29 nov 2022 ano - 112/ Cythera (4): with illustrators and caricaturists

Descrição:

n the foregoing post 111/ of this series it was demonstrated that the word Cythère was still very much spread in publications throughout the French 19th and 20th centuries (1, Figs.3 & 4). Subsequently, Cythère became inspiration for illustrators and caricaturists in the flourishing business of all types of journals (2), reporting about the entertainment market, social culture and politics. The images, collected chronologically from 1863 to 1962 in a Google Album, including all metadata (Fig.1), and in a List (Table 1), are evidence of the persistent survival of mythical Cythère in French cultural life.
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