{"id":166,"date":"2017-03-22T17:29:50","date_gmt":"2017-03-22T17:29:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.history.qmul.ac.uk\/litcaricature\/?p=166"},"modified":"2024-10-02T08:43:10","modified_gmt":"2024-10-02T08:43:10","slug":"leonardo-the-first-caricaturist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.history.qmul.ac.uk\/litcaricature\/2017\/03\/22\/leonardo-the-first-caricaturist\/","title":{"rendered":"Leonardo: the first caricaturist"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>While reaching an outstanding complexity in the improvement of the human portrait, while exploring the perfection of the human body\u2019s proportions and symmetries, Leonardo da Vinci sketches several experiments in deformation and exaggeration of the human figure.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-166 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blogs.history.qmul.ac.uk\/litcaricature\/2017\/03\/22\/leonardo-the-first-caricaturist\/5_leonardo_portrait\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.history.qmul.ac.uk\/litcaricature\/files\/2017\/03\/5_leonardo_portrait-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-167\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.history.qmul.ac.uk\/litcaricature\/files\/2017\/03\/5_leonardo_portrait-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blogs.history.qmul.ac.uk\/litcaricature\/files\/2017\/03\/5_leonardo_portrait-32x32.jpg 32w, https:\/\/blogs.history.qmul.ac.uk\/litcaricature\/files\/2017\/03\/5_leonardo_portrait-50x50.jpg 50w, https:\/\/blogs.history.qmul.ac.uk\/litcaricature\/files\/2017\/03\/5_leonardo_portrait-64x64.jpg 64w, https:\/\/blogs.history.qmul.ac.uk\/litcaricature\/files\/2017\/03\/5_leonardo_portrait-96x96.jpg 96w, https:\/\/blogs.history.qmul.ac.uk\/litcaricature\/files\/2017\/03\/5_leonardo_portrait-128x128.jpg 128w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-167'>\n\t\t\t\tLeonardo Da Vinci, Lady With an Ermine, 1489-1490, Cracow, Czartoryski Museum. Source: Wikimedia Commons, public domain.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blogs.history.qmul.ac.uk\/litcaricature\/2017\/03\/22\/leonardo-the-first-caricaturist\/vitruvian\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.history.qmul.ac.uk\/litcaricature\/files\/2017\/03\/Vitruvian-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-232\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.history.qmul.ac.uk\/litcaricature\/files\/2017\/03\/Vitruvian-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blogs.history.qmul.ac.uk\/litcaricature\/files\/2017\/03\/Vitruvian-32x32.jpg 32w, https:\/\/blogs.history.qmul.ac.uk\/litcaricature\/files\/2017\/03\/Vitruvian-50x50.jpg 50w, https:\/\/blogs.history.qmul.ac.uk\/litcaricature\/files\/2017\/03\/Vitruvian-64x64.jpg 64w, https:\/\/blogs.history.qmul.ac.uk\/litcaricature\/files\/2017\/03\/Vitruvian-96x96.jpg 96w, https:\/\/blogs.history.qmul.ac.uk\/litcaricature\/files\/2017\/03\/Vitruvian-128x128.jpg 128w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-232'>\n\t\t\t\tLeonardo da Vinci, Vitruvian Man, Venice, Galleria dell&#8217;Accademia, Gabinetto dei disegni e delle stampe. Source: Wikimedia Commons, public domain.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blogs.history.qmul.ac.uk\/litcaricature\/2017\/03\/22\/leonardo-the-first-caricaturist\/7c_leonardo\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.history.qmul.ac.uk\/litcaricature\/files\/2017\/03\/7c_Leonardo-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-170\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.history.qmul.ac.uk\/litcaricature\/files\/2017\/03\/7c_Leonardo-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blogs.history.qmul.ac.uk\/litcaricature\/files\/2017\/03\/7c_Leonardo-32x32.jpg 32w, https:\/\/blogs.history.qmul.ac.uk\/litcaricature\/files\/2017\/03\/7c_Leonardo-50x50.jpg 50w, https:\/\/blogs.history.qmul.ac.uk\/litcaricature\/files\/2017\/03\/7c_Leonardo-64x64.jpg 64w, https:\/\/blogs.history.qmul.ac.uk\/litcaricature\/files\/2017\/03\/7c_Leonardo-96x96.jpg 96w, https:\/\/blogs.history.qmul.ac.uk\/litcaricature\/files\/2017\/03\/7c_Leonardo-128x128.jpg 128w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-170'>\n\t\t\t\tWenceslaus Hollar, Two Deformed Heads after Leonardo,1645. Source: Wikimedia Commons, public domain.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>Scholars refer to Leonardo\u2019s deformations as proto-caricatures, because of their lack of explicit satirical aims. Indeed, Leonardo\u2019s misshapen figures are entangled with his more general inquiry on the human subject, on the inherent shape, both physical and psychological, of the human individual. In this perspective, the\u00a0caricature can be considered as the exploration of divergent possibilities of representation of humanness, and also a form of criticism against the canonization of the Renaissance portrait, that adopted idealized models screening off the observation of reality.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While reaching an outstanding complexity in the improvement of the human portrait, while exploring the perfection of the human body\u2019s proportions and symmetries, Leonardo da Vinci sketches several experiments in deformation and exaggeration of the human figure. 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