Caricature depends on compression and grasp of essentials

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Description: Caricature: Hitler or Groucho?

TitleCaricature: Hitler or Groucho?

Creator nameRand, Paul

Creator nationality/cultureAmerican

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Creation dateUnknown

Object typeGraphic Design

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SubjectsCaricatures and cartoonsSquare in artArt, American--20th century

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Good Design Is Goodwill

Paul Rand

Design, Form, and Chaos

Michelangelo, responding to the demands of Pope Julius II about the completion of the Sistine Ceiling, replied, “It will be finished when I shall have satisfied myself in the matter of art.” “But it is our pleasure,” retorted the pope, “that you should satisfy us in our desire to have it done quickly.” And it was not until he was threatened with being thrown from the scaffolding that Michelangelo agreed to be more expeditious. On the whole, however, the relationship between Michelangelo and the …

Author

Paul Rand

PublisherYale University Press

Related print edition pages: pp.12-41

https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00036.004

Stable URL: https://aaeportal.com/?id=-14884&redirecttoanchor=13942

Chapter subject tags:Graphic artsDesignAestheticsArt and business

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