The Art of Caricature
Description:... "In 'The art of caricature' Edward Lucie-Smith traces the history of visual satire from its origins in classical wall paintings and ceremonial masks to its modern day appearance in newspapers and magazines. He discusses the early attempts at moral satire in church carvings of the Middle Ages, the crucial alliance of caricature and the press in the Renaissance, and the refinement of caricature as a political weapon in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, especially during the French Revolution. Twentieth-century caricature, Lucie-Smith shows, reflects earlier trends but has broadened to include new styles and genres, notably comic strips and animated cartoons. Pointing to elements of caricature in the works of such artists as de Kooning and Picasso, among others, Lucie-Smith emphasizes the increasing tendency of caricature to merge with other areas of visual art"--From book jacket.
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