Mark Marnell

Then this Back in d cave Sept 2010 #Selfie reflection on a stone Shot on iPhone which was also #ShotOniPhone B4 d iPhone had a selfie front camera #iPhone becomes my primary tool of discovery The #Apple #art source With a💡🕯 Who’s ready 4d big screen A beautiful find! 🗿⭕️🐝

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downtown (wall demo) New title! Follow the money Between the lines I have another The obvious answer Can u do better? Here’s a clue Comes to true Only when three see it 2 And I repeat that back 2u🗿🌍🌎🌏🐝🇮🇪📱🎶 5th April 2026 IMG_1958 Portlaoise Town Council 2 Laois Chamber

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drops Portrait of my shadow at 67 years in 67 footsteps How 2 turn the drops in 2 the heights U have to believe in giants I know now in time some agree In facts I’m sure some u see My eyes u inspect To decipher -detect Were born holding stone Made megalithic of my Flesh and bone And with #apple gifts Lift worlds alone My 👀 correct from the start🗿 No greater in the power of #art Highfield Meadows Portlaoise Laois 🇮🇪 #Photography #LifeOfTheArtist 🌍🌎🌏🐝👆🏼✍️🎶📱#iPhone #Megalithic

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drops Good Friday 2 #easter sunday Good Phone Like a Sea view From home Family tree Planted for me 🙏my neighbour In 2003 Why all the picture drops? Because it’s not the height that scares people It’s the drop 🏠 🗿🌍🌎🌏📱🐝🍏🥚🇮🇪🎶🚀🌊 #Art #Photography #Trees 🌳 Laois 2026

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Oops I seem to have deleted may last post As history repeats itself U deleted it deliberately Never but I did paint a demolition painting live in New York🗿🌎🌏🌍🍏🐝 How history repeats itself. Could the Irish Independent send me file copies of my first appearance to the world. 2 cartoons you published in 1972. If you can’t find them I will try draw them from memory. And to the public note nothing has changed. It’s like a Möbius strip

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ArtForum what are u 💭 Visualise the first time u saw the majesty of the first cave art And all minds born from it But if we lose the majesty of the law how can justice still be seen to be done as one cannot exist without the other? #art #majesty #artcritic #curators 🗿🌍🌎🌏🎨

The Judgement of the New World #SuperArt Rearranged Portrait of @jerrysaltz @lordrochester #ArtCritic @Artforum

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Rather than waste ⏳on my list of No’s The crux of it The life of Napoleon didn’t need 🎞️ ‘artistic licence’ 2sell tickets Napoleon had already perfected the art Eg. The case of the missing missing woman by the missing missing artist🗿🌎🌍🌏🇫🇷😉! A moving movie in movie #Louvre

#Napoleon Movie review? One sentence! The Emperor has 2 many clothes. MM 2026 Why? All the reasons listed online by Historians and Art Historians Ok take artistic licence But- Not placed in the absence of more important historical keys! In learning? Or by a lack of it🗿🇫🇷

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Ridley Scott's 2023 film *Napoleon* (starring Joaquin Phoenix) takes significant dramatic liberties with historical events,人物, and timelines. Historians and fact-checkers widely criticized it for numerous inaccuracies, often prioritizing spectacle and a particular character portrayal over fidelity to the record. Here are some of the **most commonly cited and significant historical inaccuracies**: - **Napoleon witnessing Marie Antoinette's execution** The film opens with Napoleon present at Marie Antoinette's guillotine execution in Paris (October 16, 1793). In reality, he was hundreds of miles away — roughly 520–600 miles — serving as an artillery officer during the Siege of Toulon at the time. He had no involvement or presence there. - **French army bombarding / shooting cannonballs at the Pyramids** During the Egyptian campaign, the movie depicts Napoleon's forces firing cannons directly at the Pyramids of Giza. The Battle of the Pyramids (1798) occurred about 7 miles away from the actual pyramids — well outside effective artillery range for the era. No such bombardment happened; the pyramids were visible but not targeted. - **Napoleon personally leading cavalry charges into battle** The film repeatedly shows Napoleon (often on horseback) charging directly into combat alongside troops, especially at Waterloo. Historically, Napoleon commanded from the rear or elevated positions, directing strategy rather than leading frontline assaults. He rarely exposed himself in this reckless way, especially later in his career. - **Age and appearance mismatches** Joaquin Phoenix (in his late 40s during filming) portrays Napoleon from his mid-20s onward, making him appear far older than his real age during early triumphs (e.g., he was only 24 at Toulon and 35 when crowned Emperor). Josephine (Vanessa Kirby) is depicted as significantly younger than Napoleon, reversing the actual dynamic — she was six years older than him. - **The frozen lake / thousands drowning at Austerlitz** The Battle of Austerlitz (1805) features a dramatic scene where French artillery breaks a frozen lake, drowning masses of Russian and Austrian troops. In reality, there was no large frozen lake — only small ponds and marshy ground. Some soldiers drowned, but the scale and cinematic "breaking ice" event is exaggerated or invented for drama. - **Post-Waterloo meeting with the Duke of Wellington** The film includes a fictional scene where Napoleon meets Wellington face-to-face after his defeat (e.g., in captivity). The two never met in person at any point. - **Josephine's role in suggesting / initiating divorce** The movie portrays Josephine actively suggesting or pushing for divorce due to her infertility. In reality, she resisted the divorce (arranged for dynastic reasons so Napoleon could remarry and produce an heir). She was devastated by it. - **Other notable fabrications or distortions** - Napoleon is shown retrieving a cannonball from inside his dead horse at Toulon — no evidence supports this. - The portrayal of Napoleon as coming from "nothing" (poor / low-born origins) ignores his minor noble Corsican family background. - Details of the coronation (e.g., certain actions or words) and some battle tactics (like Wellington's use of terrain at Waterloo) are altered or simplified. The film compresses a 25+ year career into a brisk runtime, omitting major campaigns (e.g., Marengo) and broader political context while emphasizing a more petulant, insecure Napoleon than many historians recognize. Director Ridley Scott defended the choices by dismissing some critics and emphasizing dramatic storytelling over strict accuracy. These inaccuracies are well-documented across historian reviews (e.g., from French experts, David A. Bell, and sites like History vs. Hollywood, HistoryExtra, and Variety). The movie is more of a stylized character study and visual spectacle than a reliable historical account. And there’s more🗿