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lonelyqueenofhearts Ā· 2 years ago
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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.
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marianadecarlos Ā· 29 days ago
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Mariana of Austria and Margarita Theresa Fanart
BeĀ warnedĀ as someĀ eventsĀ IĀ wroteĀ hadĀ someĀ artisticĀ license.Ā 
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 kingā€™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
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lancastrianwasian Ā· 15 days ago
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No more Tudors, pleaseā€”unless itā€™s Mary I or Edward VI. Letā€™s focus on the TrastĆ”maras, especially Catherine of Aragon, and delve into the Habsburgs, like Margaret of Austria and her nieces: Eleanor, Isabella, Maria, and Catalina. And donā€™t forget Charles V and his brother Ferdinand! We need more content on the TrastĆ”mara and Habsburg dynasties, as well as Stuart topics that arenā€™t about Mary, Queen of Scots or Stuart England.
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0urgraciousqueen Ā· 10 months ago
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spouses of jacobite pretenders/heir-general of the Stuart pretenders during their tenure
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isadomna Ā· 1 year ago
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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 AmargĆ³sĀ  as Alfonso XIII of Spain
Elvira MĆ­nguez as Maria Christina of Austria
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diemelusine Ā· 3 months ago
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Portrait of Maria Theresa of Spain, Queen of France (c. 1660) by Jean Nocret. ChĆ¢teau de Versailles.
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gogmstuff Ā· 1 year ago
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1730s Close out, for a whileĀ (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 KrĆ³la 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 (1716ā€“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 PreuƟische Schlƶsser und GƤrten - 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/; Ā fit to screen 1980X2870.
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royalty-nobility Ā· 24 days ago
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Portrait of Maria Josepha of Austria
Artist: Louis de Silvestre (French, 1675ā€“1760)
Date: After 1737
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Collection: The WilanĆ³w 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.
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tiny-librarian Ā· 1 year ago
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Royal Birthdays for today, August 13th:
Alfonso XI, King of Castile and Leon, 1311
Louis FranƧois, 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
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bforbetterthanyou Ā· 1 year ago
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Descendants of the Tudors
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lonelyqueenofhearts Ā· 2 years ago
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marianadecarlos Ā· 2 days ago
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The Birth of Philip Prospero Fanart
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Philip Prospero was born on November 28, 1657, in the Royal Alcazar of Madrid. He was the first son of Philip IV of Spain and Mariana of Austria. His birth brought joy to the kingdom, but his delivery caused his mother to have childbed fever, which most did not notice because of their joy. Queen Mariana was bedridden for days after the birth and she survived.
On the day of the birth, not a bench nor a table was left unbroken in the palace, nor a single pastry-cookā€™s nor tavern that was not sacked. Tomorrow [December 6] they say that his Majesty will go on horseback to the Atocha to give thanks to the Mother of Godā€¦ They say the prince is a pretty little chap, and that the King wishes him to be baptized at once, before the extreme cold comes onā€¦ There are to be masquerades, bull-fights and cane-tourneys as soon as the Queen stands up to see them, as well as plays with machinery invented by an engineer, a servant of the Nuncio, to be represented at the theatre of Retiro, and the saloon of the palaceā€¦ The municipality, following the lead of the Councils, have gone to congratulate the Kingā€¦ and no gentleman, great or small, has failed to do the like.
His baptism was described to have some mishaps, starting with the Ceremonial Napkin carried by Condestable de Castilla, an unpopular military officer, He made a scene at Prospero's baptism in the following matter:
It seems that the crush of the people was so great that a staircase gave way; this disarranged the procession as it left the chapel, and in particular prevented the Duque de Bejar from taking his place and bearing away the "mazapan". The "mazapan" was not a sweet meat, but a lump of breadcrumb on which the officiating ecclesiastic wiped his fingers after anointing the child with holy oil. The bread was enclosed in a highly decorated reptacle made of marzipan and carried on a richly worked piece of needlework. It seems to be a object which evoked singular curiosity through little relevance. As the Duque de Bejar was unable to be its barrier, Philip was asked what should be done, he was told master of ceremonies to ask the Condestable De Castilla to substitute, This gentleman replied that he was sorry but he had an injured arm. Philip IV, furious, repeated his order, whereupon he replied, "The Condestable De Castilla are too exalted to fill the gaps and voids left by others. The Duque de Alburquerque carried the ewer, the Duque of Terranova, the salt sellar. Last came the Duque of Pastrana carrying on this occasion the famous mazapan. It was made in the shape of a castle with gold and silver ornamentation. The chrism is a mixture of oil and balm used to anoint the infant. Owing to its Sacrosanct Character, It was those days covered much coveted by ill-intentioned persons; hence the drops of chrism deposited on the bread crumb with the Mazapan might be stolen. The infant was naked at this baptism, At the baptism, the infant was unclothed, prompting the Infanta Maria Theresa to ask why she had to present her brother in this manner. It was explained that this tradition was a way to demonstrate his gender.
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Carlos, A king who would not die by John Langdon Davis
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borisbubbles Ā· 2 years ago
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Eurovision 2022: #10 - #6
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10. UNITED KINGDOM Sam Ryder -Ā ā€œSPACE MAN 2nd place
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Decade rank: 18/79 [above Last dance, below Je me casse]
UP IN SPACE MAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAN
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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? šŸ˜³ Are we sure this is theĀ BBCĀ ?Ā 
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So uh yeah, the UK had a pretty good entry last year. šŸ™‚ At last, a British hopeful who isnā€™tĀ 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? ā€œSpace Manā€ 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 2022ā€²s remaining proceedings.
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I feel like Space Manā€™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 (ā€searched around the universe / been down some black holesā€ did the songwriters look at grindr bioā€™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.Ā 
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 heā€™s a genial young man too. Cool if you care about these things. I however do not, because I donā€™t find him charismatic. šŸ™‚ First of all, he does fuckingĀ look like a deepfake what the hell is up with that?Ā Secondly, the adlibs. Normally I like it when contestants go full ham but here I find it irritating. Space man is good and doesnā€™t fucking need embellishment. Therefore the adlibs must be some kneejerk instinct Ryder inherited from his influencer days,Ā which ew.Ā The BBC have taken Ryder out of the TikTok but they have not managed to take TikTok out of the Ryder.Ā 
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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.Ā  All of these things are preferable when youā€™re solidly intoĀ ā€œGood Not Greatā€ territory. šŸ™‚ Still, any mileage derived from braindead spyware apps is a sin on principle, soĀ ::ding::Ā 
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Three, Irrespective of anything else Iā€™ve written above, Iā€™ve always solidly liked, but never fully loved Space Man. This applies to both the song and its staging. I donā€™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 songĀ and a bunch of lovable randoms with clown fiesta music, the randoms always win!Ā 
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09. IRELAND Brooke -Ā ā€œThatā€™s richā€ 34th place
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Decade Rank: 16/79 [Above Destiny, below Natalia Gordienko]
NO TITLE SCREEN?! ROBBED!!!! RIGGED!!!
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God I wanted it for Brooke, I really, REALLY wanted it! In the same vein as Ryder, finally an entrant for Ireland that isnā€™t a walking cringe, or a dead on arrival lamus or an offensive sap. Finally an Irish entry that isnā€™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 meantĀ "another solid NQ, just not in last place this timeā€. lol. šŸ˜„Ā 
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I greatly enjoyed Brooke though. Hereā€™s yet another flawlessly flawed combination of song and singer, united in holy floptrimony.Ā ā€œThatā€™s richā€ is a trash baby of the finest camp qualitĆ©,Ā and at least half of its sassy vernacular belongs in an Almanac for All Time Eurovision lyrics. LOSER LOSE YOUR ATTITUDE Iā€™M DOING GOOD YEAH THATā€™S ON ME and BYE BYE FOOL are and will forever be a part of my brain-to-post jargon from this Brooke onwards.Ā Me and the friends even conjured up a French version called ā€œCā€™est Richeā€ which is the ultimate high honour you can get, as Iā€™m sure youā€™ll agree.
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The way Brooke and Thatā€™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 withĀ  ā€œOLƉ OLƉ OLƉā€ . She went ALL IN on channelling ALL the emotions during her live performance. Unlike Ryderā€™s, Brookeā€™s adlibs felt genuine enough to adore. Let the GIF reel commence: Ā“
Ɖ, CRETIN
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Cā€™EST RICHE, Jā€™EN AI EU ASSEZ DE VOUS
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Cā€™EST RICHE, Tā€™AS UNE AIRE DE CLOUN
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Cā€™EST RICHE; TU N'AS QUā€™AUCUN CLOU
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DONC Cā€™EEEEEEEST RIIIIICHE
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VA Tā€™EN, CON šŸ™‚
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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 (itā€™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 -Ā ā€œHaloā€ 36th place
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Decade rank: 14/79 [Above Natalia Gordienko, below Senhit]
LEMME BE YOUR HAY-LA HOOOOOOOOOOOOO
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There you have it. This yearā€™s best non-qualifier. And its journey was through Eurovisionland was WILD. šŸ˜
Where to start? Like always and more pressingly than usual, at the selection.Ā  ImagineĀ waking up to Austria declaring that a 20 year old Gabry Ponte protĆ©gĆ© with no solo experience will be their rep, accompanied by something or someone called ā€œPia Mariaā€, a name that gave you zero hits if you put it through google or spotify. So of course me and the gang instantly started specā€™ing whether ā€œPya Mariyahā€Ā  was aĀ 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.
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Then ā€œHaloā€ was released, and it doled out BpM at a faster pace than most nightcores and had an absolute word casserole for lyrics. šŸ˜ ā€œPhilosophers like Socrates go find something to get on your feet. Go sharpen your teethā€ lmfao what?!Ā 
Ā And like that, the journey dove head-first into hilarious absurdity.Ā WHAT IS THIS ENTRY?! This was chosen by the SAME people that bored us with CesĆ”r 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 someoneā€™s secret nepobaby? It honestly fries my brain that this was deemed a serious attempt at a qualifying entry by the fandom.
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So yeah the second they had set a foot in PalaOlimpico,Ā  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 approximatelyĀ 40 secondsĀ 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 ā€œHayla Hoā€ on a ride down Hysteria Lane for me were Lucaā€™s jubilant adlibs juxtaposed to Piaā€™s visible failure. Every time Pia missed a note she at least looked a bit disappointed with herself. Luca went on a fucking runnerā€™s high withĀ every passing beat, blissfully unawareĀ to the hellscape forming itself around him and Pia.
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He absolutely CANNOT contain himself. šŸ˜ So much so that his voice cracks THREE SECONDS INTO HALO. šŸ˜Ā The true insane asylum heights of fusedmarc were never reached, but they came sorta close.
So yeah, like Thatā€™s Rich, Halo was instantly ironic eurotrash. Unlike Thatā€™s Rich, I not once thought Halo would do wellĀ 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
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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 šŸ˜Ā  If that doesnā€™t cement her as the most relatable neural net of this decade, then idk what will.Ā 
K and now for a MASSIVE leap in quality:Ā 
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07. THE NETHERLANDS S10 -Ā ā€œDe diepteā€ 11th place
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Decade rank: 11/79 [above Manizha, below TBA]
šŸ¦‰šŸ˜‚ -- 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 doesnā€™t exist.Ā 
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So yeah, time to discuss a few Real Songs before the final countdown. Sometimes itā€™s easy to forget that Eurovision is a music contest. This selectful forgetfulness is achieved when great music fails to reach the top 10! šŸ™„ 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.Ā 
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Anyway,Ā ā€œDe diepteā€ is kind of my jam and you may think this would make the write-up easier and youā€™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!!!Ā 
Ā ā€œDe diepteā€ is not some dreck-wreck featuringĀ 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 diepteā€ is a song. A real song. Itā€™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. Iā€™m not made of concrete. The contrast with Botmanda couldnā€™t be greater:
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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 šŸ„“) to pronounce her name asĀ ā€œSeason Tenā€, 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:
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Itā€™s not quite the Tinkara sorcery, but the intent is there, and I appreciate it.Ā 
Other than that, ā€œDe diepteā€ 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. Itā€™s what I would call A Real Song, a song that actually speaks to people and has legs outside of the contest. Itā€™s defo something I would listen to during the off-season when iā€™m detoxing from ESC if it had not been ESC itself.
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However, I have to also put my Big Rankerā€™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 theā€ā€œGood Musical Qualityā€ 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 thanĀ ā€œthis is very good, not a top 10, REALLY, Europe?ā€.
And on that note~
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06. PORTUGAL MARO -Ā ā€œSaudade, saudadeā€ 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 theyā€™re ranked based on how much I can talk about :-)Ā 
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THOSE ARE THE RANKERā€™S RULES, SORRY! Speaking of things that rule, I present Maro: a woman whoĀ 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 <3Ā 
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and for good reason becauseĀ ā€œSaudade Saudadeā€ is berry gud. LikeĀ ā€œDe diepteā€ i feel like its appeal is just very obvious? Itā€™s clever, itā€™s emotional, itā€™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.Ā 
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Secondly, the vocals: Systurā€™s harmonies were already outstanding. Maro and her backings are even better. Maroā€™s own hoarse vocals holy heck. tā€™s difficult to fully engage into praise because Cornelia exists and weā€™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 aĀ ā€œDe diepteā€. The list of people that are capable of doing aĀ ā€œSaudade Saudadeā€ is very short.
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Thirdly, both songs deal with break-ups and letting go, but I find Maroā€™s methods more wholesome.Ā  ā€œSaudade, Saudadeā€ 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 Womanā€™s Corpse Lady into her backing cabal, the fact that her fucking insta handle is or was @ItsAMeMARO and her growing disbeliefĀ 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.Ā 
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Overall though, Maro runs into the same ranker curse as S10. There just isnā€™t much to discuss beyond the music, and the music is really darn good. Still, itā€™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.Ā šŸ¤·ā€ā™€ļø
CONGRATULATIONS TOP FIVE!!!
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WHO. WILL. WIN?!
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figureskatingcostumes Ā· 2 years ago
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Kristen Spours skating to Piazzolla for her short program at the 2021 Cup of Austria.
(Source: The Phantom Kabocha)
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isadomna Ā· 2 years ago
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MarĆ­a InĆ©s CalderĆ³n (1611 ā€“ 1646 )
ā€œA woman who apparently was not beautiful, but she had a lot of grace and charm. In addition to reciting, singing and dancing very well.ā€- Elvira MenĆ©ndez
MarĆ­a InĆ©s CalderĆ³n, known as La Calderona and MarizĆ”palos, 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 JosĆ© of Austria. La Calderona was involved in a relationship with Ramiro PĆ©rez de GuzmĆ”n, 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.Ā After spotting her rival sitting in the posh seats, the queen Isabel de BorbĆ³n 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.
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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 PĆ©rez de GuzmĆ”n. La CalderonaĀ was forced to become a nun against her will. Felipe IVĀ 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 JosĆ© officially as his son, and Juan JosĆ© 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: Ā« 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 Ā».
The few concrete data of MarĆ­a InĆ©s CalderĆ³n have served to increase the legend. Also regarding her family. It is not uncommon to find references to Pedro CalderĆ³n de la Barca as father of the creature. But far from it. It seems that, being very small, appeared at the door of Juan CalderĆ³n, a lender of the theater world and father of Juana, also an actress, although not as renowned as Ā«La CalderonaĀ».
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