#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:

[katharinepar]

‘It's not every day that new Tudor artifacts are discovered. Earlier this morning, researchers at the British Museum announced the discovery of a heart-shaped gold pendant, attached to a gold chain, dated to around 1521. Perhaps the most significant part of this discovery is the interwoven 'H' and 'K' initials, confidently linking this find back to Henry VIII and his first wife, Katherine of Aragon. It is possible that this pendant was part of the Tudor court's famed pageantry. It may have been presented to Queen Katherine by Henry himself at a jousting tourney at Westminster, intended to celebrate the birth of their son, Prince Henry, Duke of Cornwall. However, that would place the pendant's origins to January of 1511 at the latest. At the tournament, King Henry proudly wore symbols of the heart, Katherine's initials, and Katherine's emblem – a pomegranate – woven throughout his clothes and resplendent caparisons. He spared no expense for the celebrations, although sadly, his son Henry, would breathe his last less than a month later. Little of the object's provenance has been revealed. It was discovered by a metal detectorist in a field in the Midlands, who 'shrieked like a school girl' upon unearthing the pendant. Hopefully in the coming months, more information about this enigmatic object will be released.’

Source: TudorExtra on Instagram

[pegafin]

Pumpkin Spice Tudor Revival

Latest McMansion idea from the @mcmansionhell Discord chat was:

pumpkin spice Tudor revival

And I... I think I may have done something horrible... 😱🎃☕️ May the spirit of Autumn have mercy on my soul 😨🍂

Stunning, pumpkin spice-flavored Tudor revival. Brewed with exquisite attention to detail and only the finest finishes, this classically-splendid custom home is as rich and decadent as your favorite autumn treat. 13 bed, 13 bath, 7.48 gallons per square foot.

Sloosh and slosh your way into timeless luxury.

A parlor fit for Pope Georgg Buosh himself.

An...um...uh...unconventionally appetizing kitchen 😰 Simply oozing with, uh, elegance, and---and ooze... 😰😰😰

Slide into the warm comfort of the eating nook!!!! 😰🥵

...d-d-dining-room…you-touch-it fully-clothed-I'M FINE! 😱😭😭

…And now, we slide on over to the ballroom to glide the night away. 😊 ✨

Be the boss of the manor from your stately home office, whether you're a boy boss or a girl boss.

Master suite with genuine caramel ceilings:

Additional bedrooms:

Mother-in-law suite, with kitchen!

A master bath so sweet you could float away...✨

Additional Bathrooms:

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[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)

[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

[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/

[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."

[burningvelvet]

early modern era portrait miniatures

[elephantlovemedleys]

modern au tudor aesthetics: anne boleyn & henry viii