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Fables In Frames Argues That The Increased Interest In The Fables Of La Fontaine During The Nineteenth Century Resulted Largely From The Activities Of Artists, Who Offered The Seventeenth-century Fables New Contexts For A Post-revolution Age. First In Caricature And Book Illustrations And Later In Salon Painting, Artists Transformed The Fables To Comment On Contemporary Issues. The Goal Of This Study Is To Tackle The General Issue Of Why La Fontaine's Fables Appeared In Art At All During The Nineteenth Century And To Explore The Specific Questions Of How Certain Artists Made Those Texts Culturally Normative. I. Introduction: Fables In Frames -- Ii. Text And Image: La Fontaine's Fables And Their Illustrations -- Iii. Nature And Culture: Framing La Fontaine -- Iv. The Serpent And The File And The Uncertainty Of Genius -- V. Reptiles And Revolutions -- Vi. Broken Pots And Broken Promises: Fable Caricatures And Press Repression -- Vii. From Satire To The Salon: Daumier And La Fontaine -- Viii. Millet's Death And The Woodcutter -- Ix. I Do Not Like Your La Fontaine: Gauguin's Encounters With The Cicada And The Ant -- X. Conclusion. Kirsten H. Powell. Includes Bibliographical References

Author

Powell, Kirsten , 1951-

Publisher

Peter Lang Publishing, Incorporated

Published

1997

Language

EN

ISBN

9780820430966

Subjects

Art, Arts