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proof that the truest portrait is the one that exaggerates exactly what you'd deny
means A drawing or description of someone that exaggerates their most distinctive features or traits for comic or satirical effect.
from From Italian 'caricatura,' literally 'a loading' or 'an exaggeration,' from 'caricare,' to load or charge — itself from Late Latin 'carricare,' to load a wagon (the same root that gives us 'cargo' and 'charge'). The idea is of piling on, overloading a feature until it bends under its own weight. The word rolled into English in the 18th century by way of French 'caricature,' carrying its freight of exaggeration with it.
- origin
- From Italian caricare, to load or exaggerate
- weaponized
- Banned by tyrants who survived bullets but not noses
- da vinci
- He sketched grotesque faces obsessively for fun
- the science
- Brains recognize exaggerated faces faster than real ones
james gillray — 18th-century british artist who pioneered political caricature, created over 1,000 satirical prints of napoleon and george iii
honore daumier — french artist who created 4,000+ lithographic caricatures of king louis-philippe in the 1830s-40s
thomas rowlandson — english caricaturist (1756-1827) famous for grotesque exaggerations of 18th-century social figures and scenes