#empire period

[empirearchives]

Copy of the Goods of Montpellier

France, c. 1810

Napoleonic era

This book illustrates the huge variety of intricate patterns printed in vivid colors on cotton textiles for fashion during the early 19th century. The book comes from Montpellier, a town on the southern coast of France that is not known today as a center of textile printing. Thus these samples indicate how much more widespread the textile industry was in Europe during the Industrial Revolution. This book contains more than 2,300 small samples.

Source: Art Institute of Chicago

[biggest-gaudiest-patronuses]

the fact that shakespeare was a playwright is sometimes so funny to me. just the concept of the "greatest writer of the English language" being a random 450-year-old entertainer, a 16th cent pop cultural sensation (thanks in large part to puns & dirty jokes & verbiage & a long-running appeal to commoners). and his work was made to be watched not read, but in the classroom teachers just hand us his scripts and say "that's literature"

just...imagine it's 2450 A.D. and English Lit students are regularly going into 100k debt writing postdoc theses on The Simpsons screenplays. the original animation hasn't even been preserved, it's literally just scripts and the occasional SDH subtitles.txt. they've been republished more times than the Bible

[annanuna-arts]

Very important Rolan/Anthony doodling studies

[blueiskewl]

Roman Gold Ring w/ Carnelian Intaglio, Leaning Cupid Imperial period, ca. 1st to 3rd century CE

[theancientwayoflife]

~ Medallion with Olympias.

Date: ca. A.D. 215-243

Period: Imperial Roman

Medium: Gold

[artist-ellen]

All the Historical Mermay’s together!

I had a lot of fun with this mermay prompt list by chloe.z.arts and they turned into a pretty cool collection of illustrations!

Prompt list by chloe.z.arts on instagram.

I am the artist! Do not post without permission & credit! Thank you! Come visit me over on: instagram.com/ellenartistic or tiktok: @ellenartistic

[lionofchaeronea]

Faithful Unto Death, Edward Poynter, 1865

[didoofcarthage]

Denarius with head of Augustus wearing oak wreath (obverse) and comet with eight rays and inscription Divus Julius (reverse)

Roman (possibly minted at Caesaraugusta, modern Zaragoza in Spain), Imperial Period, 19-18 B.C.

silver

British Museum

[callisteios]

oh hello! i made a little uquiz assigning you a historical period (and maybe i call you gay)

[empirearchives]

Muslin: The fabric that was all the rage in Napoleonic Europe

Muslin fabric was a favorite of the Empress Josephine, pictured here wearing a dress made of the fabric, in a portrait by François Gérard:

It was extremely sheer and it had the effect of making the wearer appear almost nude, especially in certain lightings.

Vent derrière by Philibert-Louis Debucourt, 1812

This is a portrait of Pauline Bonaparte, Napoleon’s sister, wearing the fabric. As you can see, the entire chest area is completely exposed.

It was most commonly worn by elite Parisian women and other women in the upper social strata of European society and less so by peasants, who couldn’t always afford it and also tended to favor modesty.

Above (left-right): Pauline Bonaparte, Madame Charles Maurice de Talleyrand Périgord

To call the fabric popular would be an understatement. During the 20th century, there was the “little black dress.” In the early 19th century, it might as well have been called the “little white dress.”

Artist (left-right): Circle of Jacques Louis David, Élisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun

Artist (left-right): Marie-Guillemine Benoist, Jean-Bernard Duvivier

Muslin fabric was made of cotton and imported to Europe from India. This radical change of fashion had begun in the 18th century and caused the French silk industry to lag. Napoleon, in an effort to improve domestic industry, focused his attention on reviving the French silk business. Court dresses in the First French Empire came to be dominated by shiny white silk. This trend continued into the rest of the 19th century and muslin fell out of favor, replaced by silk, satin and tulle.

Sources:

[catboy-scott-agenda]

it's genuinely really cool to see all the people who are getting into joel's content now that he's joined hermitcraft. as a long time joel enjoyer, i think it's great that people are discovering his stuff outside of the life series (which, as much as i enjoy, doesn't properly show off his personality) and falling in love with it the way i did all those years back.

[blueiskewl]

A ROMAN MARBLE PORTRAIT BUST OF THE EMPEROR LUCIUS VERUS ANTONINE PERIOD, LATE 2ND CENTURY A.D.

Lucius Aurelius Verus (15 December 130 – January/February 169) was Roman emperor from 161 until his death in 169, alongside his adoptive brother Marcus Aurelius. He was a member of the Nerva–Antonine dynasty. Verus' succession together with Marcus Aurelius marked the first time that the Roman Empire was ruled by more than one emperor simultaneously, an increasingly common occurrence in the later history of the Empire.

Born on 15 December 130, he was the eldest son of Lucius Aelius Caesar, first adopted son and heir to Hadrian. Raised and educated in Rome, he held several political offices prior to taking the throne. After his biological father's death in 138, he was adopted by Antoninus Pius, who was himself adopted by Hadrian. Hadrian died later that year, and Antoninus Pius succeeded to the throne. Antoninus Pius would rule the empire until 161, when he died, and was succeeded by Marcus Aurelius, who later raised his adoptive brother Verus to co-emperor.

As emperor, the majority of his reign was occupied by his direction of the war with Parthia which ended in Roman victory and some territorial gains. In the spring of 168 war broke out in the Danubian border when the Marcomanni invaded the Roman territory. This war would last until 180, but Verus did not see the end of it. In 168, as Verus and Marcus Aurelius returned to Rome from the field, Verus fell ill with symptoms attributed to food poisoning, dying after a few days (169). However, scholars believe that Verus may have been a victim of smallpox, as he died during a widespread epidemic known as the Antonine Plague.

Despite the minor differences between them, Marcus Aurelius grieved the loss of his adoptive brother. He accompanied the body to Rome, where he offered games to honour his memory. After the funeral, the senate declared Verus divine to be worshipped as Divus Verus.

[ziggyztarduzt]

Unexpected Visitor

Dropping this here for the other Rolan girlie pops.

Rated Explicit, praise kink, and throne sex (and spoilers for Act 3)

Summary:

"...finally, finally, I have found a moment of peace. A moment to breathe. And here I am, in your tower–-dressed in the finest robe I own, mind you-–and you refuse to let me seduce you with the witty remarks and coy entendres I had prepared ahead of time. Such a shame.” She tucked a stray piece of hair behind his ear. Rolan wondered when exactly he had lost control of this situation.

[entropyvoid]

Golden Hour (+ lineart below cut)

I took a picture of the lines for once and did some basic crappy photo editing on my phone, so you could probably print this out and use it as a coloring page or something if you so wish lol. Do with it what you will.

[lionofchaeronea]

A Pompeian Lady, John William Godward, 1891

[wardrobeoftime]

Domina + Costumes

Marcella's purple & golden dress in Season 02, Episode 02, 04 & 08.

// requested by @idreamhistory & @butterfliesjewels2134