King Charles Newly Revealed Portrait By Jonathan Yeo Is Really Off-putting And Unsettling
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Influences
Vlad III, more commonly known as Vlad the Impaler
Many figures have been suggested as inspirations for Count Dracula, but there is no consensus. In his 1962 biography of Stoker, Harry Ludlam suggested that Ármin Vámbéry, a professor at the University of Budapest, supplied Stoker with information about Vlad Drăculea, commonly known as Vlad the Impaler.[9] Professors Raymond T. McNally and Radu Florescu popularised the idea in their 1972 book, In Search of Dracula.[10] Benjamin H. LeBlanc writes that there is a reference within the text to Vámbéry, an "Arminius, of Buda-Pesh University", who is familiar with the historical Vlad III and is a friend of Abraham Van Helsing,[11] but an investigation by McNally and Florescu found nothing about "Vlad, Dracula, or vampires" within Vámbéry's published papers,[12] nor in Stoker's notes about his meeting with Vámbéry.[11] Academic and Dracula scholar Elizabeth Miller calls the link to Vlad III "tenuous", indicating that Stoker incorporated a large amount of "insignificant detail" from his research, and rhetorically asking why he would omit Vlad III's infamous cruelty.[13][c]
Raymond McNally's Dracula Was A Woman (1983) suggests another historical figure as an inspiration: Elizabeth Báthory.[16] McNally argues that the imagery of Dracula has analogues in Báthory's described crimes, such as the use of a cage resembling an iron maiden.[17] Gothic critic and lecturer Marie Mulvey-Roberts writes that vampires were traditionally depicted as "mouldering revenants, who dragged themselves around graveyards", but—like Báthory—Dracula uses blood to restore his youth.[18] Recent scholarship has questioned whether Báthory's crimes were exaggerated by her political opponents,[19] with others noting that very little is concretely known about her life.[20] A book that Stoker used for research, The Book of Were-Wolves, does have some information on Báthory, but Miller writes that he never took notes on anything from the short section devoted to her.[21] In a facsimile edition of Bram Stoker's original notes for the book, Miller and her co-author Robert Eighteen-Bisang say in a footnote that there is no evidence she inspired Stoker.[22] In 2000, Miller's book-length study, Dracula: Sense and Nonsense, was said by academic Noel Chevalier to correct "not only leading Dracula scholars, but non-specialists and popular film and television documentaries".[23][d]
Aside from the historical, Count Dracula also has literary progenitors. Academic Elizabeth Signorotti argues that Dracula is a response to the lesbian vampire of Sheridan Le Fanu's Carmilla (1872), "correcting" its emphasis on female desire.[25] Bram Stoker's great-nephew, broadcaster Daniel Farson, wrote a biography of the author; in it, he doubts that Stoker was aware of the lesbian elements of Carmilla, but nonetheless notes that it influenced him profoundly.[26][e] Farson writes that an inscription upon a tomb in Dracula is a direct allusion to Carmilla.[28] Scholar Alison Milbank observes that as Dracula can transform into a dog, Carmilla can become a cat.[29] According to author Patrick McGrath, "traces of Carmilla" can be found in the three female vampires residing in Dracula's castle.[30] A short story written by Stoker and published after his death, "Dracula's Guest", has been seen as evidence of Carmilla's influence.[31] According to Milbank, the story was a deleted first chapter from early in the original manuscript, and replicates Carmilla's setting of Styria instead of Transylvania.[32]
Irish folklore has been suggested as a possible influence on Stoker. Bob Curran, a lecturer in Celtic History and Folklore at the University of Ulster, Coleraine, suggests that Stoker may have drawn some inspiration for Dracula from an Irish vampire, Abhartach.[33][34]
Summary, there is no consensus. I'm pretty sure he knew of Vlad though, since the name Dracula is directly from his family line (Dracul), and there are direct historic references in the book when Dracula explains his "ancestors" (we know he is talking about himself), but it seems the biggest influences were folklore and legends and not actual historical facts.
It's true: When I draw I waste time drawing Satanic demons subliminally in the back.
Damn, I didn't know that. That's a pretty cool piece of trivia.
lol on twitter people are saying if you mirror the image you can see demonic images in the middle. i see a human outline, maybe a demonic squid up ton, and fucking Diablo for sure near the bottom
there's also kind of a puppy face in the middle though so thats cute
seriously though what the hell is going on with this portrait lol
I can kind of see a demon or dragon skull/head. The eyes are level with his mouth with little eyebrows, the top teeth his elbow, bottom teeth his forearm and a the bottom half of a horn top and centre. Obviously unintentional but quite amusing none the less.
That's 100% bs. He definitely knew about Vlad Tepes and his family. Not to mention Dracul is a Romanian word, which translates to The Devil.
YES - I've spent the last day trying to remember what the painting reminded me of, and that's it.
seems the best one hasn't been posted yet (or I missed it)
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