Carnival of Versailles

"This, madame, is Versailles"

[jjb-art]

How to carry your wife Jesper

[scampthecorgi]

Enjoyed what was probably the last warm day of the year!

[hirxeth]

Rushmore (1998) dir. Wes Anderson

[s-u-w-i]

And here is the rest of the Austen redraws! Big thanks to Kate for such a nice commission :>  commissions/store/ko-fi/instagram

[vivelareine]

I’m not blind to my own credibility; I just know that when it comes to politics, I do not carry much weight in the king’s mind. Would it be prudent of me to make scenes with his minister over things about which the king would almost certainly not support me? Without making a show of it or lying, I let the public believe that I have more credit than I actually have, because I would have even less if I didn’t [do so]…

–Marie Antoinette to Joseph II, September 22 1784 [translation: Mary Hudson, The Indomitable Marie Antoinette (S. Bertiere)]

[vivelareine]

You have no doubt been informed that I have accepted the Constitution, and you know the reasons that I gave to the Assembly, but these must not suffice for you; I wish to make known to you all my motives. The state of France is such that she is on the verge of complete dissolution, which will only be hastened if one wishes to bring violent remedies to bear on the ills that overwhelm her. … Divisions must be made to cease and authority re-established, but for this purpose only two means are possible–union or force.

Force can only be employed by foreign armies, and this means having recourse to war. … Is not the remedy worse than the disease? I have therefore concluded that this idea must be abandoned, and I must try the only other means left to me–the union of my will with the principles of the Constitution. .

.. Will it ever be believed that my brothers do not carry out my orders? Thus you will show me to the nation as accepting [the new Constitution] with one hand and soliciting foreign powers with the other. What upright man could respect such conduct, and do you think to help me by depriving me of the esteem of all right thinking people?

–Louis XVI in a letter written to his brothers after his acceptance of the Constitution of 1791; his brothers, against his orders, were participating in the efforts to create emigre and foreign armies, while also publicly stating that Louis XVI did not accept the Constitution.

[artist-serov]

Portrait of Princess Polina Shcherbatova, 1911, Valentin Serov

Medium: charcoal,pastel,canvas,tempera

https://www.wikiart.org/en/valentin-serov/portrait-of-princess-polina-shcherbatova-1911

[chechula]

Weeeelll! Here we go, at last minute me and Suwi are going to do calendar-poster! Here is my Summer and Autumn ♥

 We hope we will be able to send it out by monday!!!

[s-u-w-i]

Yes! There will be a 2021 calendar after all!

[s-u-w-i]

So, few months ago I started re-reading One Piece and It’s just so very great I cherish every single page ♥ Also I think I’ve been in love with these two since I was 12, that’s about 13 years, oh my. commissions/store/ko-fi/instagram

[tiny-librarian]

Behind the scenes shot of Kirsten Dunst and Jason Schwartzman as Marie Antoinette and Louis XVI, from what’s likely an un-used promotional shoot from the movie.

[artist-guillaumin]

Agay Bay, 1910, Armand Guillaumin

[clarence-gagnon]

Overlooking the Valley of the Gouffre, Charlevoix, 1915, Clarence Gagnon

[s-u-w-i]

So! The book I was illustrating this summer @nedrazdibrachubosounohou should be released next week!! More info can be found lateron on @hostbrno and it’s eshop :> commissions/store/buy me a coffee

[s-u-w-i]

Another drawing with our dog Rituška! She may not look it but I think she really does like cuddling. commissions/store/buy me a coffee

[mjlfilms]

The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004)

[colinfirth]

the grand budapest hotel (2014) dir. wes anderson 

you see, there are still faint glimmers of civilization left in this barbaric slaughterhouse that was once known as humanity. indeed, that’s what we provide in our own modest, humble, insignificant… oh, fuck it.

[princesscheeto]