#the hesitant bride

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[annemarart]

the reluctant bride

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the reluctant bride (la fiancée hésitante - also translated to “the hesitant fiancée” or “the hesitant betrothed”) is an oil painting made by auguste toulmouche in 1866. it is now held in a private collection. 

toulmouche usually had paintings that contained one or two girls but this one contained four girls of different ages which adds complexity to the scene. the bride wears a white wedding dress, a colour popularised by queen victoria, and stands in the middle. the two girls on the each side of the bride appear to be consoling her - it’s uncertain whether they are just friends or sisters.

this wedding was clearly not the bride’s choice as she appears to be upper middle class so she couldn’t marry out of the love in her heart, perhaps not even consulted about the marriage.

painting details ⋆.˚ ᡣ𐭩 .𖥔˚

༉‧₊˚. the fourth girl wearing a pink dress in the background adds a touch of innocence into the painting as she appears to be oblivious to the bride’s hesitance and is instead admiring her flower crown and possibly fantasising about her future marriage, unaware of social expectations and just aware of the love that surrounds marriage

༉‧₊˚. the room, possibly the bride’s, is decorated in a normal style of 19th century housing. it is beautiful, personal and contrasts well with the bride’s bright white dress

༉‧₊˚. the bride holds a direct gaze with the viewer, her annoyance clear, and she shows no reaction to the comfort of the two girls next to her

critic reviews ⋆.˚ ᡣ𐭩 .𖥔˚

“it is one of those small interior scenes that the artist excels at painting. they are always the same young women or girls, […] this time, it is this charming blonde that you know; dressed in her bridal gown, she is sitting, surrounded by her friends that console her, […] this delicate composition will not wait long to be, like its predecessors, popularized in engravings and photography.”

༉‧₊˚. lucien dubois ᡣ𐭩 chronique – nos artistes au salon de 1866, le cadre

“submerged in a melancholic daydream, she [the bride] reveals regret for the past and a vague worry about the future. while she abandons her thoughts to a thousand concerns whose exact meaning escapes her, two of her friends try to detach her from her dark ideas.”

༉‧₊˚. félix jahyer ᡣ𐭩 salon de 1866: deuxième étude sur les beaux-arts, bnf gallica

[garbage--account]

Atsuya when Nae :

For me that's Atsuya with his baby bunny lover in the future

They have that Misa x Light vibe in them (if they were a real couple**)

I avoid straight ships because they tend to be extremely boring... but i would like to see a cute romance between these troublemakers 🐰🦊

[nightshadeowl]

They've got that fresh-from-the-grave glow ✨🪚🪦

First Hermit of (hopefully) a series inspired by classic monster movies. :]

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[everythingwasalreadypicked]

"I made my peace with Olympus" says goddess who has very much not made her peace with Olympus.

This was a lights/shadows practice, some close ups and reference under the cut

[oshawottarchive]

The bride and the ugly ass groom

[hubriswest]

you guys have been nice to me so here's an old canvas with some fanchild stuff

[theheadlessgroom]

@beatingheart-bride

"I have your heart," she murmured blissfully, eyelashes fluttering as she leaned in. "As you have mine."

Emotion swept through Susannah when their lips met, and so she reached up to trace Philippe's jaw, to run her fingers through his short, flaxen locks, the smell of his aftershave, the warmth of him as she wrapped her arms around him, positively melting into his embrace, and loving every minute of it.

In that moment, a moment which felt as if it lasted forever...nothing else mattered. Nothing else seemed real in the moment: Not the house, not the street outside, not the distant sound of music, none of it mattered in the instant. For so long, the only thing that existed on the Earth was her and Philippe, and their love.

Parting for air, Susannah opened her eyes and gazed up at the man she adored, her eyes glossy with joyful tears: There was so much more she wanted to say in the moment, more she wanted to express in how grateful she was that he was in her life, how much he meant to her and had come to mean to her since the night they met, all the time they'd spent together, and how overjoyed she was to love and be loved in return...

...but all she could say, tears in her eyes and a smile on her face was, "I-I love you, Philippe...I love you s-so much...!"

[preciadosbass]

ATTENTION!!

what ones of you guys want to be tagged when i post? please, please comment if you do or not!! if you like i’m gunna take it as a yes!!

[spuncle]

heres a fun example with the man who is to blame for my taste in men: cary elwes. his is, again, more subtle but GODDD its so good

[muneh1966]

I cannot explain why, but this piece of art is one of my absolute favourites. It’s called the hesitant fiancée and it was painted by Auguste Toulmouche in 1855.

[popcornpieces]

messy bride costest from a few days ago!! my prosthetics are on the way as we speak rubs hands together

[widowshill]

not for nothing that roger and jeff are wearing completely identical suits for vicki's wedding down to the same pearl stick pin and it's roger that is distinguished with the accessory and the visual emphasis. that roger wears the pocket square and jeff goes plain without one, without a boutonnière (as feels the most probable and appropriate; they both wear boutonnières in roger's prophetic dream of the wedding). that not only is he wearing the handkerchief, but it's folded in such a way as so take as much space as possible – straying from accepted formality of a neat TV fold, occupying more room on the screen, drawing more attention, pointing among other things to his heart in bright white.

[satoriberry]

it's actually so rich seeing anti-abortion people be concerned about youth transitioners. it's like, so a 16 year old can carry a baby but a young trans boy can't choose to be put on hormone blockers, that's what i'm getting?

[purplecatruins]

Excuse me...I'm gonna f**king end you. :D

Love the depiction of rage and anger in situations which rarely show/depict a negative emotion...

[Auguste Toulmouche: The Reluctant Bride/The Hesitant Fiancée, c. 1866, oil on canvas.]

[agardeninspace]

the fact I’ll probably never see “the hesitant fiancée” (or “the reluctant bride” according to some translations) in person has me seething

look at her!! come on!

I need to behold this in a gilded frame in a way that would make my younger museum self proud