Object Title

Le Carnaval de Paris

Description

This colourful illustration of costumes of the Paris carnival from 1830 bears French and German descriptions. The characters depicted stem from various European carnival or dramatic characters: The harlequin from the Italian commedia dell'arte, Hanswurst from Germany, Don Quichotte from Spain or Madame Angot from France. It highlights the rich European cultural background Hanswurst, the key character in Rhenish carnival, stems from. Furthermore, it emphasises the deep cultural connections that facilitated political engagement and politicisation through carnival in Germany from the 1820s onwards.

Contributor

Isabelle Riepe

Spatial Coverage

France, Germany

Date

1830

Bibliographic Citation

Deutsches Fastnachtmuseum Kitzingen 10/F0052

Subject

carnival

France

Germany

practices

symbols