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Book SynopsisTrade Review[…] this volume offers a rich analysis of a unique object, sneaking a glimpse into the private life and sense of humour of a family of artists in eighteenth-century Paris, and through them a deeper understanding of the political and cultural happenings that affected the lives of ordinary Parisians.
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French StudiesTable of ContentsColin Jones and Juliet Carey, Introduction
I. The Livre de caricatures and the Saint-AubinsColin Jones and Emily Richardson, 1. Archaeology and materiality
John Rogister, 2. Decoding the
Livre de caricaturesKim de Beaumont, 3. The Saint-Aubins sketching for fun and profit
II. Historical perspectivesJohn 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 cultureMark 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. ContextsRichard 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
