Historically Handsome Men

Today's male models have nothing on the men of the past. This blog is about hot-looking men of the past - be it from the 19th century or the earliest portraits and tomb statues of the middle ages. From pretty boy dandies (the Brad Pitt's of their age) to the ruggedly good looking men (the George Clooney's of their age) of days past.

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Shout out to VERY obscure historical hottie, Nino Rouchie. He is so obscure the only refrence to him I can find are the pictures in this and the previous post which were taken by the Parrish Sisters, all in 1914. But I'm not making up that he's a hottie, right? Because he's definitely historical.

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Wow.

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James Dean (1931-1955).

American actor.

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He is remembered as a cultural icon of teenage disillusionment and social estrangement, as expressed in the title of his most celebrated film, Rebel Without a Cause (1955), in which he starred as troubled teenager Jim Stark.

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He studied theatre for two years at the University of California at Los Angeles. His first professional acting assignment was for a soft drink commercial. He played bit parts in three Hollywood films before moving to New York City on the advice of actor James Whitmore, with whom he had briefly studied. After a series of short-term jobs, he was cast in a key role in the Broadway flop See the Jaguar (1952). More successful was his performance as a blackmailing homosexual houseboy in another Broadway production, The Immoralist (1954).

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The Immoralist brought Dean to the attention of film director Elia Kazan, who cast the 23-year-old actor in the leading role of troubled teenager Cal Trask in East of Eden (1955). When East of Eden premiered, Dean was seen as a movie star of the first magnitude and was nominated for an Academy Award.

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Dean’s second starring film appearance, as sensitive high-school misfit Jim Stark in director Nicholas Ray’s Rebel Without a Cause (1955), made him into the embodiment of his generation. Dean’s performance spoke eloquently on behalf of disenchanted, disenfranchised teenagers and gave them a hero they could respect and admire.

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Dean was next cast in producer-director George Stevens’s Giant (1956), a drama set on a Texas ranch that also starred Rock Hudson and Elizabeth Taylor. Shortly after completing the film, the restless Dean drove off in his silver Porsche to compete in a sports car rally in Salinas, California. Speeding down the highway, he crashed headlong into a Ford sedan and was killed instantly. Almost immediately an intensely loyal cult was established, and within days of his death he became a film icon. Both Rebel Without a Cause and Giant were released posthumously, and he received an Oscar nomination for the latter film.

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While at UCLA, Dean dated Beverly Wills, an actress with CBS, and Jeanette Lewis, a classmate. While in New York, he then dated Barbara Glenn for two years.

Dean's best-remembered relationship was with young Italian actress Pier Angeli. He also dated actresses Liz Sheridan and Ursula Andress.

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Famous movies:

Rebel Without a Cause

East of Eden

Giant

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Not so long ago, but still one of the most handsome men from the past 100 years.

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Trying to narrow down my pile of library books, started flipping through a children’s one on Antarctic exploration, and

Why did no one tell me that Sir James Clark Ross was such a smokin’ hottie?

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Portrait of Anne Louis Goislard de Montsabert, Comte de Richbourg-le-Toreil, 1734, by Nicolas de Largillière - Cleveland Museum of Art

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Unknown man (we only know he was an athlete), photographed by Frederick William Edwards, athlete and photographer from New Zealand.

Probably late 19th century, Bartlett's studio.

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Three unknown models by Vincenzo Galdi, 1910's, Rome.

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New account : @victorian-boyfriend 💕

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Handsome young man from New York (1890-1900)

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Photographer Walker Evans, from a photo booth session in 1929

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Paul Mathey (1844-1929) “Portrait of painter Georges Clairin” Oil on canvas Located in the Musée des Augustins, Hazebrouck, France

Georges Clairin (1843-1919) was a French Orientalist painter and illustrator. He was influenced by Eastern imagery Moorish architecture, and visited North Africa many times, in particular Algeria, Morocco and Egypt. In Paris he led the life of a socialite, and befriended the glamorous actress Sarah Bernhardt, his friend for 50 years, and is today best known for his portraits of her.

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Count Konstanty Zamoyski (1846-1923); Polish nobleman

Hrabia Konstanty Zamoyski (1846-1923); polski szlachcic

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16th CENTURY HOTTIE ALERT ⚠️⚠️⚠️⚠️

William the Silent

HOT DAMN

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“A wealthy nobleman, William originally served the Habsburgs as a member of the court of Margaret of Parma, governor of the Spanish Netherlands. Unhappy with the centralisation of political power away from the local estates and with the Spanish persecution of Dutch Protestants, William joined the Dutch uprising and turned against his former masters. The most influential and politically capable of the rebels, he led the Dutch to several successes in the fight against the Spanish. Declared an outlaw by the Spanish king in 1580, he was assassinated by Balthasar Gérard (written as “Gerardts”) in Delft in 1584.“ From Wikipedia

So: hot, wealthy, noble, idealist, rebel and outlaw…. not a bad picture

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Quite the badass. And hot.

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Maximilien Robespierre (1758-1794).

French lawyer, revolutionary and politician. Huge victim of propaganda (even nowadays) and absolute babe.

He defended the people, jews, poc, women, actors, etc.

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Jacques-Louis David’s jailer.

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Robert Kajanus (1856–1933). He was a Finnish conductor and composer. I mean would you look at that face.

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I can't believe you haven't featured my lost love, Rudolf, Crown Prince of Austria.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudolf,_Crown_Prince_of_Austria

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Crown Prince Rudolf of Austria

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Historical Hotties submission

Thank you to this anonymous person who submitted this note!

> I took a quick look through your blog and I just want to say thank you for sharing these handsome devils with us. I didn't have enough time to look through everything, but I would like to suggest one man in case you haven't included him to your list. I offer a humble yet oh so stunning image of a young Johannes Brahms. It is taken in 1853, so I assume he would've recently turned 20. His gaze is just heavenly...

 Another of my tributes is young Franz Schubert. I couldn't seem to get the date this portrait was made, but I do have a quote of his to make up for it.

"When I wished to sing of love, it turned to sorrow. And when I wished to sing of sorrow, it was transformed for me into love."

Thank you for taking the time to read this!