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Don't mind me, I'm just thinking about how Joanna I of Castile named three daughters after her sisters and wanted to name her firstborn son after her brother.
#Joanna the mad#juana la loca#juana i of castile#Juana i de castilla#Isabel#Isabel la catolica#isabella i of castile#isabella of aragon#John of aragon#Isabel de aragon#catherine of aragon#Maria of aragon#Isabel de austria#Maria de Austria#Charles v#Catalina de austria#£#Isabella of austria#Marya of austria#Catherine of austria
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Mariana of Austria and Margarita Theresa Fanart
Be warned as some events I wrote had some artistic license.
On the morning of September 17, 1665, the bells tolled throughout the city. Jose Everardo Nithard immediately went to the Queen's chambers. Upon hearing the bells, Queen Mariana awoke and asked what was happening. The courtiers present kissed her hand. Nithard approached her and informed her that the king had passed away. The Queen began to shed a tear but kept her composure. She began to change her wardrobe from extravagant to a simple, rigid mourning dress, with the only adornment on her finger being her wedding ring. Surgeons and attendants were cleaning and embalming the king’s body while a mass was recited at the head of the royal bed. Margarita Theresa, dressed in mourning attire, approached Mariana, hugged her, and wept excessively. Mariana began to cry as she comforted her daughter.
Source: Queen, Mother, and Stateswoman Mariana of Austria and the Government of Spain by: Silvia Z. Mitchell
#I forgot that Felipe's death anniversary was last month#sorry#history#my art#my fanart#historical figures#historical fanart#baroque period#mariana de austria#house of habsburg#habsburg#carlos ii#art#17th century#please like and reblog#spain#mother and child#princess#underrated queen#mourning outfit#tw death#look at them#i love them#they are so cute#ahhhhhh#They are in mourning#so sad </3#margarita maria
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No more Tudors, please—unless it’s Mary I or Edward VI. Let’s focus on the Trastámaras, especially Catherine of Aragon, and delve into the Habsburgs, like Margaret of Austria and her nieces: Eleanor, Isabella, Maria, and Catalina. And don’t forget Charles V and his brother Ferdinand! We need more content on the Trastámara and Habsburg dynasties, as well as Stuart topics that aren’t about Mary, Queen of Scots or Stuart England.
#history#tudor era#mary i of england#mary i#catherine of aragon#catalina de aragon#margaret of austria#eleanor of austria#isabella of austria#maria of austria#charles v#ferdinand i#mary queen of scots#mary stuart#stuart dynasty#trastamara dynasty#enoug with the elizabeth i stuff#gimme mary i
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spouses of jacobite pretenders/heir-general of the Stuart pretenders during their tenure
#historyedit#history#weloveperioddrama#weloveperioddramaedit#mary of modena#adelgunde of bavaria#countess maria draskovich de trakostjan#countess marie jenke keglevich de buzin#francis iv#ludwig iii#antonia of luxembourg#louise of stolberg gedern#maria clementina sobieska#maria theresa of austria este#my gifs#my gifsets
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"is the story of a woman in a very difficult period, but it is also the story of an Englishwoman raised by Queen Victoria herself, with her own culture and her vision of the monarchy. If Alfonso XIII had listened to her more, perhaps our History would have been different. Personally, she had to learn Spanish on her own and deal with her children's hemophilia."
Javier Olivares, creator
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Kimberley Tell as Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg
Joan Amargós as Alfonso XIII of Spain
Elvira Mínguez as Maria Christina of Austria
#Ena#Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg#Alfonso XIII#Maria Christina of Austria#Ena of Battenberg#María Cristina de Austria#Victoria Eugenia de Battenberg#Kimberly tell#joan amargós#elvira mínguez
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Portrait of Maria Theresa of Spain, Queen of France (c. 1660) by Jean Nocret. Château de Versailles.
#maria theresa#jean nocret#chateau de versailles#versailles#palace of versailles#habsburgs#habsburg#habsburg dynasty#queen#17th century art#17th century#17th century painting#17th century fashion#female portrait#female portrayal#spain#france#austria#espana#españa#español#frankreich#spanien#nobility#european royalty#royalty#historical fashion#europe#artwork#painting
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1730s Close out, for a while (from top to bottom) -
ca. 1735 Elisabetta Algarotti Dandolo by Rosalba Carriera (location ?). From pinterest.com/source/karoline-von-manderscheid.tumblr.com/ 1034X1341.
ca. 1735 Probably Maria Clementina Sobieska by Pier Leone (Muzeum Pałacu Króla Jana III w Wilanowie - Warszawa, Poland). From Google Art Project via Wikimedia; fixed spots w Pshop 2251X3000.
ca. 1735/1740 Lady Mary Bellings-Arundell, Baroness Arundell of Wardour (1716–1769) by Enoch Seeman the Younger (Oxburgh Hall - Oxburgh, near Swffham, Norfolk, UK). From Wikimedia 943X1200.
ca. 1737 Maria Josepha of Austria by Louis de Silvestre (Stadtgeschichtliches Museum - Leipzig, Sachsen, Germany) From Google Art Project via liveinternet.ru/users/marylai/post292168318/ 2345X300.
ca. 1738 Princess Amellia of Great Britain by Jean Baptiste van Loo (auctioned by Sotheby's). Probably from Wikimedia; fixed spots & cracks w Pshop 1308X1713.
ca. 1739 Elisabeth Christine von Braunschweig-Bevern by Antoine Pesne (Stiftung Preußische Schlösser und Gärten - specific location ?). From Wikimedia; fixed spots w Pshop 2431X3322.
ca. 1739 Lady by Herman van der Mijn (location ?). From tumblr.com/jeannepompadour 642X792.
ca. 1739-1740 Woman Standing in a Garden by Arthur Devis (location ?). From history-of-fashion.tumblr.com/post/123799742529/ab-1739-1740-arthur-devis-portrait-of-a-woman via pinterest.com/amisiak1193/stroje-damskie-1700-1800/; fit to screen 1980X2870.
#1730s fashion#Rococo fashion#Georgian fashion#Louis XV fashion#Elisabetta Algarotti Dandolo#Rosalba Carriera#laced bodice#modesty piece#Maria Clementina Sobieska#Pier Leone#hair jewelry#robes#Mary Bellings-Arundell#Enoch Seeman the Younger#flared under-sleeves#flared cuffs#Maria Josepha of Austria#Louis de Silvestre#collar#Princess Amellia#Jean Baptiste van Loo#scoop neckline#lace bertha#ruffled sleeves#Elisabeth Christine von Braunschweig-Bevern#Antoine Pesne#jewel choker#Herman van der Mijn#high neckline#Arthur Devis
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Maria Anna of Spain, Holy Roman Empress.
#infantes de España#infanta de España#monarquía española#casa de Austria#María de Austria#reina de Hungría#maria anna of Austria#holy roman empress#heiliges römisches reich#engraving#haus habsburg#engravings#queen of hungary#royalty
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Portrait of Maria Josepha of Austria
Artist: Louis de Silvestre (French, 1675–1760)
Date: After 1737
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Collection: The Wilanów Palace Museum, Warsaw, Poland
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Maria Josepha of Austria (from Habsburg dynasty) was the wife of Augustus III, King of Poland and as August II. Elector of Saxony.
#portrait#painting#oil on canvas#maria josepha of austria#louis de silvestre#french painter#european#austria#poland#habsburg dynasty#poland nobility#queen#woman#crown#costume#polish nobility#headdress#brooch#table#clouds#drapes
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Royal Birthdays for today, August 13th:
Alfonso XI, King of Castile and Leon, 1311
Louis François, Prince of Conti, 1717
Maria Elisabeth, Archduchess of Austria, 1743
Maria Carolina, Queen of Naples and Sicily, 1752
Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen, Queen of the United Kingdom and Hanover, 1792
Paul-Philippe Hohenzollern, Prince of Romania, 1948
#maria elisabeth of austria#maria carolina of austria#adelaide of saxe meiningen#alfonso xi#louis francois de bourbon#Paul-Philippe Hohenzollern#royal birthdays#long live the queue
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𝒟𝒶𝓊𝑔𝒽𝓉𝑒𝓇𝓈 𝑜𝒻: 𝒫𝒽𝒾𝓁𝒾𝓅 𝐼𝐼 𝑜𝒻 𝒮𝓅𝒶𝒾𝓃:
-𝐼𝓈𝒶𝒷𝑒𝓁 𝒞𝓁𝒶𝓇𝒶 𝐸𝓊𝑔𝑒𝓃𝒾𝒶 (𝟣𝟧𝟨𝟨-𝟣𝟨𝟥𝟥)
-𝒞𝒶𝓉𝒶𝓁𝒾𝓃𝒶 𝑀𝒾𝒸𝒶𝑒𝓁𝒶 (𝟣𝟧𝟨𝟩-𝟣𝟧𝟫𝟩)
-𝑀𝒶𝓇í𝒶 (𝟣𝟧𝟪𝟢-𝟣𝟧𝟪𝟥)
#philip ii of spain#isabel clara eugenia#catalina micaela#isabel de valois#maria de austria#ana de austria#elisabeth of valois#anna of austria#felipe ii#felipe ii de españa#aura garrido#pilar lopez de ayala
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The Birth of Charles II of Spain Fanart
Warning: This story contains some artistic license
The Queen's pregnancy was approaching its end and had become a matter of utmost importance. The future of the Monarchy depended on this event. On Sunday, November 6, everything seemed to be ready. The doctors and physicians were on alert; the Queen's confessor was near her, and the Chief Steward of her Household was carefully reviewing the arrangement of the items in the birth chamber. To guarantee the success of the event, all the holy relics that were in the Palace and others brought from El Escorial and other places had been arranged in order. There was the staff of Saint Dominic of Silos that the Order of Saint Dominic had brought, the ribbon of Saint John Ortega, from the Order of the Hieronymites; the incorrupt bodies of Saint Isidore and Saint Diego de Alcalá; the image of the Virgin of Solitude and the one so venerated by the royal family, Our Lady of Atocha. It is not easy to find a space so holy and sacred. Everything, then, was ready, the things of the earth arranged to implore God's pleasure. At noon, after a frugal lunch, Philip IV retired to his chambers. At the same time, While eating, Queen Mariana suddenly felt intense pain in her abdomen, realizing that she was about to give birth. She quickly left the table and hurried to the Tower Chamber.
King Philip went straight to his study while looking at Prospero’s portraits. He entered his study, sat down, and began to write to answer the last letter of Sor Maria de Agreda. He wrote with a deep sigh and tears in his eyes.
“ With the long illness of my son, and the continuous help I was giving in his room, I have not answered your letter of the last month...I assure you that what has most exhausted me, more than this loss, is to see clearly that I have vexed God and he sent this punishment to castigate my sins...
(The king reminisces his cherished memories with Felipe Prospero while writing this letter)
Help me as a friend with your prayers to placate God’s just anger and beg Our Lord that, as he took my son from me, He may make his light shine on the Queen, whose confinement we await hourly, and give her good health and guard what is to be born, if his will, for otherwise I do not wish it...
Back in the Tower Chamber, Queen Mariana cries in agony as she is delivering her baby. The royal midwife Ines Ayala told Queen Mariana to push harder. Five other doctors were present at this event in case of emergency. One of those doctors was Dr Bravo. While the Queen was giving birth, the courtiers and Infanta Margarita looked on.
Ah, Sor Maria, If I had succeeded in following your teachings, perhaps I would not have found myself thus. Pray to our Lord that he may open his eyes, that I may perform his holy will in all things... There is nothing new in the English situation. I, thank God am in good health...
At this point, King Philip was interrupted by a courtier who delivered the news and told the events occurring in the Tower Chamber. King Philip was anxious about the future that lay within a few hours. He prayed heavily to God, asking him to deliver him a son. All could imagine the impatience of the Royal Court of Madrid and Europe, waiting for an outcome of this event. As hours passed, Queen Mariana was still in labor, and the doctors argued over natural forms of treatment. They were anxious as the Queen and the child’s life was at stake.
Dr. Bravo proposed a theory: In the past, Queen Mariana had difficult experiences giving birth to her children. At the birth of Maria Ambrosia, Felipe Prospero, and Fernando Tomas, The Queen had terrible epileptic seizures, and the infants died or lived for a short time. On the other hand, at the birth of Infanta Margarita, the only child to survive, The Queen had been perfectly well. Now why was this? The reason is simple: Just before Infanta Margarita was born, Queen Mariana had suffered several violent nosebleeds. Therefore, what she requires now is to be bled.
Some doctors disagreed, warning that the proposed action could endanger the Queen and her child. Concerned, Queen Mariana asked the doctors if there were any alternative procedures. The doctors offered different opinions, while Dr. Bravo defended his proposal. As the debate continued, Mariana went into labor with the assistance of Ines Ayala. The infant cries and is alive. The birth of the infant brought joy to all. King Philip became a father once again. When the courtier informed King Philip of the birth, he was overjoyed and immediately visited the tower chamber to see his newborn son. King Philip joyfully held his son and proudly showed him to the Queen and his daughter. When the courtier informed King Philip of the birth, he was delighted and immediately visited the tower chamber to see his newborn son. King Philip joyfully held his newborn son and showed him to the Queen and his daughter.
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Carlos, A king who would not die by John Langdon Davis
Happy Birthday, Charles II of Spain!
#all I did is just combine these stories together#history#mariana de austria#spain#art#charles ii of spain#house of habsburg#17th century#habsburg#carlos ii#please like and reblog#my art#Mariana's art#happy late birthday#sorry it took me so long#my cute baby#margarita#margarita maria#philip iv#look at them#i love them so much#they are so cute#espana#kingdom of spain#madrid spain#monarquía española#spanish empire#baroque fashion#baroque#artists on tumblr
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Descendants of the Tudors
#descendants of the tudors#henry vii#margaret tudor#james v#mary queen of scots#james vi and i#elizabeth stuart#charles i louis#elizabeth charlotte madame palatine#philippe ii duke of orléans#charlotte aglaé d’orléans#maria teresa felicitas d’este#louise marie adélaïde de bourbon#louis philippe i#ferdinand philippe duke of orléans#prince philippe count of paris#princess hélène of orléans#prince amedeo duke of aosta#margherita archduchess of austria este#prince lorenz#prince amedeo
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Eurovision 2022: #10 - #6
10. UNITED KINGDOM Sam Ryder - “SPACE MAN 2nd place
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Decade rank: 18/79 [above Last dance, below Je me casse]
UP IN SPACE MAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAN
There are moments I forget Sam Ryder and Space Man are real things that happened. A good song representing Union Jack colours, by an influencer who looks like a labrador superimposed onto the face of Janice the muppet through deepfake software. Are we sure this was not a fever dream? 😳 Are we sure this is the BBC ?
So uh yeah, the UK had a pretty good entry last year. 🙂 At last, a British hopeful who isn’t embarrassing right out of the gate and could unironically be described as enjoyable. If The UK were winning a jury vote any year, then 2022 was that golden opportunity.
The crazy part is that they did AND it felt earned? “Space Man” is so unequivocally British-sounding. The score effortlessly conjures up that unique Brit-rock vibe that we know from Queen, David Bowie, the Beatles, and turns it into something that sounds like a clarion of triumph thundering gloriously over the Turin 2022′s remaining proceedings.
I feel like Space Man’s inherent sense of achievement and of victory - despite the lyrics dealing with the dark side of success and the return to the simple life - (you know i love a clever lyrical contradition) made so many people flock to it. There WAS some lameness to be found (”searched around the universe / been down some black holes” did the songwriters look at grindr bio’s for their material?) but overall Space Man stood up as the rare Good UK entry.
So if you have all that empowerment jazz in your song, you need a good act to bring it out? Fortunately, the BBC for once did well there too. As soon as I saw they had built a spacecraft out of scaffholding (clever lateral staging btw), had stuffed in Ryder into a swarovski-studded leotard and forced him to perform a cheesy guitar solo I knew. I knew they had managed to summon the spirit of Ziggy Stardust to bless Ryder with winnerness and that he would steer his rebar rocket into a top finish. And so he did.
Now, as for my reservations because I have a few
One, Ryder. Yes, Ryder had the best vocal out of anyone this year, period. I have no doubts he’s a genial young man too. Cool if you care about these things. I however do not, because I don’t find him charismatic. 🙂 First of all, he does fucking look like a deepfake what the hell is up with that? Secondly, the adlibs. Normally I like it when contestants go full ham but here I find it irritating. Space man is good and doesn’t fucking need embellishment. Therefore the adlibs must be some kneejerk instinct Ryder inherited from his influencer days, which ew. The BBC have taken Ryder out of the TikTok but they have not managed to take TikTok out of the Ryder.
Two, The Social Media Craze. You already know I feel about that stuff and how it interacts with Eurovision, although I mind it not so much here - Space Man came fifth in the televote and not first (and thankfully, also not seventeenth), and was also adopted by the radio stations ahead of its viralness. Also Space Man went less viral than Snap. Its popularity was a natural evolution. All of these things are preferable when you’re solidly into “Good Not Great” territory. 🙂 Still, any mileage derived from braindead spyware apps is a sin on principle, so ::ding::
Three, Irrespective of anything else I’ve written above, I’ve always solidly liked, but never fully loved Space Man. This applies to both the song and its staging. I don’t mind that it got second, but it did beat better entries while doing so. Eleven months later I still feel that way, and as we go forward in this ranking, it has to leave within this update. If I have to choose who to rank higher between an annoying influencer with a good song and a bunch of lovable randoms with clown fiesta music, the randoms always win!
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09. IRELAND Brooke - “That’s rich” 34th place
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Decade Rank: 16/79 [Above Destiny, below Natalia Gordienko]
NO TITLE SCREEN?! ROBBED!!!! RIGGED!!!
God I wanted it for Brooke, I really, REALLY wanted it! In the same vein as Ryder, finally an entrant for Ireland that isn’t a walking cringe, or a dead on arrival lamus or an offensive sap. Finally an Irish entry that isn’t fucking HOPELESS. (um ignore that I believed in Maps until it crashlanded into last place lol)
But of course, less hopeless than the average Irish entry only meant "another solid NQ, just not in last place this time”. lol. 😥
I greatly enjoyed Brooke though. Here’s yet another flawlessly flawed combination of song and singer, united in holy floptrimony. “That’s rich” is a trash baby of the finest camp qualité, and at least half of its sassy vernacular belongs in an Almanac for All Time Eurovision lyrics. LOSER LOSE YOUR ATTITUDE I’M DOING GOOD YEAH THAT’S ON ME and BYE BYE FOOL are and will forever be a part of my brain-to-post jargon from this Brooke onwards. Me and the friends even conjured up a French version called “C’est Riche” which is the ultimate high honour you can get, as I’m sure you’ll agree.
The way Brooke and That’s Rich synergize together spoke to me. The song is very sassy and feisty and playful, whereas the singer is kind of... a dorky shrew (<3). Reminder that Brooke is a friend to all Spanish Customs Officers and dedicated enough towards maintaining that friendship to greet her Italian audiences with “OLÉ OLÉ OLÉ” . She went ALL IN on channelling ALL the emotions during her live performance. Unlike Ryder’s, Brooke’s adlibs felt genuine enough to adore. Let the GIF reel commence: ´
É, CRETIN
C’EST RICHE, J’EN AI EU ASSEZ DE VOUS
C’EST RICHE, T’AS UNE AIRE DE CLOUN
C’EST RICHE; TU N'AS QU’AUCUN CLOU
DONC C’EEEEEEEST RIIIIICHE
VA T’EN, CON 🙂
Ryder dead in a ditch. Brooke broke from her betadom to live the ALPHA LYFE on that stage and based on merit, I thought she had it. Yet almost nobody (of relevance) cared?! How? Well ok I know why (it’s eurotrash <3) but honestly how difficult was it to just penalize all the cheaters on the spot? I guess garbage like Fade to Black and River absolutely DESERVED those algoritm points!!! In the end, I can accept this outcome because WRS also served edible fun and I sorta nibbled, but Europe denied us a feisty feast here! Another year were Ireland deserved better! WILL IT EVER END?!
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08. AUSTRIA Lum!x ft. Pia Maria - “Halo” 36th place
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Decade rank: 14/79 [Above Natalia Gordienko, below Senhit]
LEMME BE YOUR HAY-LA HOOOOOOOOOOOOO
There you have it. This year’s best non-qualifier. And its journey was through Eurovisionland was WILD. 😍
Where to start? Like always and more pressingly than usual, at the selection. Imagine waking up to Austria declaring that a 20 year old Gabry Ponte protégé with no solo experience will be their rep, accompanied by something or someone called “Pia Maria”, a name that gave you zero hits if you put it through google or spotify. So of course me and the gang instantly started spec’ing whether “Pya Mariyah” was a huge untapped talent discovered through chance by Lum!x (not implausable! Janet Grogan is, after all, a better vocalist than Adele), a highly advanced neural net or Philipp Kirkorov in disguise.
Then “Halo” was released, and it doled out BpM at a faster pace than most nightcores and had an absolute word casserole for lyrics. 😍 “Philosophers like Socrates go find something to get on your feet. Go sharpen your teeth” lmfao what?!
And like that, the journey dove head-first into hilarious absurdity. WHAT IS THIS ENTRY?! This was chosen by the SAME people that bored us with Cesár Sampson and Vincent KinderBueno? HOW did ORF land on Pia Maria? Where did they find her? Did they select her via a raffle, or was she in the room when Lumix realized he needed a vocalist? Was she a random they snagged off the streets? Is she someone’s secret nepobaby? It honestly fries my brain that this was deemed a serious attempt at a qualifying entry by the fandom.
So yeah the second they had set a foot in PalaOlimpico, Pia and Luca immediately immolated themselves to death in a blaze of chaotic neutral. I hope everyone saw this coming because I sure did and relished every nanosecond of it. Pia became winded approximately 40 seconds into the performance and spent the rest of the performance running a losing race against her vital capacity.
Luca meanwhile, oh man. Pia gets a bad wrap for her vocals, and she was Not Very Good, but like what do you expect from a newbie cajoled into performing a litany of jibberish. What really took “Hayla Ho” on a ride down Hysteria Lane for me were Luca’s jubilant adlibs juxtaposed to Pia’s visible failure. Every time Pia missed a note she at least looked a bit disappointed with herself. Luca went on a fucking runner’s high with every passing beat, blissfully unaware to the hellscape forming itself around him and Pia.
He absolutely CANNOT contain himself. 😍 So much so that his voice cracks THREE SECONDS INTO HALO. 😍 The true insane asylum heights of fusedmarc were never reached, but they came sorta close.
So yeah, like That’s Rich, Halo was instantly ironic eurotrash. Unlike That’s Rich, I not once thought Halo would do well lmfao. How could anyone think that?! Its entire purpose at Eurovision was to be a great and memorable trainwreck. They passed with flying colours <3
Oh and as all great morality tales go, this one ends with Pia deleting Luca off her social media mere hours after the live performance, having accomplished her goal of getting a three-week free holiday 😍 If that doesn’t cement her as the most relatable neural net of this decade, then idk what will.
K and now for a MASSIVE leap in quality:
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07. THE NETHERLANDS S10 - “De diepte” 11th place
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Decade rank: 11/79 [above Manizha, below TBA]
🦉😂 -- S10, me.
Yep, above Manizha who was top five for me in 2021. 2022 is strangely top-heavy, where the good entries are all GREAT and the rest of the contest simply doesn’t exist.
So yeah, time to discuss a few Real Songs before the final countdown. Sometimes it’s easy to forget that Eurovision is a music contest. This selectful forgetfulness is achieved when great music fails to reach the top 10! 🙄 And people wonder why juries are important. Forget the Die Togethers and Fade to Blacks of this world - THIS is sort of interpretation juries ought to reward.
Anyway, “De diepte” is kind of my jam and you may think this would make the write-up easier and you’re so so so wrong. Stien dwells deeply (ahem) in that Victoria zone where the quality is so obvious it renders further words redundant. WHICH IS PERSONAL RANKER HELL!!!
“De diepte” is not some dreck-wreck featuring several layers of mass hysteria (some of which only exist in my head <3) that I get to describe in various degrees of colourful language. "De diepte” is a song. A real song. It’s emotionally layered, intelligent, well structured and easy to listen to on repeat, and I have for several hours total. The moment RIGHT after the big note, when S10 looks almost overwhelmed with emotion and is about to cry man, I Felt That. I Felt it in my core, in my bones, in my soul. I’m not made of concrete. The contrast with Botmanda couldn’t be greater:
Now as far as my random things I specifically loved about S10 go, they include: her nom-de-plume which caused several people (including Matt 🥴) to pronounce her name as “Season Ten”, the fact that AVROTROS wanted to push a song in Dutch and then came up with a chorus that can mostly be summarized by two emojis, and of course this:
It’s not quite the Tinkara sorcery, but the intent is there, and I appreciate it.
Other than that, “De diepte” is a very good showcase of Dutch indiepop, which -living 30 km from the NL border- is a genre I know very well and fucking love. It’s what I would call A Real Song, a song that actually speaks to people and has legs outside of the contest. It’s defo something I would listen to during the off-season when i’m detoxing from ESC if it had not been ESC itself.
However, I have to also put my Big Ranker’s Pants on and make my Big Ranker decisions: When picking who I rank ahead of other entries I like roughly the same, I need to assess the contest. 2022 was light on europulp spectacle and heavy on the”“Good Musical Quality” type of entry. So in a sense, I feel like i need to prioritize spectacle over song to a certain degree. Or at least those I am able to praise with more profound terms than “this is very good, not a top 10, REALLY, Europe?”.
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06. PORTUGAL MARO - “Saudade, saudade” 9th Place
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Decade rank: 10/79 [Above S10, below TBA]
Ok so, S10, Maro and the 5th placer are basically three acts I like equally much, and they’re ranked based on how much I can talk about :-)
THOSE ARE THE RANKER’S RULES, SORRY! Speaking of things that rule, I present Maro: a woman who forgot to stage her song in the semi of FdC because she assumed nobody would like her and then won the final in an overwhelming landslide <3
and for good reason because “Saudade Saudade” is berry gud. Like “De diepte” i feel like its appeal is just very obvious? It’s clever, it’s emotional, it’s very well performed. It is one of those songs that would find their way to an audience even without the exposure of the Eurovision Song Contest.
That said, Maro *very* narrowly edges out S10 for me for a handful of reasons. First off, while beam sorcery is a nice staging trick, I do find the circle of wymyn powah a slightly stronger visual representation. It creates some interaction on the stage,which translates to spectacle, which translates to good television.
Secondly, the vocals: Systur’s harmonies were already outstanding. Maro and her backings are even better. Maro’s own hoarse vocals holy heck. t’s difficult to fully engage into praise because Cornelia exists and we’ll get there in the next post, but talk about a song whose rawness came alive through sheer vocal timbre. Anyone who can sing is able pull off a “De diepte”. The list of people that are capable of doing a “Saudade Saudade” is very short.
Thirdly, both songs deal with break-ups and letting go, but I find Maro’s methods more wholesome. “Saudade, Saudade” is literally an attempt at unspooling raw thoughts being put into little word blankets, and coming to the realization that the best memories and strongest emotions cannot be turned into lyrics. They exist in the heart. And that I can feel.
Ok some other little details here include Maro recruiting her former rivals Ginger Ale Lady and Woman’s Corpse Lady into her backing cabal, the fact that her fucking insta handle is or was @ItsAMeMARO and her growing disbelief that people really *truly* liked her as much as they did, and you know you have a pretty awesome contestant on your hands. Maro feels humble in a genuine and endearing way that you rarely see in Eurovision where most contestants are inexperienced, ambitious or huge fans.
Overall though, Maro runs into the same ranker curse as S10. There just isn’t much to discuss beyond the music, and the music is really darn good. Still, it’s a very positive sign that the juries recognized that by giving her 5th place (without a single 12? lol?) and countered her bad position in the R/O. In the full picture she falls a bit short for me though. 🤷♀️
CONGRATULATIONS TOP FIVE!!!
WHO. WILL. WIN?!
#Eurovision 2022#Turin 2022#ESC 2022#Full Ranking#Eurovision Song Contest#Netherlands#Stien den Hollander#S10#De Diepte#Portugal#Maro#saudade saudade#Austria#Lumix#Pia Maria#Halo#Ireland#Brooke#Brooke Scullion#That's Rich#United Kingodm#UK#Sam Ryder#Space Man#BorisBubbles#topte
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María Inés Calderón (1611 – 1646 )
“A woman who apparently was not beautiful, but she had a lot of grace and charm. In addition to reciting, singing and dancing very well.”- Elvira Menéndez
María Inés Calderón, known as La Calderona and Marizápalos, was the most important actress in the Spain of the seventeenth century, who became the mistress of King Felipe IV and mother of his illegitimate son, Juan José of Austria. La Calderona was involved in a relationship with Ramiro Pérez de Guzmán, Duke of Medina de las Torres, at the time Felipe IV first saw and got smitten by the actress-singer on her debut at the Corral de la Cruz theatre in Madrid in 1627. But when the king got in the way, the lover had no choice but bow his head. La Calderona became the favorite of Felipe IV.
Enamoured of the red-headed actress, Felipe IV installed his lover in a balcony overlooking the square, a decision that flew right in the face of convention as these seats were meant to be the exclusive preserve of the aristocracy. After spotting her rival sitting in the posh seats, the queen Isabel de Borbón flew into a rage and threw La Calderona out of her love nest in the palace. To compensate, the rather sneaky king, then ordered that a secret balcony to be built under an arch. In this way, his lover could attend events at the Plaza Mayor and remain out of sight.
Upon the birth of her son in 1629, La Calderona lost the custody of him despite her protests. Her relationship to the king ended the same year. There were rumors at the time that her son was fathered by Ramiro Pérez de Guzmán. La Calderona was forced to become a nun against her will. Felipe IV ordered her entry into the monastery of San Juan Bautista of Valfermoso de las Monjas, in Alcarria, where the interpreter would lose contact with life, the theater, her son. In 1642, the King recognized Juan José officially as his son, and Juan José began his life's career as a military representative of his father's interests.
It was said that she died in closing, already under the name of Mrs. Maria de San Gabriel, Abbess. But it has also been written that she fled: that she managed, on the one hand, to escape from God's mandate and escape, along with a bandit, to the Sierra de la Calderona (Valencia) and, in another version, that she returned to Madrid, where she would welcome the guild of actors: « A kind of union that gave relief to interpreters who were in poor condition or who were already older. There seems to be data that helped her. Which would mean that she did not die in the convent as they officially said ».
The few concrete data of María Inés Calderón have served to increase the legend. Also regarding her family. It is not uncommon to find references to Pedro Calderón de la Barca as father of the creature. But far from it. It seems that, being very small, appeared at the door of Juan Calderón, a lender of the theater world and father of Juana, also an actress, although not as renowned as «La Calderona».
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#Maria Inés Calderón#La Calderona#Felipe IV#Philip IV#Juan José de Austria#Juan José of Austria#women in history#Spanish history#Carmen Maura#Paisaje con figuras#documentary
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Kristen Spours skating to Piazzolla for her short program at the 2021 Cup of Austria.
(Source: The Phantom Kabocha)
#Kristen Spours#Figure skating#Great Britain#Women#Astor Piazzolla#Tango#Oblivion#Yo soy Maria#Maria de Buenos Aires#2021–2022#2021 Cup of Austria
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