#françois II

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Last of their name

[philoursmars]

Je reviens à mon projet de présenter la plupart de mes 55000 photos (nouveau compte approximatif. On se rapproche du présent !).

2016. Une journée à Paris....et ici, un crochet à Saint-Denis pour visiter la Basilique, qui est aussi la nécropole royale.

- les 2 premières : priants de Louis XVI et Marie-Antoinette

- monument de cœur de François II

- gisants de Charles Martel, Clovis, Philippe IV le Bel (comme moi) et de Philippe III le Hardi (comme moi)

- gisant du connétable Louis de Sancerre

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[gwydpolls]

Time Travel Question 51: Early Modernish and Earlier

These Questions are the result of suggestions a the previous iteration. This category may include suggestions made too late to fall into the correct earlier time grouping. In some cases a culture lasted a really long time and I grouped them by whether it was likely the later or earlier grouping made the most sense with the information I had.

Please add new suggestions below if you have them for future consideration. All cultures and time periods welcome.

[illustratus]

The Battle of Rocroi, 19 May 1643 by François Joseph Heim

The Duke of Enghien ordering his troops to stop fighting the Spanish, who have come to him to surrender.

[canirove]

The Serpent Queen (2022 - 2024) | s01e05 | "The First Regency"

Requested by @thetudorslovers

[courseyoulovemeyoudontknowme]

Marie Antoinette (2006, Sofia Coppola)

03/10/2025

[90ssuperheroes]

[selidren]

Printemps 1931 - Champs-les-Sims

3/3

C'est une jeune fille de quinze ans, mais comme souvent dans notre famille, elle est déjà assez grande en taille. Ce retour en France semble déjà lui avoir fait beaucoup de bien. Il y a de moins en moins de cris et d'épisodes de mutisme. Pour s'occuper, elle écrit des lettres d'amour à des amoureux imaginaires (l'office des postes est venu la semaine passée pour se plaindre de courriers non franchisés et adressé à des adresses qui n'existent pas), ce qui n'est pas forcément très bon, mais la garde déjà bien plus calme. Récemment, elle s'est découvert un amour pour la pêche, qu'elle pratique à toute météo, bien qu'Oncle Adelphe tente toujours de lui expliquer que toutes les périodes ne sont pas bonnes pour ferrer la truite. Du coup, je lui ai montré ta photographie, et elle a beaucoup apprécié, disant qu'elle aimerait faire d'aussi belles prises. Je pense que le calme du village l'apaise, car l'appartement de Papa et Maman a Alexandrie ainsi qu'un climat plus rigoureux ne devaient pas lui convenir.

D'ailleurs, Jean-François a bien tenté de prendre la place "laissée libre" pour venir "étudier directement apprendre sur le terrain" en Egypte, mais Papa lui a envoyé une lettre écrite au vitriol pour lui indiquer qu'il avait la chance de poursuivre un cursus universitaire et qu'il irait donc au bout, peu importe ses objections. Il a également ajouté que les compétences sur le terrain ne garantissaient pas tout, loin de là, et qu'il ne voulait pas que son propre fils participe à désavouer la profession au profit des "aventuriers sans respect ni pour le passé, ni pour les chercheurs". Je ne veux pas enfoncer le clou, mais il me semble que cette réaction viscérale est due à un accrochage que nos pères ont eu une fois. Oncle Adelphe dit que c'est une broutille et que Papa est un peu dur de retenir encore cette malheureuse phrase au détour d'une lettre, surtout après toutes ces années.

J'espère t'écrire la prochaine fois pour t'apporter de bonnes nouvelles et je t'adresse à nouveau toutes mes condoléances.

Noé

[uwmspeccoll]

Shakespeare Weekend

We are halfway through Nicholas Rowe’s (1674-1718) The Work of Mr. William Shakespear; in Six Volumes! Published in London in 1709 by Jacob Tonson (1655–1736), this second edition holds an important place within Shakespearean publication history. The Work of Mr. William Shakespear; in Six Volumes is recognized as the first octavo edition, the first illustrated edition, the first critically edited edition, and the first to present a biography of the poet.  

This week, we explore the third volume of The Work of Mr. William Shakespear; in Six Volumes. The third volume encompasses historic plays including a Shakespearean Henriad depicting the rise of English kings. The volume is comprised of King John, King Richard II, Henry IV Part I, Henry IV Part II, King Henry V, King Henry VI Part I, and King Henry VI Part II. While the plays have recurring characters and settings, there is no evidence that they were written with the intention of being considered as a group. A full-page engraving, designed by the French Baroque artist and book illustrator François Boitard (1670-1715) and engraved by English engraver Elisha Kirkall (c.1682–1742), precedes each play. 

In addition to Rowe’s editorial decisions to divide the plays into scenes and include notes on the entrances and exits of the players, he also normalised the spelling of names and included a dramatis personae preceding each play. The only chronicled critique of Rowe’s momentous editorial endeavor is his choice in basing his text on the corrupt Fourth Folio. 

View more volumes of The Works of Mr. William Shakespear; in Six Volumes here.

View more Shakespeare Weekend posts.

-Jenna, Special Collections Graduate Intern 

[brick-a-doodle-do]

voltaire x frederick the great

thanks for coming to my ted talk

[tina-aumont]

Tina Aumont's Family Tree

Sources:

Jean-Pierre Aumont family tree (you can go up to 1787)

Árbol Genealógico de Isidoro Gracia García (you can go up to 1465!)

Regla María Teresa Vidal at Geni, at Familysearch and at Ancestry.

Dos Actrices Internacionales descendientes de un Luño (Plenas Zaragoza 14.12.2016)

"De María África a María Montez, un mito en Technicolor" documentary directed by Jesús Reyes Mota, 2014.

La Exposición de María Montez viaja a Gran Canaria (El Apurón, 21.11.2013)

Personalidades Garafianas (12.2012)

Los orígenes turolenses y canarios de la actriz de Hollywood María Montez by María Victoria Hernández Pérez. Cabildo de la Palma, 2012.

"María: Montez Su Vida", edición especial del Centenario, book written by Margarita Vicens de Morales, Dirección General de Cine de la República Dominicana, 2012.

"Enrique Meneses, un flash" article in Spanish from Orsay magazine wriiten by José Luís Perdomo, 2011.

Los Orígenes palmeros de la actriz María Montez (October/November 2009)

Las raíces Turolenses de una diva (Heraldo, 26.10.2008)

"María Montez La Reina del Tecnicolor", book written by António Pérez Arnay and Terenci Moix, Filmoteca Canaria 1995.

*Very special thanks to Dominic Fuentes, @74paris and @shannendoherty-fans for their help.

Any contribution is welcomed and credited, this family tree is growing as more info comes to light.

Thank you very much!

Eleni xxx

[eucanthos]

François Clouet   (FR, 1510 - 1572)

Dame au bain (A Lady in Her Bath), ca. 1571 [detail]. Oil on oak wood 92.3 × 81.2 cm (36.3 × 31.9 in) Collection National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

The allegorical analysis of many details (ironic presence of the unicorn; bowl of fruit, symbol of sensual gluttony with the bunch of grapes, red carnation symbol of her multiple engagements) suggests that the bare-breasted woman is Mary Stuart whose sentimental deviations were the laughingstock of all Europe.)

The painting could also be an allegory of the three theological virtues: the child would be hope, the nurse would be nourishing faith and the naked woman would be charity.

The National Gallery writes:

The masklike symmetry of the bather's face makes exact identification difficult; scholars have suggested that her aristocratic features indicate that she is one of several royal mistresses of Henry II, most notable among them Diane de Poitiers. It is possible that the nude, a Venus type, represents ideal beauty rather than a specific individual. The contrast of the smoothly rendered nude figure to the intricate surface details of the fruit, draperies, and jewelry, presents a union of Flemish and Italian motifs that characterized French courtly art of the sixteenth century.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Lady_in_Her_Bath

[unabashedqueenfury]

Reign/The Borgias

François Arnaud• Toby Finn Regbo | Cesare Borgia • Francis de Valois-Angoulême

[watchingalotofmovies]

The Three Musketeers - Part II: Milady

The Three Musketeers - Part II: Milady    [trailer]

D'Artagnan is forced to join forces with Milady to save Constance, who was kidnapped before his eyes. But as war is declared a secret from the past shatters old alliances.

Equally entertaining second part. This time with a bit more focus on Milady de Winter, portrayed by Eva Green, who's ideally cast.

It's just one big story. So it's best to watch the two films in one go. Thanks to their pace it's easy to do so.

[roehenstart]

King Henry II of France.