Re: Great journalrt_in_townApril 27 2012, 05:56:53 UTC
My queenly Hua, I was delighted to find out that you and I share a common interest in women of power who have held the sovereignty of a nation with glory or disgrace. After you listed some of your favorites, a list which overlaps with my own and which includes Isabel I, I had been meaning to ask you for your thoughts about the Empress Wu of the Tang Dynasty, so commonly excoriated as a villain by the resentful male historians of her country. Perhaps in our next email exchange?
Thank you for letting me know you were amused, though I must point out you slight me with the supposition that any of this could be other than original writing, besides the Gibbon quotations. I spent too much time on this to be told that my writing isn’t my own, and I do think my idiosyncrasies are evident throughout. And I don’t think I could have found a decent source to carry on about such obscure paintings, having to rely on my own impressions.
Though I am glad to hear that you had seen the Pradilla painting before. You must indeed have an interest in that Isabelline era! Major depression with psychosis is not the same thing as “madness” or dementia, which explains why Joanna could be intelligent without being effective as a ruler. But in thinking of her story, I do once again sigh to say men are greedy swine. It’s great that you see the reason why the motto “Tanto Monta” being displayed above the thrones was so delightful to me. The chauvinistic men of Hispania would all too easily forget to acknowledge her status, so there had to be a constant reminder for all their audience that they were in the presence of two equal partners in authority. I do love the contrast between Fernando's visage of insouciant cunning and Isabel's pious serenity as Torquemada scolds them with his fanatic display.
Thank you for letting me know you were amused, though I must point out you slight me with the supposition that any of this could be other than original writing, besides the Gibbon quotations. I spent too much time on this to be told that my writing isn’t my own, and I do think my idiosyncrasies are evident throughout. And I don’t think I could have found a decent source to carry on about such obscure paintings, having to rely on my own impressions.
Though I am glad to hear that you had seen the Pradilla painting before. You must indeed have an interest in that Isabelline era! Major depression with psychosis is not the same thing as “madness” or dementia, which explains why Joanna could be intelligent without being effective as a ruler. But in thinking of her story, I do once again sigh to say men are greedy swine. It’s great that you see the reason why the motto “Tanto Monta” being displayed above the thrones was so delightful to me. The chauvinistic men of Hispania would all too easily forget to acknowledge her status, so there had to be a constant reminder for all their audience that they were in the presence of two equal partners in authority. I do love the contrast between Fernando's visage of insouciant cunning and Isabel's pious serenity as Torquemada scolds them with his fanatic display.
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