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Author : Olivia H. Zanft
Release : 1989
Genre : Canard enchaîné
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Book Synopsis Exposing the Political Cartoon by : Olivia H. Zanft
Download or read book Exposing the Political Cartoon written by Olivia H. Zanft. This book was released on 1989. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : John Chalmers Vinson
Release : 2014
Genre : Art
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Book Rating : 187/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Thomas Nast by : John Chalmers Vinson
Download or read book Thomas Nast written by John Chalmers Vinson. This book was released on 2014. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Included in this book are more than 150 examples of Nast's work which, together with the author's commentary, recreate the life and pattern of artistic development of the man who made the political cartoon a respected and powerful journalistic form.
Author : Victor S Navasky
Release : 2013-04-09
Genre : Political Science
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Book Rating : 148/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The Art of Controversy by : Victor S Navasky
Download or read book The Art of Controversy written by Victor S Navasky. This book was released on 2013-04-09. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A lavishly illustrated, witty, and original look at the awesome power of the political cartoon throughout history to enrage, provoke, and amuse. As a former editor of The New York Times Magazine and the longtime editor of The Nation, Victor S. Navasky knows just how transformative—and incendiary—cartoons can be. Here Navasky guides readers through some of the greatest cartoons ever created, including those by George Grosz, David Levine, Herblock, Honoré Daumier, and Ralph Steadman. He recounts how cartoonists and caricaturists have been censored, threatened, incarcerated, and even murdered for their art, and asks what makes this art form, too often dismissed as trivial, so uniquely poised to affect our minds and our hearts. Drawing on his own encounters with would-be censors, interviews with cartoonists, and historical archives from cartoon museums across the globe, Navasky examines the political cartoon as both art and polemic over the centuries. We see afresh images most celebrated for their artistic merit (Picasso's Guernica, Goya's "Duendecitos"), images that provoked outrage (the 2008 Barry Blitt New Yorker cover, which depicted the Obamas as a Muslim and a Black Power militant fist-bumping in the Oval Office), and those that have dictated public discourse (Herblock’s defining portraits of McCarthyism, the Nazi periodical Der Stürmer’s anti-Semitic caricatures). Navasky ties together these and other superlative genre examples to reveal how political cartoons have been not only capturing the zeitgeist throughout history but shaping it as well—and how the most powerful cartoons retain the ability to shock, gall, and inspire long after their creation. Here Victor S. Navasky brilliantly illuminates the true power of one of our most enduringly vital forms of artistic expression.
Author : Granville McGugin
Release : 2021-07-17
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Book Synopsis Revealing Portrait Of Thomas Nast by : Granville McGugin
Download or read book Revealing Portrait Of Thomas Nast written by Granville McGugin. This book was released on 2021-07-17. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Known as the father of political cartoons, no other artist wielded more power in influencing public opinion of the American political scene than Thomas Nast during the 19th century. Thomas Nast defined American political cartoons in the decades following the Civil War. His illustrations popularized icons such as the Republican elephant, the Democratic donkey, and even the modern image of Santa Claus. In the mid-nineteenth century, America was a land full of newly arrived immigrants coming to New York City to work and live. Many did not know how to read or write English. Political cartoons were a very big and powerful way to reach out to people and express ideas and beliefs about the government and the way of the world. Thomas Nast became a voice of justice through his political cartoons. He became famous for his depictions of the Civil War, his political party illustrations, and even helped develop the now-popular image of jolly old Saint Nick. But his biggest battle came in his own hometown, where he decided to go up against William "Boss" Tweed and his Tammany Hall collaborators-notoriously crooked leaders of New York City, bribing and laundering money into their own overstuffed pockets. Though they tried, Nast was never intimidated by threats and he never backed down, even when his life was threatened. Through his political cartoons, he made a difference, and it helped bring the Tweed Ring to justice. Thomas Nast: Political Cartoonist illustrates the power of art and conviction and the journey of this American icon.
Author : Laura K. Egendorf
Release : 2003
Genre : Freedom of the press
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Book Rating : 490/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Censorship by : Laura K. Egendorf
Download or read book Censorship written by Laura K. Egendorf. This book was released on 2003. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Political cartoons can be a revealing and entertaining way to learn about current and historical events. Greenhaven Press's series Examining Issues Through Political Cartoons makes this resource conveniently accessible to students. Each volume provides a representative and diverse collection of cartoons focusing on a particular current or historical topic and supplies essential context to help readers appreciate them. An introductory essay offers a general overview of the book's topic. Cartoons from many different sources are then presented, each with accompanying background and analysis about the cartoon, its subject matter, and its creator. Finally, each volume contains a bibliography and other tools for further research. Taken together, the contents of each anthology constitute an amusing and informative resource for students of social and historical topics. Book jacket.
