The art of caricature and cartooning: the manipulation of the human form for satiric purposes; has been around in Western Art almost as long as Western Art. Many of the worlds great artists such as Michelangelo and Leonardo have done caricature. I think that caricature started as a derogatory and degrading form of artistic expression, but with the Twentieth century and its craving for any form of entertainment, the caricature took on more of a lighthearted approach. And with the publication of MAD magazine and the celebrity caricatures of Mort Drucker, the caricature and particularly the celebrity caricature became an acceptable form of depiction, and really, a new form of admiration.

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