Trésors caches Carnavalet à la Révolution française
P ar Florence Gauthier, ICT-Université Paris 7-Denis Diderot
Wednesday, December 30, 2009
Premier Pressure Cooker Valve
Exposition jusqu'au 3 janvier 2010, au Musée Carnavalet 23 rue de Sévigné 75004, Métro Saint-Paul. Do not miss these hidden treasures, among which one can admire many remarkable pieces. For example, The Triumph of French people of Jacques Louis David, pencil drawing, pen and wash, made in the Montagnard Convention (and after the assassination of Marat as evidenced by the figure of the latter baring his chest stabbed) , a project that would decorate a stage curtain: a tribute to the artist's right to resist oppression (See Philippe Bordes and Régis Michel ed. to arms and art! Art of the Revolution, 1789-1799
, Paris Adam Biro, 1988, p. 117; Philippe Bordes, David , Paris, Hazan, 1988 64).
It will also see the beautiful sketch called
The abolition of slavery, proclaimed by the Convention on 16 Pluviôse II-February 4, 1794
, pen, wash and gouache. In the catalog of the Museum of the French Revolution to Vizille
Human rights and freedoms of conquest
, 1986 44, we learn that this sketch attributed to Nicolas Monsiau would not be him, but, according to research by Philippe Bordes, probably by Charles Thevenin, a member of the Republican People's Society of Arts which brought together artists from Paris after the dissolution of the Royal Academy. The company decided a few days after the abolition of slavery, to commemorate this great achievement of human rights worldwide. As this is one of those true "hidden treasures", do not miss it!
The large and beautiful gouache Naudet
representing the Feast of the Supreme Being
celebrated in Paris on 20 Prairial-June 8, 1794, shows a portion of the festive designed by David and his studio at the Champ de Mars with the Mountain with its peak a statue of Hercules representative of popular sovereignty, strength, and at the same time its hard work to do to win this freedom represented by his side, as a "tree of liberty." The people dance and sing at the foot of the mountain, starting his ascent. The very interesting
Triumph of the Republic, who represents both the Mountain and the Declaration of Human Rights and the citizen, hold your attention. Aquatint attributed to Alix. The Bill of Rights is represented as the Tablets of the Law of Moses, the "Mountain of Sinai is the French, "as named by Chaumette, one of these friends of the League of Human Rights, well aware of the difference. If the Tables of the Law had been given to Moses by God himself, the Bill of Rights was it the fruit of centuries of experience, which led to the design fees in a humanistic reason, that is that is sensitive to the feeling of social justice, and that we believed could be realized on earth. The engraving depicts the light that shines from the Declaration for the people attracted to it, the night of despotism and tyranny that create monsters. All work of deciphering this revolutionary aesthetic worth doing. It will also see the beautiful sketch called
The abolition of slavery, proclaimed by the Convention on 16 Pluviôse II-February 4, 1794
, pen, wash and gouache. In the catalog of the Museum of the French Revolution to Vizille
Human rights and freedoms of conquest
, 1986 44, we learn that this sketch attributed to Nicolas Monsiau would not be him, but, according to research by Philippe Bordes, probably by Charles Thevenin, a member of the Republican People's Society of Arts which brought together artists from Paris after the dissolution of the Royal Academy. The company decided a few days after the abolition of slavery, to commemorate this great achievement of human rights worldwide. As this is one of those true "hidden treasures", do not miss it!
The large and beautiful gouache Naudet
representing the Feast of the Supreme Being
celebrated in Paris on 20 Prairial-June 8, 1794, shows a portion of the festive designed by David and his studio at the Champ de Mars with the Mountain with its peak a statue of Hercules representative of popular sovereignty, strength, and at the same time its hard work to do to win this freedom represented by his side, as a "tree of liberty." The people dance and sing at the foot of the mountain, starting his ascent. The very interesting
Blacksmiths to the Convention on the Feast of saltpetre 
A large sign explains the allegories of the twelve calendar month revolutionary engravings Tresca based Laffitte. Moreover, many gouaches and etchings us into the new styles that have emerged in the revolutionary period to express new feelings: trees of liberty, popular dances, garlands and birds of republican freedom are becoming new ornaments are some successes. A drawing, pen and wash, the workshop of David Hess will hold the attention. It will also see a series of portraits of Montagnards, a very beautiful portrait of a young woman presented as that of Eleanor Duplay. And one can not help laughing, in the end, to The New Incredible or goose fashion , Small colored engraving of the period of the Executive, not to be missed! 
This beautiful exhibition, however, offers comments which are far from the height of the exhibited works. It is thus unfortunate that the sketch The Convention abolishes slavery French colonies, has left commentators speechless: nothing about it beyond the brief statement providing a title and author in dispute, not to mention the discussion about it! And why this ridiculous comment about the Montagnards in the name reserved for them, and develops an absurdity? this: the name was Mountain given to these members because they "sat on the highest tiers of the Convention! However, the Carnavalet museum is no shortage of images showing that the Convention did not meet in a room with bleachers, but in a room horizontally. The visitor will also proof, turning after reading this comment to the fanciful engraving The Convention abolishes slavery where he can "see" the room of that Convention without step ... it is unclear how the Montagnards name comes from their so-called up to the highest bleachers. No! they sit "on the left side," as they say Then, from the chairman of the meeting that faced them. It is still curious that the exhibition of treasures has not resulted in the publication of a catalog or postcard ...
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
0 comments:
Post a Comment