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Chouans et autres contre-révolutionnaires
" The engraving mocks the "counterrevolution" by depicting its participants
grotesquely and comically. It shows three effeminate-looking dandies identified as officers of the chouan army, setting forth " to assasinate, starve, and slit the throats of... patriots
".
Liberty, Equality, Fraternity
Exploring the French Revolution
Jack R. Censer and Lynn Hunt
"After the flight to Varennes in June 1791, critics of the monarchy
began to depict the king , the queen and sometimes the entire royal family as animals.
The dehumanizing gesture opened the way to ever more vehement attacks on the king and queen and ultimately to the arrest, the imprisonment, trial, and execution of each
one."
Liberty, Fraternity, Equality
Exploring the French Revolution
Jack R. Censer and Lynn Hunter.
" The image marks a clear decline in the status of Louis XVI. He wears
the dress of a commoner and a Phrygian cap and raises a bottle. This transformation could scarcely have been anticipated in 1789 or even in 1790 ".
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J'aime Paris, Venise et le XVIIIème. Tout ou presque tout m'intéresse dans ce siècle, "siècle du plaisir qui, loin de le traiter comme une vaine dissipation, s'y plonge avec délices et s'abandonne jusqu'au vertige à l'enchantement des sens ". En m'excusant auprès de ceux qui auraient un soupçon de connaissance sur les sujets effleurés et en espérant ne pas donner la migraine à l'université... www.martine-chabbert.fr/ |
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