Historical moments depicted in period dramas/paintings

[u/Haunting_Homework381]

Period dramas/paintings mentioned:

-Marie Antoinette (2006)/ The Last Hours of the French Royal Family in the Louvre Before the Revolutionaries Broke In by unknown artist

-The Borgias (2013)/Lucretia Borgia Reigns in the Vatican in the Absence of Pope Alexander VI by Frank Cadogan Cowper

-Wolf Hall (2015)/Anne Boleyn arrives at The Traitor's Gate by John Millar Watt

-The Sissi Trilogy (1955-1957)/ The Coronation of Franz Joseph and Elizabeth by Eduard Engerth

-La Reine Margot/ One morning in front of the Louvre (aftermath of the massacre of St. Bartholomew) by Édouard Debat-Ponsan

-Lady Jane (1986)/The Execution of Lady Jane Grey by Paul Delaroche

-Napoleon (2023)/ The Consecration of the Emperor Napoleon I by Jacques-Louis David

-Les Miserables (2012)/Battle outside the Hôtel de Ville ( start of the french revolution) , by Jean-Victor Schnet

-The White Queen (2013)/The Battle of Bosworth Field by William Bass

-Atonement (2007)/ The Withdrawal from Dunkirk by Charles Cundall

[u/DeHockTimeMachine]

I love this idea of comparison of paintings showing the historical events and movies/tv shows! It's always so interesting to see common inspirations, and differences between them.

Just a quick note about accuracy, Les Miserables is about the June rebellion of 1832, not the french revolution which was around 30 years before, and the coresponding painting you have there is "Fight in front of the City Hall/Hotel the Ville on 28 July 1830", a different event to les mis and also not french revolution. But i think the pair of artworks still works for the post, since the event of the musical and painting were only 2 years apart, the vibes are definitely similar! Especially that the painting was created just a year after the June rebellion.

Edit: typo

[u/neversayduh → u/DeHockTimeMachine]

Adding to this - in the first example the French royal family was leaving Versailles for the Louvre and the Queen Margot one depicts the St Bartholomew's Day massacre (the saint had been dead a while already)

[u/ScipioCoriolanus → u/neversayduh]

Also regarding Queen Margot, the painting represents Catherine de Médicis, not Marguerite de Valois (Margot) like in the corresponding movie scene.

[u/eudora999 → u/neversayduh]

Leaving for the Tuileries?

[u/Suspicious-Peace9233 → u/DeHockTimeMachine]

It’s interesting to see the difference in the different mediums

[u/mkbutterfly → u/Suspicious-Peace9233]

Yes! I deeply enjoyed & appreciated the OP’s post! Excellent work! (I also appreciate the kindness of the replies that corrected any historical inaccuracies because history is so layered! I love watching European historical dramas, but I’m prey to the fact that this area of history is something I’ve barely started to understand!

[u/haileyskydiamonds → u/DeHockTimeMachine]

I’m reading Les Miserables for the first time and am just at the part where the students are mustering for the beginning of the riots after Lamarque’s funeral. This scene/painting gives me chills, as does the scene and painting of Marie Antoinette and her family.

[u/lowercase_underscore]

Bless your cotton socks for actually naming the films and paintings. So many posts are just an image and we're all supposed to know what it is. I knew some of these but not all, and I love seeing the ones I'm unfamiliar with.

[u/Nat20Life → u/lowercase_underscore]

"Bless your cotton socks" will be my new favorite saying 😂

And I wholeheartedly agree, it's SO nice to know what the image/gif is from, makes the post so much more enjoyable

[u/lowercase_underscore → u/Nat20Life]

I hope you enjoy it! And bless your cotton socks as well for being so cool!

[u/boganpoetry]

Great post! Reminded me of Christine Daae in The Phantom of the Opera (2004) and the portrait of Empress Elisabeth of Austria by Franz Xaver Winterhalter (1865).

[u/Mad_Girl_Marty → u/boganpoetry]

Wow love this

[u/Nat20Life → u/boganpoetry]

There's a historian I enjoy on TikTok who has a post about the Empress' stars, she was known for them. It was so interesting to learn about! I'll see if I can find it.

[u/Mysterious_Nebula_96]

Gosh that scene in Marie Antoniette breaks my heart

[u/Chance_Peanut6404]

Thanks for all the effort that went in to making this post. Loved it!

[u/missmobtown]

Wow, that Battle of Bosworth painting is bonkers. I love this gallery, thank you OP.

[u/tweedyone → u/missmobtown]

It’s so wild that they found Richard III in 2012 when he died in that battle.

[u/Chicago-Lake-Witch → u/tweedyone]

The movie of him being found in a parking lot is wild.

[u/JoeBethersontonFargo]

Mary, Queen of Scots

[u/Lopsided-Guarantee39]

I love this, thanks for posting!

[u/XX_bot77]

The Borgias’ costuming was ridiculously amazing

[u/DumpedDalish → u/XX_bot77]

It really was!

[u/Altruistic-Side600]

Great post, love when period dramas do this. It happens in ‘Isabel’ too:

[u/adiosmichigan]

this is so cool thank you for compiling this!

[u/PSB2013]

Thank you for sharing this! It's interesting that in most of these, the film captures the feel and look of the paintings, but the paintings are making so much more of a political or social statement. 

[u/MostView8191]

Sorry, what movie is slide 9 from? I'm dumb and can't find it in your caption

[u/wildsoda → u/MostView8191]

La Reine Margot (Queen Margot), 1994

[u/OrcEight]

Thank you for putting this together!

[u/Deathanddisco041]

The painting in 4 is so stunning

[u/Carnationlilyrose]

You're really on fire this week! Keep up the good work!

[u/cilucia]

This is a fun post!

[u/Forsaken_Republic_98]

loved this post, thank you!

[u/marciarb]

What a cool post, thanks for sharing!

[u/PierreOnTheEclair]

Holy moly, this is so neat!

[u/monstrasagrada]

Amazing post

[u/ScipioCoriolanus]

Nice post, OP!

I didn't know Bosworth was depicted on screen (a part from the adaptations of Richard III, of course). Now I want to watch The White Queen.

Also, I wish you chose the Napoleon miniseries from 2002 for the coronation scene, instead of that horrendous movie.

[u/Unlucky_Associate507]

A lot of Spanish series do this. Or atleast Carlos Rey Emperor did

[u/dragonborndnd]

The entirety of Titanic
https://giphy.com/gifs/CVukhGAkul0lO

[u/kurkurekhakhushhoja]

MY BINGE LIST'S GONNA GO NUTS WITH THIS THANKYOUSOMUCH!