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Satáne piallard d'enfant va!...laisse moi donc composer en paix mon ode... 1844. Creator: Honore Daumier
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Satáne piallard d'enfant va!...laisse moi donc composer en paix mon ode... 1844. Creator: Honore Daumier
Satane piallard d'enfant va!...laisse moi donc composer en paix mon ode... 1844. Satane piallard d'enfant va!...laisse moi donc composer en paix mon ode sur le bonheur de la maternite!..../C'est bon, c'est bon, ...il va se taire...je vais aller lui donner le fouet dans l'autre piece...(a part.) dans le fait, de tous les ouvrages de ma femme c'est bien celui qui fait le plus de bruit dans le monde!... (Wife: Damned squealing child!... Let me compose in peace my ode on the joys of motherhood!...Husband: All right, all right, ...he will be quiet...I am going to give him a whipping in the other room...(aside) in fact, of all my wife's creations, it is this one that makes the most noise in the world!). Satirical criticism of bluestockings': women with interests beyond housework and childcare. Female authors were often depicted as mannish and ugly - the implication being that their intellectual output was just as objectionable as their looks. Series: Les Bas-bleus; Periodical: Le Charivari, 9 March 1844
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Satane piallard d'enfant va!... laisse moi donc composer en paix mon ode...
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(Satanic squealing child!... Let me compose in peace my ode on the joys of motherhood!), is a satirical print by the renowned French artist Honore Daumier, created in 1844. This image is part of Daumier's series "Les Bas-bleus," published in the French satirical weekly Le Charivari. The print depicts a frustrated husband, with a quill pen in hand, attempting to write an ode on the joys of motherhood while being interrupted by a loud, crying baby. The caption above the scene reads, "C'est bon, c'est bon, ...il va se taire...je vais aller lui donner le fouet dans l'autre pièce...(a part)" (All right, all right, ...he will be quiet...I am going to give him a whipping in the other room...(aside)). The wife, off-frame, is implied to be the source of the disturbance. This print is a commentary on the societal expectations of women during the 19th century, specifically those who were intellectually inclined, often referred to as "bluestockings." Women who pursued interests beyond housework and childcare were often depicted as mannish and ugly in art and literature, implying that their intellectual output was just as objectionable as their looks. In this print, the crying baby symbolizes the noise and chaos that such women were believed to bring into the domestic sphere, disrupting the tranquility and order desired by men. Honore Daumier's "Satane piallard d'enfant va!... laisse moi donc composer en paix mon ode..." is a poignant and humorous critique of the societal norms of the time, highlighting the challenges faced by women who dared to pursue intellectual pursuits while fulfilling their roles as wives and mothers.
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