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title: ALLEGORICAL PLAYING CARD: ASIA

subject date: 2006-10-31

caption: PLAYING CARDS Primidi, 1 of hearts, Asia. The new values of the French Revolution and the desire to oust even the mere concept of aristocracy from daily life lead to the ''revolution'' of the appearance of playing cards as well, which become a vehicle for dissemination: in this deck of cards published at Egalité- sur-Marne (Château-Thierry) by Bezu, the ''numbers'' are replaced by the new names of the days of the decades and the figures called ''First'', ''Second'' and ''Third'' represent the Elements , the Seasons and the Virtues. The one of hearts illustrates a camel as a symbol of Asia. Hand-coloured woodcut, France 1790 - 1792.

category: HIS

city: Asia

copyright: © Fototeca Gilardi

copyright status: Copyrighted Work

credit: Fototeca Gilardi

instructions: Per utilizzi: Fototeca Gilardi - t. 02 3931 2652

place: Asia

file date: 0000-00-00 00:00:00

object name: 35771

priority: 0

multiplying price: 1.00

pricing: default

continent: Asia

image century : XVIII

image epoch: Illuminismo

subject century: XVIII

subject epoch: Rivoluzione Francese

technique: Xilografia acquarellata

id: 14660

file name: FSNgilardi_35771.jpg

keywords

heartsAsiacamelseedGamesplaying cardsiconologyallegoryFrench RevolutionFranceBezuEnlightenmentEighteenth centurypropagandadisclosureCultural revolutionChâteau-ÉgalitéFirst RepublicFrench revolutionary calendarFrench republican calendardecadedaydecimal system