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The Efflorescence of Caricature, 1759-1838
Todd . Ed(S): Porterfield
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Description for The Efflorescence of Caricature, 1759-1838
hardcover. Modern visual satire erupts during a period marked by reform and revolution, by cohering nationalisms and expanding empires, and by the emerging discipline of art history. This title attempts to reconfigure the geography of modern visual satire, from North America to Europe, to China and the Ottoman Empire. Editor(s): Porterfield, Todd. Num Pages: 240 pages, Includes 40 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JF; 3JH; ACQ; ACVC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 242 x 157 x 19. Weight in Grams: 670.
Searing disputes over caricature have recently sparked flames across the world”the culmination, not the beginning, of the story of one of modernity's definitive artistic practices. Modern visual satire erupts during a period marked by reform and revolution, by cohering nationalisms and expanding empires, and by the emerging discipline of art history. This has long been recognized as its Golden Age. It is time to look anew. In The Efflorescence of Caricature, 1759-1838, an international, interdisciplinary, and intergenerational team of scholars reconfigures the geography of modern visual satire, as the expansive narrative reaches from North America to Europe, to China ... Read more
Searing disputes over caricature have recently sparked flames across the world”the culmination, not the beginning, of the story of one of modernity's definitive artistic practices. Modern visual satire erupts during a period marked by reform and revolution, by cohering nationalisms and expanding empires, and by the emerging discipline of art history. This has long been recognized as its Golden Age. It is time to look anew. In The Efflorescence of Caricature, 1759-1838, an international, interdisciplinary, and intergenerational team of scholars reconfigures the geography of modern visual satire, as the expansive narrative reaches from North America to Europe, to China ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Routledge United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780754665915
SKU
V9780754665915
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About Todd . Ed(S): Porterfield
Todd Porterfield is Professor and Canada Research Chair in Art History at the Université de Montréal. He is the author of The Allure of Empire: Art in the Service of French Imperialism, 1798-1836 (1998), and co-author of Staging Empire: Napoleon, Ingres, and David (2006).
Reviews for The Efflorescence of Caricature, 1759-1838
'As a collection of essays by multiple authors, The Effloresence of Caricature necessarily has it limitations. But that is to quibble. The best essays will provoke new studies that will explore further the international and interdisciplinary context in which caricature worked and must be studied.' Print Quarterly 'All the essays gathered here offer valuable insights into their chosen ... Read more