The Saint-Aubin Livre de caricatures : drawing satire in eighteenth-century Paris

Author(s)

• Jones, Colin
• Carey, Juliet
• Richardson, Emily

Bibliographic Information

The Saint-Aubin Livre de caricatures : drawing satire in eighteenth-century Paris

edited by Colin Jones, Juliet Carey and Emily Richardson

（SVEC, 2012:06）

Voltaire Foundation, 2012

Other Title

The Saint Aubin "Livre de caricatures"

Note

Includes bibliographical references (p. 447-468) and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Out of public sight for over a hundred years, the Livre de caricatures tant bonnes que mauvaises is a remarkable work. This collection of comic and satirical drawings was created by a Parisian luxury embroiderer, Charles-Germain de Saint-Aubin, at a time of rigid press censorship to entertain a small group of family and friends. For today's reader the Livreprovides not only a series of richly imaginative and varied drawings, but also a fascinating and intriguing commentary on pre-Revolutionary Paris. In this first comprehensive study of the Livre de caricatures, which includes over 190 illustrations, an international team of scholars investigates the motivations and operations behind the making of the book, and the many facets of Parisian life that it illuminates. Embracing politics and religion, theatre, fashion and connoisseurship, and the court of Versailles and the Parisian streets, the scope of the Livre is immense. The work's unique quality is evident in its humour - whimsical, fantastical, challengingly allusive, but not without a sharp political edge when targeting clerics, the court and Louis XV's mistress, Madame de Pompadour. Known within the Saint-Aubin family as the Livre de culs, the Livre delights in the transgression of social convention and the keen deflation of vanity and pretence. Contributors explore this irreverent image of eighteenth-century Paris in all its glory. In today's world, the visual satire of the Livre de Caricatures continues to resonate, instruct and entertain.

Table of Contents

Colin Jones and Juliet Carey, Introduction I. The Livre de caricatures and the Saint-Aubins Colin Jones and Emily Richardson, 1. Archaeology and materiality John Rogister, 2. Decoding the Livre de caricatures Kim de Beaumont, 3. The Saint-Aubins sketching for fun and profit II. Historical perspectives John Shovlin, 4. War, diplomacy and faction Julian Swann, 5. Politics and religion Valerie Mainz, 6. Gloire, subversively Humphrey Wine, 7. Madame de Pompadour III. Sites of culture Mark Ledbury, 8. Theatrical life James H. Johnson, 9. Musical culture Aileen Ribeiro, 10. Fashioning the feminine Kimberly Chrisman-Campbell, 11. Costume books and fashion plates Juliet Carey, 12. The king and his embroiderer Charlotte Guichard, 13. Connoisseurship: art and antiquities Perrin Stein, 14. Vases and satire IV. Contexts Richard Taws, 15. The precariousness of things Katie Scott, 16. Saint-Aubin's jokes and their relation to... Appendix: form and content analysis List of illustrations Summaries List of contributors Bibliography Index

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Details

• NCID: BB09570257
• ISBN:
  • 9780729410441
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Oxford
• Pages/Volumes: viii, 481 p.
• Size: 24 cm
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Saint-Aubin, Charles Germain de, 1721-1786. Livre de caricatures tant bonnes que mauvaises
  • LCSH : French wit and humor, Pictorial -- History and criticism
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA46635977