#le mort

[aqua-regia009]

Details from The Chariot of Death, 1848 - oil on canvas. — Théophile Schuler (French, 1821-1878) aqua-regia009 art edits

[weirdlookindog]

Jean Danguy (1863-1926) - "Death Appears in the Sky Above a Castle"

Le Château de la mort (The Castle of Death), 1895

[notadeathinthefamily]

DEATH AND STATUES

During the war, in October 1941, the pro-Nazi Vichy government decreed that statues "without artistic or historical importance" could be torn to pieces by the Germans in order to reuse the metal.

In December, the photographer Pierre Jahan, taking considerable risks, photographed them, piled up in a courtyard in Paris, in the 12th arrondissement, ready to leave for the foundries.

Jean Cocteau was so enthusiastic about those photographs that he decided to publish them in a book, writing the text himself.

Just over a hundred pages, the illustrated volume was published at the end of the war, in 1946, and republished several times. It is one of the most beautiful, saddest and most engaging photographic books ever made, just look at the photos of the dying alligators or the discouragement of the young orphan of the other statues of his family. I don't think it has ever been published in other countries. It can be found online at decent prices. There is also a first edition with a dedication by Cocteau for 1,200 euros.

[sickfreaksirkay]

<3

[the-evil-clergyman]

Illustrations from Thomas Malory's Le Morte d'Arthur by William Russell Flint (1911)

[cogentranting]

"...Then Sir Lamyell of Cardiff, who was also a great lover; Sir Playne de Fors, Sir Melyas de Lyle, and King Arthur's son, Sir Boarte le Cure; Sir Madore de la Porte, Sir Collgrevaunce, Sir Hervyse de la Foreyst Saveage, and Sir Marrok, who was betrayed by his wife and had spent seven years as a werewolf. Then the three brothers, Sir Persaunte, SIr Pertolope, and SIr Perymones, all of whom Sir Gareth had won when he was called Beaumains."

[sictransitgloriamvndi]

[twistedshipper]

MERLIN 1.13 Le Morte D'Arthur

[earthshine-moon]

Merlin Parallels

“The more brutal you are, the more enemies you’ll create.” (1x01)

“I want his annihilation, Mordred. I want to put his head on a spike and watch as the crowd feast on his eyes.” (5x02)

“And allow him to grow more powerful, more dangerous until he strikes out against us?” (1x08)

(5x13)

“Are you ever going to change, Merlin?” (1x13)

“I don’t want you to change.” (5x13)

“Maybe that one’s worth dying for, eh?” (3x05)

(5x13)

[dlartistanon]

Reedwillow scratches my itch for Drama and trauma coupled with the unhinged flowery romanticism coming straight out of a Bronte novel

Also I love the idea that Reed unintentionally(?) expresses herself in a way that feels right at-home with Saileach’s favorite kind of romantic schlock thanks Heidi

[weirdlookindog]

Dead and loving it...

Eustache-Hyacinthe Langlois & Louise Marguerite Espérance Langlois - Illustrations from 'Essai historique, philosophique et pittoresque sur les danses des morts,' 1852.

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[lionofchaeronea]

Sir Launcelot and the Witch Hellawes (illustration from Sir Thomas Malory's Le Morte d'Arthur), Aubrey Beardsley, 1894

[oldtvandcomics]

Love how it’s written as if this was a completely normal thing to say.

[cogentranting]

I think knighthood should function today the same way it does in Le Morte D'Arthur (particularly in regards to celebrities who have been knighted)

Knights should be able to challenge other knights to fights (potentially to the death) for no reason at all at any time.

Knights should be able to knight whoever they want in turn

Women should be able to send knights on random quests whenever they see them.

Kenneth Branagh runs into Sam Neill at a restaurant? Fight. You did a good job caddying for Michael Caine? Boom, he makes you a knight. You see Patrick Stewart on the street? Send him to go deal with the guy at your work who won't stop asking you out.

[sictransitgloriamvndi]

[twistedshipper]

Go to the place that men call the Isle of the Blessed, where the power of the ancients can still be felt. There you will discover Arthur's salvation.