#transi de Rene de Chalon

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Transi de René de Chalon by Ligier Richier

This transi has become one of my ‘milestone subjects,’ I tend to take a stab at it after a year or so has passed and usually find myself pleased with the progress I’m making as an artist. I also appreciate the fact it’s helping me figure out which brush settings in procreate work with me rather than against me.

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Transi De Rene De Chalon

WHERE: Bar-le-Duc, France

This statue of a man who is currently decaying rapidly is on display in the Saint-Étienne church in Bar-le-Duc, France. He is René de Chalon, Prince of Orange. He and his wife requested that instead of making a nice, normal statue to memorialize him, they wanted one of him as a skeleton with some skin still on it who is holding his own heart. Oh, also, the statue once held the prince’s actual dried heart!

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Transi tomb of Rene de Chalon, 1547, France

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For honesty hour: What kind of art do you admire/enjoy consuming the most? Like, as an artist, if you were in a museum or something would you prefer art that’s similar to yours or stuff that’s completely different or a mix?

the art i’m usually drawn is vastly different than the kind that i do! i was just thinking about that the other day. something that i want to work on is incorporating more personal, ‘me’ driven themes into my art and maybe even some of my writing. we’ll see!

i really like art/books/poetry/music/etc. with history and deeper meanings that you have to go digging for. in terms of art specifically, i’m drawn to detailed, slightly morbid (like the Memento Mori art movement in the late 1500s through early 1600s), and/or pieces connected to mythology/religion/folk tales.

some of my favorite pieces that pop into my head right away (and there are certainly more) are Transi De Rene De Chalon, Leighton’s Weaving the Wreath, Hirschl’s Souls on the Banks of the Acheron, Makabresku’s The Anatomy of Meloncholy, and anything by Ivan Aivazovsky. for more modern artists @/awanqi here on tumblr (detailed, breathtaking digital art), Jen Mazza (her hand painting are just...chef’s kiss), Roberto Ferri (he’s a big one, i adore his stuff), Andrew Wyeth, and Emil Melmoth (absolutely phenomenal sculptures)

honestly, if you are actually interested i have an ‘art’ tag on my main account @rosesburnedalive where i keep art i like. like i said, i really want to start creating more art that is more like the art i like consuming, while still making fanart because that makes me happy :-)

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"Memento mori tomb", the "Transi de René de Chalons" by Ligier Richier, in the church of Saint Etienne in Bar-le-Duc, France: Some state that the statue is from 1545. Rene de Chalon, prince of Orange, who was married to Anne de Lorraine died at the young age of 25 during the siege of Saint-Dizier in 1544. His heart and intestines were cut out and kept in Bar-le-Duc, this was usual for noblemen at the time. His body was send back to Breda where he was born. Anne de Lorraine his widow was still very sad three years after his death so she ordered Ligier Richier to make a statue depicting her husband as he would be then. The right hand clutches at the empty rib cage while the left hand holds high his heart in a grand gesture The heart in his hand served as a reliquary and contained the actual dried heart of Rene de Challon

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Transi de René de Chalon - lowpoly, unwrapped and rigged (ready for game engine!) Chubby and caballo page:http://frankiezafe.org/index.php?title=WorkUnit:Uncanny scan: http://threedscans.com/musee-des-monuments-francais/le-transi-de-rene-de-chalon/, found on thingyverse.

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Transi de René de Chalon or Monument du cœur by Liger Richier (1547)