#prudence x victoria

[best-character-named-x-poll]

Best Character Named X Poll

I'm doing a series of "Best Character Named X" polls where all the characters have the same first name but are from completely different media, feel free to send in name/charcacter suggestions, I'm posting one poll a day. New polls scheduled for 1:30PM BST everyday. Run by @femmehysteria

please send suggestions via ask so i can see them, replies get lost in the notes. I reply chronologically so very sorry if it takes a while for me to answer

If your favourite character is not included in the poll very sorry i have either never heard of them or actively chose not to include them as theres only 6 characters per poll. Characters will only count of that is their first name, surnames do not count.

Round 174: Leo

Round 175: Annie

Round 176: Julian

Round 177: Lily

Round 178: Chris

Round 179: Joy

Round 180: Cain

Past Polls

Poll Ideas under the cut

Names that I have a complete list for*

Caroline, Rebecca, Steve, Victoria, Katherine, Robin, Clark, Phoebe, Julian, Nancy, Penny, Erica, Theresa, George, Felix, Michael, Charlotte, Diana, Zoe, Connor, Daisy, Maya, Andy, Alma, Nora, Juno, Otto, Donald, Todd, Angel, Judy, Jo, Hazel, Diego, Miranda, Lila, Duncan, Dexter, Meredith, Pearl, Malcolm, Napolean, Joan, Nico, Jamie, Kiera, Tam, Klaus, Luna, Laila, Zack, Imogen, Felicity, Cindy, Alicia, Kelly, Alan, April, Astrid, Delilah, Jodie, Claudia, Juliet, Jonas, Milo, Celia, Katya, Atticus, Ian, Cynthia, Boo, River, Corey, Minerva, Ebony, Zia, Beverly, Rudy, Quentin, Marvin, Miriam, Roxy, Percy, Bianca, Shirley, Beatrice, Amara, Cleo, Cecil, Amaya, Ryan, Mabel, May, August, Leela, Manny, Francis, Matilda, Deborah, Josh, Jared, Sabrina, Kendra, Angus, Ophelia, Liesel, Zelda, Fitz, Aurora, Ramona, Misty, Talia, Orion, Roy, Kala, Madeline, Anastasia, Anna, Kit, Marian, Lena, Polly, Cora, Leah, Jules, Artemis, Irene, Margo, Laurie, Laurel, Hilda, Valentine, Reggie, Felicia, Joe, Monty, Quinn, Skye, Walter, Christine, Marissa, Edmund, Hope, Oberon, Lorna, Ace, Wally, Calvin, Alana, Jasper, Fergus, Bridget, Ulrich, Roger, Mason, Stella, Lenore, Wanda, Miguel, Winona, Hannibal, Newt, Aiden, Oscar, Tobias, Dorian, Dorothy, Una, Marnie, Mirabel, Wendel, Dora, Mort, Olympia, Toby, Chip, Harvey, Mara, Fearne, Axel, Gil, Bo, Remy, Rue, Leslie, Isabelle, Silas, Agnes, Luther, Sally, Delia, Zeke, Richter, Skylar, Scarlet, Bernard, Rusty, Ray, Nigel, Cosmo, Ruth, Selina, Harley, Blue, Cain, Warren, Missy, Perry, Paige, Duke, Tao, Gemma, Cornelius, Declan, Wendy, Apollo, Celeste, Clyde, Nicole, Summer, Hugh, Esther, Cole, Jean (french), Tatiana, Carl, Kieran, Melody, Adrian, Travis, Vivian, Haley, Elle, Prudence, Hans, Ralph, Azrael, Constance, Lauren, Molly, Agatha, Pauline, Athena, Darcy, Stan, Dana, Lee, Ford, Red, Stuart, Camille, Bruce

Names I have an incomplete list for (welcome to send character suggestions)

Richter, Dylan, Chad, Moe, Dean, Guy, Yasmin, Woody, Alina, Freya, Adora, Piper, Gabriel, Owen, Noah, Taylor, Dawn, Ayesha, Parker, Chase, Hunter, Tina, Tanya, Cameron, Rudolf, Melvin, Melanie, Melissa, Melinda, Wolf, Orlando, Adele, Adeline, Jem, Dolores, Jude, Callie, Irma, Lara, Ginger, Terry, Bellamy, Jacob, Jackson, Reese, Nemo, Addison, Adelaide, Candy, Harriet, Abraham, Ragnar, Rupert, Ella, Destiny, Wendy, Bernard, Hero, Drew, Anita, Raphael, Wallace, Jean (feminine), Elena, Cheryl, Rita, Blair, Hugo, Ike, Gaius, Lance, Lois, Riley, Shane, Cliff, Rod, Tegan, Matthias, Liam, Jed, Caeser, Ellis, Dennis, Josie, Mick, Mike, Heather, Trixie, Amber, Bailey, Esme, Ada, Briar, Puck, Eden, Annette, Letitia, Giselle, Suki, Zain, Keith, Ron, Olaf, Wilfred, Blaine, Pam, Brianna, Clive, Sabine, Roman, Carina, Kalina, Mindy, Wade, Julia, Marlene, Lex, Edith, Monet, Marina, Zara, Tsukasa, Octavia, Marcus, Elias, Mira, Sasha, Glen, Yukari, Dinah, Sloane, Farah, Norman

Feel free to send more suggestions

*subject to change, you can still submit a character if there is no strikethrough if you think theres a character that its an absolute crime i dont add. Please don't suggest anything for the names with a strikethrough as they are polls that are already in my queue waiting to be published.

#best character named x #poll #poll game

[randomestfandoms-ocs]

Nieche questions Cosette?

a song that reminds me of them: How To Be A Heartbreaker, Marina

what they smell like: Victoria Secret's Pure Seduction shimmer body lotion (Juiced plum. Crushed freesia)

an otp: tbd

a notp: Cosette x Forester

favorite platonic/familial relationships: Cosette & Michel, Cosette & Mia

a headcanon that is popular in the fandom but that i disagree with: n/a

the position they sleep in: on her back

a crossover au i’d love to see them in: Cosette & Richie of course, Cosette & Prudence, Cosette & @manyfandomocs' Thomas

my favorite outfit they’ve ever worn: 

#ask #answered #the witching ash #cosette gerard #about cosette

[mahkari]

roger x james and victoria x prudence having a toxic yuri face-off

#kari rambles

[we-happy-few-imagines-blog]

Any HCs for if Pru didn't die and came back for Victoria after the fall of joy?

HC for if Pru didn’t die and came back for victoria 

(Spoilers Inbound!) 

Prudence has managed to escape Wellington Wells, at last.Constable Peters offers her a dose of Oblivion, and she thinks about taking it.

But there’s so much she wants to remember, like how she got out.Maybe she can help others escape, when the time is right.

She misses Victoria with all of her heart, and she makes a vow to come back for her some day

A few months pass, and the fall of Wellington Wells has finally come.The food has run out, downers and people with the plague are running rampant through the streets.

Most of the active ingredients in joy can’t be found, and all the substitutes have been used up.Murders are committed left and right, and Victoria looks down from the top window of her house, observing the carnage.

 She was forced to go off her joy at some point, due to the missing ingredients.When she was working at City Hall, she had a crush on Prudence, but felt that she could not express it due to a combination of loyalty to her job her and the restrictive nature of living in Wellington Wells. 

Suddenly, she smelt smoke. Some bastard downer had set her house on fire!Probably to take what little supplies she had left, like her coffee, and half rotten vegetables.She lets out a string of curses, rather unbecoming from someone of her status, and grabs her riding crop, and slings a cricket bat across her back. 

She doesn’t think about grabbing food or bandages, she just makes a run for it, noticing on her way out that flames licked at parts of her once beautiful house.Panic consumes her mind, she is making turns in random directions and scampering down back alleys, avoiding violent doctors and bobbies in blackberry withdrawal.

 Without warning, she slams into someone.They knock each other to the ground, and Victoria accidentally trips and lands face first.Her white mask shatters on the ground, with little bits of (Clay? Porcelain? Plastic?) sticking to her face.

 Victoria quickly attempts to scramble to her feet, ready to thrash whoever did this to her.She reeled in shock when she feels a friendly touch help her stand.A touch she wished to simultaneously forget and remember.It was her dear Prudence, looking older, thinner, more tired, but alive and with that same sparkle in her eyes.

 She wants to yell and scream and shout and cry, with anger or elation, who knows? But before she can do anything, Pru puts a finger to Victoria’s lips and whispers, “Come with me.”Where else can she go? She follows Prudence down into one of the maintenance hatches.

Prudence has had a lot of experience with coming in and out of Wellington Wells, so it isn’t a problem for her to navigate. Once they are safe, Prudence stares deeply into Victoria’s eyes for a moment, before taking a pair of tweezers out of her pack and gently picks off the remaining shards of mask, following that with wiping Victoria’s face with a warm washcloth.

 Victoria’s eyes begin to fill with tears. When was the last time she had been touched in a friendly manner? When was the last time anyone had shown her this much kindness? Prudence wraps her arms around Victoria, and nuzzled in close, saying. “I didn’t want to leave you, my dear V. Now I am here, and nothing else matters.” 

Victoria grieves for all that she has lost, and collapses on a bed, falling asleep with Pru by her side.They will escape together this time, Prudence will make sure of it. 

 (Thennn they get married, right???)

 - Mod Jay

#we happy few #Anonymous #headcanon #WHF #whf imagines #sorry for the long wait #we are back in buisness now #mod jay #prudence #victoria #prudence x victoria

[fashionbooksmilano]

Tiaras: Past and Present

Geoffrey Munn

Designed by Broadbase Special photography by Keuth Davey of Prudence Cuming Associates

Victoria & Albert Museum Publ., London 2002, 128 pages, harccover, 19,40 x 21,60 cm., ISBN   978-0810965942

euro 40,00

email if you want to buy [email protected]

"Tiaras, Past and Present" is published to accompany a major exhibition at the Victoria and Albert Museum in Spring 2002. It is a glittering celebration of these sumptuous jewels which are currently enjoying a revival. Far from being a fashion dinosaur, an outmoded, cumbersome relic from a former age, the tiara is now recognised again as the most flattering and versatile form of jewellery, and contemporary designers vie with one another to reinvent it in ever more imaginative creations. The book explores the origins of the word tiara which derives from the head ornaments of Persian kings. The term tiara encompasses the diadem, said to have been invented by Dionysos, god of wine, the Kokoshnik from early Russia, and the wreath of flowers, perhaps the most appealing source of inspiration for the modern jeweller. Tiaras are considered as emblems of love and marriage, as symbols of aristocratic heritage, and as works of art in their own right in a range of styles from the antique and neo-classical to art deco. The stunning array of contemporary designs indicates that tiaras are now most definitely items of high fashion. Many are shown alongside either their original designs or photographs of their owners from the Queen Mother to Madonna. "Tiaras, Past and Present" traces the history of these magnificent jewels from ancient time to their re-emergence in the First Empire, through the work of famous jewellers like Fabergé , Cartier and Boucheron to the extravagant contemporary creations of Vivienne Westwood and Versace. Tiaras of all types glitter throughout the pages, breathtaking in the sumptuousness of their stones and the intricacy of their design. The tiara is indeed pre-eminent among jewels, and this book is a celebration of them.

03/04/22

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[rubyvroom]

Tens

I had kind of a tough 2019 and did not have the will/energy to write about most of the things that happened or the things I did. It was a Soldier Through And Hopefully Come Out The Other Side kind of year. 

I can at least come up with some end of year lists though, and mention some of the things I never got around to posting here. Unless stated otherwise these lists are in order of preference but I did not sweat that order very much, so left them unnumbered.

Movies from 2019 that I recommend: (This is without a doubt my worst list, I did not see many movies this year. When I get caught up this list will be probably entirely different)

US

Little Women

Knives Out

Captain Marvel

IT Part 2

Velvet Buzzsaw

Toy Story 4

Endgame

Rocketman

Ten strongest albums from 2019 

Sharon Van Etten - Remind Me Tomorrow

Ladytron - Ladytron

Carly Rae Jepsen - Dedicated

Tyler, the Creator - IGOR

Weyes Blood - Titanic Rising

Sigrid - Sucker Punch

Jamila Woods - Legacy! Legacy!

Sleater-Kinney - The Center Won’t Hold

Clairo - Immunity

Lana Del Rey - Norman Fucking Rockwell

Ten songs I loved in 2019 (that were not on the above albums)

King Princess - Prophet

Big Thief - Not / Cattails (a tie)

Billie Ellish - Bury A Friend

The National - Light Years

Aly & AJ - Church

Dua Lipa - Don’t Start Now

Ohmme - Give Me Back My Man

FKA Twigs - Cellophane

HAIM - Summer Girl

Hatchie - Stay With Me

Ten TV Shows I loved in 2019

Fleabag

Russian Doll

Watchmen (note: I am only on episode 2 but I am confidently placing it at Number 3 right now, to my UTTER SHOCK as I didnt even want this to exist)

The Expanse

The Good Place

Schitt’s Creek

Good Omens

True Detective

Los Espookys

Umbrella Academy

Also: His Dark Materials, Stranger Things, Dark, One Day at a Time

Ten bands I saw live in 2019:

Spiritualized (Wilbur Theater)

The National (Agannis Arena)

James Blake (House of Blues)

Hot Chip (Royale)

Carly Rae Jepsen (House of Blues)

Ladytron (Royale)

Mitski (Boston Calling Festival)

CHVRCHES (Boston Calling Festival)

King Princess (Boston Calling Festival)

Christine and the Queens (Boston Calling Festival)

also: Superorganism, Anderson Paak, Yaeji, Tame Impala, Hozier, Adia Victoria

Ten Amazing Sci-Fi/Fantasy authors I discovered in 2019 because I went on a rampage (not all of these books came out this year but they came out recently) 

Martha Wells : The Murderbot Diaries (All Systems Red / Artificial Condition / Rogue Protocol / Exit Strategy)

Seanan McGuire : Wayward Children series (Every Heart a Doorway / Down Amongst the Sticks and Bones / Beneath the Sugar Sky / In an Absent Dream)

S. A Chakraborty : The Daevabad Triology (The City of Brass / The Kingdom of Copper)

Catherynne M. Valente: Space Opera / Radiance

Becky Chambers : A Long Way to a Small Angry Planet / A Closed and Common Orbit / Record of a Spaceborn Few

Liu Cixin : The Three-Body Problem / The Dark Forest / Death’s End

Mary Robinette Kowal : The Lady Astronaut Series (The Calculating Stars / The Fated Sky)

Ken Liu : The Grace of Kings / The Wall of Storms

(On deck for reading are Tender by Sofia Samatar, Ninefox Gambit by Yoon Ha Lee, and The Only Harmless Great Thing by Brooke Bolande so the rampage continues)

Comics Series I am Actually Following in 2019 

The Wicked and The Divine (rip)

Die

Once and Future

Ginseng Roots 

Love and Rockets

My Solo Exchange Diary

The Way of the House Husband

X-Men / House of X / Powers of X

The Immortal Hulk

Finder

Favorite Graphic Novels of 2019

Tillie Walden : Are You Listening?

Colleen AF Venable and Ellen T. Crenshaw : Kiss Number 8

Mariko Tamaki and Rosemary Valero-O'Connell: Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up With Me   

Maia Kobabe: Genderqueer

Jen Wang : Stargazing

Jaime Hernandez : Is This How You See Me?

Brian McDonald and Les McClaine : Old Souls

Lucy Knisley : Kid Gloves

Jim Rugg : Street Angel - Deadliest Girl Alive

Podcasts I listen to regularly in 2019 but none of them are cool or anything

How Did This Get Made

Pop Culture Happy Hour

This Is Actually Happening

Judge John Hodgeman

Conan O’Brien Needs a Friend

Sawbones

How to Be a Girl

Dear Prudence

Beautiful / Anonymous

Unspooled

Video Games I logged the most time playing in 2019 (in the order I played them. In order of preference, RDR2 is #1 followed closely by Sekiro)

Spiderman (PS4 version)

Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice

Red Dead Redemption II

Death Stranding

The fact that there are only 4 listed here should tell you how absorbed I was by all four of these. Next on deck: the Outer Worlds

And that was my year. I also traveled to Barcelona and Rome, got a big promotion, subsequently was left holding the bag when everything fell apart at work, a family member died fairly badly, was depressed, had a lot of writers block, also wrote more than I ever have, turned 40, and a whole lot of other stuff that is kind of a blur and other stuff too personal to get into, but it was A Lot. Here’s hoping 2020 is Not As Much, or at least I handle it better. 

#2019 #best of 2019 #2019 lists #At least when I put them all in one post you'll only have to see it once!

[agentargus]

Finally an updated list of OCs and NPCs!

Roanoke:

Agent Pru

Name: Public Relations Unit (P.R.U.)

Aliases: Prudence Jane Doe, Pru, formerly Prototype Unit

Position: Public Relations, Press Secretary,

Mentor: Agent Ginger Ale, Agent Succubus

FC: Daphne Groeneveld (formerly Moriah Poppy)

Technical Officer Alvinne

Name: Erik Winchester Gibson

Aliases:

Position: Archivist Apprentice, cyber-intelligence

Mentor: Agent Archivist, Former Agent Alvinne

FC: Jade Puget

Former Agent Alvinne

Name: Sybelle Blanche

Position: Sensitive (position since made obsolete, responsibilities changed when code name was passed down.)

Mentor: Lilith

FC: Judith Roberts

Washington Avenue Project:

Agent Umbriel

Name: Dara Hadassah Daochin

Aliases:

Position: Space-time field agent

Mentor: Former Agent Nova

FC: Helen Lasichanh

Technical Officer Abali

Name: Amira Alya Albarado

Position: Interdimensional communications

Mentor: Former Agent Nova

FC: Janelle Monae

Statesman:

Agent Agave

Name: Melinda Margarita Medina-Tomas

Aliases: Meli, former Miss Teen Roseville

Position: intelligence-based field agent

Mentor: Agent Champagne

FC: Alexa Penavega

Repubblica Dei Lupi

Agent Dante Alighieri

Name: Padre Vitus Michaelangelo Xaviero

Aliases: Professor X.

Position: Head

Mentor: Former Agent Dante Alighieri

FC: Al Pacino

Agent Virgil

Name: Gemma Selena Angelini

Aliases: Gem, Virge

Position: Head quartermaster, head of technology department

Mentor: Nicholas Flammel

FC: Victoria Cabello

Agent Cesare

Name: Simona Julia Lombardo

Position: Werewolf ambassador, senior field agent

Mentor: Former Agent Cesare

FC: Marisa Tomei

Agent Pantalone

Name: Silvano Giuseppe Bilal Albarado III

Aliases: Papa

Position: Undead specialist, senior field agent

FC: Pharrell Williams

Agent Colombina

Name: Giuliana Maria Argenti

Aliases: Giu, Giu-Giu

Position: field agent

Mentor: Agent Pantalone

FC: Christina Ricci

Agent Alichino

Name: Dante Feliciano Argenti

Position: Field medic

Mentor: Agent Pantalone, Agent Virgil

FC: Davey Havok

Other:

Name:Ana Paula Argenti

FC: Olivia Hussey

Name: Unknown

Aliases: Il Dottore

FC: Brian Cox

Name: Andrew Lawrence Rees

FC: Robert Englund

Name: Unknown

Aliases: Ted, Teddy Bear

FC:Gerard Butler

Name: Battle-Integrated Laser Lifeform Intelligence Experiment (B.I.L.L.I.E.) #J-03

Aliases: Billie, Billie Joe Adams

FC: Bryan Dechart (formerly Ash Stymest)

[themomsandthecity]

Every Baby Name We Could Possibly Think Of

Naming your baby is a big decision, and with endless options, it can also be a difficult one. Whether you're going the traditional route or want something more unique (if so, read this first!) it's helpful to have a little, or a lot, of inspiration. Ahead, you'll find nearly every baby name we could think of (close to 1,000!). These aren't just random names we found in a book or concocted ourselves - they're almost all monikers we've heard being used, or we actually know someone who goes by the name. If we missed any, tell us in the comments! A Aaliyah Aaron Abbie Abel Abigail Abraham Adalyn Adam Addilyn Addison Adelaide Adeline Adley Adora Agatha Aiden Alan Albert Aleph Alexander Alexis Ali Alma Alton Ama Amanda Amaryllis Amber Ameila Amélie Amy Anders Anderson Andrea Andrew Angie Angela Angelica Anika Anna Annalise Anne Annie Ansel Apple April Arata Archie Aria Ariane Ariel Arlee Arlo Arman Arthur Arun Arwen Arya Asha Asher Aspen Atticus Aton Aubrey Audrey August Augustus Aurora Ava Avery Axel Aziz B Bailey Barack Barbara Barney Barry Beatrice Beau Beckett Beckham Becky Ben Benedict Benjamin Bennett Bentley Bernadette Beth Bette Betty Beverly Bexley Bianca Bill Billie Bingham Bishop Bitsie Blake Blue Bobby Bodhi Bonnie Bowie Brady Braelynn Brandon Brayden Brecken Bree Brent Brenton Brett Brian Briana Briar Bridgette Brienne Brig Brigham Brinley Brio Britta Brock Brody Bronwyn Brooklyn Bruno Bryan Byron C Caden Caitlin Caity Cale Caleb Calla Calvin Camari Cameron Camilla Carena Carina Carl Carmel Carol Carrey Carter Cary Casey Caspian Cat Catherine Celine Chandler Chanel Channing Charise Charlene Charles Charlotte Chase Cher Cheri Cheriann Cheryl Chevy Chip Chloe Chris Chrissy Christian Christopher Claire Clara Clark Clary Claudia Clementine Clifford Clint Clinton Clyde Colin Collins Condoleezza Connor Conrad Constance Coolidge Cooper Cora Corban Courtney Cruz Related: 100 of the Most Beautiful Baby Names D Daisy Dale Dallas Damon Dane Danica Daniel Danielle Daphne Darby Darlene Darrel Daryl Dashiell Dave David Davina Davis Davon Dawn Dean Deanna Declan Dekel Delaney Delilah Delta Dennis Denzel Desmond Dev Devon Dexter Diane Dinah Dixie Dixon Dolores Dominique Donald Doris Dorothea Dorothy Dot Duke Duncan Dwight Dylan E Easton Ed Eden Edith Edmund Edward Effie Eleanor Elena Eli Eliana Elijah Elise Elizabeth Ella Elle Ellen Ellerie Ellie Elliott Ellis Elodie Eloise Elora Elroy Elsa Elsie Embry Emerson Emily Emma Emmett Eric Erica Esme Esmeralda Esther Ethan Ethel Eugene Evan Eve Evelyn Everett Evie Ewan Ezra F Farah Fay Felix Ferris Finn Fiona Fisher Fitz Fleur Flint Florence Floyd Flynn Ford Forrest Foster Fox Frances Frank Franklin Frederick G Gabe Gabriel Gaige Gail Gant Garrett Garth Gavin Gem Gemma Gene Genesis Gertrude George Gianna Gibson Gigi Gina Ginger Gladys Glenn Gloria Gordon Grace Grady Graham Grant Grayson Greer Gregory Griffin Grover Gus Gwen Gwyneth H Hadlee Hailey Hal Halle Hank Hannah Harding Harlow Harlyn Harold Harper Harriet Harrison Harry Hart Hartley Harvey Haven Hawk Hawthorne Hayden Hayes Hays Hazel Hector Heath Heather Helen Henley Henry Hillary Honor Holden Holly Holt Hope Hubert Hudson Hugo Humphrey Hunter Hurley Hutton Related: Based Off Last Year's Trends, These 30 Names Will Be Among the Most Popular of 2017 I Ian Ida Idris Ike Imanuel Imogen India Indy Ingrid Inizio Ireland Iris Irvin Isa Isaac Isabella Isabelle Isaiah Isla Israel Ivana Ivory J Jack Jackie Jackson Jacob Jacqueline Jaden Jaelyn Jagger Jake James Jameson Jamie Jane January Jason Jasper Jaun Jax Jaxon Jayce Jayden Jeannette Jed Jeff Jefferson Jenna Jess Jessica Jessie Jill Jillian Joan Joanna Joaquin Joe John Jones Jordan Joseph Josephine Josh Joshua Joslyn Joss Joy Joyce Judith Judy Jules Julia Julian Julie Juliet Julius June Juno Justin K Kai Kaia Kale Kalinda Kane Karah Katharine Kathryn Kate Kay Kaya Kaylee Keanu Keegan Keira Keith Kellan Kelly Kelsey Kendall Kennedy Kevin Khloe Kiah Kiele Kiera Kim Kima Kimberly Kingston Kinsley Kirk Kit Kitty Knox Krista Kristen Kurtis Kyle Kylie L Laith Lake Lana Landon Lane Larissa Larkin Laszlo Laura Lauren Lawrence Layla Leah Lee Leia Leighton Leilani Lena Lennon Leo Leonard Leslie Levi Lewis Leyona Lia Liam Liana Lida Lilith Lillian Lily Lincoln Lindsay Lionel Lisa Lisette Liz Logan Lois Lola London Loretta Lorraine Louella Louise Lucas Lucian Lucille Lucy Luke Luna Lux Lyle Lyndon Lynne Related: 100 Unusual Boy Names M Mabel Mabrey Mac Macallan Mackenzie Macy Madeleine Madelyn Madison Mae Maeby Maggie Mahershala Maia Makena Malcolm Maleeya Malia Mamie Mandy Marabelle Marcus Maren Margaret Margot Mari Maria Mariah Mariam Marilyn Marin Marion Marisole Marisse Marjorie Mark Marlene Marlon Marlowe Martha Martin Mary Mason Matilda Matthew Maui Mavis Maximus Maxson May Maya McKinley Megan Melissa Meredith Merritt Meryl Meyer Mia Michael Michelle Mika Mike Mila Mildred Miles Millie Milo Moana Molly Monica Monroe Montgomery Morgan Moses Muhammad Murray Myles N Nahall Nahla Nancy Nanette Naomie Nasima Natalie Nate Nathan Naveen Naya Neil Neisa Neo Neoma Newt Newton Niall Nicholas Nick Nico Nicole Nicolette Nigel Nile Nimah Nixon Noah Noel Nolan Nora Norma Norman North Nova O Obama Octavia Olly Olive Oliver Olivia Omar Opal Ophelia Ordell Oriana Orion Orlando Orson Orville Oscar Otis Otto Owen P Paige Paislee Paloma Pandora Paris Parker Patrick Patsy Paul Payton Pearl Peggy Penelope Penn Penny Perry Pete Peyton Phillip Phoebe Phoenix Phyllis Pierce Piper Polly Poppy Porter Posey Preston Primrose Priya Prudence Priscilla Q Quaid Quincy Quentin Quinn Quinten R Rachel Radley Rae Ralph Ramsey Rayna Rayne Reagan Rebecca Reese Reeve Reid Reign Remi Renly Rex Rhea Rhett Rhys Richard Rick Riley Ripley River Rivers Rob Robert Robin Rome Romy Ronald Ronin Rooney Roosevelt Rory Rosalind Rosalynn Rosamund Rose Rosemary Ross Rowan Roy Royce Ruby Rue Ruth Rutherford Ryan Ryder Related: 100 Unique Yet Beautiful Girls' Names S Sacha Sage Sahara Saint Sam Samuel Sandra Sandy Sansa Sarah Saul Savannah Sawyer Scarlett Schuyler Scout Sean Sebastian Selena Sena Seymour Shane Shannon Shea Shelly Sherlock Sherry Shiloh Shirley Sia Sidney Sienna Simon Skyler Sloan Sofia Solo Sonia Sophia Sophie Spencer Stacy Stanley Stella Stephanie Sterling Stetson Stuart Sue Sullivan Summer Suri Susan Sylvia T Tabitha Tad Tamera Tamsyn Tanner Tara Tate Taylor Teagan Teddy Terrance Thea Thelma Theordore Theresa Thomas Tim Tina Tinley Toby Todd Tom Tony Travis Travon Trent Trey Tricia Trinity Tripp Tristan Troy Truman Turner Tyler Tyson V Valentina Valentine Vance Vaughan Vaughn Vera Vern Victor Victoria Viggo Vince Vincent Viola Violet Virgil Vivian W Waldo Walker Wallis Walter Warren Watson Waverly Wells Wes Wesley Westley Whitney Will Willa William Willow Wilson Winter Wolfe Wren Wyatt X Xander Xavier Xeno Y Yanet Yani Yigal York Yuma Yvette Z Zachary Zahir Zander Zane Zaylee Zayn Zion Zoe Zola Zooey Zora Zuma Zuri Related: These Are the Most Popular Baby Names of 2016 http://bit.ly/2kR9iwY

#Baby Names

[bhfineart]

Monumental Painting by Emily Kame Kngwarreye in a First at Art Basel

In a first for Art Basel which concluded on 16 June 2019, paying for a stand at the world’s most prestigious art fair, has become somewhat easier (if you are accepted into the fair by the vetting committee in the first place – 290 this year from 34 different countries). Art Basel director Marc Spiegler announced in his press conference on the opening VIP day that square metre prices for smaller galleries are less than those paid by mega-galleries like Gagosian, Zwirner, Hauser & Wirth, Acquavella, Helly Nahmand and others.

[caption id="attachment_5755" align="alignleft" width="300"] In a first for Art Basel, Salon 94 partner Alissa Friedman presenting Emily Kame Kngwarreye’s Yam Dreaming 1996, acrylic on linen, 205 x 360 cm, at their Art Basel 2019 booth.[/caption]

Up until now all participating galleries have paid 830 francs (AUD $1,200) per square meter of exhibition space. From this year the price will depend on the size of the gallery’s stand. A 25 square meter stand will cost 760 francs (AUD$1,100) per square meter while a 124 meter stand will cost 905 francs (AUD $1,300) per square meter.

These galleries of course occupy the premium locations at the fair, but now perhaps the playing field has been levelled to some degree, as galleries that are not selling multi-million dollar artworks might be able to at least break even, if not profit from sales of the artists they represent.

The cost of general admission is 58 francs (AUD$85).

As Art Basel Hong Kong is now Australia’s nearest international art fair, one does not expect to see too many Aussies on the ground in Basel. Those spotted however included regular exhibitors at Art Basel Hong Kong Joanna Sullivan and Ursula Strumpf. Martin Browne, also of his namesake gallery, was present, as was Sydney art consultant Mark Hughes, and Felicity Johnson, director of Western Australia’s Art Collective WA, which represents some of the Western Australia’s finest artists.

It was exciting to see that Mother’s Tankstation with galleries in Dublin and London represent not just one, but two Australian artists, with their paintings now for international collectors on full display: Prudence Flint’s aloof women and Noel McKenna’s quirky take on our animal companions. A show of Prudence Flint’s work has also just opened in their Dublin Gallery (8 May to 29 June). Mother’s Tankstation considers the international market for both artists as strong and growing. In Australia, Prudence Flint is represented by Bett Gallery in Hobart and Australian Galleries in Sydney, while Noel McKenna is showing with Niagara Galleries in Melbourne and Darren Knight in Sydney.

It was announced to much fanfare that Simon Lee Gallery of London and New York now represents one of Australia’s most sought after contemporary artists Cressida Campbell. Her work was presented at Art Basel Hong Kong in 2018, so we were a little disappointed not to see any of her sublime woodcuts displayed at Simon Lee’s very large stand. But perhaps that is not so surprising, given her work is in such high demand in Australia and therefore in short supply.

Campbell’s work doesn’t look necessarily like a natural fit at Simon Lee Gallery against the very different style of say George Condo or Mel Bochner. However Kimberly Brown of their London Gallery pointed out that diversity was integral to the Simon Lee model and its success. Hopefully we will see an exhibition of her work in London soon.

Meanwhile with a slim supply of her work in commercial galleries – in Australia, Campbell is represented by Sophie Gannon in Melbourne and Philip Bacon Galleries in Brisbane, the auction room is helping out desperate collectors to a (small) degree. Lack of supply is pushing prices well above recent retail prices. Sotheby’s sold two large and important interior scenes by Campbell just recently: Interior with Sunflowers and Figs, 1998, sold for more than $200,000 incl. buyer’s premium in April this year, and in the same sale, her auction record was broken again by Interior with Wheat, 1996, selling for $256,000 IBP.

A major survey show of Campbell’s work is currently on at Hamilton Gallery in Victoria until 7th July.

Aboriginal art is having a major moment in time in New York, with Gagosian Gallery’s non-selling exhibition of comedian Steve Martin’s collection, and Sotheby’s first auction of Aboriginal Art ever in the US in New York is scheduled for November this year – a very exciting development for the Aboriginal art movement.

Spotting a large iconic Emily Kame Kngwarreye painting at Art Basel was however completely unexpected. It is quite possible that this is the first time that a work by perhaps Australia’s most outstanding Aboriginal artist has been shown in the premier commercial hub of the contemporary art world. The gallery exhibiting Yam Dreaming, 1996, 205 x 360 cm, is Salon 94, a gallery with three New York locations.

This is no co-incidence: Salon 94 represent two Aboriginal artists, Warlimpirrnga Tjapaltjarri and Yukultji Napangati whose serene Untitled, 2019, 152 x 121 cm is also on display at their Art Basel booth. The gallery has already shown both artists in New York to great acclaim:  Warlimpirrnga in September and October 2015 and Yukultji from January to March this year.

Speaking with Salon 94 partner Alissa Friedman, her enthusiasm for these artists and Aboriginal art was obvious, but she said that it was a slow process spreading the appreciation of Aboriginal as contemporary art in this environment. If the number of photographs taken of the gloriously colourful Emily at the Salon 94 booth is any indication, this might happen sooner rather than later. The asking price for this very typical Emily at Art Basel is US$350,000 (AU$500,000).

Another Australian artist represented at Art Basel is Jemima Wyman, here courtesy of Commonwealth and Council Gallery Los Angeles, and in Australia the artist is with Milani Gallery in Brisbane and Sullivan + Strumpf in Sydney.

Meanwhile, very brisk business was being done with considerable numbers of multi-million USD / Euro / Swiss franc and GBP sales reported by Art Basel management. The top spot went to Gerhard Richter’s 1966 Versammlung (Gathering), which had been off market for 50 years and was sold for USD 20 million on Tuesday by David Zwirner Gallery. Lévy Gorvy sold Christopher Wool’s Untitled, 2004, for around USD 6 million, and Mark Grotjahn’s Untitled (Indian #2 Face 45.47), 2014 for around USD 5 million, amongst other million dollar sales such as an Alberto Giacometti Bronze from 1961 priced between USD 2-2.5 million. (In case you are wondering, this is actually how prices were communicated).

Skarstedt Gallery sold Richard Prince’s The Housewife and the Grocer, 1988, for USD 3 million, and a George Condo Man and Woman, 2019 for US$1.5 million.

We noticed Alexander Calder’s ethereal mobiles on prominent display at several galleries. If you are interested: they come with a hefty price tag, as Galerie Thomas (Munich) reported the sale of an untitled work from 1966 in the range of USD2 million. This makes something like David Hockney’s bold photographic drawings going for around USD 52,000 to USD60,000 look like comparative bargains, as sold through Pace/MacGill Gallery.

The vibe at this year’s Art Basel two VIP preview days was very buzzy. Buyers and sellers looked fully engaged and ready to spend, which seems to have translated according to the number of reported sales. Of course not all galleries are inclined to reveal their sales, and a noticeable absence from this list was Gagosian Gallery which does not even label the artworks exhibited – either you know your contemporary artists or you don’t.

High fashion was of course ever present, but with enormous ground to cover with close to 300 galleries, footwear always has to be carefully considered. Prada sneakers were a popular choice for ladies, whilst Tod’s suede loafers were the preferred shoes for many male art buyers, with the occasional Balenciaga super chunky sneaker making an appearance.

Art Basel makes Sydney Contemporary look like extremely good value, and visiting Art Basel makes us appreciate fully how lucky we are to have such a high quality contemporary art fair in Sydney which represents the best of Australian contemporary art, but at prices at a fraction of their international counterpart.

Exclusive article by David Hulme and Brigitte originally published in AASD.

Monumental Painting by Emily Kame Kngwarreye in a First at Art Basel is courtesy of: BH Fine Art

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Roleplay Character Rolodex

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by samcroqueen

An organised list of characters i roleplay online

Words: 3688, Chapters: 7/?, Language: English

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Categories: F/F, F/M, M/M, Multi

Characters: Elizabeth Marie Stark, Lydia Jane Smith, Eleanor Marie Teller, Clara-Lee Uley, Melody Grey, Emma Prudence Stackhouse, Eerika Alfsson, Mason Isaac Uley, Grayson Robert Jones, Hazel Lee McCall, Samantha Jane Teller-Lowman, Clementine Reese McCall, Victoria Williams, Charlotte Grace Grimes, Teresa Shields, Beatrice Rose Spellman, Madelyn Ravenhorn, Abigail Page, Madeline Lee, Olive Grace Lupin, Abigail Jones, Riley Hales, Annemarie Longshire

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Roleplay Character Rolodex

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by samcroqueen

An organised list of characters i roleplay online

Words: 1518, Chapters: 2/?, Language: English

Fandoms: The Avengers (Marvel Movies), Chilling Adventures of Sabrina (TV 2018), Teen Wolf (TV), The 100 (TV), The Vampire Diaries (TV), The Originals (TV), X-Men - All Media Types, Marvel Cinematic Universe, The Defenders (Marvel TV), The Blacklist (US TV), Twilight, Sons of Anarchy, Mayans M.C. (TV), True Blood, Divergent (Movies), Vikings (TV), The Walking Dead (TV), The Mortal Instruments Series - Cassandra Clare, Peaky Blinders (TV), Riverdale (TV 2017), Harry Potter - Fandom

Rating: Mature

Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings

Categories: F/F, F/M, M/M, Multi

Characters: Elizabeth Marie Stark, Lydia Jane Smith, Eleanor Marie Teller, Clara-Lee Uley, Melody Grey, Emma Prudence Stackhouse, Eerika Alfsson, Mason Isaac Uley, Grayson Robert Jones, Hazel Lee McCall, Samantha Jane Teller-Lowman, Clementine Reese McCall, Victoria Williams, Charlotte Grace Grimes, Teresa Shields, Beatrice Rose Spellman, Madelyn Ravenhorn, Abigail Page, Madeline Lee, Olive Grace Lupin, Abigail Jones, Riley Hales, Annemarie Longshire

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Roleplay Character Rolodex

read it on the AO3 at http://bit.ly/2KHazXS

by samcroqueen

An organised list of characters i roleplay online

Words: 1518, Chapters: 2/?, Language: English

Fandoms: The Avengers (Marvel Movies), Chilling Adventures of Sabrina (TV 2018), Teen Wolf (TV), The 100 (TV), The Vampire Diaries (TV), The Originals (TV), X-Men - All Media Types, Marvel Cinematic Universe, The Defenders (Marvel TV), The Blacklist (US TV), Twilight, Sons of Anarchy, Mayans M.C. (TV), True Blood, Divergent (Movies), Vikings (TV), The Walking Dead (TV), The Mortal Instruments Series - Cassandra Clare, Peaky Blinders (TV), Riverdale (TV 2017), Harry Potter - Fandom

Rating: Mature

Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings

Categories: F/F, F/M, M/M, Multi

Characters: Elizabeth Marie Stark, Lydia Jane Smith, Eleanor Marie Teller, Clara-Lee Uley, Melody Grey, Emma Prudence Stackhouse, Eerika Alfsson, Mason Isaac Uley, Grayson Robert Jones, Hazel Lee McCall, Samantha Jane Teller-Lowman, Clementine Reese McCall, Victoria Williams, Charlotte Grace Grimes, Teresa Shields, Beatrice Rose Spellman, Madelyn Ravenhorn, Abigail Page, Madeline Lee, Olive Grace Lupin, Abigail Jones, Riley Hales, Annemarie Longshire

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Roleplay Character Rolodex

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by samcroqueen

An organised list of characters i roleplay online

Words: 1518, Chapters: 2/?, Language: English

Fandoms: The Avengers (Marvel Movies), Chilling Adventures of Sabrina (TV 2018), Teen Wolf (TV), The 100 (TV), The Vampire Diaries (TV), The Originals (TV), X-Men - All Media Types, Marvel Cinematic Universe, The Defenders (Marvel TV), The Blacklist (US TV), Twilight, Sons of Anarchy, Mayans M.C. (TV), True Blood, Divergent (Movies), Vikings (TV), The Walking Dead (TV), The Mortal Instruments Series - Cassandra Clare, Peaky Blinders (TV), Riverdale (TV 2017), Harry Potter - Fandom

Rating: Mature

Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings

Categories: F/F, F/M, M/M, Multi

Characters: Elizabeth Marie Stark, Lydia Jane Smith, Eleanor Marie Teller, Clara-Lee Uley, Melody Grey, Emma Prudence Stackhouse, Eerika Alfsson, Mason Isaac Uley, Grayson Robert Jones, Hazel Lee McCall, Samantha Jane Teller-Lowman, Clementine Reese McCall, Victoria Williams, Charlotte Grace Grimes, Teresa Shields, Beatrice Rose Spellman, Madelyn Ravenhorn, Abigail Page, Madeline Lee, Olive Grace Lupin, Abigail Jones, Riley Hales, Annemarie Longshire

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Exhibition:  To Rome and Back: Individualism and Authority in Art, 1500–1800 On view:  June 24, 2018–March 17, 2019 Location:  Resnick Pavilion

(Los Angeles—May, 2018) The Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) is pleased to present To Rome and Back: Individualism and Authority in Art, 1500–1800. Assembled almost entirely from LACMA’s permanent collection, this examination of Rome presents gifts from years of support to the museum’s departments of Costume and Textiles, Decorative Arts and Design, Latin American Art, and Prints and Drawings, in addition to European Painting and Sculpture. The exhibition features 130 objects across a wide range of media, including painting, sculpture, paper, decorative arts (such as ceramics, glass, and cork), tapestries, and costumes. Collectively, these works reveal the importance of Rome to artists and audiences operating in a variety of contexts from the Renaissance to the Enlightenment.

For more than 2,000 years, Rome has occupied a central place in the cultural imagination: as a proud republic, as a powerful then decadent empire, as the seat of Catholicism, and above all, as a link to antiquity and the classical world. While its fortunes may have waxed and waned over its long history, its classical epithet—the Eternal City—reflects the enduring power of its legacy and its unceasing ability to inspire thinkers, writers, and artists in Italy and beyond.

“We’re excited to present an exhibition that highlights collaboration across multiple museum departments,” says Michael Govan, LACMA CEO and Wallis Annenberg Director. “By including collection objects and meaningful input from five curatorial areas, we are able to show how the importance of Rome as a source of inspiration is not just about European painting.”

“To Rome and Back is essentially LACMA’s first opportunity to display a significant portion of its European material in a narrative outside of our permanent collection galleries, and effectively showcase some of the museum’s great highlights,” says Leah Lehmbeck, acting department head of European Painting and Sculpture at LACMA and curator of the exhibition. “At the same time, we are providing context with lesser- known objects within the museum’s collection, some of which have rarely been on view.”

Related Programming: Visit lacma.org for the latest on exhibition-related programming. Curator-written tours are available at the beginning of the exhibition. Visitors may choose from three guides focusing on different themes. This exhibition was organized by the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.

  Unknown, Triumph of Peace, 16th century, Wool, silk, and linen tapestry weave, 82 3/4 × 232 in. (210.19 × 589.28 cm), Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. Giles W. Mead in memory of her husband Giles W. Mead (50.24)

Unknown, Roman copy after Greek original Sometimes attributed to Skopas, The Hope Hygieia, 2nd-century copy, circa 130–161, after a Greek original of circa 360 B.C., Roman, Marble, 75 × 25 × 18 in. (190.5 × 63.5 × 45.72 cm), Los Angeles County Museum of Art, William Randolph Hearst Collection (50.33.23)

Pierre Le Gros II, Saint Thomas, 1703-1704, Terracotta, 27 3/8 × 18 1/2 × 10 3/4 in. (69.53 × 46.99 × 27.31 cm), Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Purchased with funds provided by William Randolph Hearst by exchange, The Ahmanson Foundation, Chandis Securities Company, B. Gerald Cantor, Camilla Chandler Frost, Anna Bing Arnold, an anonymous donor, and Duveen Brothers, Inc., Mr. and Mrs. William Preston Harrison, Mr. and Mrs. Pierre Sicard, Colonel and Mrs. George J. Dennis, and Julia Off by exchange (84.1), photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Pompeo Batoni, Portrait of Sir Wyndham Knatchbull-Wyndham, 1758-1759, Oil on canvas, Canvas: 91 3/4 × 63 1/2 in. (233.05 × 161.29 cm), Frame: 107 × 79 × 4 1/2 in. (271.78 × 200.66 × 11.43 cm), Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of The Ahmanson Foundation (AC1994.128.1)

Unknown, Cope, 1700-1725, Silk, chenille, and metallic thread embroidery on silver-shot silk taffeta ground, Center back length: 57 7/8 in. (147 cm), Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Costume Council Fund (AC1996.62.1), photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Michael Sweerts, Plague in an Ancient City, circa 1652-1654, Oil on canvas, Canvas: 46 3/4 × 64 1/4 in. (118.75 × 163.2 cm), Frame: 62 × 84 × 5 in. (157.48 × 213.36 × 12.7 cm), Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of The Ahmanson Foundation (AC1997.10.1), photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Domenico Moglia, The Colosseum, circa 1850, Glass micromosaic on marble, Glass micromosaic on marble, Long-term loan from The Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Collection on loan to the Victoria and Albert Museum, London. Photo © Victoria and Albert Museum, London / V&A Images

Unknown, Archangel Raphael, circa 1600, Polychromed and gilded wood, 68 1/2 × 36 1/4 × 36 in. (173.99 × 92.08 × 91.44 cm), Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Anna Bing Arnold (M.77.52a)

Georges de la Tour, The Magdalen with the Smoking Flame, circa 1638-1640, Oil on canvas, Canvas: 46 1/16 × 36 1/8 in. (117 × 91.76 cm), Frame: 57 1/4 × 47 1/2 × 4 1/2 in. (145.42 × 120.65 × 11.43 cm), Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of The Ahmanson Foundation (M.77.73), photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Clodion (Claude Michel), Bacchic Scene, 1773, Terra-cotta, 13 × 14 × 2 in. (33.02 × 35.56 × 5.08 cm), Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Art Museum Council Fund (M.80.127), photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Francesco Picano, Circle of Domenico Antonio Vaccaro, Lorenzo Vaccaro, Saint Michael Casting Satan into Hell, 1705, Polychromed wood and glass, 52 1/2 × 27 1/4 × 24 3/4 in. (133.35 × 69.22 × 62.87 cm), Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of The Ahmanson Foundation (M.82.7), photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Ludovico Mazzanti, The Death of Lucretia, c. 1730, oil on canvas, 71 × 56 in. (180.3 × 142.2 cm), Los Angeles County Museum of Art, gift of The Ahmanson Foundation (M.82.75), photo © Museum Associates / LACMA

Unknown, Cope, 1700-1725, Silk, chenille, and metallic thread embroidery on silver-shot silk taffeta ground, Center back length: 57 7/8 in. (147 cm), Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Costume Council Fund (AC1996.62.1), photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Carl May, Model of the Arch of the Argentarii, circa 1792-1795, Cork, tinted stucco, and sand on modern wood base, Base (On base): 18 × 19 1/2 × 10 1/2 in. (45.72 × 49.53 × 26.67 cm), Overall: 18 x 19 1/2 x 10 1/2 in. (45.72 x 49.53 x 26.67 cm), Case (Glass presentation case): 17 1/8 x 18 x 9 1/8 in. (43.4975 x 45.72 x 23.1775 cm), Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Purchased with funds provided by Cary Grant by exchange (M.2004.33), photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Ludovico Lombardo, Bust of Lucius Junius Brutus, c. 1550, bronze, 30 × 27 × 11 in. (76.2 × 68.58 × 27.94 cm), Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of The Ahmanson Foundation (M.2005.60) photo © Museum Associates / LACMA

Unknown, Woman’s Dress, circa 1795, Cotton plain weave, Center back length: 65 in. (165.1 cm), Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Purchased with funds provided by Suzanne A. Saperstein and Michael and Ellen Michelson, with additional funding from the Costume Council, the Edgerton Foundation, Gail and Gerald Oppenheimer, Maureen H. Shapiro, Grace Tsao, and Lenore and Richard Wayne (M.2007.211.868)

Giovanni Baratta, Allegorical Figure of Wealth, from Palazzo Giugni, Florence, circa 1703-1708, White carrara marble, on later statuary marble pedestals set with panels and sections of green serpentine marble, Figure: 71 × 29 × 22 in. (180.34 × 73.66 × 55.88 cm), Base: 41 1/4 × 31 × 22 in. (104.78 × 78.74 × 55.88 cm), Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of The Ahmanson Foundation (M.2011.81.1), photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Gian Lorenzo Bernini, Portrait of a Gentleman, circa 1670-1675, Marble, a) Sculpture: 21 7/16 × 21 1/16 × 10 5/8 in. (54.5 × 53.5 × 27 cm), Base: 6 11/16 × 9 7/16 × 7 7/8 in. (17 × 24 × 20 cm), a-b) Overall: 28 × 22 × 13 in. (71.12 × 55.88 × 33.02 cm), Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of The Ahmanson Foundation in honor of the museum’s 50th anniversary (M.2015.4-b), photo © Museum Associates / LACMA

Giambologna, Flying Mercury, probably 1580s, Bronze, including base: 36 × 9 × 11 1/4 in. (91.44 × 22.86 × 28.58 cm), Promised gift of Lynda and Stewart Resnick in honor of the museum’s 50th anniversary (PG.2014.7.4)

Giovanni Baratta, Allegorical Figure of Prudence, from Palazzo Giugni, Florence, circa 1703-1708, White carrara marble, on later statuary marble pedestals set with panels and sections of green serpentine marble, Figure: 71 5/8 × 29 × 22 in. (181.93 × 73.66 × 55.88 cm), Base: 41 1/4 × 31 × 22 in. (104.78 × 78.74 × 55.88 cm), Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of The Ahmanson Foundation (M.2011.81.2), photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

About The Exhibition: To Rome and Back explores Rome as place, idea, and as a center of artistic patronage and production through three centuries. The exhibition follows the city from around 1500, when its classical structures and forms permeated art and architecture during the Renaissance, through the Counter-Reformation, when a resurgent Rome re-emerged as a powerhouse of patronage and artistic innovation, to the eve of the industrial age in the 18th century, when the city’s ancient glory seduced an increasingly mobile continent. Even at the height of its influence in the 17th century, Rome harbored deep contradictions—between ancient and novel, pagan and Christian, individualism and authority—and these tensions contribute to the dynamism of the city’s artistic legacy and its continued resonance.

The exhibition reveals Rome’s impact through seven thematic sections, which are organized in loose chronological order. The exhibition begins with a section entitled Meanings Of Rome. Reeling from the devastating one-two punch of the city’s spiritual collapse in the wake of the Protestant Reformation in 1517 as well as its physical sack in 1527, 16th-century Rome was a city piecing itself together. Despite these setbacks for the city itself, physical manifestations of the ancient empire, the characteristics that came to evoke “Rome”—both real and imagined—were already visible in cultural production occurring elsewhere in Italy. This section of the exhibition presents a selection of 16th-century Italian paintings, sculptures, and decorative arts that were produced outside of Rome but incorporate references or allusions to the ancient city. For example, at the entrance to the exhibition, Archangel Raphael, sculpted of wood and exquisitely painted, wears a uniform inspired by Roman military garb. In a large devotional picture of the Holy Family by Giorgio Vasari, the Virgin wears garments inspired by antique dress, while the ancient ruins at Tivoli are visible in the background. The vitrines at the center of the gallery include both ancient Roman glasswork and 16th-century examples that emulated ancient Roman techniques.

The practice of Identifying and Collecting objects and works of art associated with Rome is explored in the next section. During the 16th-century, the papacy and Roman aristocracy commissioned new masterworks by artists like Raphael and Michelangelo; images of these new monuments, as well as ancient ones, were circulated through prints and contributed to a growing interest in Roman history, art, and architecture. Ancient material, as well as tapestries, painting, sculpture, furniture, and other domestic objects referencing the classical world through technique, subject, or style, were widely collected in patrician homes and served to bolster the collector’s status and legitimacy. LACMA’s portrait of Marino Grimani, by the Venetian artist, Tintoretto, depicts one such collector, and while his powerful and wealthy family fought to reduce the influence of the Roman papacy in and around Venice, they assumed the heritage of ancient Rome as their own.

The following section, entitled A Roman Style, examines a powerful moment of stylistic innovation that emerged in Rome at the dawn of the 17th century, just as the city was benefiting from a reinvigorated papacy, and emphasized physical and emotional realism. Largely associated with the painter Caravaggio, its influence can be detected in pictures emphasizing the quiet drama of religious and humanist figures, or in the portrayal of everyday subjects. While the style’s popularity in Rome lasted only a few decades, it had a lasting impact on painting in Italy and beyond. More recently, the modern interest in realism has contributed to the popularity of this material in public collections, including LACMA’s.

The next section gathers painting, sculpture, decorative arts, and textiles around the theme of Inspiration and Awe. During the 17th and 18th centuries, the Catholic Church and other patrons commissioned works of art designed to inspire audiences with their vibrant colors, drama, and theatricality, while new conceptions of time and space contributed to the adoption of illusionistic pictorial techniques. These stirring compositions and techniques are visible in religious works of art and objects, such as altarpiece paintings and ecclesiastical textiles, as well as domestic furniture and other decorative objects.

The works in the following gallery speak to the Classical Authority of Rome. As the city established itself as an increasingly powerful cultural and artistic center, it continued to attract artists from beyond Italy, who absorbed the city’s monuments, forms, and styles, then returned home or continued their travels to France, Belgium, Holland, Spain, and even New Spain. The concentrated and calculated use of mythological stories, antique models, and rhetorical and theatrical gesture flourished in 17th-century Rome, and these modes of art making came to signify institutional authority well beyond the borders of the Italian peninsula.

The next section explores a preference and Taste For The Antique among newly mobile Europeans, particularly young, British aristocrats on the “Grand Tour,” who arrived in Rome to complete their educations and establish their reputations. Such men of means, such as Sir Wyndham Knatchbull-Wyndham, whose portrait by Pompeo Batoni is featured in this section, commissioned portraits with references to popular classical motifs and recognizable antique sculpture, and collected antiquities as well as modern replicas of classical Rome. Their presence contributed to a growing market in decorative objects showcasing loosely classical themes, as well as the incorporation of ancient forms into contemporary dress.

Finally, A Sense Of Place includes objects produced as Rome’s power began to wane in the mid-1800s, in part due to the emergence of enlightenment thought. Many of these works of art, in their references to Rome’s monuments and ancient past, harbor an air of nostalgia that is new to these visions of place. Visitors commissioned or purchased prints, drawings, and small collectibles, as well as painting and sculpture that were produced for an increasingly globalized market. While many of these objects reference the Roman cityscape and countryside, their function is not simply documentary. Hubert Robert, for example, created a monumental and fanciful combination of 18th-century France and ancient Rome, while Piranesi circulated countless prints of actual sites alongside imagined ruins.

The exhibition’s thematic approach and its inclusion of spectacular works of art across many different media and curatorial departments will allow museum visitors to appreciate the myriad ways in which Rome inspired artists and patrons during a critical period in its history.

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Kildale to Saltburn

So Facepeeps, We’re back at Kildale with every intention of walking to Saltburn. We’ll be meeting a slow worm that I think is a snake and a bit of interesting stuff about Saltburn. The route includes a visit to Captain Cook and a great view of Roseberry from the east whereas most road views are from the other points of the compass but usually include a westerly component.

We’ve done this route before but usually in two outings. It’s bit of a haul to start with a 500 foot ascent in about a mile (160m in less than 2km). The day is beautiful with wall to wall blue skies and the odd fluffy cumulus to represent traditional summer.  The early part of the track is, in fact, a road. It winds its way up the rear of Captain Cook so to speak and approaches the monument from the east through Mill Bank Wood. I need a couple of stops on this one to catch my breath but regain some of my stamina as the track levels out and I find the final steps rather easier than the initial haul.

The monument to Captain Cook is not a statue, it’s not a statue. It is quite impressive and the views are quite spectacular. The easier approach is from the North and there is a car park at the bottom on Dykes Lane. I would encourage you to take a walk from here, you’ll not be disappointed and it’s not difficult.

We all know what we’re taught at school about Captain James Cook from Marton who sailed from Whitby and the plaque has the following inscription:

***In memory of the celebrated circumnavigator Captain James Cook F.R.S. A man of nautical knowledge inferior to none, in zeal prudence and energy, superior to most. Regardless of danger he opened an intercourse with the Friendly Isles and other parts of the Southern Hemisphere. He was born at Marton Oct. 27th 1728 and massacred at Owythee Feb. 14th 1779 to the inexpressible grief of his countrymen. While the art of navigation shall be cultivated among men, whilst the spirit of enterprise, commerce and philanthropy shall animate the sons of Britain, while it shall be deemed the honour of a Christian Nation to spread civilisation and the blessings of the Christian faith among pagan and savage tribes, so long will the name of Captain Cook stand out amongst the most celebrated and most admired benefactors of the human race.***

There may be island people of the southern hemisphere who have different views but his achievements are self-evident, not sure about beating the shit out of people that didn’t share his beliefs or the ‘inexpressible grief of his countrymen’ though.

Off we go again, this time down the path that you will ascend should you take my advice regarding the walk from the car park. Roseberry is in the distance in true Matterhorn profile and illustrates why it’s called the Yorkshire Matterhorn.

To our left is Ayton Banks Mines which has been disused since 1929 and quite badly flooded now but still sending out ore stained water from its drainage levels. After a long descent and swift ascent, we’re on Great Ayton Moor and follow the dry stone wall that guides us to the dog-leg right angled corner with Roseberry on our left and the open moor which is our new direction on our right.

If you walk this route be careful at this point; the Cleveland Way is really well signposted and you will only need a map should you get lost but there are two or three places of slight ambiguity and this is one of them. The easy way to indicate the right route is to identify the wrong one so here goes. The wrong route is along the dry stone wall, you need to take the track across the moor.

We travers Newton Moor, Hutton Moor and Black Nab, Hutton Village is on our left and Guisborough beyond that. We also get our first view of the sea complete with windmills and estuary.

The track becomes Forestry Commission access road and clings to the ridge occasionally through woods and then with huge views towards Eston Nab, Eston Moor and Wilton Wood.

As we emerge from Guisborough Wood Louise shouts a warning to watch our feet and I look down to see what I think is a grass snake. It’s about 12 to 15 inches (300mm) long and when it sees us it freezes for a few seconds during which time we’re all trying to get photographs of it. Louise identifies it as a slow worm and promptly tells us the difference between that and a smooth snake. We’re just thrilled and excited at such a find. After a few more seconds it winds its way into the grass and clover disappearing almost immediately as its camouflage takes effect at the path edge.

We’re making our way through more woods towards the edge of Charltons when we see another slow worm; I’m 66 now and never seen one in my life, now I’ve seen two in 10 minutes.

It’s time for lunch so we select a lovely dappled glade with a handy pile of tree trunks set in such a way that they make ideal seats and we slip out of our boots to let our feet breath.

The glade is idyllic, it shades us from the sun which can be seen lighting up the dust and pollen in artistic rays that shine through the cover of leaves still growing stronger in the late spring. The branches, twigs and leaves kill the breeze to gentle wafts that induce beautiful smells of earth, ferns and garlic. It’s a great place to eat!

As we finish our lunch we readjust clothing and boots for the next ascent which is a bit of challenge around an old quarry just the other side of the road into Charltons. I stop several times on this stretch and I know that the others needed a break too. It’s also an ideal opportunity to take in the surrounding and we all make a few photographs on the way up.

At the top we walk adjacent to a corn field but then we’re delighted by a proper meadow of buttercups, proper grass and clover just about to flower. This triggers memories of childhood, playing cowboys and indians in the meadows around Castle Hills where I grew up. Between the first day and last days of our holidays we’d be encouraged to be out. Being back for meals on time was a must and we all had the same bed time so being back before the watershed, usually 7 o’clock, was not negotiable and because it applied to all of us there was no reason not to be home. During the intervening times we would run, walk, crawl and wriggle our way through the meadows like this one but the grass seemed to be much longer and in those days it probably was. The grass is cut sooner these days for silage, 50 or 60 years ago it was left for cutting as hay so it was left another month or so. If this is a child’s view looked at through mists of time then please put me right it’s just a memory now.

What I do remember was the fact that we rarely wore more than pants and baseball boots, that would be our uniform for the summer. If there was a cooler day then we might have a ’T’ shirt but I don’t remember much of that. If we weren’t playing cowboys and indians it would be hide and seek or swinging over the beck on a rope (described in another post). Occasionally we’d borrow some potatoes from a farmers field, light a fire and roast them. I can almost taste the carbon of the burnt skin as I think these things as we climb a shallow ascent towards Airy Hill Lane leading to Skelton.

Walking through Skelton we meet Peter Appleton, Chairman of the Local History Society and he tells us a little bit about the area as we walk. Every time we walk this area we meet friendly folk who are enthusiastic to share their knowledge, help us on our way or give advice on the bus we need. East Cleveland People, you’re great.

On the final leg now and we enter the Valley Gardens of Saltburn. This is a great place in its own right. It’s rammed with trees of every type and you get to see some lovely waterfalls, a great bridge over the river and a majestic viaduct with eleven arches, now a listed building.

We’ve been under the viaduct many times on different walks and it still has the same impression; it’s magnificent.

We emerge from the Valley Gardens rather unexpectedly at the top and assume that the Cleveland Way is also meant to inject some money into the areas that it visits and the town centre would seem appropriate. Saltburn-by-the-Sea is a Quaker town perhaps not founded by the Pease family but certainly developed by them. In 1856, the hamlet consisted of the Ship Inn and a row of houses, occupied by farmers and fishermen. As it was developed by the Quakers there was a reluctance to add public houses so the only way to access alcohol was via the hotels and private clubs. Believe it or not, the first new public house The Victoria, was built was in 1982.

Apparently, the reason for developing this smugglers town in the first place was on the back of this vision…

“In 1858, while walking along the coast path towards Old Saltburn to visit his brother Joseph in Marske, Henry Pease saw a prophetic vision of a town arising on the cliff and the quiet, unfrequented and sheltered glen turned into a lovely garden.”

…yeah, so what did they say about public houses?

We arrive near the top of the lift and George Preston is there to take us back to Kildale for our vehicles. George is a star and has already supported us on the Clay Bank sector. Thanks George, your help is much appreciated. We do make sure he’s well ‘fish n chipped’ before we leave!

This sector is quite long and has its fair share of ‘ups’. George returns Peter and I to Kildale for our cars and I make a B-line for Scaling Dam and some wonderful friends of the Pilgrim who are putting us up for the night on their farm.

Barbara and Andy are wonderful hosts and show us around the farm with all the modern techniques interspersed with traditional methods, it’s fascinating. A couple of beers and wine later with excellent conversation, we’re then ‘lasagned’ with pasta and ready for bed and the new day.

A great but exhausting day.

Enjoy the snaps…G..x

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Cleveland Way – Kildale to Saltburn Kildale to Saltburn So Facepeeps, We’re back at Kildale with every intention of walking to Saltburn. We’ll be meeting a slow worm that I think is a snake and a bit of interesting stuff about Saltburn.

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