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THIS DAY IN GAY HISTORY

based on: The White Crane Institute's 'Gay Wisdom', Gay Birthdays, Gay For Today, Famous GLBT, glbt-Gay Encylopedia, Today in Gay History, Wikipedia, and more … January 12

1564 – Queen Elizabeth I reinstates the buggery law in England which makes sodomy illegal.

1706 – Pennsylvania eliminates the castration penalty from its sodomy law.

1751 – On this date the Baltic German writer of the Sturm und Drang movement Jakob Lenz was born (d.1792). Lenz is remembered as the most creative and original of Goethe's Strasbourg friends and, because of failures in his personal life, as a figure of pathos. The son of a Lutheran pastor who received a theological education at the University of Koenigsberg, Lenz was a religious thinker who saw himself as prophet as well as poet.

In 1771 in Strasbourg, he met the young Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, who at this time happened to be in Strasbourg, and whose acquaintance Lenz made, as well as that of Johann Heinrich Jung-Stilling. Goethe now became Lenz's literary idol, and through him he made contact with Johann Gottfried Herder and Johann Kaspar Lavater, with whom he corresponded.

In the following year, 1772, Lenz accompanied his literary masters to the garrisons of Landau, Fort Louis and Wissembourg. He also fell in love with Friederike Brion, once the beloved of Goethe, but his feelings were not reciprocated.

Recent scholarship has has revealed Lenz's relationship with Goethe. In books like Karl Hugo Pruys' "The Tiger's Tender Touch: The Erotic Life of Goethe" and Alice Kuzniar's "Outing Goethe and His Age" Lenz's full character and sexuality has been revived. Lenz was deeply in love with Goethe. Indeed he wrote countless love letters to the writer in which he professed his desire to be Goethe's wife.

Historians of Goethe have always been puzzled by an incident in Goethe's life. In April 1776 Lenz followed Goethe to the court of Weimar where he was at first amicably received. But in early December, on Goethe's instigation, he was expelled. The exact circumstances are not recorded; Goethe, who broke off all personal contact with him after this, refers only vaguely in his diary to "Lenz's idiocy" ("Lenzens Eseley"). Historians seem puzzled by this strange rejection of Lenz. A clearer reading of their relationship or Lenz's desires for Goethe make the situation a bit more clear. The rejection may have been a break in their relationship or a spurning of Lenz's attentions.

1856 – John Singer Sargent American portrait painter, born (d.1925) was the most successful portrait painter of his era, as well as a gifted landscape painter and watercolorist. Sargent was born in Florence, Italy to American parents. He studied in Italy and Germany, and then in Paris under Emile Auguste Carolus-Duran. Among the artists with whom Sargent associated were Dennis Miller Bunker, Carroll Beckwith, Edwin Austin Abbey (who also worked on the Boston Public Library murals), Francis David Millet, Wilfrid de Glehn, Jane Emmet de Glehn and Claude Monet, whom Sargent painted.

He developed a life-long friendship with fellow painter Paul César Helleu, whom he met in Paris in 1878 when Sargent was twenty-two and Helleu was eighteen. Sargent painted both Helleu and his wife Alice on several occasions, most memorably in the impressionistic Paul Helleu Sketching with his Wife, 1889. His supporters included Henry James, Isabella Steward Gardner, (who commissioned and purchased works from Sargent and sought his advice on other acquisitions) and Edward VII, whose recommendation for knighthood the artist declined.

Sargent was, as they say, "extremely private regarding his personal life," though the painter Jacques-Émile Blanche, who was one of his early sitters, said — after his death — that Sargent's sex life "was notorious in Paris, and in Venice, positively scandalous. He was a frenzied bugger." Was the bugger refernce as in "buggery"?. As homophobic scholars put it, "the truth of this may never be established." Some have gone so far as to boldly suggest that Sargent was homosexual. He had personal associations with Prince Edmond de Polignac and Count Robert de Montesquiou (the model for Des Esseintes in Huysman's A Rebours, and even more famously, the Baron de Charlus in Proust's A la recherche du temps perdu, and, in real life, if you will, Prince Polignac's life-long lover, as well), two of the most notorious homosexuals of the age.

Sargent's male nudes reveal complex and well-considered artistic sensibilities about the male physique and sensuality; particularly evident in his portrait of Thomas E. McKeller but also in Tommies Bathing (both above), nude sketches for Hell and Judgement, and his portraits of young men, like Bartholomy Maganosco and Head of Olimpio Fusco .

There were friendships with women, as well, and a similar sensualism informs his female portrait and figure studies (notably Egyptian Girl, 1891). The likelihood of an affair with Louise Burkhardt, the model for Lady with the Rose, and the first wife of author J.R. Ackerley's father is accepted by Sargent scholars. Sargent's friends went so far as to wonder if he and Burckhardt had formed a romantic attachment. His enthusiasm while creating the picture of her probably instigated the rumors, but a mutual friend learns from Sargent in 1882 that "he does not care a straw for her." Despite numerous friendships with women throughout his life, this is the only episode to cause associates to doubt his status as a "committed bachelor." His sensuous, unparalleled appreciation of male beauty leaps off the canvas to this day.

1941 – On this date the pioneering British bluesman Long John Baldry was born (d.2005). Born John William Baldry in England, he grew to 6' 7" which resulted in the nickname "Long" John. Gifted with a deep, rich voice, he was one of the first British vocalists to sing blues in clubs.

In the early 1960s, he sang with the seminal band, Alexis Korner's Blues Incorporated, with whom he recorded the first British blues album in 1962, "R&B at the Marquee." At stages, future Rolling Stones members Mick Jagger, Charlie Watts, Keith Richards and Brian Jones played in the band. The Rolling Stones supported Baldry in their first concert at the Marquee Club. Later, Baldry was the announcer introducing The Stones on their US-only live album, "Got Live if You Want It!," in 1966.

Baldry became friends with Paul McCartney after a show at the Cavern Club in Liverpool in the early 1960s, leading to an invitation to play on one of The Beatles 1964 TV specials. In 1963, Baldry joined the Cyril Davies R&B All Stars with Jimmy Page on guitar and Nicky Hopkins playing piano. He took over in 1964 after the death of Cyril Davies. It became Long John Baldry and his Hoochie Coochie Men featuring Rod Stewart on vocals and Geoff Bradford on guitar. Stewart was recruited after Baldry heard him busking a Muddy Waters song at Twickenham station after Stewart had been to a gig at Eel Pie Island.

In 1965, the Hoochie Coochie Men became Steampacket with Baldry and Stewart as male vocalists, Julie Driscoll as the female vocalist and Brian Auger on Hammond organ. After Steampacket broke up in 1966, Baldry formed Bluesology featuring Reg Dwight on keyboards and Elton Dean, later of Soft Machine, as well as Caleb Quaye on guitar. Dwight adopted the name "Elton John" (taking his first name from another member of the band, Elton Dean, and his surname from Baldry).

In 1967, he recorded a pop song "Let the Heartaches Begin" that went to number one in Britain, followed by a 1968 top 20 hit titled "Mexico", which was the theme of the UK Olympic team that year. "Let the Heartaches Begin" made the lower reaches of the Billboard Hot 100 in the US.

Baldry was openly gay during the early 1960s when homosexuality was still criminalised and medicalised. Baldry supported Elton John in coming to terms with his own sexuality. In 1978 his album Baldry's Out announced his formal coming out, and he addressed sexuality issues on A Thrill's a Thrill, a song on the LP.

Bluesology broke up in 1968, with Baldry continuing his solo career and John forming a songwriting partnership with Bernie Taupin. In 1969, Elton John tried to commit suicide after relationship problems with a woman. Taupin and Baldry, who was by now openly Gay, found him, and Baldry talked him out of marrying the woman, helping make John comfortable with his sexuality. The song "Someone Saved My Life Tonight" from "Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy" was about the experience.

In 1971, Elton John and Stewart each produced one side of "It Ain't Easy" which became Baldry's most popular album and made the top 100 of the US album charts. The album featured "Don't Try to Lay No Boogie Woogie on the King of Rock and Roll" which became his most successful song in the US. John's first tour of the US was this time. Baldry's 1972 album "Everything Stops For Tea" made the lower reaches of the US album charts.

After time in New York City and Los Angeles in 1978, Baldry settled in Vancouver, British Columbia, where he became Canadian. He toured the west coast, as well as the U.S. Northwest. Baldry also toured the Canadian east, including one 1985 show in Kingston, Ontario, where audience members repeatedly called for the title track from his 1979 album "Baldry's Out!" - to which he replied, "I'll say he is!"

He played his last live show in Columbus, Ohio, on July 19, 2004.

1954 – Today is the birthday of Felipe Rose, better known as "the Indian guy from The Village People." He was born in New York and grew up in Brooklyn. He's part American Indian (Lakota) and part Puerto-Rican (on his mother's side). He actually studied dance with the Ballet de Puerto Rico and was later discovered by the music producer Jacques Morali while working as a bartender and dancing in a New York gay club and recruited for a new disco group he was forming.

While the producers were busy recruiting and preparing the other members of the group, Rose was sent to Paris where he choreographed a native dance number for the Crazy Horse Saloon. When he returned to the U.S., he suggested that the other members of the group wear uniforms representing different "manly" occupations in New York's Greenwich Village.The rest as they say is history. His hits with the Village People hits include Macho Man (1978), YMCA (1978), In The Navy (1979), Go West (1979), Can't Stop the Music (1980)

In 2000, Rose began to work on his solo career. His single "Trails of Tears" was nominated for 3 Native American Music Awards for Best Historical Recording, Song of the Year and Best Producer. In 2002, Rose was the opening act of the 5th Annual Native American Music Awards and won a NAMMY Award for the Best Historical Recording.

In 2005 Rose called up the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian in Washington, DC to offer them his framed gold record for the disco group's 1978 megahit "Y.M.C.A." The staff of the new museum had never received such a call but were delighted to accept the items into their collection. The Washington Post's writer Hank Stuever opined that the museum accepted the record "on the precept that sooner or later they might need such an artifact of a bygone era, perhaps to flesh out a future exhibit on the folkloric value of disco, and native cultural responses to it."

1974 – Chinese Gay Rights Pioneer,GLBT activist and attorney Zhou Dan came out to his friends in 1998 and the media in 2003. A champion of GLBT rights in China, Zhou writes articles on Chinese gay and lesbian Web sites. Although many GLBT Chinese use pseudonyms, Zhou uses his real name. After revealing his sexuality to a Shanghai newspaper in 2003, Zhou appeared across China in newspapers and magazines and on television. Earlier that year, he established the Shanghai Hotline for Sexual Minorities.

One generation removed from the persecution of gays under the People's Republic of China, Chinese gays encounter different obstacles than their American counterparts. Many Chinese believe that homosexuality exists only in the western world. The absence of legal protection and the threat of social isolation keep most Chinese GLBT individuals in the closet.

Zhou also fights for rights of people living with or affected by HIV/AIDS in China, by advocating a human-rights-based approach to the epidemic.

In 2004, Zhou attended Yale Law School's China Law Center as a visiting scholar. In 2006, he taught China's first graduate class on homosexuality at Fudan University in Shanghai.

1986 – Kieron Richardson, born in Eccles, Greater Manchester, England, is an English actor and Presenter best known for playing the role of Ste Hay in Hollyoaks.

After appearing briefly in the late night Hollyoaks: In the City, Richardson was offered the role of Ste Hay in the early evening Hollyoaks where he appeared for 19 episodes. The character was written out of the show after stealing a car, which resulted in a spectacular crash and his character getting sent to prison. He returned to Hollyoaks on 25 September 2007, and has been a regular cast member since.

Richardson has also made appearances in Holby City, Heartbeat and the feature film Fragments, as well as the pantomime Cinderella as Prince Charming at The Embassy Theatre, Skegness in 2006.

Richardson took part in 2010 series of ITV's Dancing on Ice and was paired with series newcomer Brianne Delcourt. He reached the final, finishing in third place.

In 2011, Richardson and his Hollyoaks ex co-star Bronagh Waugh started presenting on radio station Gaydio.

On 15 September 2010, Richardson revealed on television programme This Morning that he is gay, and accepted it at the age of 20. He was inspired to come out by X Factor winner Joe McElderry. In July 2014, Richardson received a torrent of homophobic abuse via social networking site Twitter. That month Richardson announced his intention to marry long-term partner Carl Hyland the following year. In April 2015, the couple were married in a star-studded ceremony in the Peak District.

In December 2016, Richardson announced they were expecting twins via surrogacy. They have twins born in 2017, a boy and girl.

2009 – On this date a landmark of sorts occurred on American daytime television when after months of teasing and steamy kisses, the soap opera As The World Turns featured the boyfriends Luke and Noah finally having sex in a breakthrough episode for daytime television.

2012 – A firestorm was set off by the revelation that a Canadian government lawyer had filed a document in a divorce case stating that same-sex marriages entered into by foreign couples who reside in jurisdictions that do not recognize same-sex marriage are not valid in Canada.

The statement was at first widely regarded as an attempt to undermine same-sex marriage by the Conservative government of Prime Minister Stephen Harper. After the legal brief had been denounced roundly both in Canada and abroad, the government announced that it had no intention of reopening the question of same-sex marriage and that it recognized as valid the same-sex marriages of foreign nationals.

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saw-facts · 6 months

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your post inspired me so here's who I think certain saw characters favorite artists would be with no explanation at all:

hoffman: george bellows

amanda: paul cezanne

john: osman hamdi bey

lawrence: allan kaprow

adam: marta minujin

lynn: doris salcedo

strahm: caravaggio

oh i like this!! i want to add some:

the eerie quality of henri de toulouse-lautrec's work (at least imo) feels like it'd be appealing to hoffman. along the same vein, i'd say edvard munch too. ALSO FRANCISCO GOYA. im surprised he wasn’t also painting fucked up shit on his own walls.

amanda would love louise bourgeois, ana mendieta, joan mitchell, and eva hesse. i feel like she'd also be really into fiber arts in general (tamara kostianovsky, kiki smith, raija jokinen). also we know she likes some renaissance/stylistically classical art bc she has the birth of venus print next to her bed in saw 3! i think this is more for gay reasons but i bet she'd like john william waterhouse’s mythological paintings.

i love this one for john! the obvious one for him would be da vinci as well- john's drawings actually remind me a lot of his. i think he wouldn't be into abstraction because “it lacks intellect” or some shit. probably dark, dramatic, pensive baroque art.

i feel like lawrence would be into impressionism but NOT post impressionism!!! he'd be so annoying about it. monet, degas, cassat, etc. i also think he'd enjoy botanical illustrations. probably a fan of edward hopper too.

adam would like jc leyendecker. just based on vibes. others i think he'd enjoy include john singer sargent, norman lewis, lee krasner, yoshitaka amano, salman toor, yayoi kusama... these are all over the place uhhhh i just think he'd enjoy a wide range of styles. now ofc he has favorite photographers, but that is not at all my area of study and the only one i could think of off the top of my head that would fit him is robert mapplethorpe.

for lynn, andrew wyeth makes sense to me- the lonely, empty, desolate feeling his paintings give you would probably speak to her :( agnes martin (ESPECIALLY agnes martin) and louise nevelson would probably appeal to her too.

strahm liking caravaggio is basically canon to me. like of fucking course. for one, he'd just loooove telling people that the Old Master painters are the finest of fine artists just bc he's a dick (and doesn't know shit about art made after like the 18th century). but also caravaggio was gay and killed someone and was murdered so. it fits. he'd probably scoff at rene magritte paintings but deep down he'd really enjoy them.

im obsessed with this ask and i've been drafting this response for a hot minute bc i wanted to put some real thought into it. VERY fun and a great way to procrastinate on work as an art history grad student

#asks #saw movies #saw franchise #having certain thoughts about artworks with religious symbolism and how we could analyze saw movies through them…

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junipermeadows · 2 years

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L'art Pour Le Peuple

I made these a hot minute ago but forgot to share them here. A set of default replacement paintings FOR TS2 ONLY! I chose artists based on the type of aesthetic I personally really like, and ones from artists I'm personally a fan of. A lot of this art is Georgian/Regency-Victorian. Artists listed below! Replaces the default easel paintings.

Art included:

> Gustave Caillebotte (1848-1894) Vue de Toits (Effet de Neige) > J. M. W. Turner (1775-1851) Snow Storm - Steam-Boat off a Harbour's Mouth > Caspar David Friedrich (1774-1840) The Abbey in the Oakwood > Isaac Levitan (1860-1900) By the Whirlpool > John Atkinson Grimshaw (1836-1893) Stapleton Park near Pontefract Sun > Jan Brueghel the Elder (1568-1625) Vase of Flowers > Gustav-Adolf Mossa (1908) Les Mortes > George Frederic Watts (1817-1904) Choosing > James Sant (1820-1916) A Thorn Amidst the Roses > Francesco Hayez (1791-1882) Portrait of Antoniet Tarsis Basilico > Francesco Hayez (1791-1882) Vengence is Sworn > John Singer Sargent (1856-1925) Lady Agnew of Lochnaw

Here is a full sized view of all the art included

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#sims 2 #ts2 #s2 #the sims 2 #ts2cc #s2cc #sims 2 cc #the sims 2 cc #download

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laughinglynx · 2 years

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Digital art of @wanderingnork‘s character Kubide. Based off of John Singer Sargent’s painting, “Portrait of Millicent, Duchess of Sutherland”.

#my art #digital art

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piratecomic · 1 year

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some speedy little mockups of cover ideas I’ve had for my cargo volumes!! the Dream Team cover is something I’ve wanted to do for literal years... I saw a notebook with pink and blue stripes on it in Germany when I visited in 2015 and have always wanted to use that idea in conjunction with sky reflections in water LOL. I want to have a cover in the eventual finished volume lineup that’s based off a classic painting, so also have a weak edit of the incredibly beautiful Carnation, Lily, Lily, Rose by John Singer Sargent. I’l have to learn how to draw much more goodly by the time I get to that one, but it’s near the end of the series so I have time hahaha.

My covers for Crow Summer all followed a lot of rules... text was always in the same spots with the same font, I always used the same coloring style and composition style. With Cargo my goal is kinda opposite... I want to make each book look like its own special thing, with its own unique style and composition. Diversely creative, but with mostly the same weird color palette.

#design stuff

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curseofmxcbeth · 3 years

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What’s the name of the paintings in your uquizz? Im uncultured but they’re so pretty

thanks for asking! and you aren't uncultured anon you just don't know this one specific piece of info.

the paintings are...

(I included the images so I added a keep reading tab)

^ not sure of the specific name but this is one of the Ballet Dancers by Konstantin Razumov

^ this smashing painting is by Auguste Toulmouche and called Vanity.

^ Last Call by Ron Hicks

^ this is a work called Madame x-ray by Maria Marfia

Its a modern painting based off this 1880s work madame x by John Singer Sargent of young socialite Virginie Amélie Avegno Gautreau

^ this is a super interesting painting with a cool and chaotic history that I recommend you check out.

^ Summer by Frank Weston Benson. I have a slightly cropped image of the og painting.

^ This is death of Sappho by Miguel Carbonell Selva

The paintings I left off are the ones I found on pinterest and included cause they look cool, and i have 0 knowledge of them

#art #academia #dark academia #art academia #romantic academia

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beeapocalypse · 2 years

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another maycourt image based off of john singer sargents painting "judgement of paris"

#scribbles #maycourt oc #anaciel oc #belrath oc #fluisau oc #<-- the last three count even tho theyre not the focus. belraths the armored guy on the left and fluisaus the one ont he bottom #both of them are gods and those looks are just one of Many they take on. belrath in particular rarely looks like that (sort of--#--a Formal Occasion appearance lol) but it DOES give me the excuse 2 say 'this wrathful god is gnc af' lol #do not think i need 2 tag for nudity bc it is very Not detailed but let me know if i should

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nexility-sims · 3 years

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whats your favorite era to storytell in?

oof, this is a difficult question ! if it's not apparent, i tend to jump around various times. i love a good modern setting, but some recurring favorites are pre-1950s twentieth century, regency, certain medieval settings (ottoman empire mainly), even the 1990s sometimes bc that's history now adjfkfljf it honestly just depends on what historical figures or fashion choices or architecture or current events have my attention in a given moment. as i mentioned the other day, i have a server w/ someone where we just .... hop around all of these eras with the same two characters, generating new storylines based on a movie or fashion plate we saw recently that reminded us of A & B. that’s my style ! it’s why i will always evangelize alternative universes and my personal non-linear decades challenge knock-off !!!!!!!!!!!! am i 0.5 seconds from starting a side story set in the present ? yes. am i putting flashbacks in the main story to play with older eras ? also yes.

right now, i’m really feeling the 1890s tho .... i think it’s because i follow a john singer sargent bot on twitter, and it posted a painting of a dude that really was just begging to inspire a character. so it goes. thanks for asking ! ❤️

#asking me to choose a favorite of my children ... hmph #about n.#ask

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williamwhiting-artist · 3 years

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‘A Beaux Arts Room-box’. This is a miniature shadowbox room based on interior architecture in the style of Stanford White. It was commissioned by socialites, specifically to be auctioned off at Christies to benefit the Kipps Bay Boys and Girls Club charity.

The cast statue of a satyr is standing atop of a salt cellar. The lampshades are airplane glue caps. And I carved a pair of Louis XIV armchairs, that are upholstered with silk, cut from a gentleman’s damask necktie.

The walls are a combination of trompe l’oeil illusion and three dimentional architectural elements. I painted a miniature copy of John Singer Sargent’s 1896 portrait of Mrs George Swinton to hang above the pier table.

12” high, by 12” deep, by 22” wide—in the scale of 1”=1’-0”. Mixed media and hardwoods, ca. 1995. In a private collection.

https://williamwhiting.com

#interiorarchitecture #dollhouses #miniatures #stanfordwhite #art #mixedmedia #mixedmediaart #art #shadowbox #miniaturefurniture

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alectology-archive · 4 years

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SJ/M’s plagiarism from fiction/media

I’m hoping to make a comprehensive list of all the sources SJ/M has outright ripped off from in the past. Feel free to comment down below or send an ask if you can think of anything.

SJ/M has very clearly ripped off of GRRM and JRR Tolkien’s works. Same goes for a lot of Anne Bishop’s works, too, and a lot of her favourite authors - so if anyone’s read books SJ/M has stated that she likes please let me know.

Note that this post will keep getting updated as I discover more evidences of plagiarism. Also note that there is every possibility that some resemblances are purely accidental and/or unintentional. So take it with a grain of salt.

(?) indicates a questionable addition to the post.

T/HRONE OF GLASS

- “The Queen Who Was Promised” comes from GRRM’s “The Prince who was Promised” prophecy in ASOIAF, who also goes by Azor Ahai, who wields Lightbringer, and is also known as the Son of Fire.

- “Aelin” is probably derived from “Aelin-uial” in the Silmarillion by JRR Tolkien. Additionally, it may have been derived from Aerin Dragon-Killer/Aerin Firehair from Robin McKinley's The Hero and the Crown, as SJ/M stated it was one of her favourite novels.

- “Fireheart” is the name of Corlath’s horse in The Blue Sword by Robin McKinley, an author SJ/M admires.

- Empire of Storms, 2016, contains the infamous line ‘velvet-wrapped steel.’ And… so does Fifty Shades of Grey, in 2011: ‘Steel encased in velvet.’

- “Valg” comes from Terry Brooke’s The Sword of Shannara, another author SJ/M admires.

- “Hope. You cannot steal it, and you cannot break it." is awfully similar to the line from The Princess Bride about love "you cannot track that, not with a thousand bloodhounds, and you cannot break it, not with a thousand swords". SJ/M has said that she loved the movie.

- The infamous “You could rattle the stars” is a ripoff of Treasure Planet’s “You’re gonna rattle the stars.”

- “To Whatever End” comes from The Two Towers where King Theoden says it just before the battle of Helm’s deep begins.

- “You bow to no one” is said by Aragorn at the end of the Return of the King after his coronation.

- Orynth has white walls and is surrounded by snow capped peaks. It has large white walls and bears an unusually striking resemblance to Minas Tirith in The Lord of the Rings.

- Aelin’s journey mirrors that of Aragorn. The lost heir to a powerful throne, spends years in the wilderness denying their claim, joins forces with the elf/faes to reclaim it and has an immortal elf/fae as consort.

- Nehemia names Aelin ‘Elentiya’, saying, “I give you this name to use with honour, to use when other names grow too heavy. I name you Elentiya, ‘Spirit That Could Not Be Broken’.” It sounds similar in tone and cadence to the way Galadriel describes the light of Earendil to Frodo. The name Elentiya even sounds Elvish, and sits discordant with the other naming conventions in Eyllwe.

- Manon gathers the witches to go to war by starting a series of beacons, lit all across Erilea, from snow-capped mountains to the woodlands - directly from the Return of the King when Pippin helps Gondor call for aid.

- The wall defences of Orynth are completely sound, except there’s one more way in, through a grate in the water canal - another striking resemblance to a place in Lord of the Rings known as Helm’s Deep. There is even a scene where someone asks if there’s a secret passage the women and children can escape through.

- In EoS and ToD, Chaol is referred to as “Hand of the King”. In GoT the “Hand of the King” is a title given to the King’s advisor.

- The speech that Haldir gave when he arrived in Helm’s Deep, uniting the elven and human forces, is paraphrased at least three times in this book. Most notably when Manon brings the Crochan witches to fight alongside the humans. She actually says “Long ago, Crochans and humans fought side by side…”

- Kingsflame blossoms bloom only when a kingdom is at peace and the rightful monarch is on the throne. Also a very similar plot point to the White Tree of Gondor in The Lord of the Rings.

- The dam breaking in Anielle and flooding is based on the Isengard dam breaking in The Two Towers.

- Chaol crosses the Narrow Sea to get to the southern continent. In GoT the Narrow Sea is the body of water between Westeros and Essos.

- The “Wyrdkeys” are the Silmarils. There are 3 Wyrdkeys and 3 Silmarils. They’re ancient and powerful stones forged by a being of great power (Feanor, who made the Silmarils, was the most powerful elf of all time). Everyone is fighting over them. And just like one Wyrdkey eventually ends up in the Terrasen Amulet, one of the Silmarils ends up in a necklace called the Nauglamir. They’re also all destroyed/lost at the end.

- Kingdom of Ash, page 543: “It was not arrows alone that had been fired, and now peppered the snow.But heads. Human heads, many still in their helmets.” In Return of the King, the orcs catapult severed heads (still in their helmets) over the walls of Minas Tirith.

- “What say you, Queen of Witches?”…….“I shall answer Terrasen’s call.” is a blatant rip-off of the scene where Aragorn approaches Theoden after the beacons are lit in the Return of the King.

- Rowan is referred to as, “My friend through many dangers.” which is exactly what Gandalf says about Shadowfax, his horse, in Lord of the Rings.

- The Land before Time, 1988: ‘Some things you see with your eyes. Other things you see with your heart.’

Crown of Midnight, SJM, 2011: ‘Some things you hear with your eyes. Other things you hear with your heart.’

- ‘Spirit that could not be broken’ is seen in Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron (2002) and Throne of Glass (2011).

- It’s possible that SJ/M may have plagiarised Maria V Snyder’s Poison Study(?) (published 2005). Both books begin with the heroine being released from prison and being offered the choice to be freed by working for the very rulers who’d imprisoned them. Also, Valek - Yelena’s love interest - is the greatest and most feared assassin in the country and also acts as a mentor to Yelena much like Rowan does in Heir of Fire. However, I think this is a questionable addition despite similarities because SJ/M began writing Queen of Glass in 2003 and all the aforementioned aspects that are similar were already present in the version she published online.

- S/JM has saved a pin of Connor Kenway from the Assassin's Creed series (AC3) as Rowan and Lorcan on Pinterest. Towards the end of the series they started using hatchets as weapons, which is Connor's choice of weapon, outside of swords, and is used heavily in art which features him. Aelin's assassin suit from the earlier books also had a blade built into it, which was very similar to the hidden blade the assassins in Assassin's Creed use.

Further reading: Why not everyone liked Connor’s characteristic traits being ripped off: https://dragonidk.tumblr.com/post/614614548495859712/i-went-through-sjms-tog-pinterest-board-the-other

Further reading: An article comparing EoS’s ending to Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: https://thebookfinch.wordpress.com/2016/09/08/review-empire-of-storms-by-sarah-j-maas-in-which-we-discuss-plagiarism/

A/COTAR

- “Prythian”, the A/COTAR world, is taken directly from Anne Bishop’s Daughter of the Blood.

- The Archeron sisters could be based off the painting “The Acheson Sisters” by John Singer Sargent which features three women.

- The Illyrians could have been based off of the Eyriens from Anne’s Bishop’s Black Jewels series. Both are warrior races with bat wings that use a war blade to fight with. They also both completely refuse their women any right to fight and consider losing their wings to be the absolute worst thing that could happen to them.

- Feyre tells Tamlin, “The sun was shining when I left you.” which is basically Paris saying, “The sun was shining when your wife left you.” in the movie Troy (2004)

- Rhys proclaims, “Light can be found even in the darkest of hells,” Which is really close to Dumbledore saying (in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban), “Happiness can be found, even in the darkest of times, if one only remembers to turn on the light.”

- Daenerys: “We’re going to leave the world better than we found it.”

ACOWAR: “Leave this world… a better place than how you found it.”

- “Pity those who don’t feel anything at all.” is a variation of “Pity the living and above all, those who live without love,” said by Dumbledore in the Deathly Hallows.

- A Dance of Dragons, George R.R. Martin, 2011: ‘He is fire made flesh, she thought, and so am I.’

ACOMAF, 2016: ‘Fire - he reminded her of fire made flesh.’

- SJ/M may have also plagiarised The Chronicles of Prydain for ACOTAR wherein Prythian is altered to Prydain and The Cauldron is derived from The Black Cauldron. This may be especially true considering the fact that SJ/M has expressed her love for the books and stated it on Twitter. She also went on to mention that she got the name for Prythian from those books. Similarities to the cauldron can also be seen in the fact that SJ/M’s Cauldron can transform humans into fae while Alexander's Black Cauldron is able to resurrect the dead.

!!!! Further Reading: Noticeable similarities between ACOTAR and The Chronicles of Prydain series: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Chronicles_of_Prydain

- Possible plagiarism(?) of Titanic: Rose is Feyre, Cal is Tamlin, Jack is Rhys. The story is similar - the girl is involved with a guy who seems nice enough, but turns out to be abusive etc. There are similar incidents of the table being chucked across the room/and the study being destroyed. Then you also have the girl being told the other guy isn't nice and she should stay away from him, but then it ends up being the other way round. The guy bosses her about, making her decisions for her and ends up dying for her later on.

- Rhapsody by Laura Thalassa and A/COTAR have awfully similar tropes. Both involve faeries, in both the main female lead leaves her barbaric boyfriend to go with the dark, elegant Fae boyfriend who came to collect a debt.

Further reading: A conversation in comparing The Vampire Diaries(?) to ACOTAR: https://crescentcitysux.tumblr.com/post/618622356795064320/iolanthepeverells-pokeyfaes

Further reading: Similarities between Shatter Me and the ACOTAR trilogy: https://discountalien-pancake.tumblr.com/post/174823303683/dont-take-this-as-an-attack-im-just

C/RESCENT CITY

- Similarities between the plot of Darkfever by Karen Marie Morning (an author S/JM likes) and Crescent City’s plot: https://polysorscha.tumblr.com/post/183661492639/funny-thing-i-came-across-the-crescent-city

- The Princes of Hel might be from the Seven Princes of Hell demonology (some ancient writings trying to classify demons in christianity). [MINOR INFRACTION]

Sources:

- @sjm-exposed

- @soartfullydone

- @falstaffing for “My friend through many dangers.”

- https://readatmidnight.com/2018/10/27/book-rant-kingdom-of-ash/

- strangestoryteller.com

- https://camryndaytona.com/2019/08/sarah-j-maas-and-jrr-tolkien

- @rougeam for “fire made flesh”

- @sylphene for Aerin firehair

- @sylphene and @paperbacktrash for The Chronicles of Prydain.

- An anon for the Laura Thalassa comparison

- @hireath24 for the Crown of Midnight quote and “spirit that could not be broken.”

- @pokeyfaes and @iolanthepeverells for The Vampire Diaries comparison

- A reddit thread for the Titanic comparison

- An anon for the Eyrians

- An anon and @dragonidk for the Assassin’s Creed addition

- @longsightmyth for Fireheart

#anti sjm #anti tog #anti acotar #anti ccity

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A Private Tour (one-shot)

Pairing: Bucky Barnes x Reader Words: 2020 Summary: Captain America and his brooding friend get a private tour of an art museum. As an intern, your only job is to keep a low profile. Oops? A/N: Happy Fluff Friday! Wrote this in a flash and wanted to share :3 For anyone curious, the museum is the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum. All the descriptions of the art are sourced from the museum website. Thanks (as always) to my amazing beta reader @kentuckybarnes, who is more patient than any saint <3

“And here we have the 1888 portrait of Isabella Stewart Gardner by John Singer Sargent. After its initial showing, her husband asked it to not be publicly shown again until after his death.”

“Fascinating,” Captain America said. He stuffed his hands in his pockets and tilted his head as he peered up at the milky face of the museum’s mastermind. The curator studied him with blatant interest.

You rolled your eyes.

“What?”

You flinched. You’d been invited to accompany the curator on Captain America’s private tour, to shadow her and learn—a high honor for a lowly intern such as yourself. You were just supposed to keep a low profile and pay attention to how the curator conducted the tour.

Of course, you’d blown it now. Captain America’s friend, the dark, brooding fellow trailing at an uneasy distance, was staring at you with raised eyebrows.

“What?” he repeated.

“I didn’t say anything,” you whispered.

“You rolled your eyes,” he whispered back.

“Er…” Your face burned.

He cracked a grin. “I won’t tell.” He winked conspiratorially at you and strolled up beside Captain America, who started to point out some brushwork to the strange man.

Martha, the curator, joined you by the far wall as the two men chatted.

“So, what do you think?” she asked.

“I’m curious why you picked the pieces you did,” you said. “But I guess I have weird taste.”

“What do you mean?”

“Well, I get why you’d point out the Sargent—it’s a classic. Plus, the whole idea of locking something splendid away for ages does kinda resonate. But a few of the others you picked were pretty obscure.”

“Well, I like to highlight some of the things that speak to me.” Martha tapped her chin. “And you do get some extra autonomy on these private tours. No need to follow a strict script like with the regular tours.”

“Mm.”

You eyed the two guests speculatively. Captain America was still staring up at the Sargent while talking to his friend. His friend, on the other hand, had his head turned towards you and Martha. You raised your eyebrows when he glanced back at you, but he looked away so fast you weren’t sure if he’d even noticed. He was dressed like Captain America in a button-down shirt and jeans, though he had his sleeves rolled down and gloves on as well. His shirt wasn’t quite straining over the muscles of his back, but it was a close call. The black jeans across his butt, on the other hand…

“What’s the other one’s name again?” you asked Martha in a whisper.

“Don’t you recognize him? That’s Bucky Barnes!”

Bucky Barnes definitely looked back at you this time. You ignored his badly disguised smirk.

“I guess I’m not up-to-date on the real world,” you said lightly. “Not that I’m so up-to-date in the art world, either…”

“Ah yes, your penchant for impressionist landscapes.” Martha’s lips twitched with amusement. Captain America turned back to her with a smile, and Martha hurried forward to lead on.

You kept to a reasonable distance. Bucky Barnes stood by the Sargent until you pass by.

“So,” he drawled. “Impressionist landscapes?”

“I’d say they’re classic, but that’s a couple millenia off-base,” you told him.

Bucky grinned. He hooked his fingers in the loops of his snug jeans and kept pace with you as you followed Martha and Steve.

“What about art of people?”

“Eh,” you said with a shrug. “ I see people every day. We’re all works of art, in my opinion. You just have to look at people the right way to see it.”

“So how should I pose?” Bucky stopped short and twisted his legs and torso, raising his arms in a fair facsimile of the composite pose of ancient Egypt. His muscles strained against his shirt, and you stepped back to try and take in the whole picture and not just the stark outline of his abs. His long hair brushed his cheekbones, and his cheeky grin was nothing like the serene profiles depicted in tomb chapels or on palace walls.

He looked… ridiculous.

“A good effort,” you said, trying not to laugh. “But I prefer contrapposto.”

Bucky chuckled, and Steve glanced back at you both with a smile. You blushed and hurried after your boss.

Martha was already telling Steve about the seventeenth century Japanese fold screens by the time you were back in earshot. It was the standard fare, a speech you’d already mostly memorized. You studied the illustrations, wondering vaguely if you’d ever get around to reading more than a synopsis of the source novel.

“Wanna catch me up?” Bucky asked.

You glanced at him, trying to ignore your racing pulse at the sight of his bright blue eyes. “Illustrations from the Tale of Genji,” you said quickly—Martha was almost done with her speech. “Kano Tsunenobu, 1677.”

“Isn’t that the first novel ever written?” Bucky leaned forward and peered at the bottom left corner. His arm brushed your sleeve, and you bit your tongue to keep cool as a whiff of his spicy scent flooded your senses. “What’s it about?”

“It’s about a man named Genji, who was the ideal man. A really talented artist, super attractive, and—” you flushed— “a great lover.”

“Oh yeah?” Bucky stood up, still dangerously close. His tongue darted out to moisten his lips as he gazed at you. You were frozen in place, barely able to breathe. There were sweet crinkles around his eyes, and gosh, his lips were pink as anything. He was barely a foot away. You swallowed.

“And so as we move on…”

Martha and Steve were wandering off. You took the opportunity to step back, breaking the spell, and follow your boss. A deep breath took the edge off your sudden hyper-awareness of the man behind you. Then you remembered Bucky had asked a question.

“The book spends a lot of time on his relationships. I guess things haven’t changed much,” you shot back over your shoulder. Your voice sounded normal. You hoped.

“Well, I don’t think that’s true,” Bucky murmured. “But I hope you never change.”

You didn’t know what to say to that.

Martha made quick work of the chapel and the long gallery, and now you were all clustered in the Titian room. Martha and Steve made their way to the far wall, but Bucky grabbed your elbow and steered you to a table by a window. You recognized the painting propped in a dark wooden frame.

Giovanni Bellini, Christ Carrying the Cross, about 1505-1510.

“He looks like he’s wearing a backwards baseball hat,” Bucky whispered.

You clapped a hand to your mouth before you laughed out loud. “Shh!” you scolded.

“What?” he said, blinking innocently. Gosh, what eyes! “I’m just sayin’.”

“Well, you’re not wrong, but I’m supposed to be paying attention,” you said. You extricated your arm from his hold and hurried over to where Martha was going over Titian’s Rape of Europa with Steve.

“Crazy to think how much European art developed in a hundred and fifty years,” Steve mused. “This is so different from the Proto-Renaissance stuff. The motion, the colors…”

“It’s fascinating,” Martha agreed.

You blinked. Did Martha realize she was echoing what Steve had said not ten minutes ago?

Maybe. Martha was good at reading a room.

Hopefully she wouldn’t scold you for not paying attention to her tour.

Your eyes slid back to Bucky, who mimed spinning a cap around his head, and you pressed your lips together to keep from smiling. What a goof.

By the time you all headed back downstairs, Bucky had attached himself to your side again.

“So,” he said as you made your way down the stairs, “what’s your deal?”

“I’m interning,” you said. “Summertime gig and all that.”

“Do they pay you?” he asked.

“Uh, no, this is an art museum,” you said, startled.

“So how do you live?”

“Grants, and other paid jobs. I’m a grad student in my spare time.”

“Oh yeah? Art history?”

“Whoa, how did you guess?” you joked.

Bucky leaned in to whisper, “It’s hard to tell, but I’m secretly brilliant.”

You giggled. “You know,” you said, “I believe it.” Your eyes lingered on his smile before you looked away as you reached the bottom of the stairs.

This all had been fun, and Bucky Barnes was definitely the most beautiful person you’d ever seen, but it wasn’t real. Captain America’s private tour was over, and now that it was, you and Martha and the rest of the skeleton crew still left behind could go home.

Except Steve was still talking to Martha.

Well, you weren’t going home yet. You turned back to Bucky with a smile.

“Art is more Steve’s thing, but I had fun,” he said, knocking his shoulder against yours.

“Good!” You smiled brightly at him.

Bucky blinked, a hint of pink coming to his cheeks as he looked at you. The silence held a few seconds too long, and your smile faded slightly. He cleared his throat and stuffed his hands in his pockets.

“So what’s your end goal, then?” he asked.

“Make something magical out of other people’s work,” you said promptly. “And…” You glanced hesitantly up at him. Why not tell him your secret dream? You’d never see him again, and his eyes and face were so guileless that you couldn’t imagine any harm would come from telling. “And it’s never gonna happen, but I want to be the one to find the paintings that got stolen from here.”

His eyes lit up. “Really?”

“Yes,” you confessed. “I always love heist stories, and when I found out someone had done it in a museum, I was so excited. I’ve wanted to figure it out since I was a kid. I minored in criminal justice, even.”

“So… bring the thieves to justice and restore the paintings to their rightful place?”

“Exactly.”

“Sounds fun.” He wiggled his eyebrows. “When do we start?”

“Oh, please.” You laughed.

“No, seriously, when do we start?”

Your mouth dropped open. “You’re not serious,” you said, but he ignored you.

“I suppose we could start with dinner, but we can stick with a good old-fashion briefing room if you prefer,” he said with a wink. Your heart skipped a beat.

“I like dinner,” you said weakly. “Briefing rooms sound boring.”

“God, you have no idea,” he said fervently. He rolled his eyes, but when he was done, all he smiled. “So do you have plans tonight?”

“Well, I was going to just hang out at home, but I guess I need to solve a decades-old mystery with a stranger first,” you teased.

“Having been a decades-old mystery, I think I can offer a unique perspective,” Bucky declared, still smiling. He reached out and squeezed your hand briefly. “I’m glad Steve dragged me along. Never woulda come on my own.”

“Is it too soon to say I’m glad too?”

Bucky’s grin was infectious. “Nope. Besides, I think your boss will be impressed if you can get the paintings home safe.”

“You do know they’ve been missing for almost thirty years, right?” you said.

“After a century, that doesn’t sound so bad.” Bucky glanced behind you at Martha and Steve, but before you could check what they were up to, he grabbed your hand and pulled you around a corner.

“Excuse you!” But your protest was half-hearted. Bucky’s right hand was still linked in yours, his eyes bright and happy, and you couldn’t help but catch your breath at the wonderful sight of him so close. “You know,” you murmured, reaching up to trace the line of his jaw, “you’re a work of art just as you are.”

Bucky’s eyes smoldered as he tugged you closer until your chest brushed his.

“Well,” he said, dropping a kiss on your nose, “maybe for my next pose I’ll try a reclining nude.”

He stifled your laugh with a searing kiss. Warmth burst in your chest, and you hummed happily into his mouth. When he finally pulled back, his lips were swollen but his eyes were gleaming.

“So,” he said, “dinner?”

“Dinner,” you agreed.

#bucky barnes imagine #bucky barnes x reader #bucky barnes x you #winter soldier x reader #bucky barnes fic #becca writes

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hundredthousands

See hundredthousands’s existing works here Preferred contact methods: Tumblr - hundredthousands Discord - HT#2586 Preferred organizations: - Anything from the list of approved organizations Will create works that contain: Any canon content (Send me a message if you have any questions) Will not create works that contain: Non-canon content

-- Fan-made craft or merchandise --

Auction ID: 279 Will create works for the following relationships: N/A Work Description: 2 WM-oil paintings of Steve Rogers/Captain America on 5x7" (13x18 cm) canvas panels. The paintings are still drying and should be ready for shipping late November/early December, but it may take longer. Buyer pays for shipping. If you'd like an estimation of shipping costs, please do contact me. While I am shipping to you anyway, I may throw in some other sketches or bookmarks if you are interested! Paintings: 1. https://66.media.tumblr.com/32097331e1cf79a91d13e7d1bc510d7d/tumblr_py7w35Nx7Q1vdl1iko3_r1_540.png 2. https://66.media.tumblr.com/4892a83b8611ec0f56b64f1828c166ed/tumblr_py7w35Nx7Q1vdl1iko2_r1_540.jpg Ratings: G CLICK HERE TO BID ON THIS WORK

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Auction ID: 280 Will create works for the following relationships: N/A Work Description: 1 WM-oil painting of Natasha Romanov/Black Widow as John Singer Sargent's Madame X on 8x10" (20.5x25.5 cm) art board. *Paint is still drying. Should be ready for shipping late November/early December. I will cover shipping costs (that's why the starting bid is a little higher!) https://66.media.tumblr.com/edece33137a34faa072f0a95a7c7d7bf/tumblr_pyvhew42IJ1vdl1iko1_540.jpg Ratings: G CLICK HERE TO BID ON THIS WORK

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Auction ID: 281 Will create works for the following relationships: Tony Stark - MCU Steve Rogers - MCU Natasha Romanov - MCU James "Bucky" Barnes - MCU Steve Rogers/Tony Stark - MCU James "Bucky" Barnes/Steve Rogers - MCU Avengers, gen and ships - MCU Captain America gen and ships - MCU Thor gen and ships - MCU Black Panther gen and ships - MCU Work Description: Up for auction is one art piece based off of an existing movie screencap, as shown on my examples page. I will do any character, as long as there is a reference image. Send me a message if you have any questions This art piece can be done in either digital or traditional media (options: WM-oils, acrylic, gouache, or watercolour). I'd consider doing more than one piece depending on the complexity of the request (ex: I'd paint one big group shot or two small character portraits). Buyer pays for shipping if applicable. If you'd like an estimation of costs, please contact me. Ratings: G, Teen, Mature CLICK HERE TO BID ON THIS WORK The auction runs from October 19 (11:59 PM ET) to October 26 (11:59 PM ET). Visit marveltrumpshate.com during Auction Week to view all of our auctions and to place your bids!

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L'art Pour Le Peuple

A set of default replacement paintings FOR TS2 ONLY! I chose artists based on the type of aesthetic I personally really like, and ones from artists I'm personally a fan of. A lot of this art is Georgian/Regency-Victorian. Artists listed below!

Gustave Caillebotte (1848-1894) Vue de Toits (Effet de Neige)

J. M. W. Turner (1775-1851) Snow Storm - Steam-Boat off a Harbour's Mouth

Caspar David Friedrich (1774-1840) The Abbey in the Oakwood

Isaac Levitan (1860-1900) By the Whirlpool

John Atkinson Grimshaw (1836-1893) Stapleton Park near Pontefract Sun

Jan Brueghel the Elder (1568-1625) Vase of Flowers

Gustav-Adolf Mossa (1908) Les Mortes

George Frederic Watts (1817-1904) Choosing

James Sant (1820-1916) A Thorn Amidst the Roses

Francesco Hayez (1791-1882) Portrait of Antoniet Tarsis Basilico

Francesco Hayez (1791-1882) Vengence is Sworn

John Singer Sargent (1856-1925) Lady Agnew of Lochnaw

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End of Project Evaluation

End of project evaluation This unit was all about working together as a group to create an image based on the painting Carnation, Lily, Lily, Rose by John Singer Sargent that we would then use to create a short film. Our short film became a montage of a man and a woman cut into different shots of urban scapes. The man being scenes from before his death and the woman buying candles and releasing paper lanterns like in the original painting.

Looking back at the start of this project, at first, I was overwhelmed with the possibilities of what I could create with the brief of creating a photograph based on a famous painting and even more so with the idea of creating a short film and narrative based on the photo we had taken.

So, to start off I thought of creating a modern take on the painting Carnation, Lily, Lily, Rose by John Singer Sargent. I decided on using modern clothes such as tracksuits along with modern sources of light such as phones. When it came to the day of shooting we wanted to use something more similar to the Chinese lanterns so I used jars filled with coloured gels and LEDs.

The photo came out better than I expected and so I then moved onto trying to create a narrative for the photo. I started storyboarding and came up with the idea of having a girl paying tribute to a friend who has died by leaving candles at a memorial.

In preparation for creating the photo and short film I looked at artists such as Gregory Crewdson who uses large sets and film lighting techniques to create photos that look cinematic. This style was inspiring as I liked the detail of his photos and wanted to recreate this aesthetic in my own photos.

To help get a feel for what the shots may look like I began creating a set of test shots by filming parts of my storyboard with Will on Victoria Gardens. I also went around taking photos of different places around Medway such as alleys in Strood and sites of skips and bins in Chatham. After, I worked with the tutor Curtis Tappenden to help understand the creative process of writing a script and lines for the short film.

To film the video, I went into Chatham and filmed scenes of Helen buying candles in Wilkinson’s to get shots of her picking up the candles and putting them into the basket. I also experimented by placing my phone on the bottom of a shopping basket with the lens facing up whilst recording. This created some interesting angles and footage of Helen holding the basket and then placing the candles over the camera as she placed them in the basket.

I had some tutorials with the CMPT year one tutor Rob Roach who showed me how to use a ceiling camera and then also how to use a green screen. This was useful as it gave me the skills necessary to creating the photos of Helen inspired by the painting.

To get more inspiration for the piece I went on a trip to London and visited the Tate Modern on the London Bankside. Inside I saw an exhibit where the piece ‘The Clock’ by Christian Marclay was playing. This video was very interesting as it pieces different scenes together to show the time in real time. Whilst around London and the Tate modern, I took some photographs using my DSLR for my own personal interest and also with the intent of saving them for a later date.

To help promote my own film I created some promotional material, first I created a poster using some of the images me and my group took to recreate the original painting. I then went onto photoshop to add a title in my desired font along with some credits and some mock-up awards, age rating and release date for a more realistic approach.

I later also created a banner that was made with the intention of being the banner of Facebook page but also could be used in advertising on the side of buses, or even on the walls of the London underground’s many stations. This banner consisted of a landscape image of me and Helen from my group posed holding the jars of lights. It then featured the same title, credits and awards as the poster. I then went onto making posts for social media. Firstly, by making tweets that looked like real promotional items from a film production and then by also creating interesting GIFs with the intention of being eye catching and to be shared around social media platforms and messages.

My final piece of material to promote the short film was a mock-up of magazine create using a template given to us from myUCA along with my own images. This was to create the impression of how an article about the film would look in a magazine.

In this unit I also had a workshop with Rob Roach where I was shown how to use a medium format film camera. We shot on Ilford XP2 Super 400 120mm film and I was able to use the whole roll of 12 shots. Although I have developed the film, I am yet to have them scanned to be able to use and check the images. I’d like to do more with these cameras to better my skills and also because I quite enjoyed the analogue process of creating and developing your photos.

In conclusion, this first unit of this second year of the course has been a strong start to the course. I have already progressed through learning different skills such as framing a shot for photos and film and also how to use medium format film cameras, and then a dark room to develop them. I have enjoyed using photoshop to create posters and to create a mock-up of a magazine to promote my short film.

#CMPT #creative media production and technology #uca #UCA Rochester

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East Lane: “Portrait of Madame X” 1884, John Singer Sargeant

When John Singer Sargent unveiled his portrait of a woman in black, Paris society was scandalized. But Manet had already painted a nude prostitute. So why all the fuss? (By Jonathan Jones).

Clothes are embarrassingly important in the history of art. If you think of painting in a high-minded way, it's annoying to have to admit how many masterpieces depend at least as much on puffy sleeves, wigs and jewelery as on the painter's genius. An El Greco portrait is as much ruff collar as man. A Venetian nude wouldn't be a Venetian nude if she were robbed of her pearl necklace.

I started to think about this while looking at the American artist John Singer Sargent's portrait of Madame Gautreau, better known as Madame X (or even, as first exhibited, Madame XXX), trying to understand why it caused such a riotous scandal in Paris in 1884.

Sargent's painting is a monument of American art. Today it is owned by the Metropolitan Museum in New York, which is loaning it to the National Gallery's exhibition Americans in Paris 1860-1900. It is a notorious work. Like the row stirred up in London by Whistler's Nocturne in Black and Gold, this painting won a place among the incendiary legends of the avant garde, long, long before America (as a French book complains) stole the Idea of Modern Art. To this day Madame X inspires novels - Gioia Diliberto's I Am Madame X - and provocative theories, such as a recent claim that Madame Gautreau's profile is actually based on that of a beautiful young man.

Whistler had merely offended the Victorians. Sargent shocked the French. Madame X scandalised Paris, the city that had seen it all. Displayed in the huge jury-selected exhibition, the Salon, in 1884, it horrified Parisians so much that the ignominy drove Sargent across the Channel to take refuge in Britain. Of course, it was the making of him. He always kept Madame X in his studio. Its whiff of naughtiness generated demand for his portraits with a fashionable British and American public.

That's the official story. It's a cliche to look back at a work of art that once shocked people and is now part of the pantheon - say, Monet's Impression: Sunrise (1874) - and be delighted by the reversals of taste. But with Madame X there's more to say. Looking at her, I find it genuinely hard to see what the fuss was about. Sargent is a great, strange artist, and Madame X a delicious painting. But shocking?

Then it struck me. We like to think of the great avant-garde moments as epochal historic crises, but in this case it wasn't anything about the style, or the flash of naked shoulders, that upset a public used to "modern nudes". It wasn't the morbid paleness of the New Orleans-born high society personage Madame Pierre Gautreau, born Judith Avegno, or her abstracted surroundings, or even the impressionistic way in which Sargent, a friend of Monet, rejects the crispness of academic naturalism. No, it was the dress that caused distress.

You only have to examine the history of scandal in 19th-century French art to see there's something fishy about the myth of Madame X. Twenty years earlier, in 1865, Edouard Manet exhibited an altogether more serious breach of decorum. Manet's Olympia (painted in 1863) depicts a woman contemporaries assumed was a prostitute, naked except for slippers, bracelet, pink decoration in her hair and a bootlace around her neck instead of the pearl necklaces in the Venetian paintings Manet travesties. A black servant brings flowers from an admirer. Olympia looks at us coolly, as the painting does, speaking bluntly of city life.

"A sort of female gorilla," said one horrified reviewer. Olympia is, to this day, the recognisable ancestor of every modernist hand-grenade of sexuality from Picasso's Demoiselles d'Avignon to Duchamp's Large Glass. You can't say the same of Madame X. Painted long after the debacle of Olympia, it seems bizarre that it got Sargent in trouble. Things become clearer when you place his painting in context.

Madame X did not cause a row at just any exhibition but at the Salon, the prestigious, officially selected exhibition that had been the centre of artistic life in Paris since the 17th century. In his 1885 picture A Painting Jury - itself typical of the glossy "academic" style endorsed by the Academy of Fine Arts via the Salon - Henri Gervex shows the Beaux Arts professors and artists on the jury voting on which ornately framed canvases to include in this event that made and broke careers. Olympia got into the Salon and outraged the vast middle-class audience - who would probably only see this one contemporary art event.

Already, in 1863, the emperor Louis Napoleon had responded to artists' dissatisfaction with a one-off Salon des Réfusés. A Salon painting had to conform to genres: history, landscape, portrait. The Salon, avant-garde artists complained, exercised a stranglehold on art. The criticism it inspired - a type of essay itself called a "Salon" - became, in the hands of a critic such as Baudelaire, an enraged catalogue of mediocrities.

By 1884 modern artists scorned the Salon. The impressionists led the way, exhibiting in independent group shows from 1874. Art dealers took up their idea. Still, the huge, crowded spectacle that was the Salon had its appeal.

Madame X is a Salon portrait, and that's the point. Compare it with other portraits that triumphed here, and its subversion strikes you. Tall, beautiful women in Parisian finery were one of the year-in, year-out crowd-pleasing Salon genres. They celebrated Paris fashion and Parisian beauty. Claude Monet showed a classic example, Camille, or the Lady in a Green Dress, at the Salon in 1866; it was a hit. Another was Lady with a Glove, painted in 1869 by Sargent's teacher Carolus-Duran.

Clothes make the woman in these portraits. They are fashion plates on a grand scale, reflecting the Salon crowd as it wanted to see itself - in fashion. Compare Madame X and it's obvious how Sargent transgressed.

Here is the true look of high fashion in high society, reveals Sargent, and it is not a prettily coquettish look the French middle class might ape: it is aristocratically anti-bourgeois. Madame Gautreau wears a black dress that is almost strapless except for two slender gold threads; money and sex are both flaunted by a fashion utterly incompatible with bourgeois life. Manet shocked with low life. Sargent shocks with the secrets of high life.

It would be Proust who chronicled the decadence of high French society after Sargent legged it for Victorian England. But his great British society portraits have exactly the same flavour - even, or especially, when he's depicting men. Whether painting dandies, imperial administrators or - in a masterpiece now in the National Portrait Gallery - the politician Arthur James Balfour, Sargent's fascination with the dress and style of the best people created some of the most haunting portraits of the modern world.

Balfour leans against a mantlepiece in a spectacularly long jacket that makes him slender as a willow, his snaking, sensitive fingers those of a sensualist genius. Sargent found a brilliant secret in Madame X that he shared with the plutocratic Edwardian elite: money is sexy. It was an insight that would return to American art in the age of Andy Warhol.

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