Napoleon in Caricature 1795-1821

Napoleon in Caricature 1795-1821
Title Napoleon in Caricature 1795-1821 PDF eBook
Author Alexander Meyrick Broadley
Publisher
Pages 736
Release 1911
Genre Caricature
ISBN

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Napoleon in Caricature 1795-1821

Napoleon in Caricature 1795-1821
Title Napoleon in Caricature 1795-1821 PDF eBook
Author John Holland Rose
Publisher Рипол Классик
Pages 693
Release 1911
Genre History
ISBN 5877814737

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Napoleon in Caricature 1795-1821

Napoleon in Caricature 1795-1821
Title Napoleon in Caricature 1795-1821 PDF eBook
Author Alexander Meyrick Broadley
Publisher Theclassics.Us
Pages 128
Release 2013-09
Genre
ISBN 9781230268354

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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1911 edition. Excerpt: ... INTRODUCTION PICTORIAL SATIRE AS A FACTOR IN NAPOLEONIC HISTORY E; est le propre de l'homme," says Rabelais; and the history of literature and of art bears witness to the truth of the assertion. The earliest known forms of art are so grotesquely imitative as to suggest a sense of fun in the cave-dwellers. Primitive poetry also often descended from the doings of gods and heroes to sport with dwarfs or gnomes. In either case the motive is at bottom much the same. Man has always delighted in gibes and jests. The dullness of the cave or the lake-dwelling must be enlivened with jokes either in verse or in drawing. Thus can the chief, merry with ale, while away the long evening and live over again amidst his women-folk the joys of triumph over his defeated and disgraced rival. Mocking doggerel and mocking sketches, we may be sure, are as old as the race. They added zest to the efforts of the early bards. Possibly they are the fountain-head of art. It is therefore with something primitive, innate, and almost savage that we are concerned in these volumes. Caricature has always existed and will always exist, for it is the laughter of art. Milton in his gayer moods could in spirit hie away-- "to the spicy nut-brown ale With stories told of many a feat How Faery Mab the junkets eat. VOL. I. xvil b She was pinched and pulled, she said; And he, by Friar's lantern led, Tells how the drudging goblin sweat To earn his cream-bowl duly set." If the grave Puritan poet could delight in "Sport that wrinkled care derides And laughter holding both his sides," how much more so beings akin to Aristophanes, Plautus, Rabelais, and Calverley? Some artists there are who must sometimes sport even with the most serious subject --witness Holbein's Dance of Death. But...

Napoleon in Caricature, 1795-1821

Napoleon in Caricature, 1795-1821
Title Napoleon in Caricature, 1795-1821 PDF eBook
Author A.M. Broadley
Publisher
Pages 0
Release 1911
Genre Caricature
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Napoleon in Caricature 1795-1821

Napoleon in Caricature 1795-1821
Title Napoleon in Caricature 1795-1821 PDF eBook
Author A. M. Broadley
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Release 1911
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Napoleon in Caricature, 1795-1821 (Volume II)

Napoleon in Caricature, 1795-1821 (Volume II)
Title Napoleon in Caricature, 1795-1821 (Volume II) PDF eBook
Author Alexander Meyrick Broadley
Publisher
Pages 730
Release 2020-10-10
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ISBN 9789354174391

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This book has been considered by academicians and scholars of great significance and value to literature. This forms a part of the knowledge base for future generations. So that the book is never forgotten we have represented this book in a print format as the same form as it was originally first published. Hence any marks or annotations seen are left intentionally to preserve its true nature.

Napoleon in Caricature 1795-1821

Napoleon in Caricature 1795-1821
Title Napoleon in Caricature 1795-1821 PDF eBook
Author Alexander Meyrick Broadley
Publisher
Pages 724
Release 1911
Genre Caricature
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