Corinthian column details of The Palace Of Fine Arts, San Francisco, California | Madeline Pere

The Palace of Fine Arts, San Francisco 5/1/22 by Sharon Mollerus

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photo credit: your's truly! (:

they don't know they're halloween coloured...

Pictures were taken during the Maison Martin Margiela's their performance for the ‘Mode & Kunst 1960-1990’ exhibition at the Palace of Fine Arts in Brussels, 1995 follow on Instagram for more

camino frances / astorga

© 2023  Yiannis Krikis

Antonio Canaletto (Italian, 1697-1768) Capriccio, Palace, Clock Tower, and Dome, n.d.

Iterators in general have had me in a vice grip for a couple months now, love these unhinged giant robots <3 needed to draw their insane chat log energy

Local group of iterator ocs/sonas! All the love and credit goes to my wonderful friends in order of apperance

Three Bells Chime (TBC) belongs to @wizardsandtomfoolery Wandering Cut (WC) belongs to @tufferq Red Shells Upon Grass (RSUG) belongs to @kazzzled Humming Stones under Thunder (HST) is mine!

René-Antoine Houasse (1645-1710) "Story of Minerva - Dispute between Minerva and Neptune over the Naming of the City of Athens" (1696) Oil on canvas Located in the Château de Versailles, Versailles, France

The Palace Of Fine Arts, San Francisco, California | Madeline Pere

The Palace of Fine Arts, San Francisco 5/1/22 by Sharon Mollerus

Twirling princesses

Peter Paul Rubens (Flemish, 1577-1640) • The Disembarkation of Versailles, also known as The Arrival of Marie de Medici at Marseille • Between 1622 and 1625

The Arrival of Marie de’ Medici at Marseilles shows the Queen of France arriving by ship in Marseille on November 3, 1600. She is greeted by unknown characters that represent France, as they are seen with the French royalty symbol, the Fleur-de-lis. At the bottom of the painting, Neptune and the daughters of Nereus, the Sea God, are seen saluting the Queen. At the top of the painting, the character Fame is flying overhead, trumpeting the Queen’s arrival. Rubens uses these symbolic figures to transform a historical event into an allegory that reinforces Marie de' Medici's right to the throne. The various French symbols depicted greeting Marie upon her arrival are meant to establish good will and respect between her and the French people. - Wikipedia

The main reason why Marie de' Medici was never liked by the French population was because she was Italian, not French.

On a diplomatic visit to France (yes, he was a diplomat) Rubens encountered Marie de' Medici who commissioned a series of 21 paintings related to events that happened during her life, while 3 others are portraits of herself and her parents. They were intended to decorate Luxembourg Palace in Paris.

Detail of the mythological figures below the boat / Wiki Commons

The entire idea of the cycle was to glorify Marie de' Medici, and especially to try and convey to the people of France that she was a rightful ruler. Rubens therefore, according to art history speculation, depicted a warm welcome by members of the court of Henry IV. In reality, the welcome was rather lukewarm, if not chilly.

The Rubens cycle of paintings obviously didn't accomplish their intended purpose. Medici was forced out of her position as Regent of France in 1617 as the result of a coup and exiled, eventually residing in Cologne. In an interesting twist of fate, Marie de Medici died in the same house that Rubens grew up in.

Installation view of the cycle of paintings at the Louvre. They were moved there from Luxembourg Palace in 1793, when the Louvre first opened its doors.

Sources: Wikipedia, arthistoryreference.com, lelouvre.fr, artible.com, wga.hu

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