The Grotesque in Western Art and Culture
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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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