#french sun king

[juststalkingmyroomate]

A shame

It is a darn shame that Tumblr does not have the option to make your title text font Times New Roman. Disappointed.

[illustratus]

Le Roy Soleil (The Sun King) illustration by Maurice Leloir

Louis XIV in costume as Apollo in the Ballet de la Nuit

[theandrosaur]

I have watched the series. Again.

[dumbbitch2-0]

“Macaque, I want you to draw me like one of your anime girls.”

[rococo4thesims]

✨ Le château de Versailles ✨

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[bantarleton]

Reception of the Grand Condé at Versailles following his victory at Seneffe by Jean-Léon Gérôme, 1878. The Grand Condé bows towards Louis XIV as laurel wreaths are laid in his path, while captured enemy flags are displayed on both sides of the stairs. The battle of Seneffe was one of the most brutal of the periods, with one French nobleman writing "we have lost so much by this victory that without the Te Deum and captured flags at Notre Dame, we would believe we had lost the battle."

[journeytothewestresearch]

New JTTW Book!!!

La pérégrination vers l'Ouest: Intégrale des estampes de l'édition japonaise de 1806-1837 (English: The Journey to the West: Complete Prints from the Japanese Edition of 1806-1837) This new French publication collects and comments on restored woodblock prints from Ehon Saiyuki (繪本西遊記, 1806-1837), the first complete Japanese translation of Journey to the West. I have scans of the antique Chinese and Japanese versions of JTTW on my blog, and I can say with full confidence that the woodblock prints from the latter are FAR superior. They are gorgeous beyond words. Most are in black and white, but a few are in color.

Here is the official publisher link for those looking to buy:

https://www.editions2024.com/livres/white-boy-2rslx... Below, I present a google-translated version of the product info.

Illustrations by Ōhara Tōya, Utagawa Toyohiro, Katsushika Taito II Text abridged and translated by Evelyne Lesigne-Audoly and Delphine Mulard Introductions and comments by Christophe Marquet, Vincent Durand-Dastès, Xavier Guilbert and Delphine Mulard. Under the direction of Christophe Marquet * 836 two-color & four-color pages on a Holmen Book 2.0 80g * 18 x 24cm * cardboard cover, bowls, attached labels, hot stamping * sewn binding with edge and 2 bookmarks, attached endpapers * ISBN 978-2-383870-79-1 / EAN 9782383870791 * Publication 11/2023

[captainsamta]

King Louis XIV of France

[kaitropoli]

"Louise-Marie de Bourbon, dite Mademoiselle de Tours; La fillette aux bulles de savon"

By Pierre Mignard

Oil Painting, 1681.

Château de Versailles.

PORTRAIT SUBJECT

La fillette aux bulles de savon, or the commonly found English title, Girl Blowing Soap Bubbles, is a portrait of innocence during the Franco-Dutch War.

The child shown is Louise-Marie de Bourbon, the daughter of the Sun King, Louis XIV, and his Maîtresse-en-titre, Françoise-Athénaïs de Rochechouart (Madame de Montespan). I'm sorry, I don't know why they popped off with the names like that when they're planning to reuse Marie and Louis fifty times over ptdr. Louise-Marie, affectionately known as Toutou, was an illegitimate birth (1674), later legitimized by her father when she was around two years old. She held the title of Mademoiselle de Tours from then until her untimely death in 1681.

According to sources, Mignard's painting of the six-year-old girl was finished posthumously. But, her innocence is held delicately, frozen in time on canvas.

THEMES OF CHILDHOOD INNOCENCE (TL;DR: YAPANESE)

Mignard's choice to paint Louise-Marie as an actual child was uncommon for the time (even centuries later, believe it or not; maybe not so good examples, but for argument-sake: Louis XV by Hyacinthe Rigaud, Mariana Victoria of Spain by Nicolas de Largillierre, Phillip II, Duke of Orléans, Reagent of France by Largillierre, and Élisabeth Charlotte d'Orléans, "Mademoiselle de Chartres" by Largillierre -- apologies for throwing you strays, man, I'm trying to finish writing this and your children portraits were on the same website next to each other x), as young royalty are painted either as babies (unbreeched/baptize gown) or as tiny adults (fixed in uncomfortable poses and wearing clothes a monarch would), no in between. Here, Louise-Marie is playing with bubbles, her dog jumping towards it, and she looks carefree, still with chubby cheeks of rose. It doesn't help much that children were seen as heirs to the family fortune, especially during a time when parents had multiple kids due to illness (premature death) and bringing in income (need I explain more... *cough cough* coal mines... a bit anachronistic, sorry breaker boys, some other time we'll discuss y'all).

A painting such as this one, showing a realistic human experience from a royal status and that of a child BEING a child, innocence still intact, is quite important, even in today's form. We take childhood for granted, and kids are forced to grow up despite having more rights now than before. It can be a portrait to remind us that innocence is vital (a lack of childhood is detrimental as the experience is needed in order to mature mentally and emotionally when entering the teen and adult stages of life), but also that we as humans weren't so different from back then (sure, you can claim we bathe more than they do despite your husband still not washing his ass, but my heavens, did the thought 'wait, they had bubbles back then' ever occur to you?).

Genuinely, I was going to pull a La Muse Verte (the post where I briefly explained the history of absinthe) and go into the history of bubbles... because you gotta admit, that'd be fun for the both of us. However, delving into the background and theme of this painting became more heartbreaking for me. The bubble idea isn't gone, but it'll be postponed as a full history lesson post (and, yes, Mignard's painting of the immortalized Toutou will be recycled).

FURTHER READING (EXTRA SYMBOLISTIC DETAIL)

Plenty more symbolism is present, but I highly recommend you all check out L'Art en Tête's in-depth article on Mignard's beautiful portrait. I did regurgitate some of the author's points in this because I thought they were brilliant, and you can tell they have an art-history degree, so I'm begging you to go over there for more detail if interested!

[thewondermentofillustration]

Les Belles Dames - No. 18 La Marquise de Montespan - Il se fait appeler le Roi Soleil et il ne montre jamais qu'la lune.

The Beautiful Ladies - No. 18 The Marquise de Montespan - He calls himself the Sun King and he only ever shows the moon.     -- Lucien Métivet (1863-1932), Le Rire (The Laugh; French comic)

[salomedebeaurepaire]

My personal favourite portrait of Louis XIV, king of France and Navarre (1638-1715) bust and cuirass portrait, circa 1662 by Charles Lebrun (1619-1690) versailles and trianon castles.

[juststalkingmyroomate]

percy jackson

new show is ok. my roommate and i have created a shrine to aphrodite in our room. unrelated but sort of related; its a long story. have to do laundry so cant tell it. went to chicago. fat squierrls. fought valiently against notre dame fencers (not on the piste, in an arby's parking lot). sara balzer pls notice me. i love the french national team [tee hee im a traitor to my nation (except for mens sabre)]. bio 1 is draining my soul. roommate has hot toes.

[ava-of-shenanigans]

I don't think I know anything about Akhenaten or Europe at the time of the protestant reformation

So I'm curious

Why and what would happen? 🤔

Hi, thanks for the ask! So, really quick condensed summary some historical events and why mashing them together is incredibly funny to me:

The Protestant Reformation was when European politics got really spicy because a bunch of new versions of Christianity were splitting off from the Catholic Church after Martin Luther published his theses criticizing the church and translated the Bible into common languages for everyone to be able to read. All these new branches that weren’t tied to the church made the church lose the monopoly they’d once had on religious authority in Europe, and European monarchs then took advantage of this by separating their countries from the church so they could get a better hold on absolute power in their kingdoms.

Akhenaten was the Egyptian pharaoh who started what might be the first ever monotheistic religion (Judaism and Zoroastrianism are really hard to place dates for but it might have been the first) when he suddenly decided to outlaw the worship of every Egyptian god except for this one sun disk thing that almost no one had ever heard of before that point. He may have done this out of genuine religious devotion, or as a way to push the priests of the god Amun, who had been gaining enough political power to rival the pharaohs, out of power and keep his hold on political and religious power in ancient Egypt.

Unfortunately, no one really liked Akhenaten outlawing the all gods they been worshipping for at least a millennium and half at that point, and Egypt went back to the way it had been before almost immediately after Akhenaten died, The pharaohs that succeeded him tried to erase him from history, and he was only referred to in historical records after that as “the heretic” or “the rebel”.

So, one of the key things about Atenism (the religion the Akhenaten started) was that it outlawed all gods except for one, the Aten, which only Akhenaten and his family were supposed to be able to worship. Everyone else had to worship Akhenaten and his family, who would relay that worship onto the Aten. It was almost definitely on some level a ploy to give almost absolute religious and political power back to the pharaohs from a group of priests who had gained enough power to rival the pharaoh’s authority. But it failed, because the people of the time really did not like it.

The Protestant Reformation was an event where the balance of power was shifting away from the clergy who had previously had so much control over Europe and had been able to contest the power of monarchs, and now that monarchs were using that as an opportunity to break away from them and get a grip on absolute power. Which would make it an absolutely hilarious time to resurrect the pharaoh who might have invented monotheism for the purpose of gaining absolute power and watch him form a new branch of Christianity by going through the Bible and explaining how a bunch of the verses are totally about the Aten actually, and do something like gather enough followers to try and found a new ancient Egyptian style theocratic monarchy somewhere in Europe or somehow have his Atenism-Christianity hybrid become a super influential religion that endures to the modern day.

[heartlilith]

WHAT THE VENUS SIGNS REMIND ME OF

🩷Oddly specific things I think about when I hear ______ venus

Aries Venus: Summer, rubies, Mr. and Mrs. Smith, rollercoasters, fast cars, the color red, vampire fangs, Saturday nights, liquor stores and gas stations, fireworks, sour candy, cool bic lighters, “you’re mine”, Mario Kart, boys who wear nail polish, fuck it energy, oversized sweatshirts, middle finger emoji, cherries

Taurus Venus: Satin pillowcases, white candles, pearls, mirrors, hand holding, walking someone home at night, vinyls, red lipstick, full lips, fancy dinner dates, the wine and dine, old romantic movies, wallets and purses, hotels, French manicures, old money, “I won’t get on my knees for no man”

Gemini Venus: Driving around at night listening to music, reading to someone, comedy shows, mimosas, Samantha from Sex and the City, libraries, nerd kink, hot teachers/student kink, emerald green, laughter, swing sets, looking out of the window and just watching, untied shoelaces, dogs and puppies, dad jokes

Cancer Venus: Soft feather pillows, a bowl of warm soup, a bubble bath, tears and running mascara, babies and how babies laugh, poetry, “I’ll be whatever you want me to be”, hot tubs, hot coffee, teddy bears, heartbeats, soft hands & skin, lotion, bagels and cream cheese, doodling in your journal

Leo Venus: Lip gloss, mojitos, getting drunk at brunch, diamond tennis bracelets, drunk texts you regret sending later, the block button, lonely nights, shooting stars, blowing bubbles, piggy back rides, art museums, glittery eyeshadow, jumparoos, birthday parties

Virgo Venus: Taking a shower, Dove soap, smooth skin, symmetry, butterflies, the smell of books, getting a facial or going to the spa, chicken caesar salads, the good tasting water, chunky headphones, acoustic guitar, running errands, getting your eyebrows done, neat handwriting, neutral colors, sushi

Libra Venus: Blush, dimples, Y2K fashion, Hello Kitty, makeup skills, those little hand mirrors, princes and princesses, cupcakes, pedicures, Margaritas, taking pictures, art, castles, Disney movies, daisies, spin the bottle, cartwheels, soft hair, bubblegum, skincare, watermelon and pineapple

Scorpio Venus: Psychology, neck tattoos, “until death do us part”, Kings & Queens, snakes, sacred sex, chess, secrets, hickeys, the feeling after you stay up all night, the feeling of being at a concert, roses, knives, tequila shots, legs intertwined, dirty martinis, sparklers, Avril Lavigne, fantasy books, true crime and dark history

Sagittarius Venus: Clouds, rock climbing, rappers, Hip Hop and R&B, going on vacation, açaí bowls and fresh fruit, sun kissed/radiant skin, the color yellow, retreats, history, yoga and Pilates, spicy food, “it is what it is”, curly hair, the smell of weed, casinos, the last day of school, Las Vegas

Capricorn Venus: Leather, red wine, the cow pattern, cowgirl boots, the color brown, espresso, dark chocolate, briefcase of money like in the movies, the movie Scarface, whiskey on the rocks, bosses, owls, turtle necks, caramel, wearing suits, lingerie, business, New York City

Aquarius Venus: Lightbulbs, telescopes and microscopes, LED lights, hamsters, college parties, glitter, peace signs, 70s concerts, food trucks, skipping school, “fuck it”, diving in the pool, the beach at night, disco balls, getting detentions in school

Pisces Venus: Mermaids, kittens, cartoons and Disney princesses, champagne, Webkinz, little kid stories like Goldilocks, 3 Little Pigs, Hansel and Gretel, clear glittery lip gloss, holographic, snowmen and icicles, swimming in the pool, flower gardens, glow sticks , picnics, bumblebees, sand castles, elementary art class, 3D movies

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[leclercloml]

Amore sulla neve | CL16

Pairing: Charles Leclerc x gf!reader

Summary: everyone's favourite couple spending their winter break together and everyone just loving it.

Genre: SMAU

Warnings: google translated italian & french.

Author's note: winter break is driving me insane, I just wanna see car go vroom vroom again

fc: Sofia Korablina

yourinstagram

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yourinstagram 🚴🏻🚴🏻

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charles_leclerc

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charles_lelcerc skiing day 1 w/ my love ❤️

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yourinstagram

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charles_leclerc added to his story 2m ago

[caption: she just fell but unfortunately I couldn't capture that]

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yourinstagram

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charles_leclerc

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yourinstagram

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yourinstagram finally saw the sun and my sunshine as well<3

tagged; charles_leclerc

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charles_leclerc added to his story 30m ago

[caption 1: what you don't see] [caption 2: what you see]

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⤷charles_leclerc she'll throw me mate.

yourinstagram

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charles_leclerc

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charles_leclerc last day, we had a lot of fun during this break, after few days we go racing, i love you @/yourinstagram ❤️

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[uwmspeccoll]

French Fairy Treasures

Around the World Treasures: Famous French Fairy Tales by the father of the French fairy tale Charles Perrault (1628-1703) and collected and adapted from the original Perrault by David Stone, was published in New York by Frankin Watts Inc., a division of Grolier, in 1959. The book includes The Picture Story of Perrault's Famous French Fairy Tales, illustrated by British artist and teacher Charles Mozley (1914-1991), a book illustrator and designer of posters, book covers, and print. Along with these striking color drawings are black-and-white illustrations depicting key moments within each story. Noel Streatfeild (1895-1986), an English children's book author, provides an introduction to the book. In it, she details the essential moments in Perrault's life that led him to write these stories. According to Streatfeild, before Perrault's Contes, nobody had ever read a fairy tale! Before that, these stories were passed down and enjoyed through oral tradition.

Perrault played a significant role in the literary controversy called the "Quarrel of the Ancients and the Moderns." At 23, he became a lawyer, following in his father's footsteps, before embarking on a political career, which led him into the court of the Sun King, Louis XIV of France. Spending time in his court is where Perrault garnered inspiration to write his stories. His simple, unaffected style breathed new life into half-forgotten folk tales. Interestingly, some of his versions influenced the German tales collected by the Brothers Grimm more than a century later.

So, whether you find yourself wondering in the woods like Little Red Riding Hood or dreaming of glass slippers like Cinderella, Perrault's timeless tales remain a delightful part of our childhood imagination, capturing the magic and wonder of storytelling for generations to come!

-Melissa, Special Collections Graduate Intern

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