02766nam 22006133u 450 991096978570332120191118111955.0978075560419707556041999780857732774085773277310.5040/9780755604197(CKB)3710000000260967(EBL)1816958(MiAaPQ)EBC1816958(CaBNVSL)mat55604197(OCoLC)1128158945(CaBNVSL)BP9780755604197BC(Perlego)919478(EXLCZ)99371000000026096720141027d2006|||| u|| |engur|n|---|||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierArt and LaughterFirst edition.London, England :I.B. Tauris,2019.[London, England] :Bloomsbury Publishing,2019.1 online resource (305 p.)Art and--Description based upon print version of record.9781850439318 1850439311 9781845112332 1845112334 Includes bibliographical references (pages 145-151) and index.Cover; Title page; Copyright page; Contents; List of Illustrations; Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction: Taking a Serious Look at Art and Laughter; 1. Before the Laugh; 2. Smiling Portraits in Art; 3. Playing with Words and Images; 4. The Art of Disguise; 5. The Big, the Small and the Funny; 6. Humour, Sex and Death in Art; 7. The Desire for and Consumption of Cuteness; 8. The Public Spectacle: Performance Art and Laughter; Conclusion; Notes; BibliographyThis is the first book to take seriously - though not too seriously - the surprisingly neglected role of humour in art. 'Art and Laughter' looks back to comic masters such as Hogarth and Daumier and to Dada, Surrealism and Pop Art, asking what makes us laugh and why. It explores the use of comedy in art from satire and irony to pun, parody and black and bawdy humour. Encouraging laughter in the hallowed space of the gallery, Sheri Klein praises the contemporary artist as 'clown' - often overlooked in favour of the role of artist as 'serious' commentator - and takes us on a tour of the comic wArt and-.Wit and humor in artThe arts: general issuesbicsscWit and humor in art.The arts: general issues701.08Klein Sheri1798534NCaBNVSLCaBNVSLBOOK9910969785703321Art and Laughter4341365UNINA