Saturday, December 21, 2024

SERMONES AD MORTUOS Endark The Enlightenment CD Out Now!

 



The debut full-length album of SERMONES AD MORTUOS is a dark compendium that contains ten tracks of blood mysticism, archaic ferocity and totalitarian aesthetics.
A blend of brooding melodies, mysterious tunes and pounding sounds, often similar to film-noir scores and old cinema Epics. Thematically prowling into the worldviews of esotericists and iconoclasts such as Louis-Ferdinand Celine, Ezra Pound, Carl Gustav Jung and Gabrielle D'Annunzio. ENDARK THE ENGLIGHTEMENT is a fiery manifestation of elitism and aristocratic radicalism with an awe for the ancient avengers, noble conquerors, medieval outlaws, the renaissance condottieri and their indomitable spirit and visions incarnated into certain periods of 19th and 20th century. Almost 40 minutes of DARK APOCALYPTIC MUSIC!

A must for those into early PUISSANCE, BLOOD AXIS etc.


Sunday, December 15, 2024

The Last Emperor

 


In the Katholikon of the Old Monastery of Taxiarches in Aegialia, just 15 km from Aigio, two layers of frescoes of high artistic quality from the late Byzantine period are preserved, reflecting the aesthetic trends of Constantinople. During their conservation work, archaeologist Dr. Anastasia Koumousi, Director of the Ephorate of Antiquities of Achaia, discovered in the second layer of frescoes—which, based on stylistic criteria, is securely dated to the mid-15th century—the unique portrait of the last Byzantine emperor, Constantine XI Palaiologos. 

Unlike idealized representations, this portrait authentically captures the physical features of Constantine XI. He is depicted as a mature man with a slender face, radiating calmness and nobility.

The artist behind the fresco likely came from Mystras, where Constantine XI lived for five years as “Despot”—the title for a regional governor—before ascending to the throne. The portrait is linked to the generous patronage of the monastery by Constantine’s brothers, which is well-documented in historical records. This donation followed the resolution of their civil war (1449-1450), mediated by Constantine, as noted by the historian Laonikos Chalkokondyles. 

The Ministry of Culture’s announcement identifies the figure as Constantine XI Palaiologos, the brother of the monastery’s patrons, the Despots of Morea, Demetrios and Thomas. 

This fresco represents the last known portrait of a Byzantine emperor in monumental painting and the only contemporary depiction of Constantine XI during his reign (January 6, 1449 – May 29, 1453).


SOURCE: Ministry of Culture/The National Herald

Sunday, December 8, 2024

Imperium Gallery


 We are a non-profit historical art museum dedicated to the study of modern nationalism and the preservation of its cultural artifacts. Through the medium of art, we hope to educate our patrons on the history and philosophy behind early 20th century revolutionary nationalism.

Fascism can be understood as the natural evolution of romantic nationalism, identifying and embracing the unique cultural characteristics responsible for bestowing a nation with its sense of identity. The ideology of Fascism is not only malleable, but fundamentally adaptive, taking on nation-specific forms rather than being a universally applicable and generic political theory. Whether it be traditional Italian Fascism, German National Socialism or Japanese State Shintoism, each nation’s idiosyncratic conception of Fascism is advised by their respective indigenous belief systems, folklore and history to be in consonance with the local polity and to invigorate these cultural traits. Reflecting this ethos, ethnospecific symbolism feature prominently in the Fascist aesthetic. Distilled of the perceived decadent impurities of postmodernism, its art offers an unclouded view into a nation’s soul and the spiritual essence of its people.

www.imperiumgallery.com





Thursday, December 5, 2024

Germania

 


Spring 1943. 

A selection of portraits of soldiers of the 9th SS Panzer Division "Germania"  

made by Ernst Baumann




Tuesday, December 3, 2024

The Funeral of Shelley



"The Funeral of Shelley" by Louis Édouard Fournier (1889)
 Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool, United Kingdom

The Story Behind the Artwork
This 1889 painting by Louis Édouard Fournier captures the dramatic moment of Percy Bysshe Shelley’s cremation on the Italian coast. Shelley, one of the great Romantic poets, tragically drowned at the age of 29 when his schooner, the Don Juan, sank during a storm in 1822. His remains washed ashore near Viareggio, Italy, where quarantine laws dictated that his body be cremated.

The scene is not historically accurate but is rich with symbolism. Lord Byron, Mary Shelley (Shelley's wife), and Leigh Hunt are depicted mourning, though records indicate Mary Shelley was not present. Fournier paints the desolate beach and pyre as a solemn tribute to Shelley’s Romantic ideals—emphasizing his life as fleeting but profoundly beautiful, like the poetry he left behind.

Source: Stories Behind Art

Friday, November 22, 2024

The Voice of Truth - Proud and Indomitable!

URSULA HAVERBECK
 8/11/1928 - 20/11/2024

Tuesday, November 19, 2024

Words as Lightnings

 

“How can you be a shining beacon, if the fire does not burn within you!"

"We can only make of ourselves what God has put in us."

"Forming a people out of the masses and a state out of the people has always been the deepest meaning of true politics"

“The revolutionary type of man stands at the beginning of an upheaval, not some social emergency. That comes with it."

“God helps the brave and beats the coward. It would be a strange God that stood on the side of the coward."

“Every man of stature has a mission somewhere, sometime”

“We are all sick. Only fighting the rot can save us once more”

“The gradually collapsing state of history in its downfall once again produces the finest blossoms of its dying creative power.”


Taken from:

JOSEPH GOEBBELS - Michael : A German Destiny in Diary Form