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Item Number: 113230
Title: Infinite Jest : Caricature and Satire from Leonardo to Levine
Author: McPhee, Constance ; Nadine Orenstein
Price: Not Available
ISBN: 9780300175813
Description: New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, distributed by Yale University Press, 2011. 26cm., hardcover, 216pp. illus., most in color. Exhibition catalogue. Publisher's summary : From Leonardo's drawings of grotesque heads to contemporary prints lampooning American politicians, the Metropolitan Museum has a vast and largely unknown collection of caricatures and satirical works. This handsome volume offers 160 examples dating from about 1500 to the present—many of them previously unpublished—that reflect the age-old tradition of employing exaggeration and humor to convey personal, social, or political meaning. Stressing the continuity of certain artistic approaches, Infinite Jest examines the development of the genre across a broad expanse of centuries and cultures. The basic visual components of caricature are discussed and illustrated, as are significant themes such as physical types, people as animals or objects, social satire (food, fashion, and foreigners), and politics (British, French, and American). Artists as well known as Pieter Bruegel the Elder, Gian Lorenzo Bernini, William Hogarth, Francisco de Goya, Thomas Rowlandson, Eugène Delacroix, Honoré Daumier, and David Levine contribute their distinctive talents to this fascinating and very amusing compilation.
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