Artful Jesters: Innovators of Visual Wit and Humor

Artful Jesters: Innovators of Visual Wit and Humor

Editorial Reviews Book Description Why did the artist cross the road? To see if there is another side. By tweaking accepted conventions through visual humor-whimsy, wit, irony, parody, satire, and nonsense-artists challenge us to view the world from a different standpoint. In ARTFUL JESTERS, artist and professor Nicholas Roukes provides a historical perspective on the perpetual use of humor in art, show-casing 50 highly creative contemporary artists whose mission is to amuse, entertain, and inform while at the same time advocating for serious causes. Reveling in the ascending popularity of visual humor, ARTFUL JESTERS exposes the "other side" of art-the serious but lighthearted side that's guaranteed to refresh the spirit and change the way people think about fine art. About the Author NICHOLAS ROUKES was born and raised in San Jose, California, and is a graduate of California State University, Fresno, and Stanford University. An author, artist, and humorologist, he is well known in the field of art education for his lectures and books on art and creativity, and for his long-time advocacy of humor in the arts. He is Professor Emeritus of Art at the University of Calgary in Alberta, Canada.

Artful Jesters: Innovators of Visual Wit and Humor,Nicholas Roukes,Ten Speed Press,1580082661,20th century,Art,Art & Art Instruction,Art, American,Catalogs,Criticism,Fantasy in art,History - General,Wit and humor in art

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