The Age of Enlighteneers
And some other Ages, with lots of art and short bursts of energy. Enjoy!
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Have some more completely innaccurate accurate Jefferson for 4th of July :]
Spotlight is also on Jean-Antoine Houdon this time, an absolutely amazing neoclassical sculptor famous for doing…famous people. As I understand it, his methods consisted mostly of “sketches” in terracotta and taking life models and masks, but I am sure like all artists he had to do the occasional preliminary sketch or two ;]
Decaying teeth? WHATEVER. He had muscular thighs from riding instead hurhurhur
This is for a friend who expressed surprise that Washington could be so studly ;] And for the new followers! WELCOME! You have no idea how happy I am to see more people who are interested in history!! And who aren’t scared off by my crazy pieces here!
Oh Mr. Adams, at least you had a kickass wife! Spring cleaning with HBO’s John Adams playing in the background = best thing ever. I will never get tired of watching Stephen Dillane in a cravat, waistcoat, and stockings. NEVAR.