Presenting a radically different picture of Egon Schiele's work, this study documents (in one-to-one comparisons) the extent of the artist's visual borrowings from the Viennese humoristic journal, Die Muskete.
Claude Cernuschi analyzes each comparison on a case-by-case basis, primarily because the interpretation of cartoons and caricatures is highly contingent on their specific historical and cultural context. Although this connection has gone unnoticed in the literature, in retrospect, this correlation makes perfect sense. Not only was Schiele's artistic production frequently compared to caricature (and derided for being "grotesque"), but Expressionism and caricature are natural allies. One may belong to "high" art and the other to "popular" culture, yet both presuppose similar assumptions and deploy a similar rhetorical position: namely, that the exaggeration of human physiognomy allows deeper psychological "truths" to emerge.
The book will be of interest to scholars working in art history, visual culture, popular culture, and politics.
| ISBN: | 9781032229300 |
| Publication date: | 7th October 2024 |
| Author: | Claude Cernuschi |
| Publisher: | Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 288 pages |
| Series: | Routledge Research in Art History |
| Genres: |
Theory of art Popular culture Political campaigning and advertising European history History of art The Arts: art forms |
Presenting a radically different picture of Egon Schiele's work, this study documents (in one-to-one comparisons) the extent of the artist's visual borrowings from the Viennese humoristic journal, Die Muskete.
Claude Cernuschi analyzes each comparison on a case-by-case basis, primarily because the interpretation of cartoons and caricatures is highly contingent on their specific historical and cultural context. Although this connection has gone unnoticed in the literature, in retrospect, this correlation makes perfect sense. Not only was Schiele's artistic production frequently compared to caricature (and derided for being "grotesque"), but Expressionism and caricature are natural allies. One may belong to "high" art and the other to "popular" culture, yet both presuppose similar assumptions and deploy a similar rhetorical position: namely, that the exaggeration of human physiognomy allows deeper psychological "truths" to emerge.
The book will be of interest to scholars working in art history, visual culture, popular culture, and politics.
Egon Schiele and the Art of Popular Illustration features in the following genres: Theory of art, Popular culture, Political campaigning and advertising, European history, History of art, The Arts: art forms
Egon Schiele and the Art of Popular Illustration is available in Paperback, Hardback, Ebook
Egon Schiele and the Art of Popular Illustration was written by Claude Cernuschi and published by Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis
Egon Schiele and the Art of Popular Illustration has 288 pages
Yes it is part of Routledge Research in Art History series
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