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| - | [[Image:Un autre monde by Grandville.jpg|right|thumb|200px|[[Surrealism avant la lettre]] from ''[[Un autre monde]]'' ([[1844]]) by [[Grandville]]]] | ||
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| - | '''''Un autre monde''''' ('''Another world''')[http://www31.us.archive.org/stream/unautremondetran00gran#page/n9/mode/2up] is a book by French illustrator [[Grandville]], first published in [[1844]] by [[H. Fournier]]. | ||
| - | The album is subtitled ''Transformations, visions, incarnations, ascensions, locomotions, explorations, pérégrinations, excursions, stations, cosmogonies, fantasmagories, rêveries, folâtreries, facéties, lubies, métamorphoses, zoomorphoses, lithomorphoses, métempsycoses, apothéoses et autres choses'' | + | [[Combat de deux raffinés]][http://www.archive.org/stream/unautremondetran00gran#page/n88/mode/1up] |
| + | is a plate from ''[[Un autre monde]]'' (1844, English: '''Another world''') by French illustrator [[Grandville]]. | ||
| - | The fantastic [[metamorphoses]] of plants, animals and humans caused him to be [[revindicated]] as a [[surrealist avant la lettre]] by [[Breton]]. | + | From the chapter "Une révolution végétale". [[Sugarcane]], [[sugar beet]] and [[carrot]]s are the protagonists of a [[civil war]]. The sugar cane is winning. |
| - | :''Un Autre Monde'' describes and depicts a [[parallel world]] created by three sleazy [[demiurge]]s named Dr. Krackq, Dr. Puff and Dr. Hahblle. Each also travels within the world, describing its people and their customs. Obviously, the "other" world is a thinly-veiled parody of our own. Unfortunately, time has thickened the veil, and a lot of the political and cultural allusions have been lost, or at least have become a lot harder to work out. | + | ==See also== |
| - | + | *[[Raffination]] | |
| - | :Some of the illustrations in the book have since become very famous, and [[Sir John Tenniel]] and many cartoonists from Punch borrowed very heavily from his imagery.[http://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/un-autre-monde-grandville-caricature-128718848] | + | *[[Sugar refinery]] |
| - | + | *[[Paintings of vegetables]] | |
| - | ==Chapters== | + | |
| - | Chapters include: | + | |
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| - | La clé des champs. Apothéose du docteur Puff. L'Univers au Scrutin. Concert à la vapeur. La rhubarbe et le séné. LA TERRE EN PLAN. A vol et à vue d'oiseau. Le Carnaval en bouteille. Caractères travestis et travestissements de caractère. Déguisements physiologiques. Le Royaume des marionnettes. UNE RÉVOLUTION VÉGÉTALE. UN VOYAGE D'AVRIL. LE LOUVRE DES MARIONNETTES. UNE ÉCLIPSE CONJUGALE. LES AMOURS D'UN PANTIN ET D'UNE ÉTOILE. UNE APRÈS-MIDI AU JARDIN DES PLANTES. LA MORT D'UNE IMMORTELLE. Les mystères de l'infini. | + | |
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| - | ==List of plates== | + | |
| - | *[[Combat de deux raffinés]][http://www31.us.archive.org/stream/unautremondetran00gran#page/n88/mode/1up] | + | |
| - | *[[Interplanetary bridge]][http://www31.us.archive.org/stream/unautremondetran00gran#page/139/mode/1up] | + | |
| - | *[[La fosse aux doublivores]][http://www31.us.archive.org/stream/unautremondetran00gran#page/112/mode/1up] | + | |
| - | *Plusieurs dilettanti ont les oreilles dechirees[http://www31.us.archive.org/stream/unautremondetran00gran#page/24/mode/1up] | + | |
| - | *Apocalypse du ballet [http://www31.us.archive.org/stream/unautremondetran00gran#page/n75/mode/1up] | + | |
| - | *[[Vénus a l'opera]] | + | |
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Combat de deux raffinés[1] is a plate from Un autre monde (1844, English: Another world) by French illustrator Grandville.
From the chapter "Une révolution végétale". Sugarcane, sugar beet and carrots are the protagonists of a civil war. The sugar cane is winning.
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