Carnivalesque

by Timothy Hyman and Roger Malbert

Carnivalesque explores the history of humor and the grotesque imagination in Western art from the Middle Ages to the present day. It is structured around four themes: the Tumultuous Crowd, the World Turned Upside-down, the Comic Mask, and the Grotesque Body. Illustrations range from medieval woodcuts and misericords to drawings, paintings, and prints by Brueghel, Jacques Callot, the Tiepolos, James Gillray, and Francisco Goya. Popular imagery from...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1853322091
• ISBN13: 9781853322099
• Release Date: May 2000
• Publisher: Carnivalesque
• Length: 107 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 8.6" x 8.6"