04/2009 Theatrum historiae
https://hdl.handle.net/10195/38100
2024-03-28T12:08:53ZNobility and domestic conviviality in the paintings of archduchess Maria Christine
https://hdl.handle.net/10195/38274
Nobility and domestic conviviality in the paintings of archduchess Maria Christine
Yonan, Michael
Scholars have long identified Jean-Jacques Rousseau's writings as central texts to the history of the
family. Eighteenth-century transformations to the family concept affected all families, including those
of high social status; despite being monarchs, royal families could not shield themselves from larger
social changes affecting family definitions in general. This paper addresses that phenomenon by examining
a social activity in which imagined identities could be explored and represented, namely art,
through a discussion of the Habsburg Archduchess Maria Christine of Austria (1742-1798). Daughter
of Empress Maria Theresa, Maria Christine founded with her husband Albert of Sachsen-Teschen
the collection that forms the basis of the modern Graphische Sammlung Albertina in Vienna and was
herself an accomplished amateur painter. By inserting her monarchical family into scenes representing
bourgeois activities, Maria Christine utilized painting to explore aspects of her monarchical life
that otherwise could not be represented in official art.
2009-01-01T00:00:00ZFriendship: indigenous hosts and german travelers
https://hdl.handle.net/10195/38273
Friendship: indigenous hosts and german travelers
Watchman, Renae
18th-19th centuries travel to the "contact zones" of diverse Indigenous communities by European
Others initiated new experiences, which were further re-presented to Europe via detailed, albeit onesided
narratives. The Indigenous – as a site or as a prototype – were imagined, fictionalized, and
befriended by German explorer-intellectuals through Travel Literature. The European understanding
of the indigenous world was heightened, while, the Indigenous counter-gaze reveals mutual curiosity
and resistance through a re-reading of Indigenous acts of song, dance, laughter and silence found in
the travelogues of Humboldt and Forster.
2009-01-01T00:00:00ZFemale friendship and fraternité in the prostitute memoir novels of eighteenth-century France
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Female friendship and fraternité in the prostitute memoir novels of eighteenth-century France
Tallent, Alistaire
This essay explores a long-neglected novel, La Cauchoise, ou Mémoires d’une courtisane célèbre
(César Ribié, 1783) and its depiction of female homosocial relations. As the prostitute heroine and
narrator tells of her successful and colorful career and her many relationships along the way, we
discover that her relationships (sexual, professional, and amicable) with other women prove to be the
most satisfying and beneficial to her. These relationships can be read as a female version of the
Revolutionary principle of fraternité.
2009-01-01T00:00:00ZL'amitié dans les traités du XVIIIe siècle
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L'amitié dans les traités du XVIIIe siècle
Sottejeau, Céline
Le XVIIIème siècle n’est pas uniquement le siècle des dictionnaires, c’est aussi celui des traités.
A côté des traités sur les moyens d’être heureux ou sur l’éducation, nous trouvons des écrits à la fois
théoriques et pratiques sur l’amitié. Que dire sur un tel sujet? Est-il possible de codifier un sentiment? Pour quelles raisons le faire? Quelles valeurs désire-t-on véhiculer? Telles sont quelquesunes
des questions auxquelles cet article tente de répondre.
2009-01-01T00:00:00Z