1st Edition

Egon Schiele and the Art of Popular Illustration

By Claude Cernuschi Copyright 2023
300 Pages 82 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

300 Pages 82 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

300 Pages 82 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Presenting a radically different picture of Egon Schiele’s work, this study documents (in one-to-one comparisons) the extent of the artist’s visual borrowings from the Viennese humoristic journal, Die Muskete . Claude Cernuschi analyzes each comparison on a case-by-case basis, primarily because the interpretation of cartoons and caricatures is highly contingent on their specific historical... Read more
1. Introduction: Egon Schiele and Caricature 2. Landscapes and Townscapes 3. Religion 4. Children 5. Sexuality 6. Body "Language" 7. Facial Expressions 8. Hands 9. Fashion and Fashionability 10. Coda

Biography

Claude Cernuschi is Professor of Art History at Boston College, Chestnut Hill, USA.