All Things Romanticism

— Russell Noyes: from “Major Aspects of English Romanticism”

allthingsromanticism this is the best, most all-encompassing definition I’ve seen yet

Goya’s Demons

Books:

Life, Letters, and Journals of Lord Byron

By John Murray, edited by R.E. Prothero. Literally covers everything. Link leads to the first of six volumes. From 1788-1824, if you want something comprehensive, this is it.

John Polidori’s Diary

(1816) If you’re looking for some firsthand information coming from someone who traveled with Byron for over half a year, this is  the place to go.

 Conversations of Lord Byron

By Thomas Medwin, 1924. basically his records of conversations he had with Byron in the 1820s. Some information is kind of dubious, proceed with caution unless you can get your hands on a copy edited by Ernest Lovell.

Byron: A Biography

 By Leslie A. Marchand, 1951. Pretty much the best there is in terms of Byron Biographies. Currently out of print, but finding a cheap, used copy isn’t difficult.

Byron: A Portrait

 Also by Leslie A. Marchand, 1979. Shorter and gayer than the last one; also very good. Also currently out of print, but again, not difficult to find a used copy.

Films:

Gothic (1986)

Campy 80’s semi-horror exploitation film about Byron Shelley Shelley and Polidori over the summer of 1816. Horrible mischaracterisation of basically everyone. Kind of disgusting, but delightful at the same time.

Haunted Summer (1988)

 Another campy 80’s movie, slightly better characterisation if you squint. Everyone’s hair is the wrong color and everyone has sex with everyone. That being said, not as inaccurate as Gothic. 

Byron (2003)

 Probably the best/most accurate Byron movie around. It covers most of his life as a poet, as well as his subsequent life in Greece. Still a bit off at times, but if you want to get a general idea of his life with only 3 hours of commitment, this is what you’re looking for.

 Other:

How To Be A Monster: Life Lessons From Lord Byron

 A 2013 article from The Awl, very short, but funny, and it should give you a basic impression of byron’s jerkassery and so forth.

—- Mrs. Bryan and her children- William Nutter and Samuel Shelley (1797)

Ivan Aivazovsky

Battle of Sinop

Battle of Chios

Battle of Navarino

Gustave dore, The holy bible.  On wikiart

Adam and Eve Are Driven out of Eden

Cain Slays Abel

The Confusion of Tongues (The tower of Babel)

The Deluge

Jacob Wrestling with the Angel

Samson Slays a Lion

The Destruction of Leviathan

David Slays Goliath

Zechariah, the vision of the four war chariots

Le génie du mal [The genius of evil, aka; Lucifer]; Guillaume Geefs 

“The statue was originally a commission for Geefs’ younger brother Joseph, who completed it in 1842 and installed it the following year. It generated controversy at once and was criticized for not representing a Christian ideal.The cathedral administration declared that “this devil is too sublime.” The local press intimated that the work was distracting the “pretty penitent girls” who should have been listening to the sermons.” [x]

[The original ‘sublime’ version shown below, and the ‘revised’ one in the photoset above]

> No this sculpture is too hot for church

> Make another one