Definition Caricature A drawing of a real person in which certain striking characteristics are exaggerated in order to create a comic or grotesque effect but still retains the likeness of the person ID: 680508
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Caricatures
By Ms. CousineauSlide2
Definition?
Caricature:A drawing of a
real person in which certain striking characteristics are exaggerated in order to create a comic or grotesque
effect, but still retains the likeness of the person.Slide3
Guess who?Slide4
Guess who?Slide5
Guess who?Slide6
Caricature artists
Al Hirschfeld-Uses elegant minimalist lines Slide7
Caricature Artists
Sebastian Kruger
Value and colorsSlide8
Caricature Artists
David Cowles:Graphic
Geometric collagesSlide9
Relationship between Shapes
In traditional portraits, the head is divided into “classic proportions
”, meaning the relationship of the features are within a certain, accepted range of distance to one another, size and angle relative to the face and head shape.In caricatures, the important is too exaggerate how these 5 shapes relate to one another. Slide10
Characteristics of Caricatures
1)
Likeness
Focusing on the Main traits of a person.Example: Trumps HairYou must be able to recognize the personSlide11
Characteristics of Caricatures
2) Exaggeration
Large Heads & Small bodiesLarge Eyes, chin or SmileSlide12
Characteristics of Caricatures
ExaggerationExample: Obama & big earsSlide13
Long NecksSlide14
Long ChinsSlide15
Characteristics of a Caricature
3) Statement or Purpose
The artist must be trying to say something about the subject.Slide16
Cartoon vs Caricature
What is the difference?Slide17
What is the difference?
Cartoon: A 2D drawing that tends to represent a fictional character. Uses un-realistic scenarios.
Purpose: To entertain or educate. Caricatures: Represents the likeness of a real person. A portrait that has exaggerated features of a certain person or
thing. Uses realism, often modeled after real people or scenarios. Purpose: To make a statement, or create discussion on controversial topics.Note: Cartoons are sometimes synonyms of caricatures.Slide18
History of Caricatures
Caricatures began in the 16th and 17th
century.Created by satirists to ridicule public figures and politiciansA
satire: a caricature with a moral message.They continue to remain popular today, and are used in magazines and newspapers to poke fun at film stars, politicians and celebrities. Slide19
ART=POWER
Caricaturists have wielded significant power with their pen, far more so than a writer ever could.In the early days of the genre they transmitted messages without the need for the written word, important at a time in history when the majority of the population could not read.Slide20
James Gillray (1756-1815).
The son of a soldier who had lost one arm to the French, Gillray
became a satirist. Gillray has been called "the father of the political cartoon",
His famous “The Plumb-pudding in danger” (1805) as “the greatest political cartoon ever drawn.”Slide21
Plumb-pudding in danger” (1805)Slide22
Napoleon once said that the English caricaturist James
Gillray “did more than all the armies in Europe to bring me down.”
“Manic ravings, or Little Boney in a Strong Fit” (1803).Slide23Slide24
Political PurposeSlide25Slide26Slide27Slide28Slide29Slide30Slide31
In your sketchbook
On one page draw 3 examples for each of the following: Ears, mouth, eyes, nose.2
) Draw a caricature portrait of a famous person.Emphasize a trait of that person or an aspect for which they are famous.3) Draw a caricature of yourself.
4) Draw a caricature emphasizing an important message either political, environmental, or addressing an important issue or a parody of a movie.Slide32
Pick a famous person and draw there likeness with
accurate proportions. Representing the 5 shapes that make the human face.