Infinite jest : caricature and satire from Leonardo to Levine

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Label

Infinite jest : caricature and satire from Leonardo to Levine

Title remainder

caricature and satire from Leonardo to Levine

Statement of responsibility

Constance C. McPhee and Nadine M. Orenstein

Title variation

Caricature and satire from Leonardo to Levine

Creator

• Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)

Contributor

• McPhee, Constance C
• Orenstein, Nadine

Subject

• Caricatures and cartoons -- Exhibitions
• Caricatures and cartoons -- New York (State) -- New York -- Exhibitions
• Caricatures and cartoons -- New York (State) | New York -- Exhibitions
• Caricatures and cartoons -- New York (State) | New York -- Exhibitions
• Caricatures et dessins humoristiques -- New York (État) | New York -- Expositions
• Catalogues d'exposition
• Exhibition catalogs
• Exhibition catalogs
• Gesellschaft
• Karikatur
• Karikatyrer -- historia -- utställningar
• Leonardo, da Vinci, 1452-1519
• Levine, David
• Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)
• Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)
• Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.) -- Exhibitions
• New York (State) -- New York
• Politik
• Skämtteckningar -- historia -- utställningar
• exhibition catalogs
• Caricatures and cartoons

Genre

• Exhibition catalogs
• Exhibitions
• Expositions
• exhibition catalogs
• utställningar
• Catalogues d'exposition

Language

eng

Summary

"From Leonardo's drawings of grotesque heads to contemporary prints lampooning American politicians, The Metropolitan Museum of Art has a vast but largely unknown collection of caricatures and other satirical works. This handsome book offers 165 examples, dating from about 1500 to the present, that reflect the age-old tradition of using exaggeration and humor to convey personal, social, or political meaning. The selection of images is notably broad, ranging from the elevated to the rudely humorous: renowned writers and decidedly unhygienic cooks; elegantly dressed noblemen and victims of outrageous fashion fads; Napoleon as a tidy Lilliputian and Boss Tweed as a bloated Roman emperor. Stressing the continuity of certain artistic approaches, Infinite Jest traces the development of the genre across centuries and cultures. The essential visual components of caricature are discussed and illustrated, as are recurring motifs, including exaggerated faces and bodies, people depicted as animals or objects, and processions of bizarre figures. One section is devoted to social satire (eating and drinking, gambling, fashion, several of the Seven Deadly Sins), another to various aspects of political life (British, French, Mexican, and American). Artists as diverse as Pieter Bruegel the Elder, Gian Lorenzo Bernini, William Hogarth, Francisco de Goya, Thomas Rowlandson, Eugène Delacroix, Honoré Daumier, and Al Hirschfeld contribute their distinctive talents to this fascinating, informative, and very amusing volume."--Jacket

Cataloging source

DLC

Credits note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

• bibliography
• catalogs