Lesson # 1: The best way to learn German - German animated drawing for language learning
Example of a modern cartoon drawing text was extracted by cartoonist Greg Williams from the Wikipedia article on Dr. Seuss.
A cartoon is a type of two-dimensional illustration Although the specific definition has changed over time, the modern use refers to aa generally not realistic artistic style or semi-realistic drawing or painting a picture, or b a series of images for the cartoon satire or comedy motion picture or ca based on a series of illustrations for its animation artist who creates cartoons is called a cartoonist 1.
The concept originated in the Middle Ages and first described a preparatory drawing for a work of art, like a painting, fresco or tapestry stained the 19th century, it came to refer to humorous illustrations in magazines and newspapers, and after the early 20th century, it refers to comics and animation films 2 in the 21st century, cartoons may be posted on the internet.
An Italian cartone drawing and words Dutch Karton describing strong, thick paper or card is a full-size drawing made on sturdy paper as a study or modello for a drink or a tapestry stained paint cartoons were generally used in the production of frescoes for connecting accurately the components of the composition when painted on damp plaster over a series of days giornate 3.
These cartoons often have pinpricks along the outlines of the design so that soot patted bag or threw themselves on the cartoon, held against the wall, leave black spots on the plaster leaping cartoon by painters such as Raphael cartoons in London and examples by Leonardo da Vinci are highly prized in their own cartoons right tapestry, usually colored, were followed in the eye by the weavers on the loom April 2 .
John Leech Cartoon No. 1 Substance and Shadow, 1843, satirized preparatory cartoons for the frescoes of the Palace of Westminster, creating the modern sense of comic.
In modern print media, a cartoon is an illustration or a series of illustrations, usually humorous in intent This use date from 1843, when the magazine Punch applied the term to satirical drawings in its pages 5 particularly sketches by John Leech the first of these parodied the preparatory drawings for large historical frescoes of the time new Westminster Palace original title for these drawings was Mr punch face is the letter Q and the new animated title design was intended to be ironic, a reference to the self-expanding posturing of Westminster politicians.
Cartoons can be divided into gag cartoons, which include cartoons and comic strips.
Modern single gag panel cartoon found in magazines, generally consist of a single drawing with a caption typeset positioned below, or much less often a speech balloon 6 newspaper unions also distributed single panel gag cartoons by Mel Calman Bill Holman Gary Larson George Lichty Fred Neher and other many consider New Yorker cartoonist Peter Arno the father of the modern gag cartoon drawing as Arno itself the list of magazine gag cartoonists includes names like Charles Addams and Charles Barsotti Chon Day.
Bill Hoest Jerry Marcus and Virgil Partch began as magazine gag cartoonists and moved to the syndicated comic Richard Thompson is outstanding in the field of cartoon illustration newspaper; he illustrated numerous feature articles in the Washington Post before creating his comic strip Cul de Sac The sports section of newspapers usually featured cartoons, sometimes including syndicated features like All in the sport of Chester Chet Brown.
The cartoons are found almost exclusively in news publications and news websites Although they also employ humor, they are more serious in tone, often using irony or satire The art usually acts as a visual metaphor to illustrate a point of view on social issues during and or political topics cartoons often include speech balloons and sometimes use more panels cartoonists of note include Herblock David Low Jeff MacNelly Mike Peters and Gerald Scarfe 2.
Comics also called comics in the UK, are daily in newspapers around the world, and are usually a short series of cartoon illustrations in the order the United States, they are not commonly called themselves cartoons, but cartoons or funnies Nevertheless, comics creators and comics and graphic novels are usually called cartoonists Although humor is the most common material, adventure and theater are also represented in this medium Some notable cartoonists of humorous comics are Scott Adams Steve Bell Charles Schulz EC Segar Mort Walker and Bill Watterson 2.
Political cartoons are editorial as illustrated used visual comments on political events They offer subtle criticisms cleverly city with humor and satire to the extent that the critics are not embitered.
The pictorial satire of William Hogarth is considered a precursor of the development of political cartoons in 18th century England 7 George Townshend has produced some of the first cartoons overtly political and caricatures in the 1750 7 8 The environment began to grow in the latter part of the 18th century under the direction of its greatest exponents, James Gillray and Thomas Rowlandson both London Gillray explored the use of the medium for satire and caricature and was designated as the father of political cartoon 9 by calling the king, prime ministers and generals to account for their behavior, many satires Gillray were directed against George III depicting him as a pretentious buffoon, while most of his work was devoted to ridiculing the ambitions of revolutionary France and Napoleon 9 George Cruikshank became the caricatu riste in the following period Gillray from 1815 until the 1840s his career was known for his social caricatures of British life for popular publications.
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In the mid 19th century, the major political newspapers in many other countries targeted cartoons commenting on Thomas Nast day politics in New York, showed how realistic German drawing techniques could redefine American cartooning 10 Its 160 cartoons continued unabated criminal characteristic of Tweed machine in New York, and helped bring down indeed, Tweed was arrested in Spain when police identified him from cartoons Nast 11 Sir John Tenniel was the toast of London 12 .
Political cartoons can be humorous or satirical effect, sometimes piercing the target of the humor may complain, but they can rarely respond lawsuits were rare; the first trial successfully against a cartoonist in over a century in Britain came in 1921 when JH Thomas the head of the National Union of Railwaymen NUR, has initiated defamation proceedings against the British Communist Party magazine Thomas claimed defamation in the form of cartoons and words representing the events of Black Friday, when he allegedly betrayed the miners Federation lockout Thomas, framing its image by the extreme left threatened to severely degrade its character People in the Soviet-inspired communism imagination was a new element in Europe and the political cartoonists unrestrained by tradition have tested the limits of the law on defamation Thomas won the case and re-established his reputation 13.
Cartoons have also found their place in the world of mathematics in science and technology lively related to chemistry drawings are, for example, xkcd 14 which varies its subject, and Wonderlab 15 watching daily life in laboratory in the United States a well-known cartoonist for these fields is Sidney Harris 16 not all, but many cartoons of Gary Larson scientific flavor.
On some occasions, new gag cartoons were created for the publication of books, as was the case with Think Small a 1967 promotional book distributed as a gift by dealers Volkswagen Bill Hoest and other cartoonists of that decade have attracted cartoons showing Volkswagens, and these were published along with humorous automotive testing by comedians like H Allen Smith Roger Price and Jean Shepherd book design juxtaposes each comic next to a picture of the creator of the comic strip .
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