PLAYING CARDS: First, 1 of clubs, Europe. The new values of the French Revolution and the desire to banish even the very concept of aristocracy from everyday life led to a "revolutionization" of the appearance of playing cards, which became a vehicle for popularization: in this deck of cards published in Egalité-sur-Marne (Château-Thierry) by Bezu, the "numbers" were replaced by the new names of the days of the decades, and the court cards called "First," "Second," and "Third" represent the Elements, the Seasons, and the Virtues. The 1 of clubs depicts a horse, symbolizing Europe. Hand-colored woodcut, France 1790-1792. This image is already available in a digital offset print version for sale here .

Europa Francia

title: ALLEGORICAL PLAYING CARD: EUROPE

subject date: 2006-10-31

caption: PLAYING CARDS: First, 1 of clubs, Europe. The new values of the French Revolution and the desire to banish even the very concept of aristocracy from everyday life led to a "revolutionization" of the appearance of playing cards, which became a vehicle for popularization: in this deck of cards published in Egalité-sur-Marne (Château-Thierry) by Bezu, the "numbers" were replaced by the new names of the days of the decades, and the court cards called "First," "Second," and "Third" represent the Elements, the Seasons, and the Virtues. The 1 of clubs depicts a horse, symbolizing Europe. Hand-colored woodcut, France 1790-1792.
This image is already available in a digital offset print version for sale here .

category: HIS

city: Europa

copyright: © Fototeca Gilardi

copyright status: Copyrighted Work

country: Francia

credit: Fototeca Gilardi

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

place: Europa

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

object name: 35772

priority: 0

multiplying price: 1.00

pricing: default

continent: Europa

image century : XVIII

image epoch: Illuminìsmo

licence: RF

subject century: XVIII

subject epoch: Rivoluzione Francese

technique: Xilografia colorata

id: 14661

file name: FSNgilardi_35772.jpg

keywords

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

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