#modern tudors

[shripscapi]

Queen Cersei Lannister

absolutely never would have anticipated how many times i’d end up drawing cersei when I first started asoiaf but over time she has cemented herself as one of my favorite characters…

i’m forever revisiting my own designs, so here’s a second attempt at Cersei’s ruby mourning dress and a first attempt at her in her hunting greens when she goes to meet with Ned. I think hunting greens implies menswear, but I’m not certain and I could be misinterpreting…? either way I think it is more reasonable for trying to be stealthy so that’s the route I took…

[hometoursandotherstuff]

Found this lovely, castle-like Tudor style mansion built in 2002, in Naperville, IL. I was NOT prepared for the interior. What were they thinking, designing a fairy tale brick Tudor with an interior like this? 6bds. 9ba, 10,495 sq ft, $3.888m.

I'm thinking that they renovated it, b/c there's stone under the white paint. Why would you do this to a Tudor?

The beamed coffered ceiling must've been painted over in white and gray. The kitchen is right off this main sitting room, that's completely made of castle-style stone walls and niches.

I wish they had before photos, b/c this wainscoting and fireplace must be wood underneath.

Lots of stone in the kitchen. It looks like the brick oven is now a decorative feature.

Notice all the different colored neon in the ceiling.

Room for a table and chairs in the corner.

When it comes to sitting rooms, this house has lots of options.

Here's another one. I can't get over all the stone they covered in white paint.

The primary bedroom is so gray and cold.

The ensuite is so sterile looking.

The upper floors.

Large empty room.

There's a bed and dresser in the huge space. Maybe it's a guest room.

Going down the stairs, you can see the Tudor style windows.

This is gigantic.

Behind the bar there's a full kitchen.

They've got a walk-in safe here.

This is the coldest home theater I've ever seen.

Shower room down here.

The lot is 1.43 acres with a fenced-in yard.

https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/1239-Oxford-Ln-Naperville-IL-60540/55495761_zpid/?

[ltwilliammowett]

During the excavation of the Tudor ship Mary Rose in 1971, some of the cuttlefish living on the wreck were adopted as pets by the working divers. One very affectionate animal was baptised Cuthbert. He even made it into the newspaper.

He is probably no longer at the excavation site today (these animals are only about 2 years old), but descendants of Cuthbert are likely to be found there.

[burningvelvet]

Miniature wedding portraits of Frances and John Croker of Barton by Nicolas Hilliard, circa 1581.

[anibats]

The Sims 2 Speed Build | Pleasantview | 3 Lot Bin Renovations Part 2

I was recently asked to do a follow up video with lot bin renovations for Pleasantview. The request was for Bonny Bungalow and Tidy Tudor, and a poll on Youtube decided the third house: Modern Masterpiece.

Check out the Speed Build video here.

Download links for the houses: Bonny Bungalow, Tidy Tudor, Modern Masterpiece

Pictures of the house plans below the cut:

Bonny Bungalow

Tidy Tudor

Modern Masterpiece:

[shakespearenews]

Elizabeth Russell was just as fiercely territorial in London, where she maintained a mansion in the upmarket district of Blackfriars. In 1596 the Lord Chamberlain’s Men, the playing company to which William Shakespeare belonged, was facing a crisis. The lease for the land where the acting troupe’s main venue, the Theatre in Shoreditch, stood was about to expire. Facing an uncertain future, the impresario James Burbage, who had created the Theatre, sunk a fortune into a new venture: a playhouse in Blackfriars. It cost a colossal £1,000 to purchase and renovate the property.

Unfortunately for Burbage and the players, the theatre was just over 120 feet from Elizabeth’s doorstep. Neither she nor her neighbours had objected to a previous theatre nearby, which had operated under the guise of a ‘private’ rehearsal space for the queen’s choristers (even though the paying public had attended performances there). But when she discovered that a ‘common playhouse’ was about to open in her elegant neighbourhood she was furious.

Galvanising her local community into action, Elizabeth got up a petition against the opening of the Blackfriars Theatre. Among its 30 signatories were Richard Field, Shakespeare’s first publisher, and Sir George Carey, the playing company’s patron. Neither dared object to Elizabeth’s anti-theatrical uprising.

[elizabethan-memes]

Philip II marrying Anna of Austria

[gwydpolls]

Time Travel Question 46: Early Modernish and Earlier

These Questions are the result of suggestions from the previous iteration.

This category may include suggestions made too late to fall into the correct earlier time grouping. Basically, I'd already moved on to human history, but I'd periodically get a pre-homin suggestion, hence the occasional random item waaay out of it's time period, rather than reopen the category.

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. (Invention ofs tend to fall in an earlier grouping if it's still open. Ones that imply height of or just before something tend to get grouped later, but not always. Sometimes I'll split two different things from the same culture into different polls because they involve separate research goals or the like).

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

[sixaus-meaa]

SIX THE MUSICAL - MODERN!AU: illustration

Mezza, Liz' gingerbread long-distance girlfriend (LiZza)

[garadinervi]

Rainforest V (variation 1), (twenty objects, sound, dimensions variable), 1973/2015, Conceived by David Tudor, realized by Composers Inside Electronics Inc. (John Driscoll, Phil Edelstein, and Matt Rogalsky); from David Tudor and Composers Inside Electronics Inc.: 'Rainforest V (variation 1)', (installation view), MoMA, New York, NY, October 21, 2019 – January 5, 2020 [Committee on Media and Performance Art Funds. © David Tudor and Composers Inside Electronics Inc.. Image: © The Museum of Modern Art. Photo: Heidi Bohnenkamp]

(plus: Ana Janevski – Martha Joseph, The Evolution of David Tudor's 'Rainforest' A pair of MoMA curators share a brief history of the work, MoMA, New York, NY, October 15, 2019)

[raspberry-gloaming]

Having to explain that if i was writing for Doctor Who the Doctor would be played by a white man with an rp accent not because I dont think a woman or poc or anyone with a regional accent shouldnt be able to play the Doctor but because of THE THEMES

I am drawing parallels between the Timelords and late 18th/early 19th century British politics.

Also bringing back the fact that in Gallifrey its mentioned/implied that they have a very limited electorate, who is eligable to vote. GUESS WHO ELSE HAD A VERY LIMITED ELECTORATE AT THIS PERIOD OF TIME??? (that began to have reform following this period)

I would have a main character in a historical episode who in some ways parallels the doctor who is perhaps a young man, a young Lord of some kind who is a member of the House of Lords as a hereditary peer, part of the Lords Temporal (the secular peers in the House of Lords).

Yes its actually called that irl i am serious. Fucking Lords Time. Time Lords. You could not make this up.

I am looking at how the Doctor's upbringing as a member of the elite, the 1%, affected and continues to affect them. The importance of nurture as well as nature. Stressing that the relevations of the Timeless Child arc do not take away from the Doctor's remembered, lived experiences.

This is my brain all the time at the moment. Thinking about how Danny was Right; he read the Doctor to a T and the Doctor did not like that. I don't personally like Danny. But like, he wasn't wrong. Also that compilation of the Doctor (3 and 5) using social implications of the British class system to get their way/manipulate people's view and treatment of them. Mmm art. Themes. I'm eating it all.

Timelords as the ruling class within the upmost caste of Gallifreyan society. The EXTREMELY limited social mobility. That the only timelord we have who was not part of that upmost caste kinda was still part of that caste sorta, like he was intercaste (something to talk about in itself as another analysis of timelord society) and even then amongst timelords he was looked down upon and seen as less than for his lesser birth status. That while opportunities for social mobility apparently increased in possibilty under Romana that that impact was still extremely limited with little example of fruition.

[hometoursandotherstuff]

Little fairy tale castle built in 1976 in Lafayette, PA was the height of style in the 70s, but it's very dated, now. IMO, the 70s were a pretty tacky period in decor. They're asking $1.16M for the 4bd, 5ba home. What do you think?

I prefer gryphons to the common lion statues.

The entrance hall is grand and has elements of English Tudor style, as well as castle. I like the way the lamps simulate torches and the ceiling with the medieval chandelier is amazing. Plus, the sweeping stairs and tile floors look good. I would want to repaint it, but it would take $ to brighten this up.

Love the iron gate to the sitting room. The home has the elements of a large castle and it's beautifully done.

The sitting room is elegant with 2 steps down to the sunken space.

Beautiful fireplace and windows, all on a smaller scale. Love the wood ceiling and chandelier, too.

Very large dining room. Nice chandelier, but no wainscoting or fireplace, plain ceiling.

This is where we get into the 70s style. The colors were orange, green and yellowish gold. So, the kitchen has the original dark cabinetry, there's the orange hood w/a royal crest over the cook top and cool orange sinks. The brown & orange tile floor ties it in.

They changed out the counters b/c they're granite. You can see the stained glass cabinet doors and decorative panels on the fridge. I think I would put one of those Knight statues in here with a tray, so he looks like a butler or something campy like that. d

Large casual dining area is nice. It has a whole wall fireplace. I actually like this space better than the formal dining room. Note the little dragons on the medieval chandelier.

Very dated and original wallpaper and lighting. You can either embrace this home, and just brighten it up a little, or renovate it.

Check out the original avocado toilet and sink.

Now up on the 2nd level, we have a rec room with window seats, on one side. By the looks of the overhead fixture, there was a pool table in here.

On this side of the rail, step down to the sunken bar area, the epitome of 70s entertaining. You've got a stone fireplace area for guests to gather, and a wet bar with the decorative panels and popular plaid wallpaper. Plus, note that there's also a stepdown to the sunken bar.

This is the door to the primary chamber.

They emptied it, but it's royal purple and spacious. There's also a small fireplace and closets with mirrors. I tried to get tinted mirror strips off my wall when I had the house- they were on the sides of a stone fireplace and would not budge. I finally covered them w/simulated stained glass.

Across a small purple hallway is the primary bath.

Variety of fixtures- funky black tub, orange sink, black toilet and bidet. It looks like everything has its own room, too.

Now, this suite has a purple theme.

Check out the 3 pc. bath. I'm colorblind when it comes to distinguishing gray and orchid. Is the sink purple?

Very large attic for lots of storage.

There's a beautiful free-form pool outside.

The grounds are very pretty.

.79 acre lot, beautifully landscaped.

https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/4127-Presidential-Dr-Lafayette-Hill-PA-19444/10072422_zpid/

[burningvelvet]

early modern era portrait miniatures

[more-than-a-princess]

Continued from here for @fallesto!

The peace of the kingdom, but at whose expense? Sonia rather wished the chatter, laughter, and cheers had continued: the soldiers had been welcomed home with beer and wine, and the added feast was, she'd hoped, enough to distract them from their exhaustion: physical, from the battle they'd just endured. Emotional, from the prevailing threat of the Witch Cult that hovered over Novoselic like a stubborn cloud. It was enough that for the first time in her nation's history, they'd needed to consult with outsiders who knew of magic and of witches: two things Novoselic was devoid of. It had always been that way and, if her family had it their way, always would.

Which brought her to her point as she set her helmet down on one of the tables, jostling the set plate and cutlery askew. Her crossbow followed suit as she gave Reinhard van Astrea a frown. She'd use his title aloud but in her mind, he hadn't earned it. Not when he was so reluctant to work as a team as opposed to a solitary knight. "And you think your sacrifice will uphold peace here in Novoselic?" She countered, unbuckling the gauntlets of her armor and removing her leather gloves. Most of the room, barring the serving staff that dashed to and from the kitchens, was dressed similarly, but Sonia was distinctive for two reasons: One, she was a woman and two, she was the Princess of Novoselic, two types of people no one expected nor wanted to don armor, take up weapons, and be the plan B of winning a battle against witches. She couldn't lead the Novosonian soldiers into battle so publicly, but then again, no one had expected the princess to keep to the shadows, stepping in only when needed either.

"Understand, Sir Reinhard," Sonia curled and flexed her fingers, pleased to be free of their confinements before rounding on him, the armor clanking with her movements, to cross her arms over her chest the best she could in spite of the shoulderplates and breastplate she wore. "That if you lost your life at the expense of defending my country? It would launch Novoselic into a war with your homeland that I doubt would benefit either of our nations. Especially with the Witch Cult still determined to bring Novoselic to its knees. Though it makes little logical sense: there is no magic here, thus why we asked for aid. Yours, and your cohorts'."

Goodness, was he amused by all of this? Was he smiling at the prospect of relying on someone else, working with others, as if it was a quaint fluke? "The greater good is our countries working together to stop the Witch Cult from infiltrating every nation on the planet and not insisting that a single person is responsible for that task. We do not need a hero or a martyr: we need a united front if we are ever going to put a stop to this deranged appetite for power and greed."

The last words spoken with disgust, Sonia's brows furrowing as she sat at the end of a long bench with no interest in the food or drink before her as she continued to divest herself of the other trinkets she'd carried on her: several vials of poison, a handful of explosives, and a dagger attached to a belt, careful to set them well away from the feast. Despite her years of mandatory military training, she'd never quite taken to swords. She much preferred things that shot, things that exploded, things that no one suspected a beautiful princess might slip into their drinks. It had been the latter that had freed Reinhard: even witches were susceptible to her smile, it seemed.

"Your Royal Highness!"

A smile she needed to utilize again, this time on her own servants: three maids and her father's personal butler had come dashing through the center of the Great Hall, horror written all over their faces: Princess Sonia of Novoselic, sweaty and still in her armor, one of the many looped braids she'd worn to keep her long hair hidden beneath her helmet succumbing to gravity as the pin used to secure it followed.

Hardly presentable for a feast.

"Please, Your Highness, we must leave the Great Hall immediately with you looking like this!" The man urged, two of the maids already pulling Sonia back up to her feet. "Your parents insist you must be cleaned up if you are to face the soldiers!"

"And if today I am one of them?" Sonia asked with a quizzical brow. "I will not have our citizens believe their royal family will not fight with and for them, sending my father is too risky, and my cousins are not yet ready. Why train your princess in modern warfare and military strategy if I am not to utilize it? Any prince would."

The word that made the butler flinch as she stared the man down. If she was a man, there would be no issue at hand. But it had been centuries since Novoselic had a female monarch, and with Princess Sonia unmarried and with little interest to change that in the near future, she had the expectation of both the heir to the throne and a woman in the aristocracy: lead a country and embody nothing that made her unsuitable for marriage and motherhood.

Blowing up one of the witches' safehouses upon their escape likely qualified for the 'unsuitable for marriage' category.

"Please, Your Highness," The bravest of the three maids coughed. Beyond the complaints regarding the patriarchy, the women eyed the returning soldiers and knights warily. Not all of them were particularly respectful towards women, especially those in service positions they deemed beneath them. "If not to get you clean and properly attired, we will need to examine you for any injuries and we cannot do so in the presence of gentlemen."

Sonia sighed, her expression softening as she looked at them. They simply wanted to help, to do their jobs, as safely as possible. She couldn't blame them for that. "Very well, let us be off then," She agreed, getting to her feet as the third maid rushed forward to gather Sonia's things: the armor she'd discarded and her weapons. Several soldiers looked on in remorse: if she'd left them behind and they weren't precious to the Royal Family, they could be distributed to the rest of them. And anything they could use to defend Novoselic was valuable indeed.

"Do enjoy the feast," She advised Reinhard before she was ushered out of the hall. "The drinks will keep flowing long after the meal, and I doubt the entertainment is far behind."

[maryqos]

"But Kavita Mudan Finn has shown that while fifteenth and sixteenth century authors admired Elizabeth's virtue, being a 'good' girl limited her literary potential compared to the 'traitor' Margaret of Anjou and 'adulteress' Elizabeth Woodville, who allowed for more risqué representation and didactic moralizing. Writers lauded Elizabeth of York for uniting Lancaster and York, and they sometimes portrayed her as a virgin martyr in accounts where Richard III tried to force her into wedlock. But otherwise, legitimizing Henry undercut her status by subordinating her to him, and in literary sources she rarely appears following their marriage. In William Shakespeare's works, she practically disappears."

william b. robison, "the sexualization of a 'noble and vertuous quene': elizabeth of york, 1466-1503."

[nothing-new-under-the-sun124]

The Celebrations of Queen Mary’s Rise to the Throne

In London on the 19th, in contrast to the silent reception of the heralds for Jane, Mary’s proclamation was joyously received: ‘bonfires were without number, and what with shouting and crying of the people and ringing of the belles, no one among us could hear what another said, besides banqueting and singing in the street for joy. Another anonymous London chronicle recorded similarly ‘the joy whereof wonderful for some caste money abroad, & some made bonfires through the whole city: the praises were given to God in the churches with te deum & organs, belles ringing & every where the tables spread in the streets, meats & drinks plenty, and wine given freely to many men’…although Guaras’s witty and ironic literary allusion comically exaggerated the people’s love, English sources bear out his reading of the public mood.

Mary and Philip: The Marriage of Tudor England and Hapsburg Spain by Alexander Samson. Page 33