archived; moved to flamesofesmeralda

 icon by reygroff

[omenofstorms]

REVENANT - (n) One who has returned, as if from the dead.

indie fandomless oc // written by kate

[omenofstorms]

REVENANT - (n) One who has returned, as if from the dead.

indie fandomless oc // written by kate

[omenofstorms]

REVENANT - (n) One who has returned, as if from the dead.

indie fandomless oc // written by kate

[omenofstorms]

REVENANT - (n) One who has returned, as if from the dead.

indie fandomless oc // written by kate

[omenofstorms]

REVENANT - (n) One who has returned, as if from the dead.

indie fandomless oc // written by kate

[omenofstorms]

REVENANT - (n) One who has returned, as if from the dead.

indie fandomless oc // written by kate

[flamesofesmeralda-archived]

While I’m in the process of re-launching esmeralda ( over on @flamesofesmeralda ), you can find me on @omenofstorms ! she’s a fun, dark OC

[flamesofesmeralda-archived]

Just a little heads up that I’m in the process of archiving this blog! I’ll be relaunching es in the next few months, and in the meantime I can be found at @omenofstorms !

[flamesofesmeralda-archived]

Just a little heads up that I’m in the process of archiving this blog! I’ll be relaunching es in the next few months, and in the meantime I can be found at @omenofstorms !

[flamesofesmeralda-archived]

I have a relatively dumb question I think. My school is doing this like “culture„ fair thing to educate people on different cultures and I’d really like to do Romani culture because it’s so under appreciated and largely unknown in the US, would it be wrong for me to dress in Romani fashion to do so? We’re technically supposed to dress as the culture we’re representing, but I’m willing to forgo that if necessary.

Hello! Sorry that I am only getting this now. I would caution you not to dress in romani fashion- especially if you are not romani. A lot of styles associated with being romani are highly stereotyped and sexualized and would not communicate anything meaningful to your presentation. You would be veering very closely into “culture as a costume,” and I doubt that is/was your intent!

I hope the presentation went well!

[violentwavesofemotion-deactivat]

She is a beauty. Yes, a marble nymph; angelic eyes, unearthly lips…

Alexander Pushkin, from The Collected Works; “A Suite of Lighted Rooms,” (via violentwavesofemotion)

[amergo-deactivated20210727]

esmeralda with C5? :0

[goodreadss]

She was laughing even as we kissed and kissed again. There is no better taste than this: someone else’s laughter in your mouth.

Maggie Stiefvater

[pemberlaey]

my kink is melodramatic declarations of love from 19th century novels

[burrowingdweller]

Can’t draw but love you all very much (Still experiment with her look)

[domclaudefrollo-deactivated2021]

Various illustrations

[medievalpoc]

1800s Week!

zserb submitted to medievalpoc:

János Donát: Portrait of János Bihari, Composer and G**sy Virtuoso Hungary, 1820 Oil on canvas, 57,8 x 47,5 cm Historical Picture Gallery, Hungarian National Museum, Budapest

Fine Arts in Hungary: http://www.hung-art.hu/supporth/viewer/z.html

(The text on the painting translates to “Bihari, Orpheus among the Hungarian g**sies”.)

János Bihari (October 21, 1764 - April 26, 1827) was an influential Hungarian Romani violinist and composer. He is one of the founders of Romani academic music and the musical genre „verbunkos”.

Bihari was born into a Romani family in Nagyabony; his father was a violinist. In 1801, living in Pest, Bihari created an orchestra of 1 cimbalist and 4 violinists. This orchestra became popular soon and visited with Bihari many towns in Hungary and abroad. He probably visited Wienna too, where several printed editions were published of his works, and Ludwig von Beethoven listened to him playing several times. In these years, he lived a restless, wanderer-life, travelling across Hungary. In every country he visited Janos learnt local folk and academic music and arranged it to play during his performances. Bihari was so popular that he could live like a noble man: he had expensive clothes and a servant who held Bihari’s violin, he stayed in luxurious hotels, etc. He was also invited to play for the Emperor of Austria.

In 1820, he was playing in Budapest, these years were the highlight of his carrier. In 1822 Franz Liszt listened to him playing and praised him. (“The tones sung by his magic violin flow on our enchanted ears like the tears…”) From 1823, his carrier had begun slowly declining. In 1824 he broke his arm in an accident, impairing his ability to perform. Subsequently, his popularity declined, and he died in poverty in Pest.

Bihari left 84 musical compositions (verbunkos) that are considered to be classic, although some of these are not authentic. His melodies were used by such composers as Franz Liszt, Ludwig van Beethoven, Pablo de Sarasate and others.

[x][x]

[medievalpoc]

1800s Week!

Ferdinand Max Bredt

A Courtyard in Tunis

Germany (c. 1890s)

Oil on Canvas, 78 x 118 cm.

[source] [source]

Orientalism