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The Grotesque in Western Art and Culture - The Image at Play (Paperback)
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The Grotesque in Western Art and Culture - The Image at Play (Paperback)
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This book establishes a fresh and expansive view of the grotesque
in Western art and culture, from 1500 to the present day. Following
the non-linear evolution of the grotesque, Frances S. Connelly
analyzes key works, situating them within their immediate social
and cultural contexts, as well as their place in the historical
tradition. By taking a long historical view, the book reveals the
grotesque to be a complex and continuous tradition comprised of
several distinct strands: the ornamental, the carnivalesque and
caricatural, the traumatic, and the profound. The book articulates
a model for understanding the grotesque as a rupture of cultural
boundaries that compromises and contradicts accepted realities.
Connelly demonstrates that the grotesque is more than a style,
genre, or subject; it is a cultural phenomenon engaging the central
concerns of the humanistic debate today. Hybrid, ambivalent, and
changeful, the grotesque is a shaping force in the modern era.
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