#Conclave

[s4ltedcod]

Innocent

[christa-syd]

The Portrait of Pope Innocent XIV and Cardinal Lawrence (2025)

An homage to Jacques-Louis David's 1808 portrait of Pope Pius VII and Cardinal Caprara during Napoleon's coronation that depicted the Pope's stressful moment as he was forced by Napoleon to travel to Paris.

In this piece I envision that Pope Innocent XIV’s papacy faces some resistance from the traditionalist faction and the weight of it is evident on both their faces.

He wears the Roman chasuble (I used elements of the design by Lisy Christl) and Lawrence wears his pectoral cross (by Riccardo Penko) pinned to his cassock in order to appease the opposition by superficially adopting traditional aesthetics while he implements Church reforms, inspired by the real life reception of Pope Leo XIV by online Trads despite very clearly continuing Pope Francis’s legacy. 

Vincent was also “forced” into the papal throne when he was elected Pope, leaving behind his flock in Kabul, adding to his melancholy.

This will be in my Comic Frontier 21 prints catalog, and is the first in a series of art history inspired Conclave fan art that I have planned for a future personal zine project. International sales and shipping for my other prints are still in the works, but I'll post an update once all is set!

Here's the BTS process with the original paintings by Jacques-Louis David and what the photobash recreation looks like underneath the painting layers.

[theeaater]

I love my man miserable

[a-wildspiritx]

ON GOD, IM STEALING " we are risking a category 5 faceblindness event" I have needed something like FOR EVER

🤠

watched conclave

[omg-they-were-clavemates]

I am so fascinated by the way the cardinals speak to each other. On the one hand it's primo repression—everything they say has to be coded and danced around. It takes so many steps of formality and apology for Lawrence to ask Tremblay if the accusations are true, and even once he 'speaks freely' they're still doing a tango of subtext.

But on the other hand, all of that drama and symbolism affords them a way to speak really openly with each other, if they choose to. I mean, in what other context could somebody say "search your heart, and then tell me it isn't so" and be completely serious?

To say "I had the temerity to tell you to search your own heart..." as part of an apology to a friend without a hint of irony?

It's so performative, but also strangely sincere on another level. I would need a lot more words to ask even a good friend to sit on my bed and hold my hand while I have a breakdown over my shattered dreams than "Will you pray with me?"

Like yeah they can't say "I like you" or "The new guy's kinda hot, right?" but I can't tell my friends to search their hearts so...

[cherriielle]

grant us a Pope who doubts 🕊

[steblynkaagain]

conclave book is so funny fr you never expect the protag of a book about the Pope election to be suicidal, bi, have ED, and implied to have dysphoria. what a fucking character. The movie protag was having it pretty bad already.

[nellandvoidnull]

this was literally me watching tedesco with his diabolical vape pen hit in conclave (2024)

the most fun a girl can have is finding parallels, noticing patterns, making connections, contemplating

[orangepajamas]

somebody from a previous post said carlos said vincent sees tedesco as a frightened child and i haven't been the same since-

[yellenabelova]

Mean Girls (2004) // Conclave (2024)

[ballard96]

Its coming along i swear,, its just everytime i go down to write about Thomas cumming in his pants i start giggling like a bitch

[ballard96]

I love him so much you have no idea :’) he sounds so sweet

OG post: Twt

[piercethevincent]

Sketching some cute young lawrenitez

[owl-nerd-13]

Tedesco: I came out here to attack people and I’m honestly having such a good time right now.

[ly0nstea]

I haven't seen Conclave it took me like 6 of these to realise they were talking about the film not the actual conclave that happened but like, you guys can't be surprised people like religion when they're exposed to it in a regular way and not through schoolhood fearmomgering or obsessive missionaries 😭😭