MEDIEVAL CLOWN SWORDFIGHTS. Seriously, could it even get any creepier than that???
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yes, they could do it in the snow on a foggy night in the woods!!
Ooohh, captioned in Comic Sans. Clever!
(Although, I think this is later than medieval times; more like highevil times, I’d say.)
No, later than that, probably. One of them is wearing a ruff.
Ah, the Ruffaissance, then.
masquerade party, guys. see notes below.
Ridi Pagliaccio
He…said my…nose…looked…funny *death gurgle*
The fact that you thought comic sans was an acceptable font is pretty terrifying…
No, no, it’s highly ironic…see the picture looks like it should be comical since it has a clown, but it’s actually about a dying clown, so it’s without a comic–it’s, it’s…COMIC SANS.
(Really, one of the most brilliant fonts choices we’ve ever had on this site.)
Hahaha My hat is off to you, sir, for finding a way to redeem comic sans…
This is “The Duel After the Masquerade”
by Jean-Léon Gérôme (French, 1824-1904)
“In this painting, showing the outcome of a duel after a costume ball, Gérôme replicates, with slight variations, a composition he had executed for the Duc d’Aumale in 1857. It is dawn on a wintry day in the Bois de Boulogne, Paris, and Pierrot succumbs in the arms of the Duc de Guise. A Venetian doge examines Pierrot’s wound while Domino clasps his head in despair. To the right, the victorious American Indian departs, accompanied by Harlequin.” (Quote from The Walters Museum of Art website. The identifications of the participants refer to their costumes.)
Unfortunately they don’t say when duel is supposed to have taken place, but I think it was supposed to be a contemporary scene.
I think more likely 18th century than 19th, since pistols had almost completely replaced swords in duels longe before 1857. Those are definitely small swords, though, not rapiers, so it’s post Renaissance.
OTOH, I’m willing to assume that Comic Sans was an ironic choice, given the subject.