The History of the Nineteenth Century in Caricature
The book The History of the Nineteenth Century in Caricature was written by author Maurice, Arthur Bartlett, 1873-1946 Here you can read free online of The History of the Nineteenth Century in Caricature book, rate and share your impressions in comments. If you don't know what to write, just answer the question: Why is The History of the Nineteenth Century in Caricature a good or bad book?
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They were accordingly symbo- lized by a number of weathercocks proportioned to the num- ber of their political conversions, Talleyrand leading the pro- cession, with not less than seven to his credit. The etcignoir was constantly used in satire directed against the priesthood, the most famous instance appearing in the Minerva in 18 19. It took for the text a refrain from a song of Beranger. In this cartoon the Church is personified by the figure of the Pope holding in one hand a sabre, and, in ...the other, a paper with the words Bulls, crusades, Sicilian vespers, St. Bartholomew. Beside the figure of the Church, torch in hand, is the demon 65 Digitized by CjOOQIC 66 CENTURY IN CARICATURE of discord. From the smoke of the torch of the demon various horrors are escaping. We read " the restoration of feudal rights," " feudal privileges," " division of families." Monks are trying to snuff out the memory of Fenelon, Buffon, Voltaire, Rousseau, Montaigne, and other philosophers and thinkers. For ten years the caricaturists played with this theme.
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