Weekly Plot Help - Week of November 10th

[alison-sky.livejournal.com]

Got a problem in your NaNo? Who doesn't?! But we've got a way to help!

Post here with your plot problems, and all through the week members of the community will scan through and see if they can help.

AKA - The best way to procrastinate is to help others!

So post your problem. Then take a moment to look at everyone else's and see if you can help them.

People helping people. That's what makes this community great :)

So have at it!

Comments

calling history buffs!

[agardenafter.livejournal.com]

My novel includes many historical vingettes and personages. In preperation, I did my research on several people who I thought would fit what I needed (Kit Marlowe, William Shakespeare, Lordy Byron, etc). However, now that I'm writing, I've discovered that I don't really want to use these people and I'm in a bit of a research chrunch. I could use a direction to go for round two. I'm looking for men, alive and operating during the Elizabeathan era and after who were involved in the arts. I'm particularly looking for authors and musicians with a certain je ne sais qua. A little bit of mystery, tradgedy, a sprinkling of controversy in their lives... any or all of the above. The less well known the better, but not really a requirement. Thanks for any names you can toss my way, guys, it means a lot!

Re: calling history buffs!

[renjiluvah.livejournal.com]

Hiya,

Well, according to this (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_I_of_England), Queen Elizabeth was Queen of Ireland and England from the late 1500's to early 1600's and at that time, The Renaissance & Reformation in Northern Europe and Italy was going on.

Some artists from that time are El Greco for short (Domenikos Theotokopoulos), Mathias Grunewald, Albrecht Durer, Marcus Gheeraerts did a portrait of Elizabeth actually, Pieter Bruegel "the elder", Caravaggio (one of the big names), Artemisia Gentileschi (she had some controversy as a female artist), and I can go on forever but I don't know exactly what the time frame you want is so I tried to aim around the time Elizabeth ruled and was alive.

I got this from my textbook "Janson's history of art: The western tradition, seventh edition" if you're interested in looking for a book about artists. It's a great book because it also tells you about the history going on at the time and about the artists.

Hope I was helpful. Good luck. :D