#dantonists

a ramble on some of the detailing and symbolism that some of you might be curious about:

it’s meant to be danton dancing with the ghost of his first wife, gabrielle, as she had unfortunately died young in 1793. but when it comes to the details firstly there are the small lily motifs which are meant to showcase the life and death cycle. the one nearest to danton is meant to represent how his death is nigh whereas with gabrielle hers is reversed to illustrate how she may have perhaps instead been reinvigorated of life in whichever afterlife she would be in (if you believe in that sort of thing). the delicate red motifs are similar where with danton, obviously, it’s a reference to his later execution- nothing specific with gabrielle, however. last thing to note might be their facial expressions as gabrielle is as serene as she could be whereas danton appears more complex and perhaps cautious or ever-so-slightly fearful as he maybe fearing for his own self when it comes to his life as he certainly knew what laid before him.

i hope you enjoyed reading that ramble! lol

some of these wips were already posted before,, but whatever: