige seiner Klavierstücke hochvirtuos sind, aber er hat auch viel Musik geschrieben, die intim, romantisch und zutiefst poetisch ist. Er komponierte drei Liebesträum (Love’s Dream) für Soloklavier, aber das dritte in warmem As-Dur ist nach wie vor sein berühmtestes Werk. Basierend auf dem Gedicht O Lieb, so lang du lieben kannst des deutschen Schriftstellers Ferdinand Freliligrath illustriert die Musik Themen der Liebe und des Verlusts der Liebe. Es ist eine Herausforderung für den Pianisten, da die rechte Hand effektiv in zwei Hände aufgeteilt wird – eine spielt die Melodie, die andere eine fließende, arpeggierte Begleitung. Herzzerreißend und aufgewühlt verschmilzt Liszt komplexe Harmonien und Melodien mit dramatischer Dynamik, um eine kraftvolle und schmerzhaft schöne musikalische Erzählung zu schaffen. Elvis Presley war ein Fan dieses Stücks und nutzte es als Inspiration für seinen Song „Today, Tomorrow and Forever“ im Film Viva Las Vegas. Read the full article

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Rita Ora (Saison 01)

Robin Roberts (Saison 05)

Ronan Farrow (Saison 09)

RuPaul (Saison 07)

Ryan Seacrest (Saison 15)

Sam Claflin (Saison 18)

Sam Worthington (Saison 17)

Sandra Oh (Saison 17)

Sarah Michelle Gellar (Saison 05)

Sarah Paulson (Saison 09)

Shailene Woodley (Saison 11)

Shania Twain (Saison 11)

Shawn Mendes (Saison 13)

Shemar Moore (Saison 16)

Sheryl Crowe (Saison 14)

Sofía Vergara (Saison 18)

Stephen Amell (Saison 07)

Taraji P. Henson (Saison 15)

Terry Crews (Saison 10)

Tessa Thompson (Saison 12)

Tilda Swinton (Saison 07)

Tom Bergeron (Saison 08)

Tom Daley (Saison 02)

Tom Ellis (Saison 05)

Tom Hiddleston (Saison 17)

Tony Colette (Saison 19)

Trevor Noah (Saison 04)

Tyler Posey (Saison 09)

Tyra Banks (Saison 17)

Vanessa Kirby (Saison 13)

Viola Davis (Saison 09)

Will Poulter (Saison 19)

Wyatt Oleff (Saison 06)

Zara Larsson (Saison 12)

Zendaya (Saison 01)

[johnjpuccio]

Piano Potpourri (CD Mini-Reviews)

Beethoven: Variations. Angela Hewitt, piano. Hyperion CDA68346.

You’ve got to love the quote from Beethoven that kicks off the liner notes for this new release by the wonderful Canadian pianist Angela Hewitt (b. 1958): “That piece of folly mine? Oh Beethoven, what an ass you were in those days!” Old Ludwig was referring to a set of piano variations that he had heard a friend playing, music that he did not recognize that young Ludwig had composed back in 1806, the year he had also composed his more memorable Fourth Symphony and Violin Concerto. These 32 Variations on an original theme in C minor comprise the opening set of variations on this entertaining release, the final recording Ms. Hewitt was able to make on her beloved Fazioli piano, which was accidentally destroyed when it was dropped by piano movers early in 2020 (she later that year acquired a replacement Fazioli). There are six other sets of variations on this release, the longest and most notable being the 15 Variations and a fugue on an original theme ‘Eroica,’ more commonly referred to as “The Eroica Variations,” but probably the most recognizable – even hummable, for that matter – music appears in the final two sets of variations on the program, 7 Variations on ‘God Save the King’ and 5 Variations on ‘Rule, Britannia.’

To read the full review, click here:

https://classicalcandor.blogspot.com/2021/03/piano-potpourri-cd-mini-reviews.html

Karl W. Nehring, Classical Candor

[cooperhewitt]

Off His Rocker: Prince Rupert and the Mezzotint

Proudly displaying his royal, albeit long-embattled standing, Prince Rupert of the Rhine (1619-1682) placed a crown on his initials in the top right corner of his 1662 mezzotint, Head of the Executioner. Besides his impressive lineage, the Prince is also credited with revolutionizing the mezzotint printing process.

Mezzotint is a printing method in which the printing plate is uniformly scratched with little pricks. With the simple application of ink to the pricked plate, the resulting image is fuzzy and black; therefore, to create lighter tones in the printed image, one must scrape away the pricks.  Total removal of the pricks results in white space, while partial scraping creates the rich gradient that you see, for example, in the cloth wrapped around the Executioner’s head. [1]

Prince Rupert met the inventor of mezzotint—Ludwig von Siegen—while in exile, and developed a tool called a “rocker,” a curved saw edge that easily and effectively roughens the mezzotint printing plate to give it its initial dark tone.[2] In 1660, the Prince brought his optimized mezzotint technique to the court of his cousin, Charles II of England, where it gained popularity.  In 1662 the English writer John Evelyn published  the artist’s Head of the Executioner as an example of the mezzotint technique. [3]

Inexpensive and relatively quick to produce, mezzotints became an acceptable alternative to proper paintings because the soft tonal gradient mimicked the blending power of paint, and in fact, Rupert’s print reproduces part of a painting. [4] Earlier printmaking methods such as engraving—in which the printmaker creates tidy networks of line to create tone—could rarely achieve such painterly effects, as seen in this Dutch engraving by Cornelis Visscher produced a decade before Rupert’s invention (fig. 2).

Fig. 2. Cornelis Visscher, St. Luke, 1650. Engraving on off-white laid paper. Bequest of George Campbell Cooper. 1896-3-207.

Mezzotint became so popular in England that it came to be referred to as the “English manner” of printmaking.[5] In the early 19th century, Joseph Mallord William Turner, perhaps the most famous English painter, published a series of prints including Cooper Hewitt’s view of Morpeth, Northumberland (fig. 3), which combined etching—also considered the painter’s printmaking medium—with mezzotint in order to capture the airy, luminous landscape views that Turner had achieved to great acclaim in paint.  Prince Rupert’s innovations in the mezzotint process were a critical part in enriching the potential of the print medium.

Fig. 3. Turner and Charles Turner, Morpeth, Northumberland, from the Liber Studiorum, 1809. 1957-191-3.

  [1] A. Hyatt Mayor, Prints & People: a social history of printed pictures (New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1971). Web. Accessed April 30, 2017. http://ift.tt/2rxtcEC

[2] For an example of another Prince Rupert mezzotint and additional information see “The Great Executioner with the Head of Saint John the Baptist,” Metropolitan Museum of Art. Web. Accessed April 30, 2017.  http://ift.tt/2s6msL5.

[3]Op. cit., note 1.

[4] Anthony Griffiths, The Print Before Photography: An Introduction to European Printmaking 1550-1820 (London: British Museum, 2016), p. 74.

[5] Ibid, p. 484.

  Alec Aldrich is the 2017 IFPDA Graduate Curatorial Fellow in Prints and Drawings at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. He specializes in seventeenth-century Dutch art, the focus of his graduate studies at Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario. 

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[mygangtome]

Where They've Been, Where They Are Now - Jonas Armstrong

He was the man in the hood with the bow, with a cheeky grin and stirring speeches.  Now it’s time to find out what Jonas Armstrong has been doing since Robin Hood ended. 

This is a long post! 

Book of Blood (2009) – Simon McNeal

Summary: A paranormal expert discovers a house that is at the intersection of so-called “highways” transporting souls in the afterlife.

Character Bio: Simon declares he is a clairvoyant, though the reluctantly agrees to work with Mary and her partner Reg to investigate the paranormal events leading to the violent death of teen girl.  He winds up further tangled in the events and the supernatural powers at work than he could have ever thought.

Fan comments: This was one of the first projects that came out after RHBBC ended, and I had been really eager to see it. However, despite being touted as a physiological thriller, it was a more violent, bloody and intense than I expected.  I haven’t rewatched it since, but it was certainly a change of pace to seen Jonas in this role after Robin Hood.  

The Street (2009) – Nick Calshaw

Nick Calshaw returns from fighting in Afghanistan, wounded and disfigured due to the blast of a suicide bomb.  He struggled to adjust to normal life again, as his family and girlfriend try to help and balance their own horror at what happened.

Character Bio: Nick is an ordinary guy who has to deal with the stress and trauma of coming back to war, with the added pain of having been wounded and disfigured.  He lashes out, is depressed, and tries and fails to be ordinary but can’t figure out how to get past his disfigurement and reactions of those around him.  

Fan comments: This was difficult watch, as it is obviously a very loaded and emotional topic. Jonas does an extraordinary job handling the roller coaster of emotions that Nick struggles with.  The script is sometimes a bit obvious and a little on the nose, but the characters hold it together.  And this is the second time post RH that he had to deal with and act with some intense prosthetics and make up, and he does it well.  

Agatha Christie’s Marple: The Secret of Chimneys (2010) – Cade

A lavish weekend party sees Miss Marple accompany Lady Virginia Revel to her family home of Chimneys - a house which was once prized for its diplomatic gatherings until a rare diamond was stolen from the premises over twenty years ago. The tenacious career politician, George Lomax, has persuaded Virginia’s father, Lord Caterham, to host an evening for an important Austrian Count, Ludwig Von Stainach. Virginia, the daughter of Miss Marple’s late cousin, must decide by the end of the weekend whether to accept a marriage proposal from George Lomax or to follow her heart and the courtship of another more adventurous suitor, Anthony Cade. Dismayed by the odd array of guests, including socialist spinster Miss Blenkinsopp, Caterham’s formidable eldest daughter Bundle and the quietly inscrutable maidservant Treadwell, Lomax castigates his affable assistant Bill Eversleigh, who also has a soft spot for Virginia. It becomes apparent that Count Ludwig has taken a personal interest in Chimneys …

Character Bio: Suitor of Virginia. 

Fan comments: I have not seen this, and the information about it is rather sparse, hence the lack of character bio. The only information I could find was that Cade was the adventurous sort (and that his character was rather pared down compared to the character in the book.)

The Field of Blood (2011) – Terry Hewitt (2 episodes)  

Set in Glasgow in 1982, Paddy Meehan is a young girl in a world of men; a feisty copy boy in the sexist, hard-boozing, cutthroat world of journalism. Paddy dreams of being an investigative reporter, and she grabs the opportunity when a young boy, Brian Wilcox, is kidnapped and found murdered. Paddy sees connections to a year-old crime that nobody else sees and she is determined to make it her story. But when Paddy crosses the line, she becomes outcast from her devoutly Catholic family and puts the lives of her colleagues, as well as her own, at risk. The closer she gets to the murderer, the closer she gets to murder; and the price of achieving her dream will prove greater than she can ever imagine.

Character bio: Terry is bright, resourceful and together. What he needs is the story that will make his name. After an initial misstep he becomes one of the few people in the newsroom who believes in Paddy. Terry is prepared to back Paddy’s instincts as they break the rules to prove that the police are wrong about a recent child murder. (bio from BBC One).

Fan comments: This was one I started watching, but then lost the ability to do so, and never tracked it down again, so I cannot offer much insight.  

The Body Farm (2011) – Nick Warner (1 episode)

A British police procedural, which follows the team from a forensic pathology facility that conducts scientific research to help solve crimes.

Character Bio: Nick Warner is the son of the episode’s victim.

Fan comments: Again, another one that I never have seen, so no comments available.

Rage of the Yeti (2011) – Bill

A quest for riches becomes a fight for survival after treasure hunters find snow monsters on a mountain in the Arctic.

Character Bio: Bill is part of the rescue team that goes in to help the treasure hunters deal with the yeti, and he may also be a turn coat.

Fan comments: Also have not seen this one, but have heard it is basically a terrible B movie that is nearly unwatchable. Unless you want to make fun of bad movies, then apparently, it is good for that.

Prisoner’s Wives (2012) – Steve (6 episodes)

Gemma’s perfect life comes crashing down when her husband is arrested for murder. As Gemma learns to navigate the prison system, she starts to think the unthinkable of her husband.

Character bio: Steve is serving time after being arrested for murder. He declares his complete innocence to his wife, Gemma, but he is not being entirely truthful.

Fan comments: Another one that I started to watch but never finished, so I don’t have many impressions to pass along. (There is a distinct connection between my ability / time to find places to watch these BBC productions and my senior year in college and then graduation.)

Hit and Miss (2012) – Ben (6 episodes)

Follows the life of transgender contract killer Mia, who travels to West Yorkshire to seek out her ex girlfriend.

Character bio: Ben is a romantic interest of Mia, who struggles to figure out his feelings and their relationship when she comes out to him.

Fan comment: Have not seen this one, but the premise sounds very intriguing, but possibly too violent.  

Twenty8k – (2012) – Clint O’Connor

A teenage boy is gunned down outside a nightclub and a young girl dies in a hit and run in two seemingly unrelated deaths. Deeva Jani, returns home to clear her brother Vipon of the shooting and soon discovers a much deeper conspiracy.

Character bio: Clint is a former gangster who became a youth counselor, who helps Deeva work to prove her brother’s innocence.

Fan comments: I have not seen, but from reviews it says the cast is strong, but the writing is not, and is rather predictable.

Walking With The Enemy – (2013) – Elek Cohen

A young man, separated from his family in WWII, disguises himself as a Nazi SS Officer and uncovers more than just his family whereabouts.

Character bio: Elek starts out as a typical college guy, flirting with girls and getting into fights.  However, as Nazi occupation sweeps across Europe, he and his family and friends find that lives are forever changed along with the millions of other Jewish people who faced genocide.  In efforts to save his family and friends, he gets his hands on an SS uniform, and begins a crusade to help as much as he can, as the uniform and confidence does a lot to keep his identity hidden.

Fan comments: I saw this one!  I managed to catch it in theaters at the tail end of its run, and now cannot find it on DVD for love or money.  Which is a pity because I did enjoy it, though there are times you can tell that the production was a bit low.  There are a lot of moments that just made me think “Oh, this is a WWII RH AU!” - there is a connection between Robin Hood and Elek’s work to save people.  Not robbing the rich to feed the poor, but lying to Nazis to save people.  Also, there is a scene where he and some of the other men in his resistance circle were unloading sacks of flour, and his mannerisms and cadence just screamed Robin. If anyone has any info on finding this to stream or on DVD, let me know!

The Whale (2013) – Owen Chase

A whaling ship called called the Essex becomes shipwrecked and those on board struggle for survival.

Character Bio: First mate on the Essex.

Fan comments: Have not seen this one, either, but it has Jonas and John Boyega in it, so I might have to track it down.

Edge of Tomorrow (2014) – Skinner

A soldier fighting aliens gets to relive the same day over and over again, the day restarting every time he dies.

Character bio: Skinner is a member of J-Squad, and is confrontational with the main character Cage (played by Tom Cruise).  However, his fighting ability means he plays an integral part of the main battle in this action movie.

Fan comments: One that I missed again, partly due to the fact that I would have had to sit through a movie with Tom Cruise, and I am not the biggest fan.  By all accounts, the movie is a pretty standard summer type action film.

The Dove Keepers (2015) – Yoav

Based in Alice Hoffman’s historical novel about the Siege of Masada, the miniseries focuses on four extraordinary women whose lives intersect in a fight for survival at the siege of Masada.

Character Bio: Yoav is a scholarly young man who develops a romantic relationship with one of the female leads of the story.  He is also tasked with a grim duty at the end of the siege of Masada.

Fan comments: By all accounts, this adaptation of the book was terrible.  I never heard much about this and am reluctant to watch it, because of the terrible reviews and tragic story line.

Line of Duty (2016) – Joe Nash (3 episodes)

DS Steve Arnott is transferred to the police anti-corruption unit after the death of a man in a mistaken shooting during a counter-terrorist operation.

Character bio: Joe is a former resident of a boy’s home, where he suffered sexual abuse.  He works with the police force to bring the perpetrators to justice.

Fan comment: Jonas lands a spot in three episodes in this series, and it obviously sounds like an intense storyline.  Have not seen.

Dark Angel (2016) – Joe Nattrass

A two-part drama about the Victorian serial killer Mary Ann Cotton.

Character bio: Joe one of Mary Ann Cotton’s lovers, who had the misfortune of dating a serial killer.

Fan comments: Hey, Jonas and Joanne Froggatt meet again!  And by all accounts, it didn’t end much better than it did for Robin and Kate… I might track this one down, because of the two for one RH cast reunion, and because I’d never heard of Mary Ann Cotton, and would be intrigued to supplement my own research on her with this mini series.  

Ripper Street (2016) – Nathaniel (12 episodes)

The streets of Whitechapel are the haunt of Detective Inspector Edmund Reid and his team of officers, who aim to maintain law and order in a place once terrorized by Jack the Ripper.

Character bio: Assistant to Abel Croker, and Augustus Dove’s long-lost brother. Known as the ‘Whitechapel Golem’.

Fan comments: Jonas does not play a good guy, though it must be a slow reveal as he is credited in 12 episodes of seasons 4 and 5.

Now, I have a long list of shows and movies I should maybe catch up, and I can’t wait to see what else Jonas goes onto do with his career!