Caricatures<\/h1><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>According to Barbara Stentz, a caricature is a striking and partisan drawing whose purpose is to provoke, shock, ridicule, or stigmatize a situation or a person. The word caricature is often synonymous with editorial cartoon or satirical drawing. To simplify, we will refer to all these genres by the same term: caricature. The caricature has three main objectives: <\/p>\n
\n- Entertainment,<\/span><\/li>\n
- Political and social commentary,<\/span><\/li>\n
- Propaganda.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
As we will see, Cappiello left us with numerous caricatures of these three types.<\/p>\n<\/div>
Entertainment<\/h2><\/div>Right from the end of his studies, in 1896, he published his first album of drawings of Livorno’s high society in summer attire: “Lanterna Magica, Estate” (Magic Lantern, Summer). At that time, Livorno was a renowned seaside resort, which allowed Cappiello to find interesting characters to sketch. He creates realistic representations of them, without exaggeration or coarseness. His style is stripped down: simple lines with a light watercolor wash. <\/p>\n
In the spring of 1898, he came to Paris to see his brother. He tells us about his early days as a Parisian caricaturist: <\/p>\n
“…I was pleasantly wasting my time in Livorno when, in 1898, I formed the plan to come to Paris, not to work, but to see my brother, who was at the Stock Exchange. I wanted to spend at least a month with him, time enough to get to know your capital. I sometimes went to the Stock Exchange; I saw some good faces there that I amused myself by drawing. These caricatures, which my brother showed to his friends, caused their astonishment. I was congratulated and I savored the joy of this success, so to speak, within the family, without thinking of expanding the circle of my experiences and acquaintances, without aspiring to more resounding glory. Moreover, my father died around that same time; I returned to Livorno. But Paris had conquered me\u2014if I had not conquered Paris\u2014and I soon found myself strolling along the boulevards again.”<\/p>\n
According to Barbara Stentz, a caricature is a striking and partisan drawing whose purpose is to provoke, shock, ridicule, or stigmatize a situation or a person. The word caricature is often synonymous with editorial cartoon or satirical drawing. To simplify, we will refer to all these genres by the same term: caricature. The caricature has three main objectives: <\/p>\n
- \n
- Entertainment,<\/span><\/li>\n
- Political and social commentary,<\/span><\/li>\n
- Propaganda.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
As we will see, Cappiello left us with numerous caricatures of these three types.<\/p>\n<\/div>
Entertainment<\/h2><\/div>
Right from the end of his studies, in 1896, he published his first album of drawings of Livorno’s high society in summer attire: “Lanterna Magica, Estate” (Magic Lantern, Summer). At that time, Livorno was a renowned seaside resort, which allowed Cappiello to find interesting characters to sketch. He creates realistic representations of them, without exaggeration or coarseness. His style is stripped down: simple lines with a light watercolor wash. <\/p>\n
In the spring of 1898, he came to Paris to see his brother. He tells us about his early days as a Parisian caricaturist: <\/p>\n
“…I was pleasantly wasting my time in Livorno when, in 1898, I formed the plan to come to Paris, not to work, but to see my brother, who was at the Stock Exchange. I wanted to spend at least a month with him, time enough to get to know your capital. I sometimes went to the Stock Exchange; I saw some good faces there that I amused myself by drawing. These caricatures, which my brother showed to his friends, caused their astonishment. I was congratulated and I savored the joy of this success, so to speak, within the family, without thinking of expanding the circle of my experiences and acquaintances, without aspiring to more resounding glory. Moreover, my father died around that same time; I returned to Livorno. But Paris had conquered me\u2014if I had not conquered Paris\u2014and I soon found myself strolling along the boulevards again.”<\/p>\n
- Political and social commentary,<\/span><\/li>\n
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