Series 1 - series 5
below the cut are 16 gifs of luca hollestelle ( in de ludwigs, 1x01 ). each gif was made from scratch by me — from capping to finished project. i ask that you not repost these or use them without crediting me. please like or reblog if you’ve found these helpful !
below the cut are 59 gifs of the actress, luca hollestelle. she’s super underused and i just wanted to gif her – these were made a while ago so some of them may look like shit, not gonna lie. each gif was made from scratch by me. do with these what you will, just don’t claim them as your own !
On the topic of Emily Blunt as Bond… Imagine Natalie Dormer as the badass girlfriend.
As per my earlier post 😛
Katie McGrath Centric Posts Masterlist
I’m compiling this because I’m bored and I want all my Katie McGrath posts (thus far) in one neat post.
Katie McGrath + Colors:
Katie McGrath Edition-Make Me Choose:
SuperCorp or Supergirl Related:
Character Parallel:
Relatable Text &/or Gif Posts Involving Katie (SuperCorp mention)
Gif AU I Attempted to Make:
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“She’s not your usual society girl. She’s got a much darker centre and a much greater secret. She’s girly and she’s flirty and there’s sort of an ease about her. You begin to discover that everything that you see on the surface has no relation to what’s going on underneath”. Katie McGrath on Lucy Westenra
hey jw is that heart necklace a chew necklace and if so where is it from it looks Good
Yes it is a chew necklace! Here’s where to get it
Art forgery is the best crime tbh. It requires absolutely incredible artistic talent, technical skill, and attention to detail to make convincing fakes. Does anyone get hurt from it? No! The only people who suffer for it are the extremely wealthy who want the prestige of having original paintings in their own homes. It’s full of international intrigue and mystery. Perfect.
Also… art forgers like van Meegeren sometimes become a kind of folk hero. A swindler, sure, but a gentleman’s swindler.
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I liked this guy’s story, Mark Landis, who conned several dozen museums into displaying his forgeries, but when the FBI came after him they couldn’t do anything because he had always given them away as donations. They said if they could have found that he’d ever taken anything in exchange they would have prosecuted him, but all he wanted was get to out of the house and meet people.
“The first painting Landis “donated” was a copy of a work by Maynard Dixon, an artist well-known for his paintings of cowboys and Indians. It started as impulse, Landis says, but then “everybody was just so nice and treated me with respect and deference and friendship, things I was very unused to — I mean, actually not used to at all. And I got addicted to it.”” And it looks like all his forgeries are done with cheap materials, like markers and Hobby Lobby frames.
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Ok, but Wolfgang Beltracchi is probably one of the best Fraud Artists in the world.
His career brought him millions upon millions of dollars and lasted almost 40 years. He finally admitted to painting fraudulent art after the white paint he used came under scrutiny.
“ Bob Simon: What do you think this Max Ernst would be worth? Wolfgang Beltracchi: This one? Simon: Yeah. Beltracchi: $5 million, I think. Simon: $5 million. And you can do it in three days? Beltracchi: Yeah, oh yes, yes, sure, or quicker” -From a 60 minutes interview with Bob Simon
In The interview with Beltracchi, he said that none of his forgeries are copies, they’re all original works that the famous artists could have painted.
“Beltracchi estimates he has done 25 Max Ernsts. He is not copying an existing work. He’s painting something he thinks Ernst might have done if he’d had the time or felt like it.” - The Con Artist: A multi-million dollar art scam
His wife was also in on the scam, she would dress up in old clothing and take pictures holding the paintings with old cameras to fake proof of the paintings’ ages.
At the end of the interview with Wolfgang Beltracchi he was asked if he felt he had done anything wrong, his answer was “ Yeah, I used the wrong kind of paint”
Just … the levels of con there, the fake photos and … wow. That’s incredible.
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Also fun fact we learned in class today: Michelangelo carved a sculpture of a Roman god, broke off the arm, and then buried it. The sculpture was dug up and was considered to be an authentic Roman artefact, until Michelangelo came along with the missing arm and called shenanigans on himself, just to prove he was as skilled a sculptor as the ancient Romans.
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honestly mike? chill.
