Reflections on the Art of Caricature
I. Introduction. How does satirical art foster knowledge and visual literacy and why should it be taught? I would like to respond to this question by creating a series of satirical artworks through intrinsic content which I would propagate knowledge about “how to” and...Caricatures
According to some scholars Annibale Carracci is the father of caricature. The way Carracci painted the features of human faces have certain characteristics of the caricature. Leonardo da Vinci and Giuseppe Archimboldo were also fascinated by the facial deformations. The sketches of their models could lead to such conclusion.