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cartoon
cartoon [Ital., cartone =paper], either of two types of drawings: in the fine arts, a preliminary sketch for a more complete work; in journalism, a humorous or satirical drawing.
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"cartoon." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2008. Encyclopedia.com. 11 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "cartoon." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2008. Encyclopedia.com. (February 11, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-cartoon.html "cartoon." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2008. Retrieved February 11, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-cartoon.html |
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cartoon (Italian: cartone, ‘pasteboard’, ‘stiff paper’). A full-size drawing made for the purpose of transferring a design to a painting or tapestry or other (usually large) work. The drawing can represent the whole composition or merely a part of it, such as a single figure. Cartoons were an essential part of the process of making stained glass, and it was perhaps from this art that painters borrowed the idea; they were certainly employed in painting by the late 14th century and by the middle of the 15th century they were used extensively by, for example, Piero della Francesca. The design was transferred either by pressing heavily along the outlines with a pointed metal implement called a stylus or by dusting powdered charcoal through a series of pinpricks—a process called pouncing (see also spolvero). Piero sometimes created mirror-image figures in a painting by pouncing through a cartoon from one side and then turning it over and repeating the process through the other side. The clearest example is in his Madonna del Parto (Madonna of Childbirth) fresco in the cemetery chapel at Monterchi, near Arezzo, in which the two angels flanking the Virgin are in exactly the same poses but reversed left to right relative to one another.
Cartoons were used for easel paintings as well as frescos. A celebrated example is Leonardo's Virgin and Child with St Anne and the Infant St John (NG, London), although a painting was never made from this. For tapestries, cartoons were made in full colour; famous examples are Raphael's series on the Acts of the Apostles (Royal Coll., on loan to V&A, London), made as designs for tapestries woven for the Sistine Chapel. In 1843 designs submitted in a competition for frescos in the Houses of Parliament in London were parodied in the magazine Punch. From this the word has acquired its most common meaning today—a humorous drawing or parody. |
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IAN CHILVERS. "cartoon." The Oxford Dictionary of Art. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. 11 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. IAN CHILVERS. "cartoon." The Oxford Dictionary of Art. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. (February 11, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O2-cartoon.html IAN CHILVERS. "cartoon." The Oxford Dictionary of Art. 2004. Retrieved February 11, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O2-cartoon.html |
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car·toon / kärˈtoōn/ • n. 1. a simple drawing showing the features of its subjects in a humorously exaggerated way, esp. a satirical one in a newspaper or magazine. ∎ a comic strip. ∎ fig. a simplified or exaggerated version or interpretation of something: this movie is a cartoon of rural life in America. 2. a motion picture using animation techniques to photograph a sequence of drawings rather than real people or objects. 3. a full-size drawing made by an artist as a preliminary design for a painting or other work of art. • v. [tr.] (usu. be cartooned) make a drawing of (someone) in a simplified or exaggerated way: she has a face with enough character to be cartooned. DERIVATIVES: car·toon·ish adj. car·toon·ist / -ist/ n. car·toon·y adj. |
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"cartoon." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. 11 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "cartoon." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. (February 11, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-cartoon.html "cartoon." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Retrieved February 11, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-cartoon.html |
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cartoon. A full-size drawing made for the purpose of transferring a design to a painting or tapestry or other (usually large) work. Cartoons were an essential part of the process of making stained glass, and it was perhaps from this art that painters borrowed the idea; they were certainly employed in painting by the late 14th century and by the middle of the 15th century they were used extensively by, for example, Piero della Francesca. The design was transferred either by pressing heavily along the outlines with a pointed metal implement calleda stylus or by rubbing powdered charcoal through a series of pinpricks—a process called pouncing. In 1843 designs submitted in a competition for frescos in the Houses of Parliament in London were parodied in the magazine Punch. From this the word has acquired its most common meaning today—a humorous drawing or parody.
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IAN CHILVERS. "cartoon." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art and Artists. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. 11 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. IAN CHILVERS. "cartoon." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art and Artists. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. (February 11, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O3-cartoon.html IAN CHILVERS. "cartoon." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art and Artists. 2003. Retrieved February 11, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O3-cartoon.html |
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cartoon (1876–1973) Originally a preparatory drawing. Italian Renaissance painters made very thorough cartoons, such as Raphael for the Sistine Chapel. Its more common, modern usage in reference to a humorous drawing or satirical picture is derived from a 19th-century competition for fresco designs for Parliament parodied in Punch magazine. See also caricature
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"cartoon." World Encyclopedia. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. 11 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "cartoon." World Encyclopedia. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. (February 11, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O142-cartoon.html "cartoon." World Encyclopedia. 2005. Retrieved February 11, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O142-cartoon.html |
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T. F. HOAD. "cartoon." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 11 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. T. F. HOAD. "cartoon." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (February 11, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-cartoon.html T. F. HOAD. "cartoon." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Retrieved February 11, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-cartoon.html |
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cartoon. Full-size scale drawing on stout paper, for a work in, e.g., stained-glass, mosaic, etc.
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JAMES STEVENS CURL. "cartoon." A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. 11 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JAMES STEVENS CURL. "cartoon." A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. (February 11, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O1-cartoon.html JAMES STEVENS CURL. "cartoon." A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture. 2000. Retrieved February 11, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O1-cartoon.html |
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"cartoon." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 11 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "cartoon." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (February 11, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-cartoon.html "cartoon." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Retrieved February 11, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-cartoon.html |
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