Pégase romantique
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| + | [[Image:Pegase romantique.jpg|thumb|right|200px|The "[[Pégase romantique]]" caricature by [[Jean-Gabriel Scheffer]] | ||
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| + | Left to right: [[Petrus Borel]], [[Victor Hugo]], and [[Alexandre Dumas]] | ||
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| + | Its motto reads "[[Rien n'est beau que le laid, le laid seul est aimable|Only the ugly is beautiful, only the ugly is likeable]]." | ||
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| + | "[[Pégase romantique]]" is the title for a caricature attributed to [[Jean-Gabriel Scheffer]]. | ||
| - | "[[Caricatures intellectuelles]]" "[[Jean Gabriel Scheffer]]" [[Pégase Romantique]] | + | Its motto reads '[[Rien n'est beau que le laid, le laid seul est aimable]],' which translates as "Only the ugly is beautiful, only the ugly is likeable" and which is a satirical take on [[Boileau]]'s "[[rien n'est beau que le vrai; le vrai seul est aimable]]". |
| + | The illustration by [[J. G. Scheffer]] depicts the Romantic pantheon of the early [[1830s]]. The seated figures, facing forward, are, from left to right, [[Petrus Borel]], [[Victor Hugo]], and [[Alexandre Dumas]]. ([[Bibliotheque Nationale de France, Estampes et Gravures]], Tf 40 Fol. | ||
| + | 'Caricatures intellectuelles (litterature, theatre)').[http://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid%3A58dfc887-df51-4cfb-98ef-4ec9fe711ffe/datastreams/ATTACHMENT1] | ||
| - | '[[Rien n'est beau que le laid, le laid seul est aimable]].' | + | The print is mentioned in ''[[Les Mœurs et la caricature en France]]'' by [[John Grand-Carteret]]: |
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| - | The illustration by J. G. Scheffer depicts the Romantic pantheon of the early [[1830s]]. The seated figures, facing forward, are, from left to right, [[Petrus Borel]], [[Victor Hugo]], and [[Alexandre Dumas]]. (Bibliotheque Nationale de France, Estampes et Gravures, Tf 40 Fol. | + | |
| - | 'Caricatures intellectuelles (litterature, theatre)'). | + | |
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| + | : ... visant le romantisme dans ses ridicules, représentait le [[Pégase romantique]] à cheval sur une [[écrevisse]] et lui donnait comme [[devise]] : Rien n'est beau que le laid, le laid seul est aimable. | ||
| + | ==See also== | ||
| + | *[[Bouzingo]] | ||
| + | *[[Cult of ugliness]] | ||
| + | *[[French Romanticism]] | ||
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Left to right: Petrus Borel, Victor Hugo, and Alexandre Dumas
Its motto reads "Only the ugly is beautiful, only the ugly is likeable."
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"Pégase romantique" is the title for a caricature attributed to Jean-Gabriel Scheffer.
Its motto reads 'Rien n'est beau que le laid, le laid seul est aimable,' which translates as "Only the ugly is beautiful, only the ugly is likeable" and which is a satirical take on Boileau's "rien n'est beau que le vrai; le vrai seul est aimable".
The illustration by J. G. Scheffer depicts the Romantic pantheon of the early 1830s. The seated figures, facing forward, are, from left to right, Petrus Borel, Victor Hugo, and Alexandre Dumas. (Bibliotheque Nationale de France, Estampes et Gravures, Tf 40 Fol. 'Caricatures intellectuelles (litterature, theatre)').[1]
The print is mentioned in Les Mœurs et la caricature en France by John Grand-Carteret:
- ... visant le romantisme dans ses ridicules, représentait le Pégase romantique à cheval sur une écrevisse et lui donnait comme devise : Rien n'est beau que le laid, le laid seul est aimable.
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