Day 5 (25.02): 1800 – 1945 // Music || @historical-hetalia-week || I like to think that Francis absolutely embraced the Impressionist movement when it first began because it was something so new and fresh (and you have to love how dramatic people were being about it!) but when he first saw Cubism he just… it was definitely an acquired taste. Credit to www.colorIage.info for having a coloring page version of the painting!
Now let me tell you some art facts!
1. This painting is called “Les Demoiselles d’Avignon” (1907) by Picasso and is generally considered the first Cubist painting! It’s also bigger than what the drawing makes it look like at 8’ x 7’ 8! I didn’t want to place the painting in a salon because Picasso originally was only showing it to close friends and collectors in the beginning from what I’ve read. I also didn’t want it to look blank but I guess I could’ve just drawn a floor marking. Let’s just say that a big table is holding it up!
2. Francis is absolutely correct in saying that France was the birthplace of modern art as the beginning of modern art is credited to Édouard Manet’s “Le Déjeuner sur l'herbe” which is “The Luncheon on the Grass” in English. The painting threw away all of the rules of how to paint a masterpiece from the time and was scandalous to many people! After being shown in the Salon des Refusés of 1863 other artists began to create modern paintings. Manet is not to be confused with Monet though! Those are two different artists!
3. I know that Cubism and many of Picasso’s most famous works look childish but please do not assume that he wasn’t a great artist. Picasso completed this painting at 25 but already had a newspaper article about his art at 16 and had his first solo exhibit at 19 with 150 works! Your teachers are right in telling you that not everyone can be Picasso! There are other reasons to dislike him but he really was a talented painter. Also we have videos of him!
Today is Toninho’s birthday, so I thought I should give him the spotlight for once. But then I remembered that it’s Valentine’s Day in two days, so here he is with Charles I of Spain (aka Holy Roman Emperor Charles V) and Isabel de Portugal, who were said to forget about everyone else when they were in each other’s presence.
These two had their honeymoon at the Alhambra (for nine months!) and legend has it that Charles gave Isabel a carnation, which she loved so much that she asked for hundreds of carnations to be planted there. And of course, now it’s the national flower of Spain. I don’t know if it’s related, but I find it really sweet.
Welcome to our Medieval Fantasy Hetalia Gift Exchange!
For this event, you will be assigned a giftee and you will create a customized gift for that person. Someone else will also be creating a gift for you, but you won’t know who is making your gift until the reveal!
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Event Schedule:
November 21st: Sign-ups open
December 10th: Sign-ups end
December 14th: Exchange assigments will be sent out in banches. Check your message box and confirm that you have received it. If you don’t have an assignment by December 14th, make sure to contact us.
December 21st: First check-in
Prompts should be decided on by this date.
Writers should have an outline or 500 words written.
Artists should have a sketch.
December 24th: Ghost drop date
If a gifter has not responded by this date, we will assume they have dropped out. We will then find a free back up to fill up the gap.
December 28th: Second check-in
Writers should have 1000 words or more.
Artists should be halfway finished with final rendering.
January 01st: Ghost drop date
If a gifter has not responded by this date, we will assume they have dropped out. We will then find a free back up to fill up the gap.
January 06th: Gifting day!
Gift Requirements:
Fanfiction must be a new work minimum of 1500 words, fulfill the prompt given and be complete.
Fanart must be a new work, have at least some color (or gray scale), and fulfill the prompt given.
And of course, besides those minimum requirements, your work must take in consideration and avoid any triggers mentioned by the giftee.
Summary: Lovino is a witch. Antonio is a demon. With three meetings across three hundred years, they may figure out a relationship.
Notes: yes im posting an almost two year old spamano fic bc people were clowning on twitter what of it???? also posted this on like tuesday lmao but yeah i still really like how this turned out and the characterization of both lovi and toni is fun so //shrug
WAKE UP SPAPORT/PORTSPA NATION, WE HAVE WON HIMARUYA GAVE US A BDSM SPAPORT CHAPTER !!! SPAPORT IS CANON
Please, just notice the Villain pose… Either Portugal is showing to be smiling while torturing Spain or his face is not showing at all Himapapa you outdid yourself this time
