Comments on: Celebrity Caricature in America.

Celebrity Caricature in America.

plep — Mon, 10 Feb 2003 08:36:47 -0800

Celebrity Caricature in America. The website of a 1998 exhibition at the (US) National Portrait Gallery. Via the National Portrait Gallery's online exhibitions, where there are even more fine things.

By: plep

plep — Mon, 10 Feb 2003 08:40:56 -0800

Hedcuts in the Wall Street Journal. Marilyn Monroe in Korea. Le Tumulte Noir. Louis Armstrong. Franklin & His Friends. Cartier-Bresson. America in 1846. And more.

By: Slithy_Tove

Slithy_Tove — Mon, 10 Feb 2003 09:33:24 -0800

[this is good]

By: soyjoy

soyjoy — Mon, 10 Feb 2003 10:45:56 -0800

Excellent post, plep - as evinced by the low number of comments! No, really.

By: snez

snez — Mon, 10 Feb 2003 11:14:44 -0800

Thanks plep for this post. On a somewhat related note, I came across a site yesterday on Hogarth that included the following quote: Hogarth "called his representations of people characters rather than caricatures, seeking to reveal the true nature of his subjects rather than simply mocking them." I had always thought that caricature was only a few hundred years old as an art form so I searched for the history of caricature and found these excellent articles (warning: pop-ups) from 1875 issues of Harper's Magazine. Also, if you like caricature, these might be enjoyable: create your own caricature and the Caricature Carvers of America with their carving competition.

By: plep

plep — Mon, 10 Feb 2003 13:38:36 -0800

Thanks snez. Those are great sites.

By: madamjujujive

madamjujujive — Mon, 10 Feb 2003 23:18:16 -0800

plep, I was saving this post for tonight and now have stayed up far too late. Thanks for all the quality posts you bring us - I think you are singlehandedly responsible for more of my work procrastination than any other person. Of course, when I wind up a bag lady, it's on your head ;-)