#romanticizing england

[illustratus]

Transept of Tintern Abbey, Monmouthshire by Joseph Mallord William Turner

[appareils-futiles]

Don't mind me just romanticizing my life, as an American Anglophile, by living in England.

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[burningvelvet]

Gentlemen’s Regency Era Portraits

[nikswonderland]

Gloucester, England (source)

[lionofchaeronea]

The Weald of Kent, Samuel Palmer, 1833-34

[forsoobado137]

Let's be real, without England France is a hot mess. He's one step from offing everyone and himself and poor Germany doesn't know what do do because 'isn't this what you wanted? Are you telling me that without your daily fight with England you become a maniac?' it's a whole process, the fight, the make up, the release of tensions... The poor French holds the weight of the riots on his chest he needs to let it go

Germany wants to help, but he just doesn't understand how France works. France needs England because without him, where is he going to release his unhinged energy? He's always been a bit eccentric, but now everyone else has to deal with his surplus of "passion". Maybe Germany can take him hiking to cool off (but he'd probably complain about his legs hurting).

[kafkasapartment]

Above the Tide, 1951. Andrew Wyeth. Watercolor, gouache and pencil on paper.

[classic-art-favourites]

Near York by John Atkinson Grimshaw, 1882.

[ladycatashtrophe]

It is very inch resting being an English Writing student with 3 different disorders that all have obsession/compulsion/impulsivity as symptoms because do I ~like~ Hawthorne or Emerson? No. Am I, perhaps, wasting my time in a library that closes too damn early researching transcendentalism and romanticism and how they lead to a whirlpool that contains gothic literature, surrealism, and sentimentalism because these crotchety old men were out of their gourds but sometimes right? Yes. Yes I am.

[apocoping]

moral of the secret history: never go to vermont

[bookreviewcoffee]

Review of "The Lighthouse" (2019)

"The Lighthouse" (directed by Robert Eggers, 2019) is a dark and atmospheric psychological horror film that explores themes of isolation, madness, and the dangers of unchecked ambition. The plot follows two lighthouse keepers, Ephraim Winslow (Robert Pattinson) and Thomas Wake (Willem Dafoe), who become increasingly isolated and lose their grip on reality while stationed on a remote New England island.

The film is filled with symbolism. The lighthouse itself serves as a powerful symbol of isolation and entrapment. Its remoteness and towering height create a sense of claustrophobia, trapping the protagonists in a metaphorical prison. This feeling is intensified by the stunning black-and-white cinematography and the haunting musical score.

One of the film’s central themes is the exploration of madness. As the characters become more isolated, the lines between reality and delusion blur. The film poses the question: is madness simply an illness, or is it a result of one’s circumstances and environment?

The relationship between Winslow and Wake is particularly significant, symbolizing the conflict between old and new, tradition and progress. Wake represents the past and its superstitions, while Winslow seeks to break free from these constraints and forge his own path.

The film’s ambiguous ending leaves viewers questioning the nature of reality. It’s up to the audience to decide whether the events on screen are a product of the keepers' delusions or a reflection of a darker, more sinister reality.

Overall, The Lighthouse is a powerful and thought-provoking film that demands deep reflection. It’s a must-watch for fans of psychological horror and arthouse cinema. Its atmospheric intensity and depth make it an unforgettable experience.

[illustratus]

Awaiting his return by William Henry Margetson

[caedmonofwhitby]

…And there she lulled me asleep, And there I dreamed—Ah! woe betide!—

The latest dream I ever dreamt

On the cold hill side.

I saw pale kings and princes too, Pale warriors, death-pale were they all;

They cried—'La Belle Dame sans Merci

Thee hath in thrall!'

I saw their starved lips in the gloam, With horrid warning gaped wide, And I awoke and found me here,

On the cold hill's side…

from La Belle Dame Sans Merci by John Keats

John William Waterhouse, La Belle Dame Sans Merci

[empirearchives]

Lord Byron was so fiercely loyal to Napoleon throughout his whole life, that the few times he ever criticized or reproached him is described by Dr. Adil M. Jamil as being something like “a quarrel between two devoted lovers.”

Napoleon was Lord Byron’s life-long idol and muse. “He saw himself in Napoleon, and Napoleon in him.”

[wonder-worker]

"[Alice Perrers] requested that she be buried in the parish church of Upminster, St Laurence, before the altar of the Virgin Mary. Alice seems to have had an affinity with Mary through her life; a seal of hers from c. 1374 shows an image of the Virgin Mary and child, her tabernacle seized in 1377 had an image of the Virgin Mary on it, and now she wished to be buried before Mary’s altar."

-Gemma Hollman, "The Queen and the Mistress: The Women of Edward III"

[antoniettabrandeisova]

Merton College, Oxford, c.1835–38. Joseph Mallord William Turner