Egon Schiele and the Art of Popular Illustration

by Claude Cernuschi

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1032229306
• ISBN13: 9781032229300
• Release Date: October 2024
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 288 Pages